after_o thing_n that_o be_v unready_a and_o unsure_a make_v choice_n of_o save_v his_o life_n by_o the_o sure_a way_n rather_o than_o by_o the_o just_a mean_n for_o he_o discover_v unto_o nero_n that_o which_o the_o man_n have_v whisper_v secret_o unto_o he_o whereupon_o present_o the_o party_n be_v apprehend_v and_o carry_v away_o to_o the_o place_n of_o torture_n where_o by_o rack_a scorch_a and_o scourge_v he_o be_v urge_v miserable_a wretch_n to_o confess_v and_o speak_v out_o that_o perforce_o which_o of_o himself_o he_o have_v reveal_v without_o any_o constraint_n at_o all_o zeno_n the_o philosopher_n fear_v that_o when_o his_o body_n be_v put_v to_o dolorous_a and_o horrible_a torment_n he_o shall_v be_v force_v even_o against_o his_o will_n to_o bewray_v and_o disclose_v some_o secret_a plot_n bitoff_a his_o tongue_n with_o his_o own_o tooth_n and_o spit_v it_o in_o the_o tyrant_n face_n notable_a be_v the_o example_n of_o leaena_n and_o the_o reward_n which_o she_o have_v for_o contain_v and_o rule_v her_o tongue_n be_v singular_a a_o harlot_n she_o be_v and_o very_o familiar_a with_o harmodius_n and_o aristogiton_n by_o mean_n of_o which_o inward_a acquaintance_n privy_a she_o be_v and_o party_n as_o far_o forth_o as_o a_o woman_n may_v be_v to_o that_o conspiracy_n which_o they_o have_v complot_v against_o the_o usurp_a tyrant_n of_o athens_n and_o the_o hope_n that_o they_o build_v upon_o drink_v she_o have_v out_o of_o that_o fair_a cup_n of_o love_n and_o thereby_o vow_v never_o to_o reveal_v the_o secret_n of_o god_n cupid_n now_o after_o that_o these_o two_o paramour_n and_o lover_n of_o she_o have_v fail_v of_o their_o enterprise_n and_o be_v put_v to_o death_n she_o be_v call_v into_o question_n and_o put_v to_o torture_v and_o therewith_o command_v to_o declare_v the_o rest_n of_o the_o complice_n in_o that_o conspiracy_n who_o as_o yet_o be_v unknowen_a and_o not_o bring_v to_o light_v but_o so_o constant_a and_o resolute_a she_o be_v that_o she_o will_v not_o detect_v so_o much_o as_o one_o but_o endure_v all_o pain_n and_o extremity_n whatsoever_o whereby_o she_o show_v that_o those_o two_o young_a gentleman_n have_v do_v nothing_o unfitting_a their_o person_n and_o nobility_n in_o make_v choice_n to_o be_v enamour_v of_o she_o in_o regard_n of_o which_o rare_a secrecy_n of_o she_o the_o athenian_n cause_v a_o lioness_n to_o be_v make_v of_o brass_n without_o a_o tongue_n and_o the_o same_o in_o memorial_n of_o she_o to_o be_v erect_v and_o set_v up_o at_o the_o very_a gate_n and_o entry_n of_o their_o citadel_n give_v posterity_n to_o understand_v by_o the_o generosity_n of_o that_o beast_n what_o a_o undanuted_a and_o invincible_a heart_n she_o have_v and_o likewise_o of_o what_o taciturnity_n and_o trust_n in_o keep_v secret_n by_o make_v it_o tongueless_a and_o to_o say_v a_o truth_n never_o any_o word_n speak_v serve_v to_o so_o good_a stead_n as_o many_o conceal_a and_o hold_v in_o have_v profit_v for_o why_o a_o man_n may_v one_o time_n or_o other_o utter_a that_o which_o he_o once_o keep_v in_o but_o be_v speak_v it_o can_v possible_o be_v recall_v and_o unsay_v for_o out_o it_o be_v go_v already_o and_o spread_v abroad_o sundry_a way_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v i_o suppose_v that_o we_o have_v man_n to_o teach_v we_o for_o to_o speak_v but_o we_o learn_v of_o the_o god_n to_o hold_v our_o peace_n for_o in_o sacrifice_n religious_a mystery_n and_o ceremony_n of_o divine_a service_n we_o receive_v by_o tradition_n a_o custom_n to_o keep_v silence_n and_o even_o so_o the_o poet_n homer_n feign_v ulysses_n who_o eloquence_n otherwise_o be_v so_o sweet_a to_o be_v of_o all_o man_n most_o silent_a and_o of_o sew_a word_n his_o son_n likewise_o his_o wife_n and_o nurse_n who_o you_o may_v hear_v thus_o speak_v as_o soon_o shall_v stock_n of_o sturdy_a oak_n it_o tell_v or_o iron_n so_o strong_a as_o i_o will_v it_o reveal_v and_o ulysses_n himself_o sit_v by_o penelope_n before_o he_o will_v be_v know_v unto_o she_o who_o he_o be_v grieve_v in_o his_o mind_n and_o pit_v to_o behold_v his_o wife_n by_o tear_n to_o show_v what_o heart_n do_v feel_v but_o all_o the_o while_o his_o eye_n he_o stiff_o do_v hold_v which_o stir_v no_o more_o than_o horn_n or_o sturdy_a steel_n so_o full_o be_v his_o tongue_n of_o patience_n and_o his_o lip_n of_o continence_n for_o why_o reason_n have_v all_o the_o part_n of_o his_o body_n so_o obeisant_a and_o ready_a at_o command_n that_o it_o give_v order_n to_o the_o eye_n not_o to_o shed_v tear_n to_o the_o tongue_n not_o to_o utter_v a_o word_n to_o the_o heart_n not_o to_o pant_v or_o tremble_v nor_o so_o much_o as_o to_o sob_v or_o sigh_v thus_o unto_o reason_n obeisant_fw-fr be_v his_o heart_n persuade_v all_o to_o take_v in_o better_a part_n yea_o his_o reason_n have_v get_v the_o mastery_n of_o those_o inward_a and_o secret_a motion_n which_o be_v void_a and_o incapable_a of_o reason_n as_o have_v under_o her_o hand_n the_o very_a blood_n and_o vital_a spirit_n in_o all_o obeisance_n his_o people_n also_o and_o train_n about_o he_o be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o that_o disposition_n for_o what_o want_v this_o of_o constancy_n &_o loyalty_n to_o their_o lord_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n to_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v pull_v &_o hale_v to_o be_v tug_v &_o toss_v yea_o &_o dash_v against_o the_o hard_a ground_n under_o foot_n by_o the_o giant_n cyclops_n rather_o than_o to_o utter_v one_o word_n against_o ulysses_n or_o to_o bewray_v that_o log_n of_o wood_n which_o be_v burn_v at_o the_o one_o end_n &_o a_o instrument_n make_v ready_a for_o to_o put_v out_o his_o only_a eye_n that_o he_o have_v nay_o they_o endure_v rather_o to_o be_v eat_v &_o devour_v raw_a by_o he_o than_o to_o disclose_v any_o of_o ulysses_n his_o secret_n pittacus_n therefore_o do_v not_o amiss_o who_o when_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n have_v send_v unto_o he_o abeast_n for_o sacrifice_n and_o will_v he_o withal_o to_o take_v out_o and_o lay_v apart_o the_o best_a and_o worst_a piece_n thereof_o pluck_v out_o the_o tongue_n and_o send_v it_o unto_o he_o as_o be_v the_o organ_n of_o many_o good_a thing_n and_o no_o less_o instrument_n of_o the_o worst_a that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o lady_n ino_n in_o euripides_n speak_v free_o of_o herself_o say_v that_o she_o know_v the_o time_n when_o that_o she_o ought_v her_o tongue_n to_o hold_v and_o when_o to_o speak_v she_o may_v be_v hold_n for_o certain_o those_o who_o have_v have_v noble_a and_o princely_a bring_v up_o in_o deed_n learn_v first_o to_o keep_v silence_n and_o afterward_o how_o to_o speak_v and_o therefore_o king_n antigonus_n the_o great_a when_o his_o son_n upon_o a_o time_n ask_v he_o when_o they_o shall_v dislodge_v and_o break_v up_o the_o camp_n what_o son_n quoth_v he_o art_n thou_o alone_o afraid_a that_o when_o the_o time_n come_v thou_o shall_v not_o hear_v the_o trumpet_n sound_v the_o remove_n loe_o how_o he_o will_v not_o trust_v he_o with_o a_o word_n of_o secrecy_n unto_o who_o he_o be_v to_o leave_v his_o kingdom_n in_o succession_n teach_n he_o thereby_o that_o he_o also_o another_o day_n shall_v in_o such_o case_n be_v wary_a and_o spare_v his_o speech_n old_a metellus_n likewise_o be_v ask_v such_o another_o secret_n as_o touch_v the_o army_n and_o set_v forward_o of_o some_o expedition_n if_o i_o wist_v quoth_v he_o that_o my_o shirt_n which_o be_v next_o my_o skin_n know_v this_o my_o inward_a intent_n and_o secret_a purpose_n i_o will_v put_v it_o off_o and_o fling_v it_o into_o the_o fire_n king_n eumenes_n be_v advertise_v that_o craterus_n be_v come_v against_o he_o with_o his_o force_n keep_v it_o to_o himself_o and_o will_v not_o acquaint_v any_o of_o his_o near_a friend_n therewith_o but_o make_v semblance_n and_o give_v it_o out_o though_o untrue_o that_o it_o be_v neoptolemus_n who_o have_v the_o lead_n of_o that_o power_n for_o he_o do_v his_o soldier_n contemn_v and_o make_v no_o reckon_n of_o whereas_o the_o glory_n and_o renoun_n of_o craterus_n they_o have_v in_o admiration_n and_o love_v his_o virtue_n and_o valour_n now_o when_o no_o man_n else_o but_o himself_o know_v of_o craterus_n his_o be_v in_o the_o field_n they_o give_v he_o battle_n vanquish_v he_o slay_v he_o before_o they_o be_v aware_a neither_o take_v they_o knowledge_n of_o he_o before_o they_o find_v he_o dead_a on_o the_o ground_n see_v how_o by_o a_o stratagem_n of_o secrecy_n and_o silence_n the_o victory_n be_v archieve_v only_o by_o conceal_v so_o hardy_a and_o terrible_a a_o enemy_n insomuch_o as_o his_o very_a friend_n about_o he_o admire_v more_o his_o wisdom_n in_o keep_v this_o secret_a from_o they_o than_o complain_v
two_o virtue_n of_o one_o woman_n by_o the_o one_o she_o first_o give_v the_o citizen_n a_o affection_n mind_n and_o heart_n to_o begin_v and_o enterprise_n and_o by_o the_o other_o she_o minister_v unto_o they_o mean_v to_o execute_v and_o perform_v the_o same_o for_o which_o good_a service_n of_o xenocrita_n those_o of_o the_o city_n offer_v unto_o she_o many_o honour_n prerogative_n and_o present_n but_o she_o refuse_v they_o all_o only_o she_o request_v this_o favour_n at_o their_o hand_n that_o she_o may_v enterre_fw-fr the_o corpse_n of_o aristodemus_n which_o they_o grant_v and_o more_o than_o so_o they_o choose_v she_o for_o to_o be_v a_o religious_a priestresse_n unto_o ceres_n suppose_v that_o this_o dignity_n will_v be_v no_o less_o acceptable_a and_o please_a unto_o the_o goddess_n than_o beseem_v and_o fit_v the_o person_n of_o this_o lady_n the_o wife_z of_o pythes_n it_o be_v report_v moreover_o that_o the_o wife_n of_o rich_a pythes_n in_o the_o day_n of_o xerxes_n when_o he_o war_v upon_o greece_n be_v a_o virtuous_a and_o wise_a dame_n for_o this_o pythes_n have_v as_o it_o shall_v seem_v find_v certain_a mine_n of_o gold_n and_o set_v his_o mind_n thereon_o not_o in_o measure_n but_o excessive_o and_o unsatiable_o for_o the_o great_a sweetness_n and_o infinite_a gain_n that_o arise_v thereby_o both_o himself_o in_o person_n bestow_v his_o whole_a time_n therein_o and_o also_o he_o employ_v all_o his_o subject_n and_o citizen_n indifferent_o without_o respect_n of_o any_o person_n to_o dig_v and_o delve_v to_o carry_v to_o purge_v and_o cleanse_v the_o say_a gold_n oar_n not_o suffer_v they_o to_o follow_v any_o other_o trade_n or_o exercise_v any_o occupation_n else_o in_o the_o world_n upon_o which_o unmeasurable_a and_o incessant_a toil_n many_o die_v and_o all_o be_v weary_a and_o grumble_v thereat_o insomuch_o as_o at_o last_o their_o wife_n come_v with_o olive_n branch_n like_o humble_a suppliant_n to_o the_o gate_n of_o this_o lady_n his_o wife_n for_o to_o move_v pity_n and_o beseech_v she_o for_o redress_n and_o succour_v in_o this_o case_n she_o have_v hear_v their_o supplication_n send_v they_o away_o home_o to_o their_o house_n with_o very_o good_a &_o gracious_a word_n will_v they_o not_o to_o distrust_v and_o be_v discomfort_a mean_v while_o she_o send_v secret_o for_o gold_n siner_n goldsmith_n and_o other_o workman_n in_o gold_n such_o as_o she_o repose_v most_o confidence_n in_o &_o shut_v they_o up_o close_o within_o a_o certain_a place_n will_v they_o to_o make_v loaf_n pie_n tart_n cake_n pastrie-work_n and_o junket_n of_o all_o sort_n sweet_a meat_n fruit_n all_o manner_n of_o meat_n and_o viand_n such_o as_o she_o know_v her_o husband_n pythes_n love_v best_o all_o of_o clean_a gold_n afterward_o when_o all_o be_v make_v and_o he_o return_v home_o to_o his_o house_n for_o as_o then_o he_o be_v abroad_o in_o a_o foreign_a country_n so_o soon_o as_o he_o call_v for_o supper_n his_o wife_n set_v before_o he_o a_o table_n furnish_v with_o all_o kind_n of_o counterfeit_a viand_n make_v of_o gold_n without_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o either_o good_a to_o be_v eat_v or_o drunken_a but_o all_o gold_n and_o nothing_o but_o gold_n great_a pleasure_n at_o the_o first_o take_v pythes_n for_o to_o see_v so_o rich_a a_o sight_n and_o so_o glorious_a a_o banquet_n wherein_o art_n have_v so_o lively_o express_v nature_n but_o after_o he_o have_v feed_v his_o eye_n sufficient_o with_o behold_v these_o goodly_a golden_a work_n he_o call_v unto_o she_o in_o good_a earnest_n for_o somewhat_o to_o eat_v but_o she_o still_o whatsoever_o his_o mind_n stand_v to_o bring_v it_o he_o in_o gold_n so_o that_o in_o the_o end_n he_o wax_v angry_a and_o cry_v out_o that_o he_o be_v ready_a to_o famish_v why_o sir_n quoth_v she_o be_v not_o yourself_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o this_o for_o you_o have_v give_v we_o foison_n and_o store_n of_o this_o mettle_n but_o cause_v extreme_a want_n and_o scarcity_n of_o meat_n and_o all_o thing_n else_o for_o all_o other_o trade_n occupation_n art_n and_o mystery_n be_v decay_v and_o their_o use_n clean_o go_v neither_o be_v there_o any_o man_n that_o follow_v husbandry_n and_o till_v the_o ground_n but_o lay_v aside_o and_o cast_v behind_o we_o all_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v sow_v and_o plant_v upon_o the_o earth_n for_o the_o food_n and_o sustentation_n of_o man_n we_o do_v nothing_o else_o but_o dig_v and_o search_v for_o such_o thing_n as_o will_v not_o serve_v to_o feed_v and_o nourish_v we_o spend_v and_o wear_v out_o both_o ourselves_o and_o our_o citizen_n these_o word_n move_v pythes_n very_o much_o howbeit_o for_o all_o this_o he_o give_v not_o over_o quite_o the_o mine_n and_o mettle_n work_v but_o enjoin_v the_o five_o part_n of_o his_o subject_n to_o travel_v therein_o by_o turn_n one_o after_o another_o he_o give_v the_o rest_n leave_v to_o husband_n their_o land_n and_o ply_v their_o other_o craft_n and_o mystery_n but_o when_o xerxes_n come_v down_o with_o that_o puissant_a army_n for_o to_o make_v war_n upon_o the_o greek_n this_o pythes_n show_v his_o magnificence_n in_o the_o entertainment_n of_o he_o with_o sumptuous_a furniture_n costly_a gift_n and_o present_n which_o he_o give_v unto_o the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o train_n for_o which_o he_o crave_v this_o only_a grace_n and_o favour_n at_o his_o hand_n again_o that_o of_o many_o child_n which_o he_o have_v he_o will_v dispense_v with_o he_o for_o one_o of_o they_o that_o he_o may_v not_o go_v to_o the_o war_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o say_a son_n may_v remain_v with_o he_o at_o home_n in_o his_o house_n for_o to_o tend_v and_o look_v unto_o he_o careful_o in_o his_o old_a age_n whereat_o xerxes_n be_v so_o wroth_a that_o he_o command_v that_o one_o son_n who_o he_o request_v to_o be_v kill_v present_o and_o his_o dead_a body_n to_o be_v cleave_v through_o in_o the_o mid_n and_o divide_v into_o two_o part_n and_o so_o dislodge_v and_o cause_v his_o army_n to_o march_v between_o they_o both_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o sonneshe_n lead_v with_o he_o to_o the_o war_n who_o die_v all_o in_o the_o field_n whereupon_o pythes_n be_v discomfort_a and_o his_o heart_n clean_o cast_v down_o do_v that_o which_o those_o ordinary_o do_v who_o want_v courage_n and_o wit_n for_o he_o fear_v death_n and_o hate_a life_n willing_a he_o be_v not_o to_o live_v and_o yet_o he_o have_v not_o the_o power_n to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o his_o life_n what_o do_v he_o then_o there_o be_v within_o the_o city_n a_o great_a bank_n or_o mount_n of_o earth_n under_o which_o there_o run_v a_o river_n which_o they_o call_v pythopolites_n within_o this_o mount_n he_o cause_v his_o tomb_n to_o be_v make_v &_o turn_v aside_o the_o course_n of_o the_o say_a river_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o as_o it_o pass_v the_o stream_n may_v glide_v upon_o this_o monument_n of_o he_o which_o be_v prepare_v and_o do_v according_o he_o go_v down_o quick_a and_o alive_a into_o the_o same_o sepulchre_n have_v resign_v over_o unto_o his_o wife_n hand_n the_o city_n and_o the_o whole_a seignory_n thereof_o enjoin_v she_o thus_o much_o that_o she_o shall_v not_o approach_v herself_o unto_o this_o tomb_n or_o monument_n but_o only_o every_o day_n once_o send_v unto_o he_o his_o supper_n in_o a_o little_a punt_n or_o boat_n down_o the_o riveret_n and_o to_o continue_v this_o so_o long_o until_o she_o see_v that_o the_o say_a punt_n go_v beyond_o the_o monument_n have_v in_o it_o all_o his_o victual_n whole_a and_o untouched_a for_o than_o she_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o send_v he_o any_o more_o but_o take_v this_o for_o a_o assure_a sign_n that_o he_o be_v dead_a thus_o live_v pythes_n the_o rest_n of_o his_o day_n but_o his_o wife_n govern_v and_o manage_v the_o state_n prudent_o and_o wrought_v a_o great_a change_n and_o alteration_n in_o the_o toilsome_a life_n of_o her_o people_n a_o consolatorie_a oration_n send_v unto_o apolonius_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o son_n the_o summarie_n howsoever_o plutarch_n in_o this_o treatise_n have_v display_v his_o eloquence_n and_o all_o the_o skill_n and_o help_n that_o he_o have_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o philosophy_n yet_o we_o see_v that_o the_o same_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o set_v the_o mind_n and_o spirit_n of_o man_n in_o true_a repose_n and_o that_o such_o consolation_n be_v as_o they_o say_v but_o palliative_a cure_n &_o no_o better_o wherein_o also_o be_v discover_v the_o want_n and_o default_n of_o light_n in_o the_o reason_n and_o wisdom_n of_o man_n yet_o notwithstanding_o take_v this_o withal_o that_o such_o discourse_n do_v recommend_v and_o show_v unto_o we_o so_o much_o the_o better_a the_o excellency_n of_o celestial_a wisdom_n which_o furnish_v we_o with_o
and_o the_o worse_a sort_n of_o people_n be_v give_v thereto_o more_o than_o the_o better_a also_o if_o you_o go_v through_o all_o barbarous_a nation_n you_o shall_v not_o find_v those_o who_o be_v most_o haughtie-minded_n and_o magnanimous_a or_o carry_v any_o generosity_n of_o spirit_n in_o they_o such_o as_o be_v the_o almain_n or_o gaul_n addict_v hereunto_o but_o egyptian_n syrian_n lydian_n and_o such_o other_o for_o some_o of_o these_o by_o report_n use_v to_o go_v down_o into_o hollow_a cave_n within_o the_o ground_n and_o there_o hide_v themselves_o for_o many_o day_n together_o and_o not_o so_o much_o as_o see_v the_o light_n of_o the_o sun_n because_o forsooth_o the_o dead_a party_n who_o they_o mourn_v for_o be_v deprive_v thereof_o in_o which_o regard_n jon_n the_o tragical_a poet_n have_v as_o it_o shall_v seem_v hear_v of_o such_o foolery_n bring_v in_o upon_o the_o stage_n a_o woman_n speak_v in_o this_o wise_a come_v forth_o be_o i_o now_o at_o the_o last_o your_o nurse_n and_o child_n governess_n out_o of_o deep_a cave_n where_o some_o day_n past_a i_o keep_v in_o baleful_a heaviness_n other_o there_o be_v also_o of_o these_o barbarian_n who_o cut_v away_o some_o part_n and_o dismember_v themselves_o slit_v their_o own_o nose_n crop_v their_o ear_n misuse_v &_o disfigure_v the_o rest_n of_o their_o body_n think_v to_o gratify_v the_o dead_a in_o do_v thus_o if_o they_o seem_v to_o exceed_v all_o measure_n &_o that_o moderation_n which_o be_v according_a to_o nature_n there_o be_v beside_o who_o reply_n upon_o we_o and_o say_v that_o they_o think_v we_o ought_v not_o to_o wail_v and_o lament_v for_o every_o kind_n of_o death_n but_o only_o in_o regard_n of_o those_o that_o die_v before_o their_o time_n for_o that_o they_o have_v not_o as_o yet_o taste_v of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v esteem_v blessing_n in_o this_o life_n to_o wit_n the_o joy_n of_o marriage_n the_o benefit_n of_o literature_n and_o learning_n the_o perfection_n of_o year_n the_o management_n of_o common_a weal_n honour_n and_o dignity_n for_o these_o be_v the_o point_n that_o they_o stand_v upon_o and_o grieve_v most_o who_o lose_v their_o friend_n or_o child_n by_o untimely_a death_n for_o that_o they_o be_v disappoint_v and_o frustrate_a of_o their_o hope_n before_o the_o time_n ignorant_a altogether_o that_o this_o hasty_a and_o overspeedie_a death_n in_o regard_n of_o humane_a nature_n differ_v nothing_o at_o all_o from_o other_o for_o like_a as_o in_o the_o return_n to_o our_o common_a native_a country_n which_o be_v necessary_o impose_v upon_o all_o and_o from_o which_o no_o man_n be_v exempt_v some_o march_n before_o other_o follow_v after_o and_o all_o at_o length_n meet_v at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o place_n even_o so_o in_o travel_v this_o journey_n of_o fatal_a destiny_n those_o that_o arrive_v late_o thither_o gain_v no_o more_o advantage_n than_o they_o who_o be_v thither_o come_v betimes_o now_o if_o any_o untimely_a or_o hasty_a death_n be_v naught_o simple_o that_o of_o little_a babe_n and_o infant_n that_o suck_v the_o breast_n and_o can_v speak_v or_o rather_o such_o as_o be_v new_o bear_v be_v worst_a and_o yet_o their_o death_n we_o bear_v very_o well_o and_o patient_o whereas_o we_o take_v their_o departure_n more_o heavy_o and_o to_o the_o heart_n who_o be_v grow_v to_o some_o good_a year_n and_o all_o through_o the_o vanity_n of_o our_o foolish_a hope_n whereby_o we_o imagine_v and_o promise_v to_o ourselves_o assure_o that_o those_o who_o have_v proceed_v thus_o far_o be_v past_o the_o worst_a and_o be_v like_a to_o continue_v thus_o in_o a_o good_a and_o certain_a estate_n if_o then_o the_o prefix_a term_n of_o man_n life_n be_v the_o end_n of_o twenty_o year_n certes_o he_o that_o come_v to_o be_v sifteene_v year_n old_a we_o will_v not_o judge_v unripe_a for_o death_n but_o think_v that_o he_o have_v attain_v to_o a_o competent_a age_n and_o as_o for_o he_o who_o have_v accomplish_v the_o full_a time_n of_o twenty_o year_n or_o approach_v never_o thereto_o we_o will_v account_v he_o absolute_a happy_a as_o have_v perform_v a_o most_o bless_a and_o perfect_a life_n but_o if_o the_o course_n of_o our_o life_n reach_v out_o to_o two_o hundred_o year_n he_o who_o chance_v to_o die_v at_o one_o hundred_o year_n end_n will_v be_v think_v by_o we_o to_o have_v die_v too_o soon_o and_o no_o doubt_n his_o untimely_a death_n we_o will_v bewail_v and_o lament_v by_o these_o reason_n therefore_o and_o those_o which_o heretofore_o we_o have_v allege_v it_o be_v apparent_a that_o even_o the_o death_n which_o we_o call_v untimely_a soon_o admit_v consolation_n and_o a_o man_n may_v bear_v it_o patient_o for_o this_o be_v certain_a that_o troilus_n will_v have_v weep_v less_o yea_o even_a priamus_n himself_o shed_v few_o tear_n in_o case_n he_o have_v die_v soon_o at_o what_o time_n as_o the_o kingdom_n of_o troy_n flourish_v or_o while_o himself_o be_v in_o that_o wealthy_a estate_n for_o which_o he_o lament_v so_o much_o which_o a_o man_n may_v evident_o gather_v by_o the_o word_n which_o he_o give_v to_o his_o son_n hector_n when_o he_o admonish_v and_o exhort_v he_o to_o retire_v from_o the_o combat_n which_o he_o have_v with_o achilles_n in_o these_o verse_n return_v my_o son_n within_o these_o wall_n that_o thou_o from_o death_n may_v save_v the_o trojan_a man_n and_o woman_n both_o let_v not_o achilles_n have_v of_o thou_o that_o honour_n as_o thy_o life_n so_o sweet_a to_o take_v away_o by_o victory_n in_o single_a fight_n and_o have_v thy_o die_a day_n have_v pity_n yet_o my_o son_n of_o i_o thy_o woeful_a age_a sire_n ere_o that_o my_o wit_n and_o sense_n fail_v who_o jupiter_n inire_fw-la will_v else_o one_o day_n at_o the_o end_n of_o this_o my_o old_a and_o wretched_a year_n consume_v with_o miserable_a death_n outwear_v and_o spend_v with_o teere_n as_o have_v many_o object_n see_v of_o sorrow_n and_o heart_n grief_n my_o son_n cut_v short_a by_o edge_n of_o sword_n who_o shall_v be_v my_o relief_n my_o daughter_n trail_v by_o hair_n of_o head_n and_o ravish_v in_o my_o sight_n my_o palace_n raze_v their_o chamber_n sack_v wherein_o i_o take_v delight_n and_o suck_v babe_n from_o mother_n breast_n pluck_v and_o their_o brain_n dash_v out_o against_o the_o stone_n of_o pav'ment_n hard_o lie_v sprawl_v all_o about_o when_o enemy_n with_o sword_n in_o hand_n in_o heat_n of_o bloody_a heart_n shall_v havoc_n make_v and_o then_o myself_o at_o last_o must_v play_v my_o part_n who_o when_o some_o one_o by_o dint_n of_o sword_n or_o lance_n of_o dart_n from_o far_o have_v quite_o bereave_v of_o vital_a breath_n the_o hungry_a dog_n shall_v be_v about_o my_o corpse_n and_o at_o my_o gate_n hale_v it_o and_o drag_v along_o gnaw_v the_o flesh_n of_o hoary_a head_n and_o grisled_a chin_n among_o mangle_v beside_o the_o privy_a part_n of_o i_o a_o man_n so_o old_a unkind_o slay_v a_o spectacle_n most_o piteous_a to_o behold_v thus_o speak_v the_o age_a father_n tho_o and_o pluck_v from_o head_n above_o his_o hair_n milkwhite_a but_o all_o these_o word_n do_v hector_n nothing_o move_v see_v then_o so_o many_o example_n of_o this_o matter_n present_v unto_o your_o eye_n you_o be_v to_o think_v and_o consider_v with_o yourself_o that_o death_n do_v deliver_v and_o preserve_v many_o man_n from_o great_a &_o grievous_a calamity_n into_o which_o without_o all_o doubt_n they_o shall_v have_v fall_v if_o they_o have_v live_v long_o but_o for_o to_o avoid_v prolixity_n i_o will_v omit_v the_o rest_n &_o myself_o with_o those_o that_o be_v relate_v already_o as_o be_v sufficient_a to_o prove_v &_o show_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o break_v out_o beside_o nature_n and_o beyond_o measure_n into_o vain_a sorrow_n and_o needless_a lamentation_n which_o bewray_v nothing_o else_o but_o base_a and_o seeble_a mind_n crantor_n the_o philosopher_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o to_o suffer_v adversity_n causeless_a be_v no_o small_a easement_n to_o all_o sinister_a accident_n of_o fortune_n but_o i_o will_v rather_o say_v that_o innocence_n be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o sovereign_a medicine_n to_o take_v away_o the_o sense_n of_o all_o dolour_n in_o adversity_n moreover_o the_o love_n and_o affection_n that_o we_o bear_v unto_o one_o who_o be_v depart_v consist_v not_o in_o afflict_v and_o punish_v ourselves_o but_o in_o do_v good_a unto_o he_o so_o belove_v of_o we_o now_o the_o profit_n and_o pleasure_n that_o we_o be_v able_a to_o perform_v for_o they_o who_o be_v go_v out_o of_o this_o world_n be_v the_o honour_n that_o we_o give_v unto_o they_o by_o celebrate_v their_o good_a memorial_n for_o no_o good_a man_n deserve_v to_o be_v mourn_v and_o bewail_v but_o rather_o to_o be_v celebrate_v with_o praise_n and_o
indeed_o the_o most_o ancient_a of_o all_o other_o call_v even_o bacchus_n himself_o counsellor_n eubulus_n as_o if_o they_o have_v no_o need_n at_o all_o of_o mercury_n and_o in_o regard_n also_o of_o he_o they_o attribute_v unto_o night_n the_o name_n of_o considerate_a euphrone_n the_o ten_o question_n whether_o they_o do_v well_o who_o sit_v in_o consultation_n at_o the_o table_n when_o glaucias_n have_v speak_v these_o word_n we_o all_o thought_n that_o these_o turbulent_a and_o litigious_a debate_n have_v be_v well_o appease_v and_o lay_v asleep_a but_o to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o may_v so_o much_o the_o rather_o die_v and_o be_v bury_v in_o oblivion_n nicostratus_n provide_v another_o question_n and_o say_v at_o the_o first_o quoth_v he_o i_o make_v no_o great_a matter_n of_o this_o custom_n nor_o regard_v it_o much_o take_v it_o to_o be_v a_o mere_a persian_a fashion_n but_o now_o see_v it_o be_v discover_v to_o be_v a_o order_n also_o among_o the_o greek_n requisite_a and_o necessary_a it_o be_v to_o render_v some_o reason_n thereof_o for_o to_o defend_v it_o against_o a_o evident_a absurdity_n which_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n present_v itself_o for_o that_o the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n in_o manner_n of_o the_o eye_n be_v hardly_o to_o be_v govern_v by_o we_o and_o untoward_a for_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o perform_v her_o work_n in_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o moisture_n and_o the_o same_o as_o yet_o stir_v and_o wave_v and_o beside_o all_o odious_a grief_n which_o on_o every_o side_n appear_v and_o come_v forth_o to_o wine_n like_v as_o snake_n lizard_n and_o such_o like_a serpent_n be_v bring_v to_o light_n and_o show_v themselves_o to_o the_o sun_n cause_n the_o mind_n to_o be_v waver_v inconstant_a and_o irresolute_a as_o therefore_o a_o bed_n or_o pallet_n be_v better_a than_o a_o chair_n for_o they_o that_o be_v dispose_v to_o drink_v and_o make_v merry_a for_o that_o it_o contain_v the_o body_n at_o full_a and_o exempt_v it_o from_o all_o manner_n of_o motion_n even_o so_o the_o best_a way_n be_v to_o keep_v the_o soul_n quiet_a and_o in_o repose_n altogether_o and_o if_o that_o may_v not_o be_v to_o do_v by_o it_o as_o man_n do_v by_o child_n that_o can_v rest_v and_o stand_v on_o no_o ground_n but_o be_v evermore_o stir_v namely_o to_o give_v unto_o it_o not_o a_o sword_n or_o a_o javelin_n but_o a_o rattle_n or_o a_o ball_n like_v as_o bacchus_n put_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o drunken_a folk_n the_o ferula_fw-la stalk_v a_o most_o light_a weapon_n and_o instrument_n either_o to_o offend_v or_o defend_v withal_o to_o the_o end_n that_o as_o they_o be_v ready_a to_o strike_v so_o they_o may_v be_v least_o able_a for_o to_o hurt_v for_o the_o fault_n that_o be_v commit_v in_o drunkenness_n ought_v to_o pass_v light_o in_o mirth_n and_o go_v away_o with_o a_o laughter_n and_o not_o to_o be_v lamentable_a tragical_a and_o bring_v with_o they_o great_a calamity_n moreover_o that_o which_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o principal_a thing_n in_o consultation_n of_o great_a affair_n to_o wit_n that_o he_o who_o for_o want_n of_o wit_n and_o knowledge_n in_o the_o world_n shall_v follow_v the_o opinion_n of_o those_o who_o be_v of_o great_a conceit_n deep_a judgement_n and_o long_a experience_n this_o mean_n wine_n bereave_v we_o of_o insomuch_o as_o it_o seem_v hereupon_o to_o have_v take_v the_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o greek_a because_o as_o plato_n say_v it_o cause_v they_o drink_v it_o free_o ween_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o have_v a_o good_a conceit_n and_o ween_a of_o themselves_o as_o if_o they_o be_v very_o witty_a and_o wise_a for_o how_o ever_o they_o take_v themselves_o to_o be_v eloquent_a fair_a or_o rich_a as_o ordinary_o they_o do_v all_o of_o they_o yet_o they_o esteem_v better_o of_o their_o own_o wit_n and_o wisdom_n than_o of_o any_o thing_n else_o and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o wine_n be_v talkative_a and_o full_a of_o word_n it_o fill_v we_o with_o lavish_a speech_n and_o the_o same_o unseasonable_a yea_o it_o make_v we_o to_o have_v a_o marvellous_a good_a opinion_n of_o ourselves_o in_o each_o respect_n as_o if_o we_o be_v worthy_a to_o command_v and_o prescribe_v unto_o other_o more_o meet_a to_o be_v hear_v than_o to_o hear_v and_o fit_a to_o lead_v and_o go_v before_o than_o to_o follow_v &_o come_v after_o but_o quoth_v glantias_n then_o a_o easy_a matter_n it_o be_v for_o any_o man_n to_o collect_v and_o allege_v much_o tend_v unto_o this_o point_n consider_v how_o evident_a and_o plain_a the_o thing_n be_v it_o be_v good_a therefore_o to_o hear_v a_o discourse_n to_o the_o contrary_a if_o haply_o any_o person_n young_a or_o old_a will_v stand_v up_o in_o defence_n of_o wine_n then_o our_o brother_n full_a cunning_o and_o sly_o like_o a_o crafty_a sophister_n why_o quoth_v he_o think_v you_o that_o any_o man_n be_v able_a so_o present_o and_o upon_o a_o sudden_a to_o devise_v and_o speak_v unto_o the_o question_n in_o hand_n all_o that_o may_v be_v say_v probable_o thereto_o and_o why_o quoth_v nicostratus_n shall_v not_o i_o so_o think_v consider_v so_o many_o learned_a man_n in_o place_n and_o those_o who_o love_n wine_n well_o enough_o at_o which_o word_n the_o other_o smile_v and_o say_v be_v you_o in_o deed_n sufficient_a even_o in_o your_o own_o conceit_n to_o discourse_v upon_o this_o point_n before_o we_o and_o yet_o indispose_v and_o altogether_o unable_a to_o consider_v upon_o state_n matter_n and_o affair_n of_o government_n because_o you_o have_v take_v your_o wine_n well_o and_o be_v not_o this_o all_o one_o as_o to_o think_v that_o he_o who_o have_v drink_v free_o see_v well_o enough_o with_o his_o eye_n and_o howsoever_o he_o hear_v not_o perfect_o with_o his_o ear_n those_o who_o he_o speak_v and_o talk_v with_o yet_o for_o all_o that_o he_o have_v the_o perfect_a hear_n of_o those_o who_o either_o sing_v or_o play_v upon_o the_o flute_n for_o as_o it_o be_v likely_a and_o stand_v to_o great_a reason_n that_o good_a and_o profitable_a thing_n shall_v affect_v and_o draw_v the_o outward_a sense_n more_o unto_o they_o than_o those_o which_o be_v gaudy_a only_o and_o fine_a even_o so_o no_o doubt_n such_o matter_n make_v the_o mind_n also_o more_o intentive_a and_o if_o a_o man_n for_o that_o he_o have_v ply_v his_o drink_n overmuch_o can_v haply_o comprehend_v well_o the_o difficult_a subtlety_n of_o some_o high_a point_n in_o philosophy_n i_o nothing_o marvel_v thereat_o but_o if_o the_o question_n be_v of_o matter_n and_o affair_n of_o state_n great_a likelihood_n there_o be_v that_o if_o he_o be_v call_v away_o thereto_o he_o shall_v gather_v his_o wit_n more_o close_o together_o and_o be_v more_o vigorous_a like_v as_o philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n who_o have_v play_v the_o fool_n and_o make_v himself_o ridiculous_a at_o chaeronea_n after_o the_o battle_n there_o both_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n upon_o his_o liberal_a drink_n present_o assoon_o as_o he_o fall_v to_o treaty_n of_o peace_n and_o article_n of_o agreement_n he_o compose_v his_o countenance_n to_o gravity_n knit_v his_o brow_n and_o cast_v behind_o he_o all_o vain_a foolery_n wanton_a gesture_n and_o unseemly_a behaviour_n and_o so_o give_v unto_o the_o athenian_n a_o sober_a discreet_a and_o well_o advise_v answer_n and_o very_o one_o thing_n it_o be_v to_o drink_v well_o and_o another_o thing_n to_o be_v stark_o drink_v such_o as_o be_v so_o far_o go_v and_o oversee_v with_o drink_n that_o they_o know_v not_o what_o they_o do_v or_o say_v aught_o as_o we_o think_v to_o take_v their_o bed_n and_o sleep_n as_o for_o those_o who_o have_v take_v their_o wine_n in_o deed_n too_o much_o and_o be_v scarce_o sober_a howbeit_o otherwise_o man_n of_o wit_n and_o understanding_n we_o shall_v never_o need_v to_o fear_v that_o they_o will_v fail_v in_o judgement_n yea_o and_o forget_v their_o experience_n consider_v that_o we_o daily_o see_v these_o dancer_n singer_n and_o minstrel_n perform_v their_o part_n no_o worse_o at_o feast_n for_o all_o their_o liberal_a drink_n than_o in_o the_o public_a theater_n for_o the_o skill_n and_o knowledge_n whereof_o they_o have_v get_v the_o habit_n be_v evermore_o so_o present_a and_o ready_a with_o they_o that_o it_o make_v their_o body_n active_a and_o nimble_a able_a to_o perform_v those_o part_n and_o function_n direct_o yea_o and_o to_o answer_v the_o motion_n of_o the_o mind_n according_o with_o confidence_n many_o there_o be_v also_o in_o who_o head_n and_o heart_n wine_n so_o work_v that_o it_o put_v into_o they_o a_o assure_a boldness_n and_o resolution_n which_o help_v they_o much_o to_o the_o performance_n of_o any_o great_a action_n and_o the_o same_o be_v nothing_o insolent_a
natural_a body_n compose_v of_o many_o organ_n or_o instrument_n and_o with_o all_o have_v life_n but_o the_o sectary_n of_o anaxagoras_n have_v give_v out_o that_o it_o be_v of_o a_o airy_a substance_n and_o a_o very_a body_n the_o stoic_n will_v have_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v a_o hot_a spirit_n or_o breath_n democritus_n hold_v it_o to_o be_v a_o certain_a fiery_a composition_n of_o thing_n perceptible_a by_o reason_n and_o the_o same_o have_v their_o form_n spherical_a and_o round_a and_o the_o puissance_n of_o fire_n and_o withal_o to_o be_v a_o body_n epicurus_n say_v it_o be_v a_o mixtion_n or_o temperature_n of_o four_o thing_n to_o wit_n of_o a_o certain_a fire_n of_o i_o wot_v not_o what_o air_n of_o a_o odd_a windy_a substance_n and_o of_o another_o four_o matter_n i_o can_v tell_v what_o to_o name_v it_o and_o which_o to_o he_o be_v sensible_a heraclitus_n affirm_v the_o soul_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v a_o evaporation_n of_o humour_n within_o it_o as_o for_o the_o soul_n of_o live_a creature_n it_o proceed_v quoth_v he_o as_o well_o from_o a_o evaporation_n of_o humour_n without_o as_o a_o exhalation_n within_o itself_o and_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n chap._n four_o the_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n according_a to_o a_o more_o general_a and_o remote_a division_n hold_v that_o the_o soul_n have_v two_o part_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o reasonable_a &_o the_o unreasonable_a but_o to_o go_v more_o necre_n and_o exact_o to_o work_v they_o say_v it_o have_v three_o for_o they_o subdivide_v the_o unreasonable_a part_n into_o concupissible_a and_o irascible_a the_o stoic_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o compose_v it_o be_v of_o eight_o part_n whereof_o five_o be_v the_o sense_n natural_a to_o wit_n sight_n hear_v smell_a taste_v and_o feel_v the_o six_o be_v the_o voice_n the_o seven_o generative_a or_o spermaticall_a and_o the_o eight_o understanding_n which_o guide_v and_o command_v all_o the_o rest_n by_o certain_a proper_a organ_n and_o instrument_n like_v as_o the_o polype_a fish_n by_o her_o cley_n and_o hairy_a branch_n democritus_n and_o epicurus_n set_v down_o two_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n the_o reasonable_a seat_v in_o the_o breast_n and_o the_o unreasonable_a spread_v and_o disperse_v over_o all_o the_o structure_n of_o the_o body_n beside_o as_o for_o democritus_n he_o affirm_v that_o all_o thing_n whatsoever_o have_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o soul_n even_o the_o very_a dead_a body_n for_o that_o always_o they_o do_v manifest_o participate_v a_o kind_n of_o heat_n and_o sensitive_a faculty_n notwithstanding_o the_o most_o part_n there_o of_o be_v breathe_v forth_o and_o yield_v up_o chap._n v._n which_o be_v the_o mistress_n and_o command_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o wherein_o it_o be_v plato_n and_o democritus_n place_v it_o in_o the_o head_n throughout_o strato_n between_o the_o two_o eye_n brow_n erasistratus_n in_o the_o membrane_n or_o kell_n that_o enfold_v the_o brain_n and_o it_o he_o call_v epicranis_fw-la herophilus_n within_o the_o ventricle_n or_o concavitie_n of_o the_o brain_n which_o also_o be_v the_o basis_n or_o foundation_n of_o it_o parmenides_n over_o all_o the_o breast_n and_o with_o he_o accord_v epicurus_n the_o stoic_n all_o with_o one_o voice_n hold_v it_o in_o the_o whole_a heart_n or_o else_o in_o the_o spirit_n about_o the_o heart_n diogenes_n in_o the_o cavitie_n of_o the_o great_a artery_n of_o the_o heart_n which_o be_v full_a of_o vital_a spirit_n empedocles_n in_o the_o consistence_n or_o mass_n of_o blood_n other_o in_o the_o very_a neck_n of_o the_o heart_n some_o in_o the_o tunickle_v that_o lap_v the_o heart_n and_o other_o again_o in_o the_o midriff_n some_o of_o our_o modern_a philosopher_n hold_v that_o it_o take_v up_o &_o occupy_v all_o the_o space_n from_o the_o head_n downward_o to_o the_o diaphragma_n or_o midriff_n above_o say_v pythagoras_n suppose_v that_o the_o vital_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v about_o the_o heart_n but_o the_o reason_n and_o the_o intellectual_a or_o spiritual_a part_n about_o the_o head_n chap._n vi_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o soul_n plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o soul_n move_v continual_o but_o the_o intelligence_n or_o understanding_n be_v immooveable_a in_o regard_n of_o local_a motion_n from_o place_n to_o place_n aristotle_n say_v that_o the_o soul_n itself_o move_v not_o although_o it_o be_v the_o author_n that_o rule_v &_o direct_v all_o motion_n howbeit_o that_o by_o a_o accident_n it_o be_v not_o devoid_a of_o motion_n according_a as_o divers_a sort_n of_o body_n do_v move_v chap._n vii_o of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n affirm_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v immortal_a for_o in_o depart_v out_o of_o the_o body_n it_o 〈◊〉_d to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n even_o to_o the_o nature_n which_o be_v of_o the_o same_o kind_n the_o stoic_n hold_v that_o the_o soul_n go_v from_o the_o body_n if_o it_o be_v seeble_a and_o weak_a as_o that_o be_v of_o ignorant_a person_n settle_v downward_o with_o the_o gross_a consistence_n of_o the_o body_n but_o if_o it_o be_v more_o firm_a and_o puissant_a as_o that_o be_v of_o wise_a and_o learned_a man_n it_o continue_v fire_n even_o unto_o the_o conflagration_n of_o all_o democritus_n and_o epicurus_n say_v that_o it_o be_v corruptible_a and_o perish_v together_o with_o the_o body_n pythagoras_n and_o plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o reasonable_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v immortal_a and_o incorruptible_a for_o that_o the_o soul_n if_o it_o be_v not_o god_n yet_o the_o work_n it_o be_v of_o eternal_a god_n as_o for_o the_o unreasonable_a part_n it_o be_v mortal_a and_o subject_a to_o corruption_n chap._n viii_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o sensible_a object_n the_o stoic_n thus_o define_v sense_n sense_n say_v they_o be_v the_o apprehension_n of_o the_o sensitive_a organ_n but_o sense_n be_v take_v many_o way_n for_o we_o understand_v by_o it_o either_o a_o habitude_n or_o faculty_n natural_a or_o a_o sensible_a action_n or_o else_o a_o imagination_n apprehensive_a which_o all_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o a_o instrument_n sensitive_a yea_o and_o the_o very_a eight_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n abovenamed_a even_o that_o which_o be_v principal_a to_o wit_n the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n by_o which_o all_o the_o rest_n do_v consist_v again_o the_o spirit_n intellectual_a be_v call_v sensitive_a instrument_n which_o from_o the_o say_v principal_a understanding_n reach_v unto_o all_o the_o organ_n the_o sense_n quoth_v epicurus_n be_v that_o parcel_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v the_o sensitive_a power_n it_o self_n and_o the_o effect_n which_o proceed_v from_o it_o so_o that_o he_o take_v sense_n in_o two_o sort_n for_o the_o power_n and_o effect_n plato_n define_v sense_n to_o be_v the_o society_n of_o the_o body_n and_o soul_n as_o touch_v external_a object_n for_o the_o faculty_n and_o power_n of_o sense_n be_v proper_a to_o the_o soul_n the_o instrument_n belong_v to_o the_o body_n but_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o apprehend_v external_a thing_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o the_o imaginative_a faculty_n or_o the_o fantasy_n leucippus_n and_o democritus_n doesay_v that_o both_o sense_n and_o intelligence_n be_v actuate_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o certain_a image_n represent_v from_o without_o unto_o we_o for_o that_o neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o can_v be_v perform_v without_o the_o occurrence_n of_o some_o such_o image_n chap._n ix_o whether_o sense_n and_o fancy_n be_v true_a or_o no_o the_o stoic_n hold_v that_o the_o sense_n be_v true_a but_o of_o imagination_n as_o some_o be_v true_a so_o other_o be_v false_a epicurus_n suppose_v that_o all_o sense_n and_o imagination_n be_v true_a mary_n of_o opinion_n some_o be_v true_a other_o false_a and_o as_o for_o the_o sense_n it_o be_v deceive_v one_o way_n only_o to_o wit_n in_o thing_n intelligible_a but_o imagination_n after_o two_o sort_n for_o that_o there_o be_v a_o imagination_n as_o well_o of_o sensible_a thing_n as_o of_o intelligible_a empedocles_n and_o heraclide_n say_v that_o particular_a sense_n be_v effect_v according_a to_o the_o proportion_n of_o their_o pore_n and_o passage_n namely_o as_o the_o proper_a object_n of_o each_o sense_n be_v well_o dispose_v and_o fit_v chap._n x._o how_o many_o sense_n there_o be_v the_o stoic_n hold_v that_o there_o be_v five_o proper_a sense_n sight_n hear_v smell_a taste_n and_o feel_v aristotle_n say_v not_o that_o there_o be_v a_o six_o howbeit_o he_o put_v down_o one_o common_a sense_n which_o judge_v as_o touch_v the_o compound_a kind_n whereunto_o all_o the_o other_o particular_a and_o single_a sense_n bring_v and_o present_v their_o proper_a imagination_n wherein_o the_o transition_n of_o the_o one_o to_o the_o other_o as_o of_o a_o figure_n or_o motion_n do_v show_v
certain_a power_n which_o cause_v it_o to_o swell_v as_o it_o be_v and_o have_v a_o appetite_n to_o engender_v for_o other_o cause_n there_o can_v 〈◊〉_d none_o render_v why_o rock_n cliff_n and_o mountain_n be_v barren_a and_o dry_a but_o this_o that_o they_o have_v either_o no_o fire_n at_o all_o or_o else_o participate_v 〈◊〉_d little_a the_o nature_n thereof_o in_o sum_n so_o far_o off_o be_v water_n from_o be_v of_o itself_o sufficient_a for_o the_o own_o preservation_n or_o generation_n of_o other_o thing_n that_o without_o the_o aid_n of_o fire_n it_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o own_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n for_o heat_v it_o be_v that_o keep_v water_n in_o good_a estate_n and_o preserve_v it_o in_o her_o nature_n and_o proper_a substance_n like_a as_o it_o do_v all_o thing_n beside_o and_o look_v where_o fire_n be_v away_o or_o want_v there_o water_n do_v corrupt_a and_o putrify_v in_o such_o sort_n as_o the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o water_n be_v the_o default_n of_o heat_n as_o we_o may_v evident_o see_v in_o pool_n marsh_n and_o stand_v water_n or_o wheresoever_o water_n be_v keep_v within_o pit_n and_o hole_n without_o issue_n for_o such_o water_n in_o the_o end_n become_v putrify_v and_o stink_n again_o because_o they_o have_v no_o motion_n which_o have_v this_o property_n to_o 〈◊〉_d up_o the_o natural_a heat_n which_o be_v in_o every_o thing_n keep_v those_o water_n better_a which_o have_v a_o current_n and_o run_v apace_o in_o that_o this_o motion_n preserve_v that_o kind_a heat_n which_o they_o have_v and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o to_o live_v in_o greek_a be_v express_v by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sigfi_v to_o boil_v how_o then_o can_v it_o otherwise_o be_v that_o of_o two_o thing_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v more_o profitable_a which_o give_v be_v and_o essence_n to_o the_o other_o like_a as_o fire_n do_v unto_o water_n furthermore_o that_o thing_n the_o utter_a departure_n whereof_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o a_o creature_n die_v be_v the_o more_o profitable_a for_o this_o be_v certain_a and_o manifest_a that_o the_o same_o without_o which_o a_o thing_n can_v be_v have_v give_v the_o cause_n of_o be_v unto_o the_o same_o when_o it_o be_v with_o it_o for_o we_o do_v see_v that_o in_o dead_a thing_n there_o be_v a_o moisture_n neither_o be_v they_o dry_v up_o altogether_o for_o otherwise_o moist_a body_n will_v not_o putrify_v consider_v that_o putrefaction_n be_v the_o turn_n of_o that_o which_o be_v dry_a to_o be_v moist_a or_o rather_o the_o corruption_n of_o humour_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o death_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o utter_a defect_n and_o extinction_n of_o heat_n and_o therefore_o dead_a thing_n be_v extreme_a cold_n insomuch_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v set_v unto_o they_o the_o very_a edge_n of_o rasour_n they_o be_v enough_o to_o dull_a the_o same_o through_o excessive_a cold_a and_o we_o may_v see_v plain_o that_o in_o the_o very_a body_n of_o live_a creature_n those_o part_n which_o participate_v least_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o fire_n be_v more_o senseless_a than_o any_o other_o as_o bone_n and_o hair_n and_o such_o as_o be_v far_a remove_v from_o the_o heart_n and_o in_o manner_n all_o the_o difference_n that_o be_v between_o great_a and_o small_a creature_n proceed_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o fire_n more_o or_o less_o for_o humidity_n simple_o it_o be_v not_o that_o bring_v forth_o plant_n and_o fruit_n but_o warm_a humidity_n be_v it_o that_o do_v the_o deed_n whereas_o cold_a water_n be_v either_o barren_a altogether_o or_o not_o very_o fruitful_a and_o fertile_a and_o yet_o if_o water_n be_v of_o the_o own_o nature_n fructuous_a it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o itself_o alone_o and_o at_o all_o time_n shall_v be_v able_a to_o produce_v fruit_n whereas_o we_o see_v it_o be_v clean_o contrary_a namely_o that_o it_o be_v rather_o hurtful_a to_o fruit_n and_o now_o to_o reason_n from_o another_o head_n and_o go_v another_o way_n to_o work_v to_o make_v use_n of_o fire_n as_o it_o be_v fire_n need_v we_o have_v not_o of_o water_n nay_o it_o 〈◊〉_d rather_o for_o it_o quench_v and_o 〈◊〉_d it_o out_o clean_o on_o the_o other_o side_n many_o 〈◊〉_d be_v who_o can_v tell_v what_o to_o do_v with_o water_n without_o fire_n for_o be_v make_v hot_a it_o be_v more_o profitable_a and_o otherwise_o in_o the_o own_o kind_a hurtful_a of_o two_o thing_n therefore_o that_o which_o can_v do_v good_a of_o itself_o without_o need_n of_o the_o other_o help_v be_v better_a and_o more_o profitable_a moreover_o water_n yield_v commodity_n but_o after_o one_o sort_n only_o to_o wit_n by_o touch_v as_o when_o we_o feel_v it_o or_o wash_v and_o bathe_v with_o it_o whereas_o fire_n serve_v all_o the_o five_o sense_n &_o do_v they_o good_a for_o it_o be_v feel_v both_o near_a at_o hand_n and_o also_o see_v afar_o of_o so_o that_o among_o other_o mean_n that_o it_o have_v of_o profit_v no_o man_n may_v account_v the_o multiplicity_n of_o the_o use_n that_o it_o afford_v for_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v be_v at_o any_o time_n without_o fire_n it_o be_v impossible_a nay_o he_o can_v have_v his_o first_o generation_n without_o it_o and_o yet_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n in_o this_o kind_n as_o in_o all_o other_o thing_n the_o very_a sea_n itself_o be_v make_v more_o 〈◊〉_d by_o heat_n so_o as_o it_o do_v heat_n more_o by_o the_o agitation_n and_o current_n that_o it_o have_v than_o any_o other_o water_n for_o of_o itself_o otherwise_o it_o differ_v not_o also_o for_o such_o as_o have_v no_o need_n of_o outward_a fire_n we_o may_v not_o say_v that_o they_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o none_o at_o all_o but_o the_o reason_n be_v because_o they_o have_v plenty_n and_o store_n of_o natural_a heat_n within_o they_o so_o that_o in_o this_o very_a point_n the_o commodity_n of_o fire_n ought_v to_o be_v esteem_v the_o more_o and_o as_o for_o water_n it_o be_v never_o in_o that_o good_a state_n but_o some_o need_v it_o have_v of_o help_n without_o whereas_o the_o exellencie_n of_o fire_n be_v such_o as_o it_o be_v content_a with_o itself_o and_o require_v not_o the_o aid_n of_o the_o other_o like_a as_o therefore_o that_o captain_n be_v to_o be_v repute_v more_o excellent_a who_o know_v to_o order_n and_o furnish_v a_o city_n so_o as_o it_o have_v no_o need_n of_o foreign_a ally_n so_o we_o be_v to_o think_v that_o among_o element_n that_o be_v the_o worthy_a which_o may_v often_o time_n consist_v without_o the_o succour_n and_o aid_v of_o another_o and_o even_o as_o much_o may_v be_v say_v of_o live_a creature_n which_o have_v least_o need_n of_o other_o help_n and_o yet_o haply_o it_o may_v be_v reply_v contrariwise_o that_o the_o thing_n be_v more_o profitable_a which_o we_o use_v alone_o by_o itself_o namely_o when_o by_o discourse_n of_o reason_n we_o be_v able_a to_o choose_v the_o better_a for_o what_o be_v more_o commodious_a and_o profitable_a to_o man_n than_o reason_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v none_o at_o all_o in_o brute_n beast_n and_o what_o follow_v hereupon_o shall_v we_o infer_v therefore_o that_o it_o be_v less_o profitable_a as_o invent_v by_o the_o providence_n of_o a_o better_a nature_n which_o be_v god_n but_o since_o we_o be_v fall_v into_o this_o argument_n what_o be_v more_o profitable_a to_o man_n life_n than_o art_n but_o there_o be_v no_o art_n which_o fire_n devise_v not_o or_o at_o least_o wise_a do_v not_o maintain_v and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o we_o make_v 〈◊〉_d the_o prince_n and_o master_n of_o all_o art_n furthermore_o whereas_o the_o time_n and_o space_n of_o life_n be_v very_o short_a that_o be_v give_v unto_o man_n as_o short_a as_o it_o be_v yet_o sleep_v as_o ariston_n say_v like_v unto_o a_o false_a bailie_n or_o publican_n take_v the_o half_a thereof_o for_o itself_o true_a it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n may_v lie_v awake_a and_o not_o sleep_v all_o night_n long_o but_o i_o may_v aswell_o say_v that_o his_o wake_n will_v serve_v he_o in_o small_a stead_n be_v it_o not_o that_o fire_n present_v unto_o he_o the_o commodity_n of_o the_o day_n and_o put_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o darkness_n of_o the_o night_n and_o the_o light_n of_o the_o day_n if_o then_o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o profitable_a unto_o man_n than_o life_n why_o shall_v we_o not_o judge_v fire_n to_o be_v the_o best_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n since_o it_o do_v augment_v and_o multiply_v our_o life_n over_o and_o beside_o that_o of_o which_o the_o five_o sense_n participate_v most_o be_v more_o profitable_a but_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o the_o say_a sense_n make_v use_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o water_n
regard_n wise_o say_v the_o poet_n euripides_n when_o as_o the_o ground_n be_v not_o well_o lay_v at_o first_o for_o our_o nativity_n with_o parent_n fault_n man_n will_v upbraid_v both_o we_o and_o our_o posterity_n a_o goodly_a treasure_n then_o have_v they_o who_o be_v well_o and_o honest_o bear_v when_o in_o the_o confidence_n and_o assurance_n thereof_o they_o may_v be_v bold_a to_o bear_v their_o head_n aloft_o and_o speak_v their_o mind_n frank_o wheresoever_o they_o come_v and_o very_o they_o of_o all_o other_o be_v to_o make_v the_o great_a account_n of_o this_o blessing_n who_o wish_v to_o have_v fair_a issue_n of_o their_o body_n lawful_o beget_v certes_o a_o thing_n it_o be_v that_o ordinary_o daunt_v and_o cast_v down_o the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n when_o he_o be_v privy_a to_o the_o baseness_n of_o his_o birth_n and_o know_v some_o defect_n blemish_n and_o imperfection_n by_o his_o parent_n most_o true_o therefore_o and_o to_o the_o purpose_n right_o fit_o speak_v the_o same_o poet_n the_o privity_n to_o father_n vice_n or_o mother_n fault_n reprochable_a will_v he_o debase_v who_o otherwise_o be_v haughty_a stout_a and_o commendable_a whereas_o contrariwise_o they_o that_o be_v know_v to_o be_v the_o child_n of_o noble_a and_o worthy_a parent_n bear_v themselves_o high_o and_o be_v full_a of_o stomach_n and_o generosity_n in_o which_o conceit_n and_o lofty_a spirit_n it_o be_v report_v that_o diaphantus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o themistocles_n be_v wont_n to_o say_v and_o that_o in_o the_o hear_n of_o many_o that_o whatsoever_o please_v he_o the_o same_o also_o the_o people_n of_o athens_n think_v well_o of_o for_o that_o which_o i_o will_v have_v do_v quoth_v he_o my_o mother_n likewise_o say_v yea_o unto_o it_o what_o my_o mother_n mind_n stand_v to_o themistocles_n my_o father_n will_v not_o gainsay_v it_o and_o look_v what_o like_v themistocles_n the_o athenian_n all_o be_v well_o content_v therewith_o where_o by_o the_o way_n the_o magnanimity_n and_o brave_a mind_n of_o the_o lacedaemoninas_fw-la be_v high_o to_o be_v praise_v who_o condemn_v their_o king_n archidamus_n in_o a_o great_a fine_a of_o money_n for_o that_o he_o can_v find_v in_o his_o heart_n to_o espouse_v a_o wife_n of_o little_a stature_n allege_v therewith_o a_o good_a reason_n because_o say_v they_o his_o meaning_n be_v to_o get_v not_o a_o breed_n of_o king_n but_o kinglin_n or_o divers_a king_n to_o reign_v over_o we_o well_o upon_o this_o first_o advertisement_n concern_v child_n there_o depend_v another_o which_o they_o who_o write_v before_o we_o of_o the_o like_a argument_n forget_v not_o to_o set_v down_o and_o what_o be_v that_o namely_o that_o they_o who_o for_o procreation_n of_o child_n will_v come_v near_o unto_o woman_n aught_o to_o meddle_v with_o they_o either_o upon_o empty_a stomach_n and_o before_o they_o have_v drink_v any_o wine_n at_o all_o or_o at_o leastwise_o after_o they_o have_v take_v their_o wine_n in_o measure_n and_o sober_o for_o such_o will_v prove_v common_o wine-bibber_n and_o drunkard_n who_o be_v engender_v when_o their_o father_n be_v drunken_a according_a to_o that_o which_o diogenes_n say_v upon_o a_o time_n unto_o a_o youth_n who_o he_o see_v beside_o himself_o and_o far_o oversee_v with_o drink_n my_o lad_n quoth_v he_o thy_o father_n get_v thou_o when_o he_o be_v drink_v and_o thus_o much_o may_v suffice_v for_o the_o generation_n of_o child_n as_o touch_v their_o nurture_n and_o education_n whereof_o now_o i_o be_o to_o discourse_v that_o which_o we_o be_v wont_n general_o to_o say_v of_o all_o art_n and_o science_n the_o same_o we_o may_v be_v bold_a to_o pronounce_v of_o virtue_n to_o wit_n that_o to_o the_o accomplishment_n thereof_o and_o to_o make_v a_o man_n perfect_o virtuous_a three_o thing_n ought_v to_o concur_v nature_n reason_n and_o usage_n by_o reason_n i_o understand_v doctrine_n and_o precept_n by_o usage_n exercise_n and_o practice_v the_o first_o beginning_n we_o have_v from_o nature_n progress_n and_o proceed_v come_v by_o teach_v and_o instruction_n exercise_n and_o practice_n be_v perform_v by_o diligence_n and_o all_o three_o together_o bring_v forth_o the_o height_n of_o perfection_n if_o any_o one_o of_o these_o fail_n it_o can_v otherwise_o be_v but_o that_o virtue_n also_o shall_v have_v her_o defect_n and_o be_v maim_v for_o nature_n without_o learning_n be_v blind_a doctrine_n want_v the_o gift_n of_o nature_n be_v defectuous_a and_o exercise_v void_a of_o the_o other_o twain_o imperfect_a and_o very_o it_o fare_v in_o this_o case_n much_o like_o as_o in_o husbandry_n and_o tillage_n of_o the_o earth_n for_o first_o and_o forme_v requisite_a it_o be_v that_o the_o ground_n be_v good_a second_o that_o the_o husbandman_n be_v skilful_a and_o in_o the_o three_o place_n that_o the_o seed_n be_v clean_a and_o well_o choose_v semblaby_o nature_n resemble_v the_o soil_n the_o master_n who_o teach_v represent_v the_o labour_a husbandman_n and_o last_o of_o all_o the_o rule_n precept_n admonition_n and_o example_n be_v compare_v to_o the_o seed_n all_o these_o good_a mean_n i_o dare_v with_o confidence_n avouch_v meet_v together_o and_o inspire_v their_o power_n into_o the_o mind_n of_o these_o worthy_a personage_n who_o throughout_o the_o world_n be_v so_o renown_v pythagor_n as_o i_o mean_v socrates_n plato_n and_o all_o the_o rest_n who_o have_v attain_v to_o a_o memorable_a name_n and_o immortal_a glory_n bless_a then_o be_v that_o man_n and_o entire_o belove_v of_o the_o god_n who_o hap_n it_o be_v by_o their_o favour_n and_o grace_n to_o be_v furnish_v with_o all_o three_o now_o if_o any_o one_o be_v of_o this_o opinion_n that_o those_o who_o be_v not_o endue_v with_o the_o gift_n of_o natural_a wit_n and_o yet_o have_v the_o help_n of_o true_a instruction_n and_o diligent_a exercise_n to_o the_o attain_n of_o virtue_n can_v by_o this_o mean_n recover_v and_o repair_v the_o foresay_a defect_n know_v he_o that_o he_o be_v much_o deceive_v and_o to_o say_v more_o true_o quite_o out_o of_o the_o way_n for_o as_o idleness_n and_o negligence_n do_v mar_v and_o corrupt_v the_o goodness_n of_o nature_n so_o the_o industry_n and_o diligence_n of_o good_a erudition_n supply_v the_o defect_n and_o correct_v the_o default_n thereof_o idle_n and_o slothful_a person_n we_o see_v be_v not_o able_a to_o compass_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v easy_a whereas_o contrariwise_o by_o study_n and_o travel_n the_o great_a difficulty_n be_v achieve_v moreover_o of_o what_o efficacy_n and_o execution_n diligence_n and_o labour_n be_v a_o man_n may_v easy_o know_v by_o sundry_a effect_n that_o be_v daily_o observe_v for_o we_o do_v evident_o perceive_v that_o drop_n of_o water_n fall_v upon_o the_o hard_a rock_n do_v eat_v the_o same_o hollow_a iron_n and_o brass_n we_o see_v to_o wear_v and_o consume_v only_o by_o continual_a handle_n the_o felly_n in_o chariot_n wheel_n which_o by_o labour_n be_v bend_a and_o curb_v will_v not_o return_v and_o be_v reduce_v again_o do_v what_o you_o can_v to_o their_o former_a straightness_n like_a as_o it_o be_v impossible_a by_o any_o device_n to_o set_v straight_o the_o crooked_a staff_n that_o stage-player_n go_v withal_o and_o evident_a it_o be_v that_o whatsoever_o against_o nature_n be_v by_o force_n and_o labour_v change_v and_o redress_v become_v much_o better_a and_o more_o sure_a than_o those_o thing_n that_o continue_v in_o their_o ownekinde_n but_o be_v these_o the_o thing_n only_o wherein_o appear_v the_o power_n of_o study_n and_o diligence_n no_o very_o for_o there_o be_v a_o infinite_a number_n of_o other_o experiment_n which_o prove_v the_o same_o most_o clear_o be_v there_o a_o piece_n of_o ground_n natural_o good_a let_v it_o lie_v neglect_v it_o become_v wild_a and_o barren_a yea_o and_o the_o more_o rich_a and_o fertile_a that_o it_o be_v of_o itself_o the_o more_o waste_n and_o fruitless_a it_o prove_v for_o want_v of_o tillage_n and_o husbandry_n contrariwise_o you_o shall_v see_v another_o plot_n hard_o rough_a and_o more_o stony_a than_o it_o shall_v be_v which_o by_o good_a order_n and_o the_o careful_a hand_n of_o the_o husbandman_n soon_o bring_v forth_o fair_a and_o goodly_a fruit_n again_o what_o tree_n be_v there_o which_o will_v not_o twine_v grow_v crooked_a and_o prove_v fruitless_a if_o good_a heed_n be_v not_o take_v unto_o they_o whereas_o if_o due_a regard_n be_v have_v and_o that_o carefulness_n employ_v about_o they_o which_o become_v they_o bear_v fruit_n and_o yield_v the_o same_o ripe_a in_o due_a season_n be_v there_o any_o body_n so_o sound_a and_o able_a but_o by_o neglect_n riot_n delicacy_n and_o a_o evil_a habit_n or_o custom_n it_o will_v grow_v dull_a feeble_a and_o unlostie_a yea_o and_o fall_v into_o a_o mislike_v and_o consumption_n on_o the_o other_o side_n what_o complexion_n be_v there_o so_o
in_o he_o somewhat_o better_o and_o somewhat_o worse_o and_o very_o by_o that_o mean_n he_o that_o have_v the_o worse_a part_n obedient_a to_o the_o better_a have_v power_n over_o himself_o yea_o and_o better_a than_o himself_o whereas_o he_o that_o suffer_v the_o brutish_a and_o unreasonable_a part_n of_o his_o soul_n to_o command_v and_o go_v before_o so_o as_o the_o better_a and_o more_o noble_a part_n do_v follow_v and_o be_v serviceable_a unto_o it_o he_o no_o doubt_n be_v worse_a than_o himself_o he_o be_v i_o say_v incontinent_a or_o rather_o impotent_a and_o have_v no_o power_n over_o himself_o but_o dispose_v contrary_a to_o nature_n for_o according_a to_o the_o course_n and_o ordinance_n of_o nature_n meet_v and_o fit_v it_o be_v that_o reason_n be_v divine_a and_o heavenly_a shall_v command_v and_o rule_v that_o which_o be_v sensual_a and_o void_a of_o reason_n which_o as_o it_o do_v arise_v and_o spring_v out_o of_o the_o very_a body_n so_o it_o resemble_v it_o as_o participate_v the_o property_n and_o passion_n thereof_o yea_o and_o natural_o be_v full_a of_o they_o as_o be_v deep_o concorporate_a and_o thorough_o mix_v therewith_o as_o it_o may_v appear_v by_o all_o the_o motion_n which_o it_o have_v tend_v to_o no_o other_o thing_n but_o those_o that_o be_v material_a and_o corporal_a as_o receive_v their_o augmentation_n and_o diminution_n from_o thence_o or_o to_o say_v more_o proper_o be_v stretch_v out_o and_o let_v slack_a more_o or_o less_o according_a to_o the_o mutation_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o young_a person_n be_v quick_a prompt_a and_o audacious_a rash_a also_o for_o that_o they_o be_v full_a of_o blood_n and_o the_o same_o hot_a their_o lust_n and_o appetite_n be_v likewise_o fiery_a violent_a and_o furious_a whereas_o contrariwise_o in_o old_a folk_n because_o the_o source_n of_o concupiscence_n seat_v about_o the_o liver_n be_v after_o a_o sort_n quench_v yea_o and_o become_v weak_a and_o feeble_a reason_n be_v more_o vigorous_a and_o predominant_a in_o they_o as_o much_o as_o the_o sensual_a and_o passionate_a part_n do_v languish_v and_o decay_v together_o with_o the_o body_n and_o very_o this_o be_v that_o which_o do_v frame_n and_o dispose_v the_o nature_n of_o wild_a beast_n to_o divers_a passion_n for_o it_o be_v not_o long_o of_o any_o opinion_n good_a or_o bad_a which_o arise_v in_o they_o that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v strong_a venturous_a and_o fearless_a yea_o and_o ready_a to_o withstand_v any_o peril_n present_v before_o they_o other_o again_o be_v so_o surprise_v with_o fear_n and_o fright_v that_o they_o dare_v not_o stir_v or_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o the_o force_n and_o power_n which_o lie_v in_o the_o blood_n in_o the_o spirit_n and_o in_o the_o whole_a body_n be_v that_o which_o cause_v this_o diversity_n of_o passion_n by_o reason_n that_o the_o passable_a part_n grow_v out_o of_o the_o flesh_n as_o from_o a_o root_n do_v bud_n soorth_o and_o bring_v with_o it_o a_o quality_n and_o proneness_n semblable_a but_o in_o man_n that_o there_o be_v a_o sympathy_n and_o fellow_n move_a of_o the_o body_n together_o with_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o passion_n may_v be_v prove_v by_o the_o pale_a colour_n the_o red_a flush_n of_o the_o face_n the_o tremble_a of_o the_o joint_n and_o pant_v and_o leap_v of_o the_o heart_n in_o fear_n and_o anger_n and_o again_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n by_o the_o dilation_n of_o the_o artery_n heart_n and_o colour_n in_o hope_n and_o expectation_n of_o some_o pleasure_n but_o when_o as_o the_o divine_a spirit_n and_o understanding_n of_o man_n do_v move_v of_o itself_o alone_o without_o any_o passion_n than_o the_o body_n be_v at_o repose_n and_o remain_v quiet_a not_o communicate_v nor_o participate_v any_o whit_n with_o the_o operation_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o intendment_n no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v dispose_v to_o study_v upon_o any_o mathematical_a proposition_n or_o other_o science_n speculative_a it_o call_v for_o the_o help_n and_o assistance_n of_o the_o unreasonable_a part_n by_o which_o it_o be_v manifest_a that_o there_o be_v two_o distinct_a part_n in_o we_o different_a in_o faculty_n and_o power_n one_o from_o another_o in_o sum_n go_v through_o the_o universal_a world_n allthing_n as_o they_o themselves_o affirm_v and_o evident_a experience_n do_v convince_v be_v govern_v and_o order_v some_o by_o a_o certain_a habitude_n other_o by_o nature_n some_o by_o sensual_a and_o unreasonable_a soul_n other_o by_o that_o which_o have_v reason_n and_o understanding_n of_o all_o which_o man_n have_v his_o part_n at_o once_o yea_o and_o be_v bear_v natural_o with_o these_o difference_n above_o say_v for_o contain_v he_o be_v by_o a_o habitude_n nourish_v by_o nature_n reason_n &_o understanding_n he_o use_v he_o have_v his_o portion_n likewise_o of_o that_o which_o be_v unreasonable_a and_o inbred_a there_o be_v together_o with_o he_o the_o source_n and_o primitive_a cause_n of_o passion_n as_o a_o thing_n necessary_a for_o he_o neither_o do_v it_o enter_v into_o he_o from_o without_o in_o which_o regard_n it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v extirp_v utter_o but_o have_v need_n only_o of_o order_v and_o government_n whereupon_o reason_n deal_v not_o after_o the_o thracian_a manner_n nor_o like_a king_n lycurgus_n who_o command_v all_o vine_n without_o exception_n to_o be_v cut_v down_o because_o wine_n cause_v drunkenness_n it_o root_v not_o out_o i_o say_v all_o affection_n indifferent_o one_o with_o another_o the_o profitable_a as_o well_o as_o the_o hurtful_a but_o like_a unto_o the_o good_a god_n 〈◊〉_d and_o hemorides_n who_o teach_v we_o to_o order_v plant_n that_o they_o may_v fructify_v and_o to_o make_v they_o gentle_a which_o be_v savage_a to_o cut_v away_o that_o which_o grow_v wild_a and_o rank_n to_o save_v all_o the_o rest_n and_o so_o to_o order_v and_o manage_v the_o same_o that_o it_o may_v serve_v for_o good_a use_n for_o neither_o do_v they_o shed_v and_o spill_v their_o wine_n upon_o the_o flower_n who_o be_v afraid_a to_o be_v drink_v but_o delay_v the_o same_o with_o water_n nor_o those_o who_o fear_v the_o violence_n of_o a_o passion_n do_v take_v it_o quite_o away_o but_o rather_o temper_n and_o qualify_v the_o same_o like_v as_o folk_n use_v to_o break_v horse_n and_o ox_n from_o their_o fling_v out_o with_o their_o heel_n their_o stiffenes_n &_o curstnes_n of_o the_o head_n &_o stubburne_v in_o receive_v the_o bridle_n or_o the_o yoke_n but_o do_v not_o restrain_v they_o of_o other_o motion_n in_o go_v about_o their_o work_n and_o do_v their_o deed_n and_o even_o so_o very_o reason_n make_v good_a use_n of_o these_o passion_n when_o they_o be_v well_o tame_v and_o bring_v as_o it_o be_v to_o hand_n without_o over_o weaken_v or_o root_n out_o clean_o that_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v make_v for_o to_o second_o reason_n and_o do_v it_o good_a service_n for_o as_o pindarus_n say_v the_o horse_n do_v serve_v in_o chariot_n at_o the_o thill_n the_o ox_n at_o plough_n do_v labour_n hardin_fw-fr field_n who_o list_v in_o chase_n the_o wild_a boar_n for_o to_o kill_v the_o hardy_a hound_n he_o must_v provide_v with_o skill_n and_o i_o assure_v you_o the_o entertainment_n of_o these_o passion_n and_o their_o breed_n serve_v in_o far_o better_a stead_n when_o they_o do_v assist_v reason_n and_o give_v a_o edge_n as_o it_o be_v and_o vigour_n unto_o virtue_n than_o the_o beast_n above_o name_v in_o their_o kind_n thus_o moderate_a ire_n do_v second_o valour_n and_o fortitude_n hatred_n of_o wicked_a person_n help_v the_o execution_n of_o justice_n and_o indignation_n be_v just_a and_o due_a unto_o those_o who_o without_o any_o merit_n or_o desert_n enjoie_v the_o felicity_n of_o this_o life_n who_o also_o for_o that_o their_o heart_n be_v puff_v up_o with_o foolish_a arrogancy_n and_o inflame_v with_o disdainful_a pride_n and_o insolence_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o prosperity_n have_v need_n to_o be_v take_v down_o and_o cool_v neither_o be_v a_o man_n able_a by_o any_o mean_n will_v he_o never_o so_o fain_o to_o separate_v from_o true_a friendship_n natural_a indulgence_n and_o kind_a affection_n nor_o from_o humanity_n commiseration_n and_o pity_n ne_o yet_o from_o perfect_a benevolence_n and_o good_a will_n the_o fellowiship_n in_o joy_n and_o sorrow_n now_o if_o it_o be_v true_a as_o it_o be_v indeed_o that_o they_o do_v gross_o err_v who_o will_v abolish_v all_o love_n because_o of_o foolish_a and_o wanton_a love_n sure_o they_o do_v amiss_o who_o for_o covertousnes_n sake_n and_o greediness_n of_o money_n do_v blame_n and_o condemn_v quite_o all_o other_o appetite_n and_o desire_n they_o do_v i_o say_v asmuch_o as_o those_o who_o will_v sorbid_v run_v altogether_o because_o a_o man_n may_v stumble_v and_o catch_v a_o fall_n as_o he_o run_v
&_o another_o but_o whether_o they_o be_v equal_a in_o well_o do_v or_o come_v behind_o they_o take_v all_o in_o good_a part_n and_o never_o grieve_v at_o the_o matter_n but_o the_o flatterer_n bear_v well_o in_o mind_n that_o he_o in_o every_o place_n be_v to_o play_v the_o second_o part_n yield_v always_o in_o his_o imitation_n the_o equality_n from_o himself_o and_o do_v affect_v to_o counterfeit_v another_o so_o as_o he_o will_v be_v the_o inferior_a give_v the_o superiority_n unto_o the_o other_o in_o all_o thing_n but_o those_o which_o be_v naught_o for_o therein_o he_o challenge_v to_o himself_o the_o victory_n over_o his_o friend_n if_o he_o be_v somewhat_o mal-content_a and_o hard_a to_o be_v please_v then_o will_v the_o flatterer_n profess_v himself_o to_o be_v stark_o melancholic_a if_o his_o friend_n be_v somewhat_o too_o religious_a or_o superstitious_a then_o will_v he_o make_v semblance_n as_o though_o he_o be_v rapt_v and_o transport_v altogether_o with_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o god_n if_o the_o other_o be_v amorous_a he_o will_v be_v in_o love_n furious_a when_o the_o other_o say_v i_o laugh_v a_o good_a but_o i_o will_v he_o say_v again_o laugh_v until_o i_o be_v well_o near_o dead_a but_o in_o good_a thing_n it_o be_v clean_o contrary_a for_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o good_a footmanship_n he_o will_v say_v i_o run_v swift_o indeed_o but_o you_o fly_v away_o again_o i_o sit_v a_o horse_n and_o rid_v reasonable_a well_o but_o what_o be_v that_o to_o this_o hippocentaure_n here_o for_o good_a horsemanship_n also_o i_o have_v a_o pretty_a gift_n in_o poetry_n i_o must_v needs_o say_v and_o be_o not_o the_o worst_a versifier_n in_o the_o world_n but_o to_o thunder_v verse_n i_o have_v no_o skill_n to_o jupiter_n there_o leave_v that_o i_o will_n in_o these_o and_o such_o like_a speech_n two_o thing_n at_o once_o he_o do_v for_o first_o he_o seem_v to_o approve_v the_o enterprise_n of_o the_o other_o as_o singular_a good_a because_o he_o do_v imitate_v he_o and_o second_o he_o show_v that_o his_o sufficiency_n therein_o be_v incomparable_a and_o not_o to_o be_v match_v in_o that_o he_o confess_v himself_o to_o come_v short_a of_o he_o and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o different_a mark_n between_o a_o flatterer_n and_o a_o friend_n as_o touch_v their_o resemblance_n now_o forasmuch_o as_o there_o be_v a_o community_n of_o delectation_n and_o pleasure_n in_o they_o both_o as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o for_o that_o a_o honest_a man_n take_v no_o less_o joy_n and_o comfort_n in_o his_o friend_n than_o a_o lewd_a person_n in_o flatterer_n let_v we_o consider_v likewise_o the_o distinction_n between_o they_o in_o this_o behalf_n the_o only_a way_n to_o distinguish_v they_o a_o sunder_o in_o this_o point_n be_v to_o mark_v the_o drift_n and_o end_n of_o the_o delectation_n both_o in_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o which_o a_o man_n may_v see_v more_o clear_o by_o this_o example_n there_o be_v in_o a_o sweet_a ointment_n a_o odoriferous_a smell_n so_o be_v therealso_fw-la in_o a_o antidote_n or_o medicine_n but_o herrein_n lie_v the_o difference_n for_o that_o in_o the_o ointment_n abovesaid_a their_o be_v a_o reference_n to_o pleasure_v only_o and_o to_o nothing_o else_o but_o in_o the_o antidote_n beside_o the_o delectation_n that_o the_o odor_n yield_v there_o be_v a_o respect_n also_o of_o some_o medicinable_a virtue_n namely_o either_o to_o purge_v and_o cleanse_v the_o body_n or_o to_o heat_n and_o chafe_v it_o or_o else_o to_o incamate_fw-it and_o make_v new_a flesh_n to_o come_v again_o painter_n do_v grind_v and_o mix_v fresh_a colour_n and_o lively_a tincture_n so_o the_o apothecary_n have_v drug_n and_o medicine_n of_o a_o beautiful_a and_o pleasant_a colour_n to_o the_o eye_n that_o it_o will_v do_v a_o man_n good_a to_o look_v upon_o they_o but_o wherein_o be_v the_o difference_n be_v there_o any_o man_n so_o gross_a that_o conceive_v not_o ready_o that_o the_o odds_n lie_v in_o the_o use_n or_o end_n for_o which_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v ordain_v semblable_o the_o mutual_a office_n and_o kindness_n that_o pass_v from_o friend_n to_o friend_n beside_o the_o honesty_n and_o profit_n that_o they_o have_v bring_v with_o they_o also_o that_o which_o be_v please_v and_o delectable_a as_o if_o some_o dainty_a and_o lively_a flower_n grow_v thereupon_o for_o sometime_o friend_n use_v play_n and_o pastime_n one_o with_o another_o they_o invite_v one_o another_o they_o eat_v and_o drink_v together_o yea_o and_o otherwhiles_o believe_v i_o you_o shall_v have_v they_o make_v themselves_o merry_a and_o laugh_v hearty_o jest_v gaud_v and_o disport_v one_o with_o another_o all_o which_o serve_v as_o pleasant_a sauce_n to_o season_v their_o other_o serious_a and_o honest_a affair_n of_o great_a weight_n and_o consequence_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n serve_v well_o these_o verse_n with_o pleasant_a discourse_n from_o one_o to_o another_o they_o make_v themselves_o merry_a be_v meet_v together_o also_o and_o nothing_o else_o disjoin_v our_o amity_n nor_o partedour_n pleasure_n and_o mutual_a jollity_n but_o the_o whole_a work_n of_o a_o flatterer_n and_o the_o only_a mark_n that_o he_o shoot_v at_o be_v always_o to_o devise_v prepare_v and_o confect_v as_o it_o be_v some_o play_n or_o sport_n some_o action_n and_o speech_n with_o pleasure_n and_o to_o do_v pleasure_n and_o to_o knit_v up_o all_o brief_o in_o one_o word_n he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o he_o ought_v to_o do_v all_o for_o to_o be_v pleasant_a whereas_o the_o true_a friend_n do_v always_o that_o which_o his_o duty_n require_v many_o time_n please_v and_o as_o often_o again_o he_o be_v displeasant_a not_o that_o his_o intention_n be_v to_o displease_v at_o any_o time_n howbeit_o if_o he_o see_v it_o expedient_a and_o better_a so_o to_o do_v he_o will_v not_o stick_v to_o be_v a_o little_a harsh_a and_o unpleasant_a for_o like_a as_o a_o physician_n when_o need_n require_v put_v in_o some_o saffron_n or_o spiknard_n into_o his_o medicine_n yea_o and_o otherwhile_o permiter_v his_o patient_n a_o delicate_a bath_n or_o liberal_a and_o dainty_a diet_n to_o his_o full_a contentment_n but_o sometime_o for_o it_o again_o leave_v out_o all_o sweet_a odour_n cast_v in_o castorem_fw-la or_o polium_fw-la which_o strong_a scent_n do_v yield_v and_o stink_v most_o of_o all_o herb_n in_o field_n or_o else_o he_o bruise_v and_o stamp_v some_o ellebore_n and_o force_v his_o patient_n to_o drink_v of_o that_o potion_n not_o propose_v either_o in_o the_o former_a medicine_n pleasure_n nor_o in_o the_o latter_a displeasure_n for_o the_o end_n but_o both_o by_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o train_v the_o sick_a person_n under_o his_o hand_n to_o one_o &_o the_o same_o effect_n of_o his_o cure_n to_o wit_n his_o good_a and_o the_o health_n of_o his_o body_n even_o so_o it_o be_v with_o a_o true_a friend_n one_o while_n with_o praise_n and_o gracious_a word_n he_o extoll_v and_o cheer_v up_o his_o friend_n incite_v he_o thereby_o always_o to_o that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o honest_a as_o he_o in_o homer_n dear_a heart_n sir_n teucer_n worthy_a son_n of_o telamonius_n that_o knight_n come_v prince_n and_o flower_n of_o valiant_a knight_n shoot_v thus_o your_o arrow_n flight_n and_o another_o how_o can_v i_o ever_o put_v out_o of_o mind_n heavenly_a ulysses_n a_o prince_n so_o kind_a contrariwise_o anotherwhile_o where_o there_o be_v need_n of_o chastisement_n and_o correction_n he_o will_v not_o spare_v but_o use_v sharp_a and_o bite_a word_n yea_o and_o that_o free_a speech_n which_o carry_v with_o it_o a_o affection_n careful_a to_o do_v good_a and_o such_o as_o in_o deed_n beseem_v a_o tutor_n and_o governor_n much_o after_o this_o manner_n what_o menelaus_n how_o ever_o that_o from_o jupiter_n you_o descend_v you_o play_v the_o fool_n for_o folly_n such_o i_o can_v you_o commend_v it_o fall_v out_o so_o likewise_o that_o sometime_o he_o add_v deed_n to_o word_n and_o thus_o menedemus_n shut_v the_o door_n against_o the_o son_n of_o asclepiades_n his_o friend_n and_o will_v not_o deign_v once_o to_o salute_v he_o because_o he_o be_v a_o riotous_a youth_n and_o live_v dissolute_o and_o out_o of_o all_o order_n by_o which_o mean_n he_o be_v reclaim_v from_o loose_a life_n and_o become_v a_o honest_a man_n arcesilaus_n in_o like_a manner_n exclude_v battus_n out_o of_o his_o school_n and_o will_v not_o suffer_v he_o to_o enter_v because_o in_o a_o comedy_n that_o he_o compose_v he_o have_v make_v one_o verse_n against_o cleanthes_n but_o afterward_o battus_n repent_v of_o that_o he_o have_v do_v and_o make_v satisfaction_n unto_o cleanthes_n be_v pardon_v and_o receive_v again_o into_o his_o favour_n for_o a_o man_n may_v offend_v his_o friend_n with_o intention_n to_o do_v he_o good_a but_o he_o must_v
he_o and_o in_o this_o manner_n begin_v to_o persuade_v above_o all_o thing_n my_o good_a child_n quoth_v he_o study_n and_o endeavour_v to_o imitate_v the_o humanity_n and_o sociable_a nature_n of_o your_o noble_a father_n unless_o haply_o you_o have_v i_o in_o jealousy_n and_o suspicion_n as_o if_o i_o go_v about_o to_o compass_v your_o death_n the_o youth_n be_v abash_v to_o hear_v he_o say_v so_o and_o go_v with_o he_o well_o supper_n be_v no_o soon_o end_v but_o they_o make_v a_o end_n of_o the_o young_a gentleman_n also_o and_o strangle_v he_o outright_o so_o that_o it_o be_v no_o ridiculous_a and_o foolish_a advertisement_n as_o some_o let_v not_o to_o say_v but_o a_o wise_a and_o sage_a advice_n of_o hesiodus_n when_o he_o say_v thy_o friend_n and_o lover_n to_o supper_n do_v invite_v thy_o foe_n leave_v out_o for_o he_o will_v thou_o requite_v be_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a bashful_a and_o ashamed_a to_o refuse_v his_o offer_n who_o thou_o know_v to_o hate_v thou_o but_o never_o leave_v out_o and_o reject_v he_o once_o who_o seem_v to_o put_v his_o trust_n and_o confidence_n in_o thou_o for_o if_o thou_o do_v invite_v thou_o shall_v be_v invite_v again_o and_o if_o thou_o be_v bid_v to_o a_o supper_n and_o go_v thou_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o bid_v again_o if_o thou_o abandon_v once_o thy_o distrust_n and_o diffidence_n which_o be_v the_o guard_n of_o thy_o safety_n and_o so_o mar_v that_o good_a tincture_n and_o temperature_n by_o a_o foolish_a shame_n that_o thou_o have_v when_o thou_o dare_v not_o refuse_v see_v then_o that_o this_o infirmity_n and_o malady_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o many_o inconvenience_n assay_v we_o must_v to_o chase_v it_o away_o with_o all_o the_o may_v we_o have_v by_o exercise_n begin_v at_o the_o first_o like_v as_o man_n do_v in_o other_o exercise_n with_o thing_n that_o be_v not_o very_o difficult_a nor_o such_o as_o a_o man_n may_v bold_o have_v the_o face_n to_o deny_v as_o for_o example_n if_o at_o a_o dinner_n one_o chance_n to_o drink_v unto_o thou_o when_o thou_o have_v drink_v sufficient_o already_o be_v not_o abash_v to_o refuse_v for_o to_o pledge_v he_o neither_o force_n thyself_o but_o take_v the_o cup_n at_o his_o hand_n and_o set_v it_o down_o again_o on_o the_o board_n again_o there_o be_v another_o perchance_o that_o amid_o his_o cup_n challenge_v thou_o to_o hazard_v or_o to_o play_v at_o dice_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o say_v he_o nay_o neither_o fear_n thou_o although_o thou_o receive_v a_o flout_n and_o scoff_n at_o his_o hand_n for_o denial_n but_o rather_o do_v as_o xenophane_v do_v when_o one_o lasus_n the_o son_n of_o hermiones_n call_v he_o coward_n because_o he_o will_v not_o play_v at_o dice_n with_o he_o i_o confess_v quoth_v he_o i_o be_o a_o very_a dastard_n in_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v lewd_a and_o naught_o and_o i_o dare_v do_v nothing_o at_o all_o moreover_o say_v thou_o fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o a_o prattle_a &_o talkative_a busy_a body_n who_o catch_v hold_v on_o thou_o hang_v upon_o thou_o and_o will_v not_o let_v thou_o go_v be_v not_o sheepish_a and_o bashful_a but_o interrupt_v and_o cut_v his_o tale_n short_a shake_v he_o off_o i_o say_v but_o go_v thou_o forward_o and_o make_v a_o end_n of_o thy_o business_n whereabout_o thou_o wente_v for_o such_o refusal_n such_o repulse_n shift_n and_o evasion_n in_o small_a matter_n for_o which_o man_n can_v great_o complain_v of_o we_o exercise_v we_o not_o to_o blush_v and_o be_v ashamed_a when_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n do_v inure_v and_o frame_v we_o well_o beforehand_o unto_o other_o occasion_n of_o great_a importance_n and_o here_o in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v not_o amiss_o to_o call_v unto_o remembrance_n a_o speech_n of_o demosthenes_n for_o when_o the_o athenian_n be_v solicit_v and_o move_v to_o send_v aid_n unto_o harpalus_n be_v so_o forward_o in_o the_o action_n that_o they_o have_v put_v themselves_o in_o arm_n against_o king_n alexander_n all_o on_o a_o sudden_a they_o discover_v upon_o their_o own_o coast_n philoxenus_n the_o lieutenant_n general_a of_o the_o king_n force_n and_o chief_a admiral_n of_o his_o armada_n at_o sea_n now_o when_o the_o people_n be_v so_o astonish_v upon_o this_o unexpected_a occurrent_a that_o they_o have_v not_o a_o word_n to_o say_v for_o very_a fear_n what_o will_v these_o man_n do_v quoth_v demosthenes_n when_o they_o shall_v see_v the_o sun_n who_o be_v so_o afraid_a that_o they_o dare_v not_o look_v against_o a_o little_a lamp_n even_o so_o i_o say_v to_o thou_o that_o be_v give_v much_o to_o blush_v and_o be_v abash_v what_o will_v thou_o be_v able_a to_o do_v in_o weighty_a affair_n namely_o when_o thou_o shall_v be_v encounter_v by_o a_o king_n or_o if_o the_o body_n of_o some_o people_n or_o state_n be_v earnest_a with_o thou_o to_o obtain_v aught_o at_o thy_o hand_n that_o be_v unreasonable_a when_o thou_o have_v not_o the_o heart_n to_o refuse_v for_o to_o pledge_v a_o familiar_a friend_n if_o he_o chance_v to_o drink_v unto_o thou_o &_o offer_v thou_o a_o cup_n of_o wine_n or_o if_o thou_o can_v not_o find_v mean_n to_o escape_v and_o wind_n thyself_o out_o of_o the_o company_n of_o a_o babble_a busy_a body_n that_o have_v fasten_v and_o take_v hold_v of_o thou_o but_o suffer_v such_o a_o vain_a prate_a fellow_n as_o this_o to_o walk_v and_o lead_v thou_o at_o his_o pleasure_n up_o and_o down_o have_v not_o so_o much_o power_n as_o to_o say_v thus_o unto_o he_o i_o will_v see_v you_o again_o hereafter_o at_o some_o other_o time_n now_o i_o have_v no_o leisure_n to_o talk_v with_o you_o over_o and_o beside_o the_o exercise_n and_o use_v of_o break_v yourselves_o of_o this_o bashfulness_n in_o praise_v other_o for_o small_a and_o light_a matter_n will_v not_o be_v unprofitable_a unto_o you_o as_o for_o example_n say_v that_o when_o you_o be_v at_o a_o feast_n of_o your_o friend_n the_o harper_n or_o minstrel_n do_v either_o play_v or_o sing_v out_o of_o tune_n or_o haply_o a_o actor_n of_o a_o comedy_n dear_o hire_v for_o a_o good_a piece_n of_o money_n by_o his_o ill_a grace_n in_o act_v mar_v the_o play_n and_o disgrace_v the_o author_n himself_o menander_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n do_v applaud_v clap_v their_o hand_n and_o high_o commend_v and_o admire_v he_o for_o his_o deed_n in_o my_o advice_n it_o will_v be_v no_o great_a pain_n or_o difficulty_n for_o thou_o to_o give_v he_o the_o hear_n with_o patience_n and_o silence_n without_o praise_v he_o after_o a_o servile_a and_o flatter_a manner_n otherwise_o than_o you_o think_v it_o meet_v and_o reason_n for_o if_o in_o such_o thing_n as_o these_o you_o be_v not_o master_n of_o yourself_o how_o will_v you_o be_v able_a to_o hold_v when_o some_o dear_a friend_n of_o you_o shall_v read_v unto_o you_o either_o some_o foolish_a rhyme_n or_o bad_a poesy_n that_o himself_o have_v compose_v if_o he_o shall_v show_v unto_o you_o some_o oration_n of_o his_o own_o foolish_a and_o ridiculous_a pen_n you_o will_v fall_v a_o praise_n of_o he_o will_v you_o you_o will_v keep_v a_o clap_v of_o your_o hand_n with_o other_o flatter_a jack_n i_o will_v not_o else_o and_o if_o you_o do_v so_o how_o can_v you_o reprove_v he_o when_o he_o shall_v commit_v some_o gross_a fault_n in_o great_a matter_n how_o shall_v you_o be_v able_a to_o admonish_v he_o if_o he_o chance_v to_o forget_v himself_o in_o the_o administration_n of_o some_o magistracy_n or_o in_o his_o carriage_n in_o wedlock_n or_o in_o politic_a government_n and_o very_o for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o do_v not_o great_o allow_v and_o like_v of_o that_o answer_n of_o pericles_n who_o be_v request_v by_o a_o friend_n to_o bear_v false_a witness_n in_o his_o behalf_n and_o to_o bind_v the_o same_o with_o a_o oath_n whereby_o he_o shall_v be_v forswear_v i_o be_o your_o friend_n quoth_v he_o as_o far_o as_o the_o altar_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v have_v say_v save_v my_o conscience_n and_o duty_n to_o the_o god_n for_o sure_o he_o be_v come_v too_o near_o already_o unto_o he_o but_o he_o who_o have_v accustom_v himself_o long_o before_o neither_o to_o praise_v against_o his_o own_o mind_n one_o who_o have_v make_v a_o oration_n nor_o to_o applaud_v unto_o he_o who_o have_v sing_v nor_o to_o laugh_v hearty_o at_o he_o who_o come_v out_o with_o some_o stale_a or_o poor_a jest_n which_o have_v no_o grace_n he_o will_v i_o trow_v never_o suffer_v his_o friend_n and_o familiar_a to_o proceed_v so_o far_o as_o to_o demand_v such_o a_o request_n of_o he_o or_o once_o be_v so_o bold_a as_o to_o move_v he_o who_o before_o have_v refuse_v in_o small_a trifle_n to_o satisfy_v his_o desire_n in_o
for_o that_o without_o friend_n society_n and_o fellowship_n we_o be_v not_o able_a to_o live_v solitary_a and_o alone_a as_o most_o savage_a beast_n neither_o will_v our_o nature_n endure_v it_o and_o therefore_o in_o menander_n he_o say_v very_o well_o and_o wise_o by_o jolly_a cheer_n and_o banquet_n day_n by_o day_n think_v we_o to_o find_v o_o father_n trusty_a friend_n to_o who_o ourselves_o and_o life_n commit_v we_o may_v no_o special_a thing_n for_o cost_n to_o make_v amends_o i_o find_v he_o have_v who_o by_o that_o mean_n have_v meet_v with_o shade_n of_o friend_n for_o such_o i_o count_v no_o bet_n for_o to_o say_v a_o truth_n most_o of_o our_o friendship_n be_v but_o shadow_n semblance_n and_o image_n of_o that_o first_o amity_n which_o nature_n have_v imprint_v and_o engraft_v in_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n in_o brethren_n towards_o their_o brethren_n and_o he_o who_o do_v not_o reverence_v nor_o honour_n it_o how_o can_v he_o persuade_v and_o make_v stranger_n believe_v that_o he_o bear_v sound_a and_o faithful_a good_a will_n unto_o stranger_n or_o what_o man_n be_v he_o who_o in_o his_o familiar_a greeting_n and_o salutation_n or_o in_o his_o letter_n will_v call_v his_o friend_n and_o companion_n brother_n and_o can_v not_o find_v in_o his_o heart_n so_o much_o as_o to_o go_v with_o his_o brother_n in_o the_o same_o way_n for_o as_o it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o great_a folly_n and_o madness_n to_o adorn_v the_o statue_n of_o a_o brother_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n to_o beat_v and_o maim_v his_o body_n even_o so_o to_o reverence_n and_o honour_v the_o name_n of_o a_o brother_n in_o other_o and_o withal_o to_o shun_v hate_v and_o disdain_v a_o brother_n indeed_o be_v the_o case_n of_o one_o that_o be_v out_o of_o his_o wit_n and_o who_o never_o conceive_v in_o his_o heart_n and_o mind_n that_o nature_n be_v the_o most_o sacred_a and_o holy_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n and_o here_o in_o this_o place_n i_o can_v not_o choose_v but_o call_v to_o mind_n how_o at_o rome_n upon_o a_o time_n i_o take_v upon_o i_o to_o be_v umpire_n between_o two_o brethren_n of_o who_o the_o one_o seem_v to_o make_v profession_n of_o philosophy_n but_o he_o be_v as_o after_o it_o appear_v not_o only_o untrue_o entitle_v by_o the_o name_n of_o a_o brother_n but_o also_o as_o false_o call_v a_o philosopher_n for_o when_o i_o request_v of_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v carry_v himself_o as_o a_o philosopher_n towards_o his_o brother_n and_o such_o a_o brother_n as_o altogether_o be_v unlettered_a and_o ignorant_a in_o that_o you_o say_v ignorant_a quoth_v he_o i_o hold_v well_o with_o you_o and_o i_o avow_v it_o a_o truth_n but_o as_o for_o brother_n i_o take_v it_o for_o no_o such_o great_a and_o venerable_a matter_n to_o have_v spring_v from_o the_o same_o loin_n or_o to_o have_v come_v forth_o of_o one_o womb_n well_o say_v i_o again_o it_o appear_v that_o you_o make_v no_o great_a account_n to_o issue_v out_o of_o the_o same_o natural_a member_n but_o all_o man_n else_o beside_o you_o if_o they_o do_v not_o think_v and_o imagine_v so_o in_o their_o heart_n yet_o i_o be_o sure_a they_o do_v both_o sing_v and_o say_v that_o nature_n first_o and_o then_o law_n which_o do_v preserve_v and_o maintain_v nature_n have_v give_v the_o chief_a place_n of_o reverence_n and_o honour_n next_o after_o the_o god_n unto_o father_n and_o mother_n neither_o can_v man_n perform_v any_o service_n more_o acceptable_a unto_o the_o god_n than_o to_o pay_v willing_o ready_o and_o affectionate_o unto_o parent_n who_o beget_v and_o bring_v they_o forth_o unto_o nurse_n and_o foster_v that_o rear_v they_o up_o the_o interest_n and_o usury_n for_o the_o old_a thanks_n beside_o the_o new_a which_o be_v due_a unto_o they_o and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n again_o there_o be_v not_o a_o more_o certain_a sign_n &_o mark_n of_o a_o very_a atheist_n than_o either_o to_o neglect_v parent_n or_o to_o be_v any_o way_n ungracious_a or_o defective_a in_o duty_n unto_o they_o and_o therefore_o whereas_o we_o be_v forbid_v in_o express_a term_n by_o the_o law_n to_o do_v wrong_a or_o hurt_v unto_o other_o man_n if_o one_o do_v not_o behave_v himself_o to_o father_n and_o mother_n both_o in_o word_n and_o deed_n so_o as_o they_o may_v have_v i_o do_v not_o say_v no_o discontentment_n and_o displeasure_n but_o joy_n and_o comfort_v thereby_o man_n esteem_v he_o to_o be_v profane_a godless_a and_o irreligious_a tell_v i_o now_o what_o action_n what_o grace_n what_o disposition_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n can_v be_v more_o agreeable_a and_o yield_v they_o great_a contentment_n than_o to_o see_v good_a will_n kind_a affection_n fast_o and_o assure_a love_n between_o brethren_n the_o which_o a_o man_n may_v easy_o gather_v by_o the_o contrary_a in_o other_o small_a matter_n for_o see_v that_o father_n and_o mother_n be_v displease_v otherwhiles_o with_o their_o son_n if_o they_o misuse_v or_o hardly_o entreat_v some_o home-born_a slave_n who_o they_o set_v much_o store_n by_o if_o i_o say_v they_o be_v vex_v and_o angry_a when_o they_o see_v they_o to_o make_v no_o reckon_v &_o care_n of_o their_o wood_n and_o ground_n wherein_o they_o take_v some_o joy_n and_o delight_n consider_v also_o that_o the_o good_a kindhearted_n old_a folk_n of_o a_o gentle_a and_o love_a affection_n that_o they_o have_v be_v offend_v if_o some_o hound_n or_o dog_n breed_v up_o within_o house_n or_o a_o horse_n be_v not_o well_o tend_v and_o look_v unto_o last_o of_o all_o if_o they_o grieve_v when_o they_o perceive_v their_o child_n to_o mock_v find_v fault_n with_o or_o despise_v the_o lecture_n narration_n sport_n sight_n wrestler_n and_o other_o that_o exercise_v feat_n of_o activity_n which_o themselves_o sometime_o high_o esteem_v be_v there_o any_o likelihood_n that_o they_o in_o any_o measure_n can_v endure_v to_o see_v their_o child_n hate_v one_o another_o to_o entertain_v brawl_n and_o quarrel_n continual_o to_o be_v ever_o snarl_v rail_a and_o revile_v one_o another_o and_o in_o all_o enterprise_n and_o action_n always_o cross_v thwart_v and_o supplant_n one_o another_o i_o suppose_v there_o be_v no_o man_n will_v so_o say_v then_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n if_o brethren_n love_v together_o and_o be_v ready_a one_o to_o do_v for_o another_o if_o they_o draw_v in_o one_o line_n and_o carry_v the_o like_a affection_n with_o they_o follow_v the_o same_o study_n and_o take_v the_o same_o course_n and_o how_o much_o nature_n have_v divide_v and_o separate_v they_o in_o body_n so_o much_o to_o join_v for_o it_o again_o in_o mind_n lend_v one_o another_o their_o help_a hand_n in_o all_o their_o negotiation_n and_o affair_n follow_v the_o same_o exercise_n repair_v to_o the_o same_o disputation_n and_o frequent_v the_o same_o play_n game_n and_o pastime_n so_o as_o they_o agree_v and_o communicate_v in_o all_o thing_n certain_o this_o great_a love_n and_o amity_n among_o brethren_n must_v needs_o yield_v sweet_a joy_n and_o happy_a comfort_n to_o their_o father_n and_o mother_n in_o their_o old_a age_n and_o therefore_o parent_n take_v nothing_o so_o much_o pleasure_n when_o their_o child_n prove_v eloquent_a orator_n wealthy_a man_n or_o advance_v to_o promotion_n and_o high_a place_n of_o dignity_n as_o love_v and_o kind_a one_o to_o another_o like_v as_o a_o man_n shall_v never_o see_v a_o father_n so_o desirous_a of_o eloquence_n of_o riches_n or_o of_o honour_n as_o he_o be_v love_v to_o his_o own_o child_n it_o be_v report_v of_o queen_n apollonis_n the_o cyzicen_n mother_n to_o king_n eumenes_n and_o to_o three_o other_o prince_n to_o wit_n atalus_n philetaerus_n and_o athenaeus_n that_o she_o repute_v and_o report_v herself_o to_o be_v right_o happy_a and_o render_v thanks_n unto_o the_o immortal_a god_n not_o for_o her_o riches_n nor_o royal_a port_n and_o majesty_n but_o that_o it_o be_v her_o good_a fortune_n to_o see_v those_o three_o young_a son_n of_o she_o serve_v as_o pensioner_n and_o esquier_n of_o the_o body_n to_o eumenes_n their_o elder_a brother_n and_o himself_o live_v fearless_a and_o in_o as_o security_n in_o the_o mid_n of_o they_o stand_v about_o his_o person_n with_o their_o pollax_n halberd_n and_o partisane_n in_o their_o hand_n and_o gird_v with_o sword_n by_o their_o side_n on_o the_o other_o side_n king_n xerxes_n perceive_v that_o his_o son_n ochus_n set_v a_o ambush_n and_o lay_v train_n to_o murder_v his_o brethren_n die_v for_o very_a sorrow_n and_o anguish_n of_o heart_n terrible_a and_o grievous_a be_v the_o war_n say_v euripides_n between_o brethren_n but_o unto_o their_o parent_n above_o all_o other_o most_o grievous_a for_o that_o whosoever_o hate_v his_o own_o brother_n and_o may_v not_o vouchsafe_v he_o a_o good_a eye_n
follow_v that_o famous_a physician_n hypocrates_n who_o both_o open_o confess_v and_o also_o put_v down_o in_o writing_n that_o he_o be_v ignorant_a in_o the_o anatomy_n of_o a_o man_n head_n and_o namely_o as_o touch_v the_o seam_n or_o siture_n thereof_o and_o this_o account_n will_v he_o make_v that_o it_o be_v a_o unworthy_a indignity_n if_o when_o such_o a_o man_n as_o hypocrates_n think_v not_o much_o to_o publish_v his_o own_o error_n and_o ignorance_n for_o fear_v that_o other_o may_v fall_v into_o the_o like_a he_o who_o be_v willing_a to_o save_v himself_o from_o perdition_n can_v not_o endure_v to_o be_v reprove_v nor_o acknowledge_v his_o own_o ignorance_n and_o folly_n as_o for_o those_o rule_n and_o precept_n which_o be_v deliver_v by_o pyrrho_n and_o bion_n in_o this_o case_n be_v not_o in_o my_o conceit_n the_o sign_n of_o amendment_n and_o progress_n so_o much_o as_o of_o some_o other_o more_o perfect_a and_o absolute_a habit_n rather_o of_o the_o mind_n for_o bion_n will_v and_o require_v his_o scholar_n and_o familiar_n that_o converse_v with_o he_o to_o think_v then_o and_o never_o before_o that_o they_o have_v procecd_v and_o profit_v in_o philosophy_n when_o they_o can_v with_o as_o good_a a_o will_v abide_v to_o hear_v man_n revile_v and_o rail_v at_o they_o as_o if_o they_o speak_v unto_o they_o in_o this_o manner_n good_a sir_n you_o seem_v no_o person_n lewd_a nor_o foolish_a sot_n iwis_o all_o hail_n fair_a chieve_z you_o and_o adieu_o god_n send_v you_o always_o bliss_n and_o pyrrho_n as_o it_o be_v report_v be_v upon_o a_o time_n at_o sea_n and_o in_o danger_n to_o be_v cast_v away_o in_o a_o tempest_n show_v unto_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o fellow_n passenger_n a_o porket_n feed_v hard_o upon_o barley_n cast_v before_o he_o on_o ship_n board_n loe_o my_o master_n quoth_v he_o we_o ought_v by_o reason_n and_o exercise_v in_o philosophy_n to_o frame_v ourselves_o to_o this_o pass_n and_o to_o attain_v unto_o such_o a_o impassibilitie_n as_o to_o be_v move_v and_o trouble_v with_o the_o accident_n of_o fortune_n no_o more_o than_o this_o pig_n but_o consider_v furthermore_o what_o be_v the_o conceit_n and_o opinion_n of_o zeno_n in_o this_o point_n for_o he_o be_v of_o mind_n that_o every_o man_n may_v and_o ought_v to_o know_v whether_o he_o profit_v or_o no_o in_o the_o school_n of_o virtue_n even_o by_o his_o very_a dream_n namely_o if_o he_o take_v no_o pleasure_n to_o see_v in_o his_o sleep_n any_o filthy_a or_o dishonest_a thing_n nor_o delight_v to_o imagine_v that_o he_o either_o intend_v do_v or_o approve_v any_o lewd_a unjust_a or_o outrageous_a action_n but_o rather_o do_v behold_v as_o in_o a_o settle_a calm_a without_o wind_n weather_n and_o wave_n in_o the_o clear_a bottom_n of_o the_o water_n both_o the_o imaginative_a and_o also_o the_o passive_a faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n whole_o overspread_v and_o lighten_v with_o the_o bright_a beam_n of_o reason_n which_o plato_n before_o he_o be_v it_o shall_v seem_v know_v well_o enough_o have_v prefigure_v and_o represent_v unto_o we_o what_o fantastical_a motion_n they_o be_v that_o proceed_v in_o sleep_n from_o the_o imaginative_a &_o sensual_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n give_v by_o nature_n to_o tyrannize_v &_o over-rule_v the_o guidance_n of_o reason_n namely_o if_o a_o man_n dream_n that_o he_o seek_v to_o have_v carnal_a company_n with_o his_o own_o mother_n or_o that_o he_o have_v a_o great_a mind_n and_o appetite_n to_o eat_v all_o strange_a unlawful_a and_o forbid_a meat_n as_o if_o then_o the_o say_a tyrant_n give_v himself_o whole_o to_o all_o those_o sensuality_n &_o concupiscence_n as_o be_v let_v loose_a at_o such_o a_o time_n which_o by_o day_n the_o law_n either_o by_o fear_n or_o shame_n do_v repress_v &_o keep_v down_o like_a as_o therefore_o beast_n which_o serve_v for_o draught_n or_o saddle_n if_o they_o be_v well_o teach_v and_o train_v albeit_o their_o governor_n and_o ruler_n let_v the_o reins_n loose_a and_o give_v they_o the_o head_n fling_v not_o out_o nor_o go_v aside_o from_o the_o right_a way_n but_o either_o draw_v or_o make_v pace_n forward_o still_o &_o as_o they_o be_v wont_n ordinary_o keep_v the_o same_o train_n and_o hold_v on_o in_o one_o course_n and_o order_n even_o so_o they_o who_o sensual_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v make_v trainable_a and_o obedient_a tame_a and_o well_o school_v by_o the_o discipline_n of_o reason_n will_v neither_o in_o dream_n nor_o sickness_n easy_o suffer_v the_o lust_n and_o concupiscence_n of_o the_o flesh_n to_o rage_n or_o break_v out_o unto_o any_o enormity_n punishable_a by_o law_n but_o will_v observe_v and_o keep_v still_o in_o memory_n that_o good_a discipline_n and_o custom_n which_o do_v ingenerate_v a_o certain_a power_n and_o efficacy_n unto_o diligence_n whereby_o they_o shall_v and_o will_v take_v heed_n unto_o themselves_o for_o if_o the_o mind_n have_v be_v use_v by_o exercise_n to_o resist_v passion_n and_o temptation_n to_o hold_v the_o body_n and_o all_o the_o member_n thereof_o as_o it_o be_v with_o bit_n &_o bridle_n under_o subjection_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o it_o have_v at_o command_v the_o eye_n not_o to_o shed_v tear_n for_o pity_n the_o heart_n like_o wise_a not_o to_o leap_v &_o pant_v in_o sear_n the_o natural_a part_n not_o to_o rise_v not_o stir_v but_o to_o be_v still_o &_o quiet_a without_o any_o trouble_n at_o all_o upon_o the_o sight_n of_o any_o fair_a and_o beautiful_a person_n man_n or_o woman_n how_o can_v it_o otherwise_o be_v but_o that_o there_o shall_v be_v more_o likelihood_n that_o exercise_n have_v seize_v upon_o the_o sensual_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o tame_v it_o shall_v polish_v lay_v even_o reform_v and_o bring_v unto_o good_a order_n all_o the_o imagination_n and_o motion_n thereof_o even_o as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o very_a dream_n and_o fantasy_n in_o sleep_n as_o it_o be_v report_v of_o stilpo_n the_o philosopher_n who_o dream_v that_o he_o see_v neptune_n expostulate_v with_o he_o in_o anger_n because_o he_o have_v not_o kill_v a_o beef_n to_o sacrifice_v unto_o he_o as_o the_o manner_n be_v of_o other_o priest_n to_o do_v and_o that_o himself_o nothing_o astonish_v or_o dismay_v at_o the_o say_a vision_n shall_v answer_v thus_o again_o what_o be_v that_o thou_o say_v o_o neptune_n come_v thou_o to_o complain_v indeed_o like_o a_o child_n who_o pule_v and_o cry_v for_o not_o have_v a_o piece_n big_a enough_o that_o i_o take_v not_o up_o some_o money_n at_o interest_n and_o put_v myself_o in_o debt_n to_o fill_v the_o whole_a city_n with_o the_o scent_n and_o savour_n of_o roast_n and_o burn_v but_o have_v sacrifice_v unto_o thou_o such_o as_o i_o have_v at_o home_n according_a to_o my_o ability_n and_o in_o a_o mean_a whereupon_o neptune_n as_o he_o think_v shall_v merry_o smile_v and_o reach_v forth_o unto_o he_o his_o right_a hand_n promise_v that_o for_o his_o sake_n and_o for_o the_o love_n of_o he_o he_o will_v that_o year_n send_v the_o megarian_o great_a store_n of_o rain_n and_o good_a foison_n of_o sea-loaches_a or_o fish_n call_v aphyrae_fw-la by_o that_o mean_n come_v unto_o they_o by_o whole_a skull_n such_o then_o as_o while_o they_o lie_v asleep_a have_v no_o illusion_n arise_v in_o their_o brain_n to_o trouble_v they_o but_o those_o dream_n or_o vision_n only_o as_o be_v joious_a pleasant_a plain_a and_o evident_a not_o painful_a not_o terrible_a nothing_o rough_a malign_v tortuous_a and_o crooked_a may_v bold_o say_v that_o these_o fantasy_n and_o apparition_n be_v no_o other_o than_o the_o reflection_n and_o ray_n of_o that_o light_n which_o rebound_n from_o the_o good_a proceed_n in_o philosophy_n whereas_o contrariwise_o the_o furious_a prick_n of_o lust_n timorous_a fright_n unmanly_a and_o base_a flight_n childish_a and_o excessive_a joy_n dolorous_a sorrow_n and_o doleful_a moan_n by_o reason_n of_o some_o piteous_a illusion_n strange_a and_o absurd_a vision_n appear_a in_o dream_n may_v be_v well_o compare_v unto_o the_o break_a wave_n and_o billow_n of_o the_o sea_n beat_v upon_o the_o rock_n and_o craggy_a bank_n of_o the_o shore_n for_o that_o the_o soul_n have_v not_o as_o yet_o that_o settle_a perfection_n in_o itself_o which_o shall_v keep_v it_o in_o good_a order_n but_o hold_v on_o a_o course_n still_o according_a to_o good_a law_n only_o and_o sage_a opinion_n from_o which_o when_o it_o be_v far_a sequester_v and_o most_o remote_a to_o wit_n in_o sleep_n it_o suffer_v itself_o to_o return_v again_o to_o the_o old_a wont_a and_o to_o be_v let_v loose_a and_o abandon_v to_o her_o passion_n but_o whether_o these_o thing_n may_v be_v ascribe_v unto_o that_o profit_n and_o amendment_n whereof_o we_o treat_v or_o rather_o to_o some_o other_o habitude_n have_v now_o gather_v more_o
strength_n and_o firm_a constancy_n not_o subject_a by_o mean_n of_o reason_n and_o good_a instruction_n to_o shake_v i_o leave_v that_o to_o your_o own_o consideration_n and_o i_o together_o but_o now_o forasmuch_o as_o this_o total_a impassibilitie_n if_o i_o may_v so_o speak_v of_o the_o mind_n to_o wit_n a_o state_n so_o perfect_a that_o it_o be_v void_a of_o all_o affection_n be_v a_o great_a and_o divine_a thing_n and_o see_v that_o this_o profit_n and_o proceed_v whereof_o we_o write_v consist_v in_o a_o kind_n of_o remission_n and_o mildness_n of_o the_o say_a passion_n we_o ought_v both_o to_o consider_v each_o of_o they_o apart_o and_o also_o compare_v they_o one_o with_o another_o thereby_o to_o examine_v and_o judge_v the_o difference_n confer_v we_o shall_v every_o passion_n by_o itself_o by_o observe_v whether_o our_o lust_n and_o desire_n be_v more_o calm_a and_o less_o violent_a than_o in_o former_a time_n by_o mark_v likewise_o our_o fit_n of_o fear_n and_o anger_n whether_o they_o be_v now_o abate_v in_o comparison_n of_o those_o before_o or_o whether_o when_o they_o be_v up_o and_o enflarn_v we_o can_v quick_o with_o the_o help_n of_o reason_n remove_v or_o quench_v that_o which_o be_v wont_a to_o set_v they_o on_o work_n or_o a_o fire_n compare_v we_o shall_v they_o together_o in_o case_n we_o examine_v ourselves_o whether_o we_o have_v now_o a_o great_a portion_n of_o grace_n and_o shame_n in_o we_o than_o of_o fear_n whether_o we_o find_v in_o ourselves_o emulation_n and_o not_o envy_v whether_o we_o covet_v honour_n rather_o than_o worldly_a good_n and_o in_o one_o word_n whether_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o musician_n we_o offend_v rather_o in_o the_o extremity_n and_o excess_n of_o harmony_n call_v dorion_n which_o be_v grave_a solemn_a and_o devout_a than_o the_o lydian_a which_o be_v light_a and_o galliardlike_a that_o be_v to_o say_v incline_v rather_o in_o the_o whole_a manner_n of_o our_o life_n to_o hardness_n and_o severity_n than_o to_o effeminate_a softness_n whether_o in_o the_o enterprise_n of_o any_o action_n we_o show_v timidity_n and_o slackness_n rather_o than_o temeritie_n and_o rashness_n and_o last_o of_o all_o whether_o we_o offend_v rather_o in_o admire_v too_o high_o the_o say_n of_o man_n and_o the_o person_n themselves_o than_o in_o despise_v and_o debase_v they_o too_o low_o for_o like_a as_o we_o say_v in_o physic_n it_o be_v a_o good_a sign_n of_o health_n when_o disease_n be_v not_o divert_v and_o translate_v into_o the_o noble_a member_n &_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o body_n even_o so_o it_o seem_v that_o when_o the_o vice_n of_o such_o as_o be_v in_o the_o way_n of_o reformation_n and_o amendment_n of_o life_n change_v into_o passion_n that_o be_v more_o mild_a and_o moderate_a it_o be_v a_o good_a beginning_n of_o rid_v they_o away_o clean_o by_o little_a &_o little_a the_o lacedaemonian_a ephori_fw-la which_o be_v the_o high_a countroller_n of_o that_o whole_a state_n demand_v of_o the_o musician_n phrynis_fw-la when_o he_o have_v set_v up_o two_o string_n more_o to_o his_o seven_o string_a instrument_n whether_o he_o will_v have_v they_o to_o cut_v in_o sunder_o the_o treble_v or_o the_o base_n the_o high_a or_o the_o low_a but_o as_o for_o we_o we_o have_v need_v to_o have_v our_o affection_n cut_v both_o above_o and_o beneath_o if_o we_o desire_v to_o reduce_v our_o action_n to_o a_o mean_a and_o mediocrity_n and_o sure_o this_o progress_n or_o proceed_n of_o we_o to_o perfection_n profess_v rather_o to_o let_v down_o the_o light_a first_o to_o cut_v off_o the_o extremity_n of_o passion_n in_o excess_n and_o to_o abate_v the_o acrimonie_n of_o affection_n before_o we_o do_v any_o thing_n else_o in_o which_o as_o say_v sophocles_n folke_n foolish_a and_o incontinent_a most_o furtous_a be_v and_o violent_a as_o for_o this_o one_o point_n namely_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o transfer_v our_o judgement_n to_o action_n and_o not_o to_o suffer_v our_o word_n to_o remain_v bare_a and_o naked_a word_n still_o in_o the_o air_n but_o reduce_v they_o to_o effect_v we_o have_v already_o say_v that_o be_v the_o chief_a property_n belong_v to_o our_o progress_n and_o go_v forward_o now_o the_o principal_a argument_n and_o sign_n thereof_o be_v these_o if_o we_o have_v a_o zeal_n and_o fervent_a affection_n to_o imitate_v those_o thing_n which_o we_o praise_v if_o we_o be_v forward_o and_o ready_a to_o execute_v that_o which_o we_o so_o much_o admire_v and_o contrariwise_o will_v not_o admit_v nor_o abide_v to_o hear_v of_o such_o thing_n as_o we_o in_o our_o opinion_n dispraise_v and_o condemn_v probable_a it_o be_v and_o stand_v with_o great_a likelihood_n that_o the_o atheniansal_n in_o general_n praise_v and_o high_o esteem_v the_o valour_n and_o prowess_n of_o miltiades_n but_o when_o themistocles_n say_v that_o the_o victory_n and_o trophy_n of_o miltiades_n will_v not_o give_v he_o leave_v to_o sleep_v but_o awaken_v he_o in_o the_o night_n plain_a it_o be_v and_o evident_a that_o he_o not_o only_o praise_v and_o admire_v but_o have_v a_o desire_n also_o to_o imitate_v he_o and_o do_v asmuch_o himself_o semblable_o we_o be_v to_o make_v this_o reckon_n that_o our_o progress_n and_o proceed_n in_o virtue_n be_v but_o small_a when_o it_o reach_v no_o far_a than_o to_o praise_v only_o and_o have_v in_o admiration_n that_o which_o good_a man_n have_v worthy_o do_v without_o any_o motion_n and_o inclination_n of_o our_o will_n to_o imitate_v the_o same_o and_o effect_v the_o like_a for_o neither_o be_v the_o carnal_a love_n of_o the_o body_n effectual_a unless_o some_o little_a jealousy_n be_v mix_v withal_o not_o the_o praise_n of_o virtue_n fervent_a and_o active_a which_o do_v not_o touch_v the_o quick_a and_o prick_v the_o heart_n with_o a_o ardent_a zeal_n in_o stead_n of_o envy_n unto_o good_a and_o commendable_a thing_n and_o the_o same_o desirous_a to_o perform_v and_o accomplish_v the_o same_o full_o for_o it_o be_v not_o sufficient_a that_o the_o heart_n shall_v be_v turn_v upside_o down_o only_o as_o alcibiades_n be_v wont_n to_o say_v by_o the_o word_n and_o precept_n of_o the_o philosopher_n read_v outof_o his_o chair_n even_o until_o the_o tear_n gush_v out_o of_o the_o eye_n but_o he_o that_o true_o do_v profit_n &_o go_v forward_o ought_v by_o compare_v himself_o with_o the_o work_n &_o action_n of_o good_a man_n and_o those_o that_o be_v perfect_o virtuous_a to_o feel_v withal_o in_o his_o own_o heart_n aswell_o a_o displeasure_n with_o himself_o and_o a_o grief_n in_o conscience_n for_o that_o wherein_o he_o be_v short_a and_o defective_a as_o also_o a_o joy_n and_o contentment_n in_o his_o spirit_n upon_o a_o hope_n and_o desire_v to_o be_v equal_a unto_o they_o as_o be_v full_a of_o a_o affection_n and_o motion_n that_o never_o rest_v and_o lie_v still_o but_o resemble_v for_o all_o the_o world_n according_a to_o the_o similitude_n of_o simonides_n the_o suck_a foal_n that_o keep_v just_a pace_n and_o run_v with_o dam_n in_o every_o place_n affect_v and_o desire_v nothing_o more_o than_o to_o be_v whole_o unite_v and_o concorporate_a with_o a_o good_a man_n by_o imitation_n for_o sure_o this_o be_v the_o passion_n peculiar_a and_o proper_a unto_o he_o that_o true_o take_v profit_n by_o the_o study_n of_o philosophy_n to_o love_n and_o cherish_v tender_o the_o disposition_n &_o condition_n of_o he_o who_o deed_n he_o do_v imitate_v and_o desire_v to_o express_v with_o a_o certain_a good_a will_n to_o render_v always_o in_o word_n due_a honour_n unto_o they_o for_o their_o virtue_n and_o to_o assay_v how_o to_o fashion_v and_o conform_v himself_o like_o unto_o they_o but_o in_o whosoever_o there_o be_v instill_v or_o infuse_v i_o wot_v not_o what_o contentious_a humour_n envy_n and_o contestation_n against_o such_o as_o be_v his_o better_n let_v he_o know_v that_o all_o this_o proceed_v from_o a_o heart_n exulcerate_v with_o jealousy_n for_o some_o authority_n might_n and_o reputation_n and_o not_o upon_o any_o love_n honour_n or_o admiration_n of_o their_o virtue_n now_o when_o as_o we_o begin_v to_o love_v good_a man_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o as_o plato_n say_v we_o esteem_v not_o only_o the_o man_n himself_o happy_a who_o be_v temperate_a or_o those_o bless_v who_o be_v the_o ordinary_a hearer_n of_o such_o excellent_a discourse_n which_o daily_o come_v out_o of_o his_o mouth_n but_o also_o that_o we_o do_v affect_v and_o admire_v his_o countenance_n his_o port_n his_o gate_n the_o cast_n and_o regard_n of_o his_o eye_n his_o smile_n and_o manner_n of_o laughter_n insomuch_o as_o we_o be_v willing_a as_o one_o will_v say_v to_o be_v join_v sodered_a and_o glue_v unto_o he_o then_o we_o may_v be_v assure_v certain_o that_o we_o profit_n in_o virtue_n yea_o and_o so_o much_o the_o rather_o
same_o do_v show_v in_o every_o street_n all_o sign_n of_o grief_n with_o plaint_n and_o groan_n among_o he_o look_v with_o a_o pale_a face_n under_o his_o chaplet_n of_o flower_n upon_o his_o head_n he_o sacrifice_v &_o yet_o quake_v for_o fear_n he_o make_v his_o prayer_n with_o a_o tremble_a voice_n he_o put_v incense_n into_o the_o fire_n and_o his_o hand_n shake_v withal_o to_o be_v short_a he_o make_v the_o speech_n or_o sentence_n of_o pythagoras_n to_o be_v vain_a and_o foolish_a who_o be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o we_o be_v then_o in_o best_a case_n when_o we_o approach_v unto_o the_o god_n and_o worship_n they_o for_o very_o even_o than_o it_o be_v when_o superstitious_a people_n be_v most_o wretched_a &_o miserable_a to_o wit_n when_o they_o enter_v into_o the_o temple_n &_o sanctuary_n of_o the_o god_n as_o if_o they_o go_v into_o the_o den_n of_o bear_n hole_n of_o serpent_n and_o dragon_n or_o cave_n of_o whale_n &_o such_o monster_n of_o the_o sea_n i_o marvel_v much_o therefore_o at_o they_o who_o call_v the_o miscreance_n &_o sin_n of_o atheist_n impiety_n &_o give_v not_o that_o name_n rather_o to_o superstition_n and_o yet_o anaxagoras_n be_v accuse_v of_o impiety_n for_o that_o he_o hold_v and_o say_v that_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o stone_n whereas_o never_o man_n yet_o call_v the_o cimmerian_n impious_a or_o godless_a because_o they_o suppose_v &_o believe_v there_o be_v no_o sun_n at_o all_o what_o say_v you_o then_o shall_v he_o who_o think_v that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n at_o all_o be_v take_v for_o a_o profane_a person_n and_o excommunicate_v and_o shall_v not_o he_o who_o believe_v they_o to_o be_v such_o as_o superstitious_a folk_n imagine_v they_o be_v think_v infect_v with_o more_o impious_a and_o wicked_a opinion_n for_o i_o own_o part_n i_o will_v be_v better_o please_v and_o content_a if_o man_n shall_v say_v of_o i_o thus_o there_o neither_o be_v nor_o ever_o be_v in_o the_o world_n a_o man_n name_v plutarch_n than_o to_o give_v out_o of_o i_o and_o say_v plutarch_n be_v a_o unconstant_a man_n variable_a choleric_a full_a of_o revenge_n for_o the_o least_o occasion_n that_o be_v or_o displease_v and_o give_v to_o grieve_v for_o a_o small_a matter_n who_o if_o when_o you_o invite_v other_o to_o supper_n he_o be_v leave_v out_o and_o not_o bid_v or_o if_o upon_o some_o business_n you_o be_v let_v and_o hinder_v so_o that_o you_o come_v not_o to_o his_o door_n for_o to_o visit_v he_o or_o otherwise_o do_v not_o salute_v and_o speak_v unto_o he_o friendly_a will_v be_v ready_a to_o eat_v your_o heart_n with_o salt_n to_o set_v upon_o you_o with_o his_o fang_n and_o bite_v you_o will_v not_o stick_v to_o catch_v up_o one_o of_o your_o little_a babe_n and_o worry_v he_o or_o will_v keep_v some_o mischievous_a wild_a beast_n of_o purpose_n to_o put_v into_o your_o corne-field_n your_o vineyard_n or_o orchard_n for_o to_o devour_v and_o spoil_v all_o your_o fruit_n when_o timotheus_n the_o musician_n one_o day_n in_o a_o open_a theatre_n at_o athens_n chant_v the_o praise_n of_o diana_n give_v unto_o she_o in_o his_o song_n the_o attribute_n of_o thyas_n phoebus_n moenas_n and_o lyssa_n that_o be_v to_o say_v furious_a possess_v enrage_a and_o stark_o mad_a as_o poet_n be_v wont_a to_o do_v cinesias_n another_o minstrel_n or_o musician_n rose_z up_o from_o out_o of_o the_o whole_a audience_n and_o say_v thus_o aloud_o unto_o he_o will_v god_n thou_o have_v a_o daughter_n of_o those_o quality_n and_o yet_o these_o superstitious_a folk_n think_v the_o same_o of_o diana_n yea_o and_o worse_o to_o neither_o have_v they_o a_o better_a opinion_n of_o apollo_n juno_n and_o venus_n for_o all_o of_o they_o they_o fear_v and_o tremble_v at_o and_o yet_o what_o blasphemy_n utter_v niobe_n against_o latona_n like_v unto_o that_o which_o superstition_n have_v persuade_v foolish_a people_n to_o believe_v of_o that_o goddess_n to_o wit_n that_o she_o be_v displease_v with_o the_o reproachful_a word_n that_o niobe_n give_v she_o kill_v with_o her_o arrow_n all_o the_o child_n of_o that_o silly_a woman_n even_o daughter_n six_o and_o son_n as_o many_o just_a ofripe_a year_n all_o no_o help_n but_o die_v they_o must_v so_o insatiable_a be_v she_o of_o the_o calamity_n of_o another_o so_o implacable_a be_v her_o anger_n for_o grant_v it_o be_v so_o that_o this_o goddess_n be_v full_a of_o gall_n and_o choler_n say_v that_o she_o take_v a_o hatred_n to_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a person_n or_o grieve_v &_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o hear_v herself_o reproach_v or_o to_o laugh_v at_o humane_a folly_n and_o ignorance_n certes_o she_o shall_v have_v be_v offend_v and_o angry_a yea_o and_o discharge_v her_o arrow_n upon_o these_o who_o untrue_o impute_v and_o ascribe_v unto_o she_o that_o bitterness_n and_o exceed_a cruelty_n and_o stick_v not_o both_o to_o deliver_v in_o word_n and_o also_o to_o set_v down_o in_o writing_n such_o thing_n of_o she_o we_o charge_v hecuba_n with_o beastly_a and_o barbarous_a immanitie_n for_o say_v thus_o in_o the_o last_o book_n of_o homer_n iliad_n o_o that_o i_o can_v his_o liver_n get_v amid_o his_o corpse_n to_o bite_v and_o eat_v as_o for_o the_o syrian_a goddess_n superstitious_a folk_n be_v persuade_v that_o if_o any_o one_o do_v eat_v enthoise_n or_o such_o little_a fish_n as_o aphyae_fw-la she_o will_v likewise_o gnaw_v their_o leg_n fill_v their_o body_n with_o ulcer_n and_o putrify_v or_o rot_v their_o liver_n to_o conclude_v therefore_o be_v it_o impious_o do_v to_o blaspheme_v the_o god_n and_o speak_v bad_o of_o they_o and_o be_v it_o not_o as_o impious_a to_o think_v and_o imagine_v the_o same_o consider_v that_o it_o be_v the_o opinion_n and_o conceit_n of_o the_o blasphemer_n and_o foul_a mouth_a profane_a person_n which_o make_v his_o speech_n to_o be_v repute_v naught_o and_o wicked_a for_o even_o we_o ourselves_o detest_v and_o abhor_v foul_a language_n for_o nothing_o so_o much_o as_o because_o it_o be_v a_o sign_n of_o a_o malicious_a mind_n and_o those_o we_o take_v for_o to_o be_v our_o enemy_n who_o give_v out_o bad_a word_n of_o we_o in_o this_o respect_n that_o we_o suppose_v they_o to_o be_v faithless_a and_o not_o to_o be_v trust_v but_o rather_o ill_o affect_v unto_o we_o and_o think_v bad_o of_o we_o thus_o you_o see_v what_o judgement_n superstitious_a folk_n have_v of_o the_o god_n when_o they_o imagine_v they_o to_o be_v dull_a and_o blockish_a treachetous_a and_o disloyal_a variable_a and_o fickle_a mind_v full_a of_o revenge_n cruel_a melancholic_a and_o apt_a to_o fret_v at_o every_o little_a matter_n whereupon_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v that_o the_o superstitious_a man_n do_v both_o hate_n and_o also_o dread_a the_o god_n for_o how_o can_v it_o otherwise_o be_v consider_v that_o he_o be_v persuade_v that_o all_o the_o grear_a calamity_n which_o either_o he_o have_v endure_v in_o time_n past_a or_o be_v like_a to_o suffer_v hereafter_o proceed_v from_o they_o now_o whosoever_o hate_v and_o fear_v the_o god_n he_o be_v no_o doubt_n their_o enemy_n neither_o be_v it_o to_o be_v wonder_v at_o for_o all_o this_o that_o although_o he_o stand_v in_o dread_n of_o they_o yet_o he_o adore_v and_o worship_v they_o he_o pray_v and_o sacrifice_v unto_o they_o frequent_v due_o and_o devout_o their_o temple_n and_o be_v not_o willing_o out_o of_o they_o for_o do_v we_o not_o see_v it_o ordinary_o that_o reverence_n be_v do_v unto_o tyrant_n that_o man_n make_v court_n unto_o they_o and_o cry_v god_n save_v your_o grace_n yea_o and_o erect_v golden_a statue_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o they_o howbeit_o as_o great_a devotion_n and_o divine_a honour_n as_o they_o do_v unto_o they_o in_o outward_a appearance_n they_o hate_v and_o abhor_v they_o secret_o to_o the_o heart_n hermolaus_n court_v alexander_n and_o be_v serviceable_a about_o he_o pausanias_n be_v one_o of_o the_o squire_n of_o the_o body_n to_o king_n philip_n and_o so_o be_v chaereas_n to_o caligula_n the_o emperor_n but_o there_o be_v not_o of_o these_o but_o even_o when_o he_o serve_v they_o say_v thus_o in_o his_o heart_n certes_o in_o case_n it_o do_v now_o lie_v in_o i_o of_o thou_o thou_o tyrant_n revenge_v will_v i_o be_v thus_o you_o see_v the_o atheist_n think_v there_o be_v no_o god_n but_o the_o superstitious_a person_n wish_v that_o there_o be_v none_o yet_o he_o believe_v even_o against_o his_o will_n that_o there_o be_v nay_o he_o dare_v not_o otherwise_o do_v for_o fear_n of_o death_n now_o if_o he_o can_v like_a as_o tantalus_n desire_v to_o go_v from_o under_o the_o stone_n that_o hang_v over_o his_o head_n be_v discharge_v of_o this_o fear_n which_o no_o less_o do_v press_v he_o down_o sure_o he_o will_v embrace_v yea_o and_o think_v the_o
he_o in_o cure_n but_o if_o peradventure_o he_o tumble_v and_o toss_v in_o his_o bed_n fling_v and_o cast_v off_o his_o clothes_n by_o reason_n that_o his_o body_n be_v torment_v with_o some_o grievous_a hot_a fit_a no_o soon_o stir_v he_o never_o so_o little_a but_o one_o or_o other_o that_o stand_v or_o sit_v by_o to_o tend_v he_o be_v ready_a to_o say_v gentle_o unto_o he_o poor_a soul_n be_v quiet_a fear_v none_o ill_o dear_a heart_n in_o bed_n see_v thou_o lie_v still_o he_o stay_v and_o keep_v he_o down_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o start_v and_o leap_v out_o of_o his_o bed_n but_o contrariwise_o those_o that_o be_v surprise_v with_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o soul_n at_o such_o a_o time_n be_v most_o busy_a than_o they_o be_v least_o in_o repose_n and_o quiet_a for_o their_o violent_a motion_n be_v the_o cause_n move_v their_o action_n and_o their_o passion_n be_v the_o vehement_a fit_n of_o such_o motion_n this_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o they_o will_v not_o let_v the_o soul_n to_o be_v at_o rest_n but_o even_o then_o when_o as_o a_o man_n have_v most_o need_n of_o patience_n silence_n and_o quiet_a retreat_n they_o draw_v he_o most_o of_o all_o abroad_o into_o the_o open_a air_n then_o be_v discover_v soon_o his_o choleric_a passion_n his_o opinionative_n and_o contentious_a humour_n his_o wanton_a love_n and_o his_o grievous_a sorrow_n enforce_v he_o to_o commit_v many_o enormity_n against_o the_o law_n and_o to_o speak_v many_o word_n unreasonable_o and_o not_o befit_v the_o time_n like_a as_o therefore_o much_o more_o perilous_a be_v the_o tempest_n at_o sea_n which_o impeach_v and_o put_v back_o a_o ship_n that_o it_o can_v not_o come_v into_o the_o harbour_n to_o ride_v at_o anchor_n than_o that_o which_o will_v not_o suffer_v it_o to_o get_v out_o of_o the_o haven_n and_o make_v sail_n in_o open_a sea_n even_o so_o those_o tempestuous_a passion_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v more_o dangerous_a which_o will_v not_o permit_v to_o be_v at_o rest_n nor_o to_o settle_v his_o discourse_n of_o reason_n once_o trouble_v but_o overturn_v it_o upside_o down_o as_o be_v disfurnish_v of_o pilot_n and_o cable_n not_o well_o balllaise_v in_o the_o storm_n wander_v to_o and_o fro_o without_o a_o guide_n and_o steeresman_n carry_v maugre_o into_o rash_a and_o dangerous_a course_n so_o long_o until_o in_o the_o end_n it_o fall_v into_o some_o shipwreck_n and_o where_o it_o overthrow_v the_o whole_a life_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o in_o regard_n of_o these_o reason_n and_o other_o semblable_a i_o conclude_v that_o worse_a it_o be_v to_o be_v soul-sick_a than_o disease_a in_o body_n for_o the_o body_n be_v sick_a suffer_v only_o but_o the_o soul_n if_o they_o be_v sick_a both_o suffer_v and_o do_v also_o amiss_o to_o prove_v this_o what_o need_v we_o further_o to_o particularize_v and_o allege_v for_o example_n many_o other_o passion_n consider_v that_o the_o occasion_n of_o this_o present_a time_n be_v sufficient_a to_o admonish_v we_o thereof_o and_o to_o refresh_v our_o memory_n see_v you_o not_o this_o great_a multitude_n and_o press_n of_o people_n thrust_v and_o throng_v here_o about_o the_o tribunal_n and_o common_a place_n of_o the_o city_n they_o be_v not_o all_o assemble_v hither_o to_o sacrifice_v unto_o the_o tutelar_a god_n protector_n of_o their_o native_a country_n nor_o to_o participate_v in_o common_a the_o same_o religion_n and_o sacred_a ceremony_n of_o divine_a service_n they_o be_v not_o all_o meet_v here_o together_o for_o to_o offer_v a_o oblation_n unto_o jupiter_n astraeus_n out_o of_o the_o first_o fruit_n of_o lydia_n and_o to_o celebrate_v and_o solemnize_v in_o the_o honour_n of_o bacchus_n during_o these_o holy_a night_n his_o festival_n revil_n with_o daunse_n mask_n and_o mummery_n accustom_v but_o like_v as_o by_o yearly_a access_n and_o anniversarie_n revolution_n the_o forcible_a vigour_n of_o the_o pestilence_n return_v for_o to_o irritate_fw-la and_o provoke_v all_o asia_n so_o they_o resort_v hither_o to_o entertain_v their_o suit_n and_o process_n in_o law_n to_o follow_v their_o plea_n and_o a_o world_n here_o be_v of_o affair_n like_v to_o many_o brook_n and_o riverer_n which_o run_v all_o at_o once_o into_o one_o channel_n and_o main_a stream_n so_o they_o be_v meet_v in_o the_o same_o place_n which_o be_v pester_v and_o fill_v with_o a_o infinite_a multitude_n of_o people_n to_o hurt_v themselves_o and_o other_o from_o what_o fever_n or_o cold_a ague-fits_a proceed_v these_o effect_n from_o what_o tension_n or_o remission_n augmentation_n or_o diminution_n from_o what_o distemperature_n of_o heat_n or_o overspread_v of_o cold_a humour_n come_v all_o this_o if_o you_o ask_v of_o every_o several_a cause_n here_o in_o suit_n as_o if_o they_o be_v man_n and_o able_a to_o answer_v you_o from_o whence_o it_o arise_v how_o it_o grow_v and_o whereupon_o it_o come_v and_o first_o begin_v you_o shall_v find_v that_o one_o matter_n be_v engender_v by_o some_o wilful_a and_o proud_a anger_n another_o proceed_v from_o a_o troublesome_a and_o litigious_a spirit_n and_o a_o three_o be_v cause_v by_o some_o unjust_a desire_n and_o unlawful_a lust_n the_o precept_n of_o wedlock_n the_o summarie_n we_o have_v here_o a_o mixture_n and_o medley_n of_o rule_n for_o marry_a folk_n who_o in_o the_o person_n of_o pollianus_n and_o eurydice_n be_v teach_v their_o mutual_a duty_n upon_o which_o argument_n needless_a it_o be_v to_o discourse_v at_o large_a consider_v that_o the_o whole_a matter_n be_v set_v out_o particular_o and_o tend_v to_o this_o point_n that_o both_o at_o the_o beginning_n in_o the_o sequel_n also_o and_o continuation_n of_o marriage_n man_n and_o wife_n ought_v to_o assist_v support_v and_o love_v one_o another_o with_o a_o single_a heart_n and_o affection_n far_o remove_v from_o disdainful_a pride_n violence_n vanity_n and_o fill_v hinesse_n the_o which_o be_v specify_v and_o comprise_v in_o 45._o article_n howbeit_o in_o such_o sort_n that_o there_o be_v some_o of_o those_o precept_n which_o savour_n of_o the_o corruption_n of_o those_o time_n betray_v the_o insufficiency_n of_o humane_a wisdom_n unless_o it_o be_v lighten_v with_o god_n truth_n we_o see_v also_o in_o this_o treatise_n more_o particular_a advertisement_n appropriate_v to_o both_o party_n touch_v their_o devoir_n as_o well_o at_o home_n as_o abroad_o and_o all_o enrich_v with_o notable_a similitude_n and_o excellent_a example_n in_o sum_n if_o these_o precept_n follow_v be_v well_o weigh_v and_o practise_v they_o be_v able_a to_o make_v man_n life_n much_o more_o easy_a and_o commodious_a than_o it_o be_v but_o plutarch_n show_v sufficient_o by_o the_o thirty_o rule_n how_o hard_o a_o matter_n it_o be_v to_o retain_v each_o one_o in_o their_o several_a duty_n and_o that_o in_o manner_n all_o do_v regard_n and_o look_v upon_o thing_n with_o another_o eye_n than_o they_o ought_v how_o ever_o it_o be_v those_o person_n who_o virtue_n have_v link_v and_o join_v together_o in_o matrimony_n may_v find_v here_o whereby_o to_o profit_v and_o so_o much_o the_o more_o for_o that_o they_o have_v one_o lesson_n which_o natural_a equity_n and_o conscience_n put_v they_o in_o mind_n of_o every_o day_n if_o they_o will_v enter_v never_o so_o little_a into_o themselves_o which_o be_v join_v with_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o heavenly_a wisdom_n it_o can_v not_o be_v but_o husband_n and_o wife_n shall_v live_v in_o contentment_n and_o bless_a estate_n the_o precept_n of_o wedlock_n plutarch_n to_o pollianus_n and_o eurydice_n send_v greeting_n after_o the_o accustom_a ceremonial_a link_n of_o marriage_n in_o this_o country_n which_o the_o priestresse_n of_o ceres_n have_v put_v upon_o you_o in_o couple_v you_o both_o together_o in_o one_o bedchamber_n i_o suppose_v that_o this_o discourse_n of_o i_o come_v as_o it_o do_v to_o favorize_v and_o second_v this_o bond_n and_o conjunction_n of_o you_o in_o furnish_v you_o with_o good_a lesson_n and_o wise_a nuptial_a advertisement_n will_v not_o be_v unprofitable_a but_o sound_v very_o fit_v and_o comformable_a to_o the_o customary_a wedding_n song_n observe_v in_o these_o part_n the_o musician_n among_o other_o tune_n that_o they_o have_v with_o the_o hautboy_n use_v one_o kind_n of_o note_n which_o they_o call_v hippotharos_n which_o be_v asmuch_o to_o say_v as_o leape-mare_n have_v this_o opinion_n that_o it_o stir_v and_o provoke_v stallion_n to_o cover_v mare_n but_o of_o many_o beautiful_a and_o good_a discourse_n which_o philosophy_n afford_v unto_o we_o one_o there_o be_v which_o deserve_v no_o less_o to_o be_v esteem_v than_o any_o other_o by_o which_o she_o seem_v to_o enchant_v and_o charm_v those_o who_o be_v come_v together_o to_o live_v all_o the_o day_n of_o their_o life_n in_o mutual_a society_n make_v they_o to_o be_v more_o buxom_a kind_a tractable_a and_o pliable_a one_o to_o
may_v not_o presume_v to_o go_v withal_o into_o any_o one_o whatsoever_o consider_v therefore_o that_o the_o tribunal_n and_o judicial_a seat_n of_o justice_n be_v the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n surname_v the_o counsellor_n and_o patron_n of_o city_n of_o themis_n also_o and_o dice_n that_o be_v to_o say_v equity_n and_o justice_n before_o ever_o thou_o set_v foot_n to_o mount_v up_o into_o it_o present_o rid_v and_o clear_v thy_o soul_n of_o all_o avarice_n and_o covetousness_n of_o money_n as_o if_o it_o be_v iron_n and_o a_o very_a malady_n full_a of_o rust_n and_o throw_v it_o far_o from_o thou_o into_o the_o merchant_n hall_n into_o the_o shop_n of_o tradesman_n occupier_n banker_n and_o usurer_n as_o for_o thyself_o fly_v from_o such_o pelf_n shun_v it_o i_o say_v as_o far_o off_o as_o you_o can_v &_o make_v this_o reckon_n that_o whosoever_o enrich_v himself_o by_o the_o manage_n of_o the_o commonweal_n be_v a_o churchrobber_n commit_v sacrilege_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n rob_v temple_n steal_v out_o of_o the_o sepulchre_n of_o the_o dead_a pick_v the_o coffer_n of_o his_o friend_n make_v himself_o rich_a by_o treachery_n treason_n &_o false-witnes_n think_v he_o to_o be_v a_o untrusty_a and_o faithless_a counsellor_n a_o perjure_a judge_n a_o corrupt_a magistrate_n and_o full_a of_o bribery_n in_o one_o word_n pollute_v and_o defile_v with_o all_o wickedness_n and_o not_o clear_a of_o any_o sin_n whatsoever_o that_o may_v be_v commit_v and_o therefore_o i_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o speak_v more_o of_o this_o point_n as_o for_o ambition_n although_o it_o carry_v with_o it_o a_o fair_a show_n than_o avarice_n yet_o nevertheless_o it_o bring_v after_o it_o a_o train_n of_o mischief_n and_o plague_n no_o less_o dangerous_a and_o pernicious_a unto_o the_o government_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n for_o accompany_v it_o be_v ordinary_o with_o audacious_a rashness_n more_o than_o it_o inasmuch_o as_o it_o use_v not_o to_o breed_v in_o base_a mind_n or_o in_o nature_n feeble_a and_o idle_a but_o principal_o in_o valiant_a active_a and_o vigorous_a spirit_n and_o the_o voice_n of_o the_o people_n who_o by_o their_o praise_n lift_v it_o up_o many_o time_n and_o drive_v it_o forward_o make_v the_o violence_n thereof_o more_o hard_a to_o be_v restrain_v manage_v and_o rule_v like_a as_o therefore_o plato_n write_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o accustom_v young_a boy_n even_o from_o their_o very_a infancy_n to_o have_v this_o sentence_n resound_v in_o their_o ear_n that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a for_o they_o neither_o to_o carry_v gold_n about_o their_o body_n as_o a_o outward_a ornament_n nor_o so_o much_o as_o to_o have_v it_o in_o their_o purse_n for_o that_o they_o have_v other_o gold_n as_o a_o proper_a coffer_n of_o their_o own_o and_o the_o same_o incorporate_a in_o their_o heart_n give_v we_o to_o understand_v by_o these_o enigmatical_a and_o covert_a speech_n as_o i_o take_v it_o the_o virtue_n derive_v from_o their_o ancestor_n by_o descent_n and_o continuation_n of_o their_o race_n even_o so_o we_o may_v in_o some_o sort_n cure_n and_o remedy_v this_o desire_n of_o glory_n by_o make_v remonstrance_n unto_o ambitious_a spirit_n that_o they_o have_v in_o themselves_o gold_n that_o can_v corrupt_v be_v waste_v or_o contaminate_v by_o envy_n no_o nor_o by_o momus_n himself_o the_o reproover_n of_o the_o god_n to_o wit_n honour_n the_o which_o we_o always_o increase_v and_o augment_v the_o more_o we_o discourse_n consider_v meditate_v and_o think_v upon_o those_o thing_n which_o have_v be_v perform_v &_o accomplish_v by_o we_o in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o commonweal_n and_o therefore_o they_o have_v no_o need_n of_o those_o other_o honour_n which_o be_v either_o cast_v in_o molde_n by_o founder_n or_o cut_v and_o grave_v in_o brass_n by_o man_n hand_n consider_v that_o all_o such_o glory_n come_v from_o without_o forth_o and_o be_v rather_o in_o other_o than_o in_o they_o for_o who_o they_o be_v make_v for_o the_o statue_n of_o a_o trumpeter_n which_o polycletus_n make_v as_o also_o that_o other_o of_o a_o halbarde_a be_v commend_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o maker_n and_o not_o of_o those_o who_o they_o do_v represent_v and_o for_o who_o sake_n they_o be_v make_v certes_o cato_n at_o what_o time_n as_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n begin_v to_o be_v well_o replenish_v with_o image_n and_o statue_n will_v not_o suffer_v any_o one_o to_o be_v make_v for_o himself_o say_v that_o he_o have_v rather_o man_n will_v ask_v why_o there_o be_v no_o image_n set_v up_o for_o he_o than_o why_o it_o be_v for_o sure_o such_o thing_n bring_v envy_v and_o the_o common_a people_n think_v themselves_o indebt_v still_o &_o beholden_a unto_o those_o upon_o who_o they_o have_v not_o bestow_v such_o vanity_n and_o contrariwise_o such_o as_o receive_v they_o at_o their_o hand_n be_v odious_a &_o troublesome_a unto_o they_o as_o if_o they_o have_v seek_v to_o have_v the_o public_a affair_n of_o the_o state_n in_o their_o hand_n in_o hope_n to_o receive_v such_o a_o reward_n and_o salary_n from_o they_o again_o like_a as_o therefore_o he_o that_o have_v sail_v without_o danger_n along_o the_o gulf_n syrtis_n if_o afterward_o he_o chance_v to_o be_v cast_v away_o and_o drown_v in_o the_o mouth_n of_o the_o haven_n have_v do_v no_o such_o doughty_a deed_n nor_o perform_v any_o special_a matter_n of_o praise_n in_o his_o voyage_n and_o navigation_n even_o so_o he_o that_o have_v escape_v the_o common_a treasury_n and_o do_v well_o enough_o and_o save_v himself_o from_o the_o public_a revenue_n custom_n and_o commodity_n of_o the_o state_n that_o be_v to_o say_v have_v not_o defile_v his_o hand_n either_o with_o rob_v the_o citie-money_n or_o deal_v underhand_o with_o the_o farmer_n and_o undertaker_n of_o the_o city_n hand_n revenue_n etc._n etc._n and_o then_o shall_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v overtake_v and_o surprise_v with_o a_o desire_n to_o be_v a_o precedent_n and_o sit_v high_a or_o to_o be_v the_o head_n man_n and_o chief_a in_o counsel_n of_o a_o city_n be_v run_v in_o deed_n upon_o a_o high_a rock_n that_o reach_v up_o a_o loft_n but_o drench_v he_o be_v over_o the_o ear_n and_o as_o like_a to_o sink_v as_o the_o rest_n nevertheless_o in_o best_a case_n he_o be_v therefore_o who_o neither_o seek_v nor_o desire_v any_o of_o these_o honour_n but_o reject_v and_o refuse_v they_o altogether_o howbeit_o if_o peradventure_o it_o be_v no_o easy_a matter_n to_o put_v back_o a_o grace_n and_o favour_n or_o some_o token_n of_o love_n that_o the_o people_n otherwhiles_o desire_v to_o show_v unto_o they_o who_o be_v enter_v into_o combat_n as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o field_n of_o government_n not_o in_o a_o game_n and_o mastery_n for_o a_o silver_n prize_n or_o rich_a present_n but_o in_o the_o game_n in_o deed_n which_o be_v holy_a and_o sacred_a yea_o and_o worthy_a to_o be_v crown_v it_o may_v suffice_v and_o content_v a_o man_n to_o have_v some_o honourable_a inscription_n or_o title_n in_o a_o tablet_n some_o public_a act_n or_o decree_n some_o branch_n of_o laurel_n or_o the_o olive_n like_v as_o epymenides_n who_o receive_v one_o branch_n of_o the_o sacred_a olive_n grow_v in_o the_o castle_n of_o athens_n because_o he_o have_v cleanse_v and_o purify_v the_o city_n and_o anaxagoras_n refuse_v all_o other_o honour_n which_o the_o people_n will_v have_v ordain_v for_o he_o demand_v only_o that_o upon_o the_o day_n of_o his_o death_n the_o child_n may_v have_v leave_n to_o play_v and_o not_o go_v to_o school_v all_o that_o day_n long_o the_o seven_o gallant_a gentleman_n of_o persia_n who_o kill_v the_o tyrant_n call_v magi_n be_v honour_v only_o with_o this_o privilege_n that_o both_o they_o and_o their_o posterity_n may_v wear_v the_o persian_a point_a cap_n or_o tiara_n turban_n bend_v forward_o on_o their_o head_n for_o this_o be_v the_o signal_n which_o they_o be_v agree_v upon_o among_o themselves_o when_o they_o go_v to_o execute_v the_o say_a enterprise_n likewise_o the_o honour_n which_o pittacus_n receive_v do_v show_v some_o modesty_n &_o civility_n for_o when_o his_o citizen_n have_v permit_v &_o grant_v unto_o he_o to_o have_v and_o enjoy_v of_o those_o land_n which_o he_o have_v conque_fw-la red_a from_o the_o enemy_n as_o much_o as_o he_o will_v himself_o he_o stand_v content_v with_o so_o much_o &_o no_o more_o as_o lay_v within_o one_o fling_n or_o shot_n of_o the_o javelin_n which_o he_o lance_v himself_o and_o cocles_n the_o roman_a take_v so_o much_o ground_n only_o as_o he_o in_o his_o own_o person_n can_v ear_n with_o a_o plough_n in_o one_o day_n be_v as_o he_o be_v a_o lame_a and_o maim_a man_n for_o a_o civil_a honour_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v in_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o salary_n for_o a_o virtuous_a act_n
roman_n think_v thereby_o to_o recover_v his_o state_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n in_o the_o end_n wrought_v so_o effectual_o with_o porsena_n king_n of_o the_o tuskane_n that_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o lay_v siege_n to_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o beleaguer_v it_o with_o a_o puissant_a power_n now_o over_o and_o beside_o this_o hostility_n the_o roman_n within_o be_v afflict_v also_o and_o sore_o press_v with_o famine_n but_o hear_v that_o the_o say_v porsena_n be_v not_o only_o a_o valiant_a captain_n in_o arm_n but_o withal_o a_o good_a and_o righteous_a prince_n they_o be_v willing_a to_o make_v he_o the_o indifferent_a umpire_n and_o judge_n between_o they_o and_o tarquin_n but_o tarquin_n stand_v stiff_o in_o his_o own_o opinion_n and_o high_o conceit_v of_o himself_o give_v out_o also_o that_o porsena_n if_o he_o continue_v not_o a_o fast_n and_o constant_a ally_n he_o will_v not_o afterward_o be_v a_o just_a &_o equal_a judge_n whereupon_o porsena_n forsake_v he_o and_o leave_v his_o alliance_n capitulate_v and_o promise_v to_o depart_v in_o good_a term_n of_o amity_n &_o peace_n with_o the_o roman_n upon_o condition_n to_o recover_v of_o they_o all_o those_o land_n which_o they_o have_v occupy_v in_o tuskane_n &_o to_o have_v away_o with_o he_o those_o prisoner_n who_o they_o have_v take_v in_o those_o war_n now_o for_o the_o better_a assurance_n of_o this_o composition_n so_o conclude_v there_o be_v deliver_v into_o his_o hand_n as_o hostage_n ten_o boy_n and_o as_o many_o young_a maiden_n among_o who_o valeria_n the_o daughter_n of_o poplicola_n the_o consul_n be_v one_o which_o do_v present_o he_o break_v up_o his_o camp_n and_o dislodge_a yea_o and_o give_v over_o preparation_n of_o far_a war_n notwithstanding_o that_o all_o the_o article_n of_o the_o say_a capitulation_n be_v not_o yet_o accomplish_v these_o young_a virgin_n before_o say_v be_v in_o his_o camp_n go_v down_o as_o it_o be_v to_o bathe_v and_o wash_v themselves_o unto_o the_o river_n side_n which_o run_v a_o good_a way_n from_o the_o camp_n and_o by_o the_o motion_n and_o instigation_n of_o one_o among_o the_o rest_n name_v cloelia_n after_o they_o have_v wrap_v and_o wreathe_v their_o clothes_n fast_o about_o their_o head_n they_o take_v the_o river_n which_o run_v with_o a_o very_a strong_a stream_n and_o swift_a current_n and_o by_o swim_v cross_n over_o it_o help_v one_o another_o what_o they_o can_v amid_o the_o deep_a channel_n and_o surge_a whirlpole_n thereof_o until_o with_o much_o travel_n they_o hardly_o recover_v the_o bank_n on_o the_o other_o side_n some_o report_n that_o this_o damosel_n cloclia_n make_v mean_n to_o get_v a_o horse_n mount_v his_o back_n and_o gentle_o by_o little_a and_o little_o pass_v overthwart_o the_o river_n show_v the_o way_n unto_o the_o rest_n of_o her_o fellow_n encourage_v yea_o and_o support_v they_o as_o they_o swim_v on_o each_o side_n and_o round_a about_o she_o but_o what_o the_o reason_n be_v of_o this_o their_o conjecture_n i_o will_v show_v anon_o when_o the_o roman_n see_v that_o they_o be_v get_v over_o in_o safety_n they_o woonder_v at_o their_o boldness_n and_o rare_a virtue_n howbeit_o they_o be_v nothing_o well_o please_v with_o their_o return_n neither_o can_v they_o endure_v to_o be_v challenge_v and_o reproach_v that_o in_o fidelity_n and_o troth_n they_o all_o shall_v be_v inferior_a to_o one_o man_n and_o therefore_o give_v commandment_n that_o these_o virgin_n shall_v return_v from_o whence_o they_o come_v and_o send_v with_o they_o a_o guard_n to_o conduct_v they_o but_o when_o they_o be_v pass_v over_o the_o river_n tiber_n again_o they_o escape_v very_o hardly_o of_o be_v surprise_v by_o a_o ambush_n that_o tarquin_n have_v lay_v for_o they_o by_o the_o way_n as_o for_o valeria_n the_o consul_n poplicolaes_n daughter_n she_o flee_v at_o first_o with_o three_o servant_n into_o the_o camp_n of_o porsena_n and_o the_o rest_n arnus_n the_o son_n of_o king_n porsena_n who_o run_v present_o to_o the_o rescue_n recover_v out_o of_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o enemy_n now_o when_o they_o be_v all_o present_v and_o bring_v before_o the_o king_n he_o demand_v which_o of_o they_o it_o be_v who_o have_v encourage_v her_o companion_n to_o swim_v over_o the_o river_n and_o give_v they_o counsel_v so_o to_o do_v all_o the_o rest_n fear_v lest_o the_o king_n will_v do_v cloelia_n some_o harm_n will_v not_o speak_v a_o word_n but_o she_o herself_o confess_v all_o porsena_n high_o esteem_v her_o valour_n and_o virtue_n cause_v one_o of_o the_o fair_a horse_n to_o be_v fetch_v out_o of_o his_o stable_n rich_o trap_v and_o set_v out_o with_o costly_a furniture_n which_o he_o bestow_v upon_o she_o yea_o and_o that_o which_o more_o be_v for_o her_o sake_n and_o to_o grace_v she_o courteous_o and_o kind_o dismiss_v all_o her_o fellow_n and_o send_v they_o home_o this_o be_v the_o guess_n i_o say_v by_o which_o some_o think_v that_o cloelia_n pass_v over_o the_o river_n on_o horseback_n but_o other_o say_v no_o who_o deliver_v the_o story_n thus_o that_o the_o king_n marvel_v at_o this_o valour_n and_o extraordinary_a hardiness_n above_o the_o proportion_n of_o that_o sex_n think_v her_o worthy_a of_o a_o present_a which_o be_v wont_n to_o be_v give_v unto_o a_o valiant_a man_n at_o arm_n and_o a_o brave_a warrior_n but_o how_o ever_o it_o be_v for_o a_o memorial_n of_o this_o act_n there_o be_v to_o be_v see_v her_o statue_n at_o this_o day_n to_o wit_n a_o maiden_n sit_v on_o horseback_n and_o it_o stand_v in_o the_o street_n call_v via_fw-la sacra_fw-la which_o some_o say_v represent_v cloelia_n other_o valeria_z micca_n and_o megisto_n aristotimus_n have_v usurp_v tyranny_n and_o violent_a dominion_n over_o the_o elian_o bear_v himself_o much_o upon_o the_o favour_n and_o countenance_n of_o king_n antigonus_n establish_v the_o same_o but_o so_o cruel_o and_o excessive_o he_o abuse_v this_o power_n and_o authority_n under_o he_o that_o in_o nothing_o he_o be_v tolerable_a for_o over_o and_o beside_o that_o he_o be_v a_o man_n by_o nature_n give_v to_o violence_n by_o reason_n that_o he_o stand_v in_o some_o servile_a fear_n and_o be_v glad_a to_o please_v the_o guard_n that_o he_o have_v about_o he_o of_o mix_a barbarian_n who_o he_o have_v get_v together_o from_o divers_a part_n for_o the_o defence_n of_o his_o state_n and_o person_n he_o suffer_v they_o also_o to_o commit_v many_o insolent_a part_n and_o cruel_a outrage_n upon_o his_o subject_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n that_o unhappy_a indignity_n which_o befall_v to_o philodemnus_fw-la who_o have_v a_o fair_a damosel_n to_o his_o daughter_n name_v micca_n unto_o who_o one_o of_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o say_a tyrant_n name_v lucius_n seem_v to_o make_v court_n not_o for_o any_o true_a love_n and_o hearty_a affection_n that_o he_o bear_v unto_o she_o but_o upon_o a_o wanton_a lust_n to_o abuse_v and_o dishonour_v her_o body_n so_o he_o send_v for_o this_o maiden_n to_o come_v and_o speak_v with_o he_o her_o parent_n see_v that_o whether_o they_o will_v or_o no_o constrain_v they_o shall_v be_v to_o let_v she_o go_v give_v her_o leave_n but_o the_o damosel_n herself_o of_o a_o generous_a spirit_n and_o magnanimous_a heart_n clasp_v they_o about_o and_o hang_v upon_o they_o fall_v down_o at_o their_o foot_n and_o humble_o beseech_v they_o all_o that_o ever_o she_o can_v rather_o to_o kill_v she_o out_o of_o hand_n than_o to_o suffer_v she_o thus_o shameful_o to_o be_v betray_v and_o villainous_o to_o be_v despoil_v of_o her_o maidenhead_n but_o for_o that_o she_o stay_v long_o than_o be_v to_o the_o good_a like_n of_o the_o foresay_a lucius_n who_o burn_v all_o this_o while_n in_o lust_n and_o have_v withal_o take_v his_o wine_n liberal_o he_o rise_v from_o the_o table_n in_o great_a choler_n and_o go_v himself_o towards_o she_o when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o house_n he_o find_v micca_n with_o her_o head_n upon_o her_o father_n knee_n and_o she_o he_o command_v to_o follow_v he_o which_o she_o refuse_v to_o do_v whereupon_o he_o rend_v her_o clothes_n from_o her_o body_n and_o whip_v she_o stark_o naked_a and_o she_o without_o give_v one_o word_n again_o endure_v for_o her_o part_n with_o patience_n and_o silence_n all_o the_o smart_n and_o pain_n but_o her_o father_n and_o mother_n see_v that_o with_o all_o their_o piteous_a prayer_n and_o tender_a tear_n they_o can_v not_o prevail_v nor_o boot_v any_o thing_n with_o this_o wretch_n turn_v to_o call_v and_o implore_v the_o help_n both_o of_o god_n and_o man_n cry_v with_o a_o loud_a voice_n out_o upon_o such_o injurious_a indignity_n and_o intolerable_a villainy_n whereupon_o this_o barbarous_a villain_n grow_v now_o to_o be_v furious_a and_o enrage_a partly_o with_o choler_n and_o in_o part_n with_o
your_o anguish_n mitigate_v your_o pensivenesse_n and_o stay_v your_o needless_a mourning_n and_o bootless_a lamentation_n for_o why_o if_o mind_n be_v sick_a what_o physic_n then_o but_o reason_n fit_a for_o each_o disease_n a_o wise_a man_n know_v the_o season_n when_o to_o use_v those_o mean_n the_o heart_n to_o ease_v and_o according_a as_o the_o wise_a poet_n euripides_n say_v each_o grief_n of_o mind_n each_o malady_n do_v crave_v a_o several_a remedy_n if_o restless_a sorrow_n the_o heart_n torment_n kind_a word_n of_o friend_n work_v much_o content_n where_o folly_n sway_v in_o every_o action_n great_a need_n there_o be_v of_o sharp_a correction_n for_o very_o among_o so_o many_o passion_n and_o infirmity_n incident_a to_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n dolour_n and_o heaviness_n be_v most_o irksome_a and_o go_v near_o into_o it_o by_o occasion_n of_o anguish_n many_o a_o one_o they_o say_v have_v run_v mad_a and_o fall_v into_o malady_n incurable_a yea_o and_o for_o thought_n and_o hearts-grief_n some_o have_v be_v drive_v to_o make_v away_o themselves_o now_o to_o sorrow_n and_o be_v touch_v to_o the_o quick_a for_o the_o loss_n of_o a_o son_n be_v a_o passion_n that_o arise_v from_o a_o natural_a cause_n and_o it_o be_v not_o in_o our_o power_n to_o avoid_v which_o be_v so_o i_o can_v for_o my_o part_n hold_v with_o they_o who_o so_o high_o praise_v and_o extol_v i_o wot_v not_o what_o brutish_a hard_a and_o blockish_a indolence_n and_o stupidity_n which_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o a_o man_n to_o entertain_v be_v not_o any_o way_n commodious_a and_o available_a certes_o the_o same_o will_v bereave_v we_o of_o that_o mutual_a benevolence_n and_o sweet_a comfort_n which_o we_o find_v in_o the_o reciprocal_a interchange_n of_o love_a other_o and_o be_v love_v again_o which_o of_o all_o earthly_a blessing_n we_o have_v most_o need_n to_o preserve_v and_o maintain_v yet_o do_v i_o not_o allow_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v transport_v and_o carry_v away_o beyond_o all_o compass_n &_o measure_n make_v no_o end_n of_o sorrow_n for_o even_o that_o also_o be_v likewise_o unnatural_a and_o proceed_v from_o a_o corrupt_a and_o erroneous_a opinion_n that_o we_o have_v and_o therefore_o as_o we_o ought_v to_o abandon_v this_o excess_n as_o simple_o naught_o hurtful_a and_o not_o beseem_v virtuous_a and_o honest_a mind_a man_n so_o in_o no_o wise_a must_v we_o disallow_v that_o mean_a and_o moderation_n in_o our_o passion_n follow_v in_o this_o point_n sage_a crantor_n the_o academic_a philosopher_n i_o can_v wish_v quoth_v he_o that_o we_o may_v be_v never_o sick_a howbeit_o if_o we_o chance_v to_o fall_v into_o some_o disease_n god_n send_v we_o yet_o some_o sense_n and_o feeling_n in_o case_n any_o part_n of_o our_o body_n be_v either_o cut_v pluck_v away_o or_o dismember_v in_o the_o cure_n and_o i_o assure_v you_o that_o senseless_a impassibilitie_n be_v never_o incident_a unto_o a_o man_n without_o some_o great_a mischief_n and_o inconvenience_n ensue_v for_o light_o it_o fall_v out_o that_o when_o the_o body_n be_v in_o this_o case_n without_o feeling_n the_o soul_n soon_o after_o will_v become_v as_o insensible_a reason_n will_v therefore_o that_o wise_a man_n in_o these_o and_o such_o like_a cross_n carry_v themselves_o neither_o void_a of_o affection_n altogether_o nor_o yet_o out_o of_o measure_n passionate_a for_o as_o the_o one_o bewray_v a_o fell_a and_o hard_a heart_n resemble_v a_o cruel_a beast_n so_o the_o other_o discover_v a_o soft_a and_o effeminate_a nature_n beseem_v a_o tender_a woman_n but_o best_o advise_v be_v he_o who_o know_v to_o keep_v a_o mean_a and_o be_v guide_v by_o the_o rule_n of_o reason_n have_v the_o gift_n to_o bear_v wise_o and_o indifferent_o aswell_o the_o flatter_a favour_n as_o the_o scowl_n srowne_n of_o fortune_n which_o be_v so_o ordinary_o occurrent_a in_o this_o life_n have_v this_o forecast_n with_o himself_o that_o like_o as_o in_o a_o free_a state_n and_o popular_a government_n of_o a_o common_a wealth_n where_o the_o election_n of_o sovereign_a magistrate_n pass_v by_o lot_n the_o one_o who_o hap_n be_v to_o be_v choose_v must_v be_v a_o ruler_n and_o commander_n but_o the_o other_o who_o miss_v ought_v patient_o to_o take_v his_o fortune_n and_o bear_v the_o repulse_n even_o so_o in_o the_o disposition_n and_o course_n of_o all_o our_o worldly_a affair_n we_o be_v to_o be_v content_a with_o our_o portion_n allot_v unto_o we_o and_o without_o grudge_v and_o complaint_n gentle_o to_o yield_v ourselves_o obedient_a for_o sure_o they_o that_o can_v not_o so_o do_v will_v never_o be_v able_a with_o wisdom_n and_o moderation_n to_o wield_v any_o great_a prosperity_n for_o of_o many_o wise_a speech_n and_o well_o say_v saw_n this_o sentence_n may_v go_v for_o one_o how_o ever_o fortune_n smile_n and_o look_v full_a fair_a be_v thou_o not_o proud_a nor_o bear_v a_o lofty_a mind_n ne_o yet_o cast_v down_o and_o plunge_v in_o deep_a ae_z spare_a if_o that_o she_o frown_v or_o show_v herself_o unkind_a but_o always_o one_o and_o same_o let_v man_n thou_o find_v constant_n and_o firm_a retain_v thy_o nature_n still_o as_o gold_n in_o fire_n which_o alter_v never_o will_n for_o this_o be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o well_o bring_v up_o both_o for_o any_o apparent_a show_n of_o prosperity_n to_o be_v no_o changeling_n but_o to_o bear_v himself_o always_o in_o one_o sort_n &_o also_o in_o adversity_n with_o a_o generous_a and_o noble_a mind_n to_o maintain_v that_o which_o be_v decent_a &_o beseem_v his_o own_o person_n for_o the_o office_n of_o true_a wisdom_n &_o considerate_a discretion_n be_v either_o to_o prevent_v &_o avoid_v a_o mischief_n come_v or_o to_o correct_v and_o reduce_v it_o to_o the_o least_o &_o narrow_a compass_n when_o it_o be_v once_o come_v or_o else_o to_o be_v prepare_v and_o ready_a to_o bear_v the_o same_o manful_o and_o with_o all_o magnanimity_n for_o prudence_n as_o touch_v that_o which_o we_o call_v good_a be_v see_v and_o employ_v four_o manner_n of_o way_n to_o wit_n in_o get_v in_o keep_v in_o augment_v or_o in_o well_o and_o right_o use_v the_o same_o these_o be_v the_o rule_n as_o well_o of_o prudence_n as_o of_o other_o virtue_n which_o we_o be_v to_o make_v use_n and_o benefit_n of_o in_o both_o fortune_n as_o well_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o for_o according_a to_o the_o old_a proverb_n no_o man_n there_o be_v on_o earth_n alive_a in_o every_o thing_n who_o ay_o do_v thrive_v and_o very_o by_o course_n of_o nature_n unneath_o it_o wrought_v may_v be_v that_o aught_o shall_v check_v fatal_a necessity_n and_o as_o it_o fall_v out_o in_o tree_n and_o other_o plant_n that_o some_o year_n they_o bear_v their_o burden_n and_o yield_v great_a store_n of_o fruit_n whereas_o in_o other_o they_o bring_v forth_o none_o at_o all_o also_o live_v creature_n one_o while_o be_v fruitful_a and_o breed_v many_o young_a otherwhiles_o again_o they_o be_v as_o barren_a for_o it_o and_o in_o the_o sea_n it_o be_v now_o tempest_n and_o then_o calm_a semblable_o in_o this_o life_n there_o happen_v many_o circumstance_n and_o accident_n which_o wind_n and_o turn_v we_o into_o the_o chance_n of_o contrary_a fortune_n in_o regard_n of_o which_o variety_n a_o man_n may_v by_o good_a right_n and_o reason_n say_v thus_o o_o agamemnon_n thy_o father_n atreus_n he_o always_o to_o prosper_v have_v not_o beget_v thou_o for_o in_o this_o life_n thou_o must_v have_v one_o day_n joy_n another_o grief_n and_o wealth_n mix_v with_o annoy_n and_o why_o thou_o be_v by_o mort_fw-fr all_o nature_n frail_a thy_o will_n against_o this_o course_n can_v prevail_v for_o so_o it_o be_v the_o pleasure_n of_o the_o god_n to_o make_v this_o change_n and_o work_v in_o man_n such_o odds_n as_o also_o that_o which_o to_o the_o same_o effect_n the_o poet_n menander_n write_v in_o this_o wise_a sir_n trophimus_n if_o you_o the_o only_a wight_n of_o woman_n bear_v be_v bring_v into_o this_o light_n with_o privilege_n to_o have_v the_o world_n at_o will_n to_o taste_v no_o woe_n but_o prosper_v always_o still_o or_o if_o some_o god_n have_v make_v you_o such_o behest_n to_o live_v in_o joy_n in_o solace_n and_o in_o rest_n you_o have_v just_a cause_n to_o fare_v thus_o as_o you_o do_v and_o chafe_v for_o that_o he_o from_o his_o word_n do_v go_v and_o have_v do_v what_o he_o can_v not_o justify_v but_o if_o so_o be_v as_o truth_n will_v testify_v under_o one_o law_n this_o public_a vital_a air_n you_o draw_v with_o we_o your_o breath_n for_o to_o repair_v i_o say_v to_o you_o grave_o in_o tragic_a stile_n you_o ought_v to_o be_v more_o patient_a the_o while_n to_o take_v all_o this_o in_o better_a worth_n i_o say_v let_v
to_o begin_v again_o to_o learn_v true_a it_o be_v that_o long_a since_o i_o be_v discontent_v in_o my_o heart_n to_o hear_v euripides_n speak_v in_o this_o wise_a he_o put_v off_o from_o day_n to_o day_n god_n nature_n be_v thus_o to_o delay_v for_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v and_o decent_a that_o god_n shall_v be_v slow_a in_o any_o action_n whatsoever_o and_o least_o of_o all_o in_o punish_v sinner_n who_o be_v themselves_o nothing_o slothful_a nor_o make_v delay_n in_o perpetrate_v wicked_a deed_n but_o be_v carry_v most_o speedy_o and_o with_o exceed_a violence_n of_o their_o passion_n prick_v forward_o to_o do_v wrong_a and_o mischief_n and_o very_o when_o punishment_n ensue_v hard_a after_o injury_n and_o violence_n commit_v there_o be_v nothing_o as_o thucydides_n say_v that_o so_o soon_o stop_v up_o the_o passage_n against_o those_o who_o be_v most_o prone_a and_o ready_a to_o run_v into_o all_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n for_o there_o be_v no_o delay_n of_o payment_n that_o so_o much_o enfeeble_v the_o hope_n and_o break_v the_o heart_n of_o a_o man_n wrong_v and_o offend_v nor_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v so_o insolent_a and_o audacious_a who_o be_v dispose_v to_o mischief_n as_o the_o defer_v of_o justice_n and_o punishment_n whereas_o contrariwise_o the_o correction_n &_o chastisement_n that_o follow_v immediate_o upon_o lewd_a act_n and_o meet_v with_o the_o malefactor_n betimes_o be_v a_o mean_n both_o to_o repress_v all_o future_a outrage_n in_o offender_n and_o also_o to_o comfort_v and_o pacify_v the_o heart_n of_o those_o who_o be_v wrong_v for_o i_o own_o part_n the_o say_n of_o bias_n trouble_v i_o many_o time_n as_o often_o as_o i_o think_v upon_o it_o for_o thus_o he_o speak_v unto_o a_o notorious_a wicked_a man_n i_o doubt_v not_o but_o thou_o shall_v one_o day_n smart_n for_o this_o gear_n and_o pay_v for_o thy_o lewdness_n but_o i_o fear_v i_o shall_v never_o live_v to_o see_v it_o for_o what_o good_a unto_o the_o messenian_n be_v slay_v before_o do_v the_o punishment_n of_o aristocrates_n who_o have_v betray_v they_o in_o the_o battle_n of_o cypress_n be_v not_o detect_v and_o discover_v for_o his_o treason_n in_o twenty_o year_n after_o during_o which_o time_n he_o be_v always_o king_n of_o arcadia_n and_o be_v at_o the_o last_o convict_v for_o the_o say_a treachery_n suffer_v punishment_n for_o his_o desert_n mean_v while_n those_o who_o he_o have_v cause_v to_o be_v massacre_v be_v not_o in_o the_o world_n to_o see_v it_o or_o what_o comfort_n and_o consolation_n receive_v the_o orchomenian_o who_o lose_v their_o child_n kinsfolk_n and_o friend_n through_o the_o treason_n of_o lyciscus_n by_o the_o malady_n which_o long_o after_o seize_v upon_o he_o eat_v &_o consume_v all_o his_o body_n who_o ever_o as_o he_o dip_v and_o bathe_v his_o foot_n in_o the_o river_n water_n keep_v a_o swear_n and_o curse_v that_o he_o thus_o rot_v and_o be_v eat_v away_o for_o the_o treachery_n which_o most_o wicked_o he_o have_v commit_v and_o at_o athens_n the_o child_n child_n of_o those_o poor_a wretch_n who_o be_v kill_v within_o the_o privilege_a place_n of_o sanctuary_n can_v never_o see_v the_o vengeance_n of_o the_o god_n which_o afterward_o fall_v upon_o those_o bloody_a and_o sacrilegious_a caitiff_n who_o dead_a body_n and_o bone_n be_v excommunicate_a be_v banish_v and_o cast_v out_o beyond_o the_o confine_n of_o their_o native_a country_n and_o therefore_o i_o think_v euripides_n be_v very_o absurd_a when_o to_o divert_v man_n from_o wickedness_n he_o use_v such_o word_n as_o these_o justice_n fear_v not_o will_v not_o thou_o overtake_v to_o pierce_v thy_o heart_n or_o deep_a wound_n ever_o make_v in_o liver_n thou_o nor_o any_o mortal_a wight_n beside_o though_o lewd_a he_o be_v and_o do_v no_o right_n but_o slow_a she_o go_v and_o silent_a to_o impeach_v and_o chastise_v such_o if_o ever_o they_o she_o reach_v for_o i_o assure_v you_o it_o be_v not_o like_a that_o wicked_a &_o ungracious_a person_n use_v any_o other_o persuasion_n but_o even_o the_o very_a same_o to_o incite_v move_v and_o encourage_v themselves_o to_o enterprise_v any_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a act_n as_o make_v this_o account_n and_o reckon_n that_o injustice_n will_v quick_o yield_v her_o fruit_n ripe_a in_o due_a time_n and_o the_o same_o evermore_o certain_a whereas_o punishment_n come_v late_a and_o long_o after_o the_o pleasure_n and_o fruition_n of_o the_o say_a wickedness_n when_o patrocleas_n have_v discourse_v in_o this_o wise_a olympiacus_n take_v the_o matter_n in_o hand_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o mark_v moreover_o o_o patrocleas_n what_o inconvenience_n and_o absurdity_n follow_v upon_o this_o slowness_n of_o divine_a justice_n and_o prolong_v the_o punishment_n of_o malefactor_n for_o it_o cause_v unbelief_n in_o man_n and_o namely_o that_o they_o be_v not_o persuade_v that_o it_o be_v by_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n that_o such_o be_v punish_v &_o the_o calamity_n that_o come_v upon_o wicked_a one_o not_o present_o upon_o every_o sinful_a act_n that_o they_o have_v commit_v but_o long_a time_n after_o be_v repute_v by_o they_o infelicity_n and_o they_o call_v it_o their_o fortune_n and_o not_o their_o punishment_n whereupon_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o they_o have_v no_o benefit_n thereby_o nor_o be_v any_o whit_n better_o for_o howsoever_o they_o grieve_v and_o be_v discontent_v at_o the_o accident_n which_o befall_v unto_o they_o yet_o they_o never_o repent_v for_o the_o lewd_a act_n they_o have_v before_o commitred_a and_o like_o as_o in_o punishment_n among_o we_o a_o little_a pinch_n stripe_n or_o lash_v give_v unto_o one_o for_o a_o fault_n or_o error_n present_o upon_o the_o do_v thereof_o do_v correct_v the_o party_n and_o reduce_v he_o to_o his_o duty_n whereas_o the_o wring_v scourge_n knock_n and_o sound_a thump_n which_o come_v a_o good_a while_n after_o seem_v to_o be_v give_v upon_o some_o occasion_n beside_o and_o for_o another_o cause_n rather_o than_o to_o teach_v and_o therefore_o well_o may_v they_o put_v he_o to_o pain_n and_o grief_n but_o instruction_n they_o yield_v none_o even_o so_o naughtiness_n rebuke_v and_o repress_v by_o some_o present_a chastisement_n every_o time_n that_o it_o trespass_v and_o transgress_v howsoever_o it_o be_v painful_a at_o first_o yet_o in_o the_o end_n it_o bethink_v itself_o learn_v to_o be_v humble_v and_o to_o fear_n god_n as_o a_o severe_a justicy_a who_o have_v a_o eye_n upon_o the_o deed_n and_o passion_n of_o man_n for_o to_o punish_v they_o incontinent_o and_o without_o delay_n whereas_o this_o justice_n and_o revenge_n which_o come_v so_o slow_o and_o with_o a_o soft_a pace_n as_o euripides_n say_v upon_o the_o wicked_a and_o ungodly_a person_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o long_a intermission_n the_o inconstant_a and_o wander_a incertitude_n and_o the_o confuse_a disorder_n resemble_v chance_n and_o adventure_v more_o than_o the_o design_n of_o any_o providence_n insomuch_o as_o i_o can_v conceive_v or_o see_v what_o profit_n can_v be_v in_o these_o grindstone_n as_o they_o call_v they_o of_o the_o god_n which_o be_v so_o long_a a_o grind_n especial_o see_v that_o the_o judgement_n and_o punishment_n of_o sinner_n be_v thereby_o obscure_v and_o the_o fear_n of_o sin_n make_v slight_a and_o of_o no_o reckon_n upon_o the_o delivery_n of_o these_o word_n i_o begin_v to_o study_v and_o muse_v with_o myself_o then_o timon_n will_v you_o quoth_v he_o that_o i_o shall_v clear_v this_o doubt_n once_o for_o all_o and_o so_o make_v a_o end_n of_o this_o disputation_n or_o permit_v he_o first_o to_o dispute_v and_o reason_n against_o these_o opposition_n and_o what_o need_n be_v there_o answer_v i_o to_o come_v in_o with_o a_o three_o wave_n for_o to_o overflow_v and_o drown_v at_o once_o our_o speech_n and_o discourse_n if_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o refute_v the_o former_a objection_n nor_o to_o escape_v and_o avoid_v the_o challenge_n already_o make_v first_o and_o foremost_a therefore_o to_o begin_v at_o the_o head_n and_o as_o the_o manner_n be_v to_o say_v at_o the_o goddess_n vesta_n for_o the_o reverend_a regard_n and_o religious_a fear_n that_o the_o academic_a philosopher_n profess_v to_o have_v unto_o god_n as_o a_o heavenly_a father_n we_o utter_o disclaim_v and_o refuse_v to_o speak_v of_o the_o deity_n as_o if_o we_o know_v for_o certainty_n what_o it_o be_v for_o it_o be_v a_o great_a presumption_n in_o we_o who_o be_v but_o mortal_a man_n to_o enterprise_v any_o set_a speech_n or_o discourse_n as_o touch_v god_n or_o demigod_n than_o for_o one_o who_o be_v altogether_o ignorant_a in_o song_n to_o dispute_v of_o music_n or_o for_o they_o who_o never_o be_v in_o camp_n nor_o see_v so_o much_o as_o a_o battle_n fight_v to_o put_v themselves_o forward_o to_o discourse_n of_o arm_n and_o warfare_n take_v upon_o
kind_n of_o life_n all_o manner_n of_o delcacie_n and_o costly_a curiosity_n use_v to_o follow_v like_a as_o the_o suck_a foal_n always_o run_v with_o the_o damn_n and_o do_v not_o stay_v what_o supper_n then_o be_v not_o to_o be_v count_v sumptuous_a for_o which_o there_o be_v evermore_o kill_v some_o live_a creature_n or_o other_o for_o do_v we_o think_v little_a of_o the_o dispense_n of_o a_o soul_n and_o suppose_v we_o that_o the_o loss_n of_o life_n be_v not_o costly_a i_o do_v not_o now_o say_v that_o it_o be_v peradventure_o the_o soul_n of_o a_o mother_n a_o father_n some_o friend_n or_o a_o son_n as_o empedocles_n give_v it_o out_o but_o sure_o a_o soul_n endue_v with_o sense_n with_o see_v hear_v apprehension_n understanding_n wit_n and_o discretion_n such_o as_o nature_n have_v give_v to_o each_o live_a creature_n sufficient_a to_o seek_v and_o get_v that_o which_o be_v good_a for_o it_o and_o likewise_o to_o avoid_v and_o shun_v whatsoever_o be_v hurtful_a and_o contrary_a unto_o it_o consider_v now_o a_o little_a whether_o those_o philosopher_n that_o teach_v and_o will_v we_o to_o eat_v our_o child_n our_o friend_n our_o father_n and_o wife_n when_o they_o be_v dead_a do_v make_v we_o more_o gentle_a and_o full_a of_o humanity_n than_o pythagoras_n and_o empedocles_n who_o accustom_v and_o acquaint_v we_o to_o be_v kind_a and_o just_a even_o to_o other_o creature_n well_o you_o mock_v and_o laugh_v at_o he_o that_o make_v conscience_n to_o eat_v of_o a_o mutton_n and_o shall_v not_o we_o say_v they_o laugh_v a_o good_a and_o make_v sport_n when_o we_o see_v one_o cut_v and_o chap_a piece_n of_o his_o father_n or_o mother_n be_v dead_a and_o send_v away_o some_o thereof_o to_o his_o friend_n who_o be_v absent_a and_o invite_v such_o as_o be_v present_a and_o near_o at_o hand_n to_o come_v and_o make_v merry_a with_o the_o rest_n cause_v such_o joint_n and_o piece_n of_o flesh_n to_o be_v serve_v up_o to_o the_o table_n without_o any_o spare_a at_o all_o but_o it_o may_v be_v that_o we_o offend_v now_o and_o commit_v some_o fault_n in_o handle_v these_o book_n have_v not_o beforehand_o cleanse_v our_o hand_n mundify_v our_o eye_n purify_v our_o foot_n and_o purge_v our_o ear_n unless_o perhaps_o this_o be_v their_o cleanse_n and_o expiation_n to_o devise_v &_o discourse_n of_o such_o thing_n with_o sweet_a &_o pleasant_a word_n which_o as_o plato_n say_v wash_v away_o all_o fault_n &_o brackish_a hear_n but_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v set_v these_o book_n &_o argument_n in_o parallel_a opposition_n or_o comparison_n one_o with_o another_o he_o will_v judge_v that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v the_o philosophy_n of_o the_o scythian_n tartarian_n sagidians_n and_o melanchlaenians_n of_o who_o when_o herodotus_n write_v he_o be_v take_v for_o a_o liar_n and_o as_o for_o the_o sentence_n and_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n and_o empedocles_n they_o be_v the_o very_a law_n ordinance_n statute_n and_o judgement_n of_o the_o ancient_a greek_n according_a to_o which_o they_o frame_v their_o life_n to_o wit_n that_o there_o be_v between_o we_o and_o brute_n beast_n certain_a common_a right_n who_o be_v they_o then_o that_o afterward_o otherwise_o ordain_v even_o they_o who_o first_o of_o iron_n and_o steel_n mischievous_a sword_n do_v sorge_v and_o of_o poor_a labour_a ox_n at_o plough_n begin_v to_o cut_v the_o gorge_n for_o even_o thus_o also_o begin_v tyrant_n to_o commit_v murder_n like_v as_o at_o the_o first_o in_o old_a time_n they_o kill_v at_o athens_n one_o notorious_a and_o most_o wicked_a sycophant_n name_v epitedeius_n so_o they_o do_v by_o a_o second_o and_o likewise_o a_o three_o now_o the_o athenian_n be_v thus_o acquaint_v to_o see_v man_n put_v to_o death_n see_v afterward_o niceratus_n the_o son_n of_o nicias_n murder_v theramenes_n also_o the_o great_a commander_n and_o captain_n general_a yea_o and_o polemarchus_n the_o philosopher_n semblable_o man_n begin_v at_o first_o to_o eat_v the_o flesh_n of_o some_o savage_a and_o hurtful_a beast_n than_o some_o fowl_n and_o fish_n be_v snare_v and_o catch_v with_o net_n and_o consequent_o cruelty_n be_v flesh_v as_o it_o be_v exercise_v and_o enure_v in_o these_o and_o such_o like_a slaughter_n proceed_v even_o to_o the_o poor_a labour_a ox_n to_o the_o silly_a sheep_n that_o do_v clad_v and_o trim_a our_o body_n yea_o and_o to_o the_o house-cocke_n and_o thus_o man_n by_o little_a and_o little_o augment_v their_o insatiable_a greediness_n never_o stay_v until_o they_o come_v to_o manslaughter_n to_o murder_v yea_o and_o to_o bloody_a battle_n but_o if_o a_o man_n can_v not_o prove_v nor_o make_v demonstration_n by_o sound_a reason_n that_o soul_n in_o their_o resurrection_n and_o new_a nativity_n meet_v with_o common_a body_n so_o as_o that_o which_o now_o be_v reasonable_a become_v afterward_o reasonless_a and_o likewise_o that_o which_o at_o this_o present_a be_v wild_a and_o savage_a come_v to_o be_v by_o another_o birth_n and_o regeneration_n tame_a and_o gentle_a again_o and_o that_o nature_n transmute_v and_o translate_v all_o body_n dislodging_n and_o replace_v the_o soul_n of_o one_o in_o another_o and_o clad_v they_o with_o robe_n unknowen_a of_o other_o flesh_n as_o with_o their_o own_o be_v not_o these_o reason_n yet_o at_o leastwise_o sufficient_a to_o reclaim_v and_o divert_v man_n from_o this_o unbrideled_a intemperance_n of_o murder_v dumb_a beast_n namely_o that_o it_o breed_v malady_n crudity_n heaviness_n and_o indigestion_n in_o the_o body_n that_o it_o mar_v and_o corrupt_v the_o soul_n which_o natural_o be_v give_v to_o the_o contemplation_n of_o high_a and_o heavenly_a thing_n to_o wit_n when_o we_o have_v take_v up_o a_o wont_n and_o custom_n not_o to_o feast_v a_o friend_n or_o stranger_n who_o come_v to_o visit_v we_o unless_o we_o shed_v blood_n and_o can_v celebrate_v a_o marriage_n dinner_n or_o make_v merry_a with_o our_o neighbour_n and_o friend_n without_o commit_v murder_n and_o albeit_o the_o say_a proof_n and_o argument_n of_o the_o transmigration_n of_o soul_n into_o sundry_a body_n be_v not_o sufficient_o declare_v so_o as_o it_o may_v deserve_v to_o be_v credit_v and_o believe_v yet_o sure_o the_o conceit_n and_o opinion_n thereof_o aught_o to_o work_v some_o scruple_n and_o fear_n in_o our_o heart_n and_o in_o some_o sort_n hold_v we_o in_o &_o stay_v our_o hand_n for_o like_a as_o when_o two_o army_n encounter_v one_o another_o in_o a_o night_n battle_n if_o one_o chance_n to_o light_n upon_o a_o man_n fall_v upon_o the_o ground_n who_o body_n be_v all_o cover_v and_o hide_a with_o armour_n and_o present_v his_o sword_n to_o cut_v his_o throat_n or_o run_v he_o through_o and_o therewith_o hear_v another_o cry_n unto_o he_o that_o he_o know_v not_o certain_o but_o think_v and_o suppose_v that_o the_o party_n lie_v along_o be_v his_o brother_n his_o son_n his_o father_n or_o tent-fellow_n whether_o be_v it_o better_o that_o he_o give_v ear_n and_o credit_n to_o this_o conjecture_n and_o suspicion_n false_a though_o it_o be_v shall_v spare_v and_o forbear_v a_o enemy_n for_o a_o friend_n or_o reject_v that_o which_o have_v no_o sure_a and_o evident_a proof_n kill_v one_o of_o his_o friend_n in_o stead_n of_o a_o enemy_n i_o suppose_v there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o you_o all_o but_o will_v say_v that_o the_o late_a of_o these_o be_v a_o most_o gross_a and_o lewd_a part_n behold_v moreover_o merope_n in_o the_o tragedy_n when_o she_o lift_v up_o her_o axe_n for_o to_o strike_v she_o own_o son_n take_v he_o to_o be_v the_o murderer_n of_o her_o son_n and_o say_v withal_o have_v at_o thy_o head_n for_o now_o i_o trow_v i_o shall_v thou_o give_v a_o deadly_a blow_n what_o a_o stir_n and_o trouble_v she_o make_v over_o all_o the_o theatre_n how_o she_o cause_v the_o hair_n to_o stand_v upright_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o the_o spectator_n for_o fear_v lest_o she_o shall_v prevent_v the_o old_a man_n who_o be_v about_o to_o take_v hold_n of_o her_o arm_n and_o so_o wound_v the_o guiltless_a young_a man_n her_o son_n but_o if_o peradventure_o in_o this_o case_n there_o shall_v have_v stand_v another_o age_a man_n fast_o by_o cry_v unto_o she_o strike_v hardly_o for_o it_o be_v your_o enemy_n and_o a_o three_o contrariwise_o say_v strike_v not_o in_o any_o wise_a it_o be_v your_o own_o son_n whether_o have_v be_v the_o great_a and_o more_o grievous_a sin_n to_o let_v go_v the_o revengement_n of_o her_o enemy_n for_o doubt_v that_o he_o be_v her_o son_n or_o to_o commit_v silicide_n and_o murder_v her_o son_n indeed_o for_o the_o anger_n she_o bear_v unto_o her_o enemy_n when_o as_o therefore_o there_o be_v neither_o hatred_n nor_o anger_n that_o drive_v we_o to_o do_v a_o murder_n when_o neither_o revenge_n nor_o fear_v of_o our_o
meat_n upon_o the_o board_n set_v be_v be_v merry_a man_n and_o make_v no_o spare_a no_o soon_o be_v these_o word_n let_v fly_v but_o all_o at_o once_o they_o hout_v and_o cry_v the_o pot_n than_o walk_v one_o fill_v out_o wine_n another_o bring_v a_o garland_n fine_a of_o flower_n full_a fresh_a his_o head_n to_o crown_v and_o deck_v the_o cup_n while_o wine_n go_v down_o and_o then_o the_o minstrel_n phoebus_n knight_n with_o fair_a green_a branch_n of_o laurel_n dight_v set_v out_o his_o rude_a and_o rusty_a throat_n and_o sing_v a_o filthy_a tunelesse_a note_n with_o that_o one_o thrust_v the_o pipe_n he_o fro_o and_o sound_v his_o wench_n and_o bed_n fello_n do_v not_o think_v you_o the_o letter_n of_o metrodorus_n resemble_v these_o vanity_n which_o he_o write_v unto_o his_o brother_n in_o these_o term_n there_o be_v no_o need_n at_o all_o timocrates_n neither_o aught_o a_o man_n to_o expose_v himself_o into_o danger_n for_o the_o safety_n of_o greece_n or_o to_o strain_n and_o busy_v his_o head_n to_o win_v a_o coronet_n among_o they_o in_o testimony_n of_o his_o wisdom_n but_o he_o be_v to_o eat_v and_o drink_v wine_n merry_o so_o as_o the_o body_n may_v enjoy_v all_o pleasure_n and_o sustain_v no_o harm_n and_o again_o in_o another_o place_n of_o the_o same_o letter_n he_o have_v these_o word_n oh_o how_o joifull_a be_v i_o and_o glad_a at_o heart_n ôh_o what_o contentment_n of_o spirit_n find_v i_o when_o i_o have_v learn_v once_o of_o epicurus_n to_o make_v much_o of_o my_o belly_n and_o to_o gratify_v it_o as_o i_o ought_v for_o to_o say_v a_o truth_n to_o you_o o_o timocrates_n that_o be_v a_o naturalist_n the_o sovereign_a good_a of_o a_o man_n lie_v about_o the_o belly_n in_o sum_n these_o man_n do_v limit_v set_v out_o and_o circumscribe_v the_o greatness_n of_o humane_a pleasure_n within_o the_o compass_n of_o the_o belly_n as_o it_o be_v within_o centre_n and_o circumserence_n but_o sure_o impossible_a it_o be_v that_o they_o shall_v ever_o have_v their_o part_n of_o any_o great_a royal_a and_o magnifical_a joy_n such_o as_o indeed_o cause_v magnanimity_n and_o haughtiness_n of_o courage_n bring_v glorious_a honour_n abroad_o or_o tranquillity_n of_o spirit_n at_o home_n who_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o a_o close_a and_o private_a life_n within_o door_n never_o show_v themselves_o in_o the_o world_n nor_o meddle_v with_o the_o public_a affair_n of_o common_a weal_n a_o life_n i_o say_v sequester_v from_o all_o office_n of_o humanity_n far_o remove_v from_o any_o instinct_n of_o honour_n or_o desire_v to_o gratify_v other_o thereby_o to_o deserve_v thanks_o or_o win_v favour_n for_o the_o soul_n i_o may_v tell_v you_o be_v no_o base_a and_o small_a thing_n it_o be_v not_o vile_a and_o illiberal_a extend_v her_o desire_n only_o to_o that_o which_o be_v good_a to_o be_v eat_v as_o do_v these_o poulp_n or_o pourcuttle_v fish_n which_o stretch_v their_o cley_n as_o far_o as_o to_o their_o meat_n and_o no_o far_o for_o such_o appetite_n as_o these_o be_v most_o quick_o cut_v off_o with_o satiety_n and_o fill_v in_o a_o moment_n but_o when_o the_o motion_n and_o desire_n of_o the_o mind_n tend_v to_o virtue_n and_o honesty_n to_o honour_v also_o and_o contentment_n of_o conscience_n upon_o virtuous_a deed_n and_o well_o do_v be_v once_o grow_v to_o their_o vigour_n and_o perfection_n they_o have_v not_o for_o their_o limit_n the_o length_n and_o term_n only_o of_o man_n life_n but_o sure_o the_o desire_n of_o honour_n and_o the_o affection_n to_o profit_v the_o society_n of_o man_n comprehend_v all_o eternity_n strive_v still_o to_o go_v forward_o in_o such_o action_n and_o beneficial_a deed_n as_o yield_v infinite_a pleasure_n that_o can_v be_v express_v which_o joy_n great_a personage_n and_o man_n of_o worth_n can_v not_o shake_v off_o and_o avoid_v though_o they_o will_v for_o fly_v they_o from_o they_o what_o they_o can_v yet_o they_o environ_v they_o about_o on_o every_o side_n they_o be_v ready_a to_o meet_v they_o whersoever_o they_o go_v when_o as_o by_o their_o beneficence_n and_o good_a deed_n they_o have_v once_o refresh_v and_o cheer_v many_o other_o for_o of_o such_o person_n may_v well_o this_o verse_n be_v verify_v to_o town_n when_o that_o he_o come_v or_o there_o do_v walk_v man_n he_o behold_v as_o god_n and_o so_o do_v talk_v for_o when_o a_o man_n have_v so_o affect_v and_o dispose_v other_o that_o they_o be_v glad_a and_o leap_v for_o joy_n to_o see_v he_o that_o they_o have_v a_o long_a desire_n to_o touch_v salute_v &_o speak_v unto_o he_o who_o see_v not_o though_o otherwise_o he_o be_v blind_a that_o he_o find_v great_a joy_n in_o himself_o and_o enjoy_v most_o sweet_a contentiment_n this_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o such_o man_n be_v never_o weary_a of_o well_o do_v nor_o think_v it_o a_o trouble_n to_o be_v employ_v to_o the_o good_a of_o other_o for_o we_o shall_v evermore_o hear_v from_o their_o mouth_n these_o and_o such_o like_a speech_n thy_o father_n thou_o beget_v and_o bring_v to_o light_n that_o thou_o one_o day_n may_v profit_v many_o a_o wight_n again_o let_v we_o not_o cease_v but_o show_v a_o mind_n of_o do_v good_a to_o all_o mank_n what_o need_v i_o to_o speak_v here_o of_o those_o that_o be_v excellent_a man_n and_o good_a in_o the_o high_a degree_n for_o if_o to_o any_o one_o of_o those_o who_o be_v not_o extreme_o wicked_a at_o the_o very_a point_n and_o instant_n of_o death_n he_o in_o who_o hand_n lie_v his_o life_n be_v he_o a_o god_n or_o some_o king_n shall_v grant_v one_o hour_n respite_n and_o permit_v he_o to_o employ_v himself_o at_o his_o own_o choice_n either_o to_o execute_v some_o memorable_a act_n or_o else_o to_o take_v his_o pleasure_n for_o the_o while_n so_o that_o immediate_o after_o that_o hour_n past_a he_o shall_v go_v to_o his_o death_n how_o many_o think_v you_o will_v choose_v rather_o during_o this_o small_a time_n to_o lie_v with_o that_o courtisane_a and_o famous_a strumpet_n lais_n or_o drink_v liberal_o of_o good_a ariusian_a wine_n than_o to_o kill_v the_o tyrant_n archias_n for_o to_o deliver_v the_o city_n of_o thebes_n from_o tyrannical_a servitude_n for_o i_o own_o part_n very_o i_o suppose_v that_o there_o be_v not_o one_o for_o this_o i_o observe_v in_o those_o sword-fencer_n who_o fight_v at_o sharp_a a_o combat_n to_o the_o uttrance_n such_o i_o mean_v as_o be_v not_o altogether_o brutish_a and_o savage_a but_o of_o the_o greekish_a nation_n when_o they_o be_v to_o enter_v in_o place_n for_o to_o perform_v their_o devoir_n notwithstanding_o there_o be_v present_v unto_o they_o many_o dainty_a dish_n and_o costly_a cate_n choose_v rather_o at_o this_o very_a time_n to_o recommend_v unto_o their_o friend_n their_o wife_n and_o child_n to_o manumise_v and_o enfranchise_v their_o slave_n than_o to_o serve_v their_o belly_n and_o content_a their_o sensual_a appetite_n but_o admit_v that_o these_o bodily_a pleasure_n be_v great_a matter_n and_o high_o to_o be_v account_v of_o the_o same_o be_v common_a also_o even_o to_o those_o that_o lead_v a_o active_a life_n and_o manage_v affair_n of_o state_n for_o as_o the_o poet_n say_v wine_n muscadel_n they_o drink_v and_o likewise_o eat_v fine_a manchet_n bread_n make_v of_o the_o white_a wheat_n they_o banquet_n also_o and_o feast_v with_o their_o friend_n yea_o and_o much_o more_o merry_o in_o my_o conceit_n after_o they_o be_v return_v from_o bloody_a battle_n or_o other_o great_a exploit_n and_o important_a service_n like_v as_o alexander_n &_o agesilaus_n photion_n also_o and_o epaminondas_n be_v wont_n to_o do_v than_o these_o who_o be_v anoint_v against_o the_o fire_n or_o carry_v easy_o in_o their_o litter_n and_o yet_o such_o as_o they_o mock_v and_o scorn_v those_o who_o indeed_o have_v the_o fruition_n of_o other_o great_a and_o more_o dainty_a pleasure_n for_o what_o shall_v a_o man_n speak_v of_o epaminondas_n who_o be_v invite_v to_o a_o supper_n unto_o his_o friend_n house_n when_o he_o see_v that_o the_o provision_n be_v great_a and_o more_o sumptuous_a than_o his_o state_n may_v well_o bear_v will_v not_o stay_v and_o sup_v with_o he_o but_o say_v thus_o unto_o his_o friend_n i_o think_v you_o will_v have_v sacrifice_v un-the_a god_n and_o not_o have_v be_v a_o wasteful_a and_o prodigal_a spender_n and_o no_o marvel_n for_o king_n alexander_n the_o great_a refuse_v to_o entertain_v the_o exquisite_a cook_n of_o ada_n queen_n of_o caria_n say_v that_o he_o have_v better_a about_o he_o of_o his_o own_o to_o dress_v his_o meat_n to_o wit_n for_o his_o dinner_n or_o breakfast_n early_o rise_v and_o travel_v before_o daylight_n and_o for_o his_o supper_n a_o light_n and_o hungry_a dinner_n as_o for_o philoxenus_n who_o write_v
truth_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v more_o fruitful_a and_o apt_a for_o generation_n be_v also_o more_o hot_a certain_a it_o be_v that_o young_a maiden_n be_v ripe_a betimes_o ready_a for_o marriage_n yea_o and_o their_o flesh_n prick_v soon_o to_o the_o act_n of_o generation_n than_o boy_n of_o their_o age_n neither_o be_v this_o a_o small_a and_o feeble_a argument_n of_o their_o heat_n but_o for_o a_o great_a and_o more_o pregnant_a proof_n thereof_o mark_v how_o they_o endure_v very_o well_o any_o chill_a cold_a and_o the_o injury_n of_o winter_n season_n for_o the_o most_o part_n of_o they_o less_o quake_v for_o cold_a than_o man_n do_v and_o general_o need_v not_o so_o many_o clothes_n to_o wear_v heereat_o florus_n begin_v to_o argue_v against_o he_o and_o say_v in_o my_o conceit_n these_o very_a argument_n will_v serve_v well_o to_o confute_v the_o say_a opinion_n for_o to_o begin_v with_o the_o last_o first_o the_o reason_n why_o they_o withstand_v cold_a better_o than_o man_n be_v because_o every_o thing_n be_v less_o offend_v with_o the_o like_a beside_o their_o seed_n be_v not_o apt_a for_o generation_n in_o regard_n of_o their_o coldness_n but_o serve_v in_o stead_n of_o matter_n only_o and_o yield_v nourishment_n unto_o the_o natural_a seed_n of_o man_n moreover_o woman_n soon_o give_v over_o to_o conceive_v and_o cease_v child-bearing_a than_o man_n to_o beget_v child_n and_o as_o for_o the_o burn_a of_o their_o dead_a body_n they_o catch_v fire_n soon_o i_o confess_v but_o that_o be_v by_o reason_n that_o common_o they_o be_v fat_a than_o man_n and_o who_o know_v not_o that_o fat_a and_o grease_n be_v the_o cold_a part_n of_o the_o body_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o yoongman_n and_o those_o that_o use_v much_o bodily_a exercise_n be_v least_o fat_a of_o all_o other_o neither_o be_v their_o monthly_a sickness_n &_o avoidance_n of_o blood_n a_o sign_n of_o the_o great_a quantity_n and_o abundance_n but_o rather_o of_o the_o corrupt_a quality_n and_o badness_n thereof_o for_o the_o crude_a and_o unconcocted_a part_n of_o their_o blood_n be_v superfluous_a and_o find_v no_o place_n to_o settle_v and_o rest_v nor_o to_o gather_v consistence_n within_o the_o body_n by_o reason_n of_o weakness_n pass_v away_o as_o be_v heavy_a and_o trouble_a altogether_o for_o default_n and_o imbecility_n of_o heat_n to_o overcome_v it_o and_o this_o appear_v manisest_o by_o this_o that_o ordinary_o when_o their_o monthly_a sickness_n be_v upon_o they_o they_o be_v very_o chill_a &_o shake_v for_o cold_a for_o that_o the_o blood_n which_o then_o be_v stir_v and_o in_o motion_n ready_a to_o be_v discharge_v out_o of_o the_o body_n be_v so_o raw_a and_o cold_a to_o come_v now_o unto_o the_o smoothness_n of_o their_o skin_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o hairy_a who_o will_v ever_o say_v that_o this_o be_v a_o effect_n of_o heat_n consider_v that_o we_o see_v the_o hot_a part_n of_o man_n body_n to_o be_v cover_v with_o hair_n for_o sure_o all_o superfluity_n and_o excrement_n be_v send_v out_o by_o heat_n which_o also_o make_v way_n bore_v as_o it_o be_v hole_n through_o the_o skin_n and_o open_v the_o passage_n in_o the_o superficies_n thereof_o but_o contrariwise_o we_o may_v reason_n that_o the_o sliecknesse_n of_o woman_n skin_n be_v occasion_v by_o coldness_n whilch_n do_v constipate_v and_o close_v the_o pore_n thereof_o now_o that_o woman_n skin_n be_v more_o fast_o and_o close_o than_o man_n you_o may_v learn_v and_o understand_v by_o they_o friend_n athryilatus_n who_o use_n to_o lie_v in_o bed_n with_o woman_n that_o anoint_v their_o body_n with_o sweet_a oil_n or_o odoriferous_a composition_n for_o even_o with_o sleep_v in_o the_o same_o bed_n with_o they_o although_o they_o come_v not_o so_o near_o as_o to_o touch_v the_o woman_n they_o find_v themselves_o all_o perfume_a by_o reason_n that_o their_o own_o body_n which_o be_v hot_a rare_a and_o open_a do_v draw_v the_o say_a ointment_n or_o oil_n into_o they_o well_o by_o this_o mean_n quoth_v he_o this_o question_n as_o touch_v woman_n have_v be_v debate_v pro_fw-la &_o contrà _fw-la by_o opposite_a argument_n right_o manful_o the_o five_o question_n whether_o wine_n be_v natural_o cold_a of_o operation_n but_o i_o will_v now_o glad_o know_v quoth_v florus_n still_o whereupon_o your_o conjecture_n and_o suspicion_n shall_v arise_v that_o wine_n be_v cold_a of_o nature_n why_o and_o do_v you_o think_v quoth_v i_o that_o this_o in_o a_o opinion_n of_o i_o who_o then_o quoth_v the_o other_o i_o remember_v quoth_v i_o that_o not_o of_o late_a but_o long_o ago_o i_o light_v upon_o a_o discourse_n of_o aristotle_n as_o touch_v this_o problem_n and_o epicurus_n himself_o in_o his_o symposium_fw-la or_o banquet_n have_v discuss_v the_o question_n at_o large_a the_o sum_n of_o which_o disputation_n as_o i_o take_v it_o be_v thus_o much_o for_o he_o say_v that_o wine_n be_v not_o simple_o of_o itself_o hot_a but_o that_o it_o contain_v in_o it_o certain_a atomy_n or_o indivisible_a mote_n cause_v heat_n and_o other_o likewise_o that_o engender_v cold_a of_o which_o some_o it_o cast_v off_o and_o lose_v when_o it_o be_v enter_v into_o the_o body_n other_o it_o take_v unto_o it_o from_o the_o very_a body_n itself_o wherein_o it_o be_v according_a as_o the_o same_o petty_a body_n be_v of_o nature_n and_o temperature_n fit_v and_o agreeable_a unto_o we_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o some_o when_o they_o be_v drink_v with_o wine_n be_v well_o heat_n other_o again_o contrariwise_o be_v as_o cold_a these_o reason_n reply_v florus_n direct_o bring_v we_o by_o protagoras_n into_o the_o camp_n of_o pyrrho_n where_o we_o shall_v meet_v with_o nothing_o but_o incertitude_n and_o be_v still_o to_o seek_v and_o as_o wise_a as_o we_o be_v before_o for_o plain_a it_o be_v that_o in_o speak_v of_o oil_n milk_n honey_n and_o likewise_o of_o all_o other_o thing_n we_o shall_v never_o grow_v to_o any_o particular_a resolution_n of_o they_o what_o nature_n they_o be_v of_o but_o still_o have_v some_o evasion_n or_o other_o say_v that_o they_o become_v such_o according_a as_o each_o of_o they_o be_v mix_v and_o temper_a one_o with_o another_o but_o what_o be_v the_o argument_n that_o yourself_o allege_v to_o prove_v that_o wine_n be_v cold_a thus_o i_o see_v well_o quoth_v i_o that_o there_o be_v two_o of_o you_o at_o once_o who_o press_n and_o urge_v i_o to_o deliver_v my_o mind_n extempore_o and_o of_o a_o sudden_a the_o first_o reason_n then_o that_o come_v into_o my_o head_n be_v this_o which_o i_o see_v ordinary_o practise_v by_o physician_n upon_o those_o who_o have_v weak_a stomach_n for_o when_o they_o be_v to_o corroborate_v and_o sortifie_v that_o part_n they_o perscribe_v not_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v hot_a but_o if_o they_o give_v they_o wine_n they_o have_v present_a ease_n and_o help_v thereby_o semblablie_o they_o repress_v flux_n of_o the_o belly_n yea_o and_o when_o the_o body_n run_v all_o to_o diaphoreticall_a sweat_n which_o they_o effect_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o wine_n no_o less_o nay_o much_o more_o than_o by_o apply_v snow_n confirm_v and_o strengthen_v thereby_o the_o habit_n of_o the_o body_n which_o otherwise_o be_v ready_a to_o melt_v away_o and_o resolve_v now_o if_o it_o have_v a_o nature_n and_o faculty_n to_o heat_n it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o apply_v unto_o the_o region_n of_o the_o heart_n as_o fire_n unto_o snow_n furthermore_o most_o physician_n do_v hold_v that_o sleep_n be_v procure_v by_o cool_v and_o the_o most_o part_n of_o soporiferous_a medicine_n which_o provoke_v sleep_v be_v cold_a as_o for_o example_n mandragora_n and_o poppy_n juice_n but_o these_o i_o must_v needs_o confess_v with_o great_a force_n and_o violence_n do_v compress_v and_o as_o it_o be_v congeal_v the_o brain_n to_o work_v that_o effect_n whereas_o wine_n cool_v the_o same_o gentle_o with_o ease_n and_o pleasure_n represe_v and_o stay_v the_o motion_n thereof_o so_o that_o the_o difference_n only_o between_o it_o and_o the_o other_o be_v but_o in_o degree_n according_a to_o more_o and_o less_o over_o and_o beside_o whatsoever_o be_v hot_a be_v also_o generative_a and_o apt_a to_o engender_v seed_n for_o howsoever_o humidity_n give_v it_o a_o aptitude_n to_o run_v and_o flow_v it_o be_v spirit_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o heat_n that_o endue_v it_o with_o vigour_n &_o strength_n yea_o and_o a_o appetite_n to_o generation_n now_o they_o that_o drink_v much_o wine_n especial_o if_o it_o be_v pure_a of_o itself_o and_o not_o delay_v be_v more_o dull_a and_o slow_a to_o the_o act_n of_o generation_n and_o the_o seed_n which_o they_o sow_v be_v not_o effectual_a nor_o of_o any_o force_n and_o vigour_n to_o engender_v their_o meddle_v also_o and_o conjunction_n with_o woman_n be_v vain_a and_o do_v no_o
to_o withstand_v the_o appetite_n and_o to_o repress_v the_o same_o when_o it_o do_v exceed_v be_v not_o so_o hard_a and_o difficult_a a_o matter_n but_o to_o stir_v up_o to_o provoke_v &_o corrobrate_v the_o same_o when_o it_o be_v lose_v &_o decay_v before_o due_a time_n or_o to_o give_v a_o edge_n unto_o it_o be_v dull_a and_o faint_a be_v a_o mastery_n indeed_o and_o a_o piece_n of_o work_n my_o friend_n i_o may_v say_v unto_o you_o not_o so_o easy_o do_v whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o nouriture_n of_o divers_a viand_n be_v better_a than_o the_o simple_a food_n and_o that_o which_o by_o reason_n be_v always_o of_o one_o sort_n do_v soon_o satisfy_v and_o give_v one_o enough_o by_o how_o much_o more_o easy_a it_o be_v to_o stay_v nature_n when_o she_o be_v too_o speedy_a and_o hasty_a than_o to_o set_v she_o forward_o be_v weary_a and_o draw_v behind_o and_o whereas_o some_o haply_o there_o be_v who_o say_v that_o repletion_n and_o fullness_n be_v more_o to_o be_v fear_v and_o avoid_v than_o inanition_n and_o emptiness_n that_o be_v not_o true_a but_o rather_o the_o contrary_n in_o deed_n if_o repletion_n and_o surfeit_n grow_v to_o corruption_n or_o to_o some_o malady_n it_o be_v hurtful_a but_o emptiness_n if_o it_o bring_v and_o breed_v none_o other_o harm_n else_o be_v of_o itself_o adverse_a and_o contrary_a to_o nature_n let_v these_o reason_n therefore_o be_v oppose_v as_o it_o be_v dissonant_n and_o sound_v of_o a_o contrary_a string_n against_o those_o which_o you_o philinus_n have_v phylosophical_o discourse_v as_o for_o other_o of_o you_o here_o that_o for_o save_a money_n and_o to_o spare_v cost_n stick_v to_o salt_n and_o bean_n cumin_fw-la you_o be_v ignorant_a for_o want_v of_o experience_n that_o variety_n be_v more_o pleasant_a and_o the_o more_o delectable_a that_o a_o thing_n be_v the_o more_o agreeable_a it_o be_v to_o the_o appetite_n provide_v always_o that_o you_o shun_v excess_n and_o gourmandise_n for_o sure_o it_o cleave_v quick_o to_o the_o body_n which_o be_v desirous_a of_o it_o going_z as_o one_o will_v say_v before_o and_o ready_a to_o meet_v it_o halfway_n for_o to_o receive_v it_o have_v the_o eyesight_n to_o prepare_v the_o way_n whereas_o contrariwise_o that_o which_o be_v loathsome_a or_o not_o please_v to_o the_o appetite_n float_v and_o wander_v up_o and_o down_o in_o the_o body_n and_o find_v no_o entertainment_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o either_o nature_n reject_v it_o quite_o or_o if_o she_o receive_v it_o the_o same_o go_v against_o her_o heart_n &_o she_o do_v it_o for_o pure_a need_n and_o want_v of_o other_o sustenance_n now_o when_o i_o speak_v of_o diversity_n &_o variety_n of_o viand_n note_v thus_o much_o and_o remember_v that_o i_o mean_v not_o these_o curious_a work_n of_o pa_n stry_n these_o exquisite_a sauce_n tart_n and_o cake_n which_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o aburtacae_fw-la canduli_n &_o carycae_fw-la which_o be_v but_o superfluous_a toy_n and_o vanity_n for_o otherwise_o plato_n himself_o allow_v variety_n of_o meat_n at_o the_o table_n to_o these_o generous_a and_o noble-gentleman_n his_o citizen_n who_o he_o describe_v in_o his_o commonwealth_n when_o he_o set_v before_o they_o bulb_n scallion_n olive_n salade_n herb_n cheese_n and_o all_o manner_n of_o dainty_n that_o worth_n will_v afford_v and_o over_o &_o above_o all_o these_o he_o will_v not_o defraud_v nor_o cut_v feast_n short_a of_o their_o junket_n &_o banquet_a dish_n at_o the_o end_n of_o al._n the_o segond_n question_n what_o be_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o opinion_n so_o general_o receive_v that_o mushroom_n be_v engender_v of_o thunder_n and_o that_o those_o who_o lie_v asleep_a be_v not_o think_v to_o be_v smite_v with_o lightning_n at_o a_o certain_a supper_n where_o we_o be_v in_o the_o city_n elis_n agemachus_n set_v before_o we_o mushroom_n of_o a_o exceed_a bigness_n whereat_o when_o the_o company_n seem_v to_o wonder_v one_o who_o be_v there_o present_a smile_v and_o say_v certes_o these_o may_v beseem_v well_o the_o great_a thunder_n that_o we_o have_v late_o have_v within_o this_o few_o day_n by_o which_o word_n he_o seem_v pleasant_o to_o scoff_n at_o this_o vulgar_a opinion_n that_o mushroom_n shall_v breed_v of_o thunder_n now_o some_o be_v there_o who_o say_v that_o thunder_n cause_v the_o earth_n to_o chink_n and_o open_a use_v the_o mean_n of_o the_o air_n as_o it_o be_v a_o wedge_n to_o cleave_v it_o and_o withal_o that_o they_o who_o seek_v for_o mushroom_n by_o those_o crevice_n guess_v where_o they_o be_v to_o be_v find_v whereupon_o arise_v this_o common_a opinion_n that_o they_o be_v engender_v of_o thunder_n and_o not_o show_v thereby_o as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v imagine_v that_o a_o shower_n of_o rain_n breed_v snail_n and_o not_o rather_o cause_v they_o to_o creep_v forth_o and_o be_v see_v abroad_o but_o agemachus_n seem_v then_o in_o good_a earnest_n to_o confirm_v the_o say_v receive_v opinion_n by_o experience_n pray_v the_o company_n not_o to_o conclude_v by_o &_o by_o that_o a_o thing_n be_v incredible_a because_o it_o be_v strange_a and_o wonderful_a for_o quoth_v he_o there_o be_v many_o other_o effect_n of_o thunder_n lightning_z and_o other_o meteore_n or_o celestial_a impression_n right_o admirable_a whereof_o it_o be_v very_o hard_o if_o not_o altogether_o impossible_a to_o comprehend_v the_o cause_n and_o the_o reason_n for_o this_o ridiculous_a round_a root_n call_v the_o bulb_n which_o make_v we_o so_o good_a sport_n and_o be_v grow_v into_o a_o byword_n little_o though_o it_o be_v escape_v not_o by_o that_o mean_n from_o thunder_n but_o because_o it_o have_v a_o property_n clean_o contrary_a unto_o it_o like_v as_o the_o fig_n tree_n also_o and_o the_o skin_n of_o the_o seal_n or_o sea-calf_n and_o of_o the_o beast_n hyena_n with_o who_o skin_n mariner_n and_o sailor_n be_v wont_a to_o clothe_v the_o end_n of_o their_o crosse-saile_n yard_n whereupon_o they_o hang_v their_o sail_n gardener_n also_o and_o good_a husbandman_n call_v those_o shower_n that_o fall_v with_o thunder_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v good_a to_o water_v their_o ground_n and_o so_o they_o think_v they_o to_o be_v in_o sum_n it_o be_v great_a simplicity_n and_o mere_a folly_n to_o wonder_v heereat_o consider_v that_o we_o do_v see_v before_o our_o eye_n thing_n more_o admirable_a than_o this_o and_o indeed_o of_o all_o other_o most_o incredible_a namely_o out_o of_o moist_a cloud_n fire_n to_o flash_n and_o from_o the_o same_o soft_a as_o they_o be_v so_o great_a crack_n and_o horrible_a clap_n of_o thunder_n well_o i_o be_o quoth_v he_o in_o these_o matter_n somewhat_o talkative_a and_o full_a of_o word_n because_o i_o will_v solicit_v and_o move_v you_o to_o be_v more_o willing_a to_o search_v into_o the_o cause_n for_o that_o i_o mean_v not_o to_o deal_v hardly_o otherwise_o with_o you_o and_o seem_v to_o press_v you_o every_o one_o to_o lay_v down_o your_o part_n towards_o the_o payment_n for_o these_o my_o great_a mushroom_n why_o quoth_v i_o agemachus_n himself_o seem_v in_o some_o sort_n to_o have_v point_v with_o his_o very_a finger_n to_o the_o reason_n hereof_o for_o i_o assure_v you_o at_o this_o present_a i_o can_v not_o think_v of_o any_o one_o more_o probable_a than_o this_o namely_o that_o together_o with_o thunder_n there_o fall_v down_o many_o time_n a_o certain_a genital_a water_n apt_a to_o engender_v and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o be_v heat_n mingle_v among_o for_o that_o pure_a light_a &_o pierce_a substance_n of_o the_o fire_n be_v now_o convert_v into_o lightning_n be_v go_v and_o pass_v away_o but_o the_o more_o weighty_a gross_a and_o flatilent_a part_n remain_v behind_o enwrap_v within_o the_o cloud_n alter_v and_o take_v quite_o the_o coldness_n away_o and_o drink_v up_o the_o moisture_n make_v it_o more_o flateous_a and_o windy_a in_o such_o sort_n as_o by_o this_o mean_n especial_o these_o rain_v gentle_o and_o mild_o enter_v &_o pierce_v into_o plant_n tree_n and_o herb_n upon_o which_o they_o fall_v cause_v they_o within_o a_o while_n to_o thrive_v in_o bigness_n and_o infuse_v within_o they_o a_o particular_a temperature_n and_o a_o peculiar_a difference_n of_o juice_n as_o we_o may_v observe_v otherwise_o that_o the_o dew_n make_v the_o grass_n to_o be_v better_o season_v as_o it_o be_v and_o fit_a to_o content_v the_o appetite_n of_o sheep_n and_o other_o cattle_n yea_o and_o those_o cloud_n upon_o which_o that_o reflection_n be_v make_v which_o we_o call_v the_o rainbow_n fill_v those_o tree_n and_o wood_n upon_o which_o they_o fall_v with_o a_o pass_v sweet_a and_o pleasant_a odor_n whereof_o the_o priest_n of_o our_o country_n be_v not_o ignorant_a but_o acnowledge_v as_o much_o call_z the_o same_o irisiseepta_n as_o if_o the_o rainbow_n
what_o be_v that_o namely_o to_o carry_v the_o leaf_n firm_a and_o fast_o so_o as_o they_o never_o fall_v off_o for_o we_o do_v not_o see_v that_o either_o the_o laurel_n or_o olive_n tree_n nor_o the_o myrtle_n nor_o any_o other_o tree_n which_o be_v say_v to_o shed_v no_o leaf_n keep_v always_o the_o same_o leave_v still_o but_o as_o the_o first_o fall_n other_o put_z forth_o and_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o continue_v always_o fresh_a and_o green_a live_v evermore_o as_o city_n and_o great_a town_n do_v whereas_o the_o date_n tree_n never_o lose_v any_o of_o those_o leaf_n which_o once_o come_v forth_o but_o continue_v still_o clad_v with_o the_o same_o leaf_n and_o this_o be_v that_o vigour_n as_o i_o take_v it_o which_o man_n dedicate_v and_o appropriate_v especial_o to_o the_o force_n or_o strength_n of_o victory_n when_o sospis_n have_v make_v a_o end_n of_o this_o speech_n protogenes_n the_o grammarian_n call_v by_o name_n unto_o praxitelis_fw-la the_o discourser_n and_o historian_n shall_v we_o suffer_v these_o orator_n and_o rhetorician_n quoth_v he_o after_o their_o usual_a manner_n and_o profession_n to_o argue_v thus_o by_o conjecture_n and_o likely_a probability_n and_o can_v we_o allege_v nothing_o out_o of_o history_n pertinent_a direct_o unto_o this_o matter_n and_o very_o for_o i_o own_o part_n if_o my_o memory_n fail_v i_o not_o i_o have_v not_o read_v long_o since_o in_o the_o attic_a annal_n that_o theseus_n who_o first_o set_v out_o game_n of_o prize_n in_o the_o isle_n delos_n brake_n &_o pluck_v from_o the_o sacred_a date_n tree_n a_o branch_n which_o thereupon_o be_v call_v spadis_n and_o praxitelis_fw-la say_v as_o much_o but_o some_o man_n quoth_v he_o may_v ask_v of_o theseus_n himself_o what_o reason_n induce_v he_o when_o he_o propose_v the_o prize_n of_o victory_n to_o pull_v a_o branch_n from_o the_o date_n tree_n rather_o than_o from_o the_o laurel_n or_o olive_n tree_n and_o what_o will_v you_o say_v if_o this_o be_v a_o pythicke_a prize_n for_o that_o the_o amphyctiones_fw-la honour_v first_o at_o delphos_n the_o victor_n with_o a_o branch_n of_o date_n tree_n and_o laurel_n in_o honour_n of_o pythius_n apollo_n consider_v that_o the_o manner_n be_v not_o to_o consecrate_v unto_o that_o god_n the_o laurel_n or_o olive_n only_o but_o also_o the_o date_n tree_n like_v as_o nictas_n do_v when_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o athenian_n he_o defraied_a the_o charge_n of_o game_n in_o delos_n and_o the_o athenian_n at_o delphi_n and_o before_o they_o cypselus_n the_o corinthian_a for_o otherwise_o this_o god_n of_o we_o have_v evermore_o love_v those_o game_n of_o prize_n yea_o and_o be_v desirous_a to_o win_v the_o victory_n have_v strive_v personal_o himself_o in_o play_v upon_o the_o harp_n in_o sing_v and_o fling_v the_o coit_n of_o brass_n yea_o and_o as_o some_o some_o say_v at_o hurl-bat_n and_o fist-fight_a favour_v man_n also_o and_o take_v their_o part_n at_o such_o combat_n as_o homer_n seem_v to_o testify_v when_o he_o bring_v in_o achilles_n speak_v in_o this_o wise_a two_o chumpion_n now_o who_o simple_o be_v of_o all_o the_o army_n best_o my_o pleasure_n be_v shall_v forth_o advance_v and_o look_v who_o be_v so_o blessed_v and_o favour_v at_o buffet-fight_a by_o god_n apollo_n grace_n as_o for_o to_o win_v the_o victory_n and_o honour_n in_o that_o place_n also_o when_o he_o speak_v of_o archer_n he_o say_v express_o that_o one_o of_o they_o who_o invocate_v upon_o apollo_n and_o pray_v unto_o he_o for_o help_v have_v good_a success_n and_o carry_v away_o the_o best_a prize_n but_o the_o other_o who_o be_v so_o proud_a and_o will_v not_o call_v upon_o the_o god_n for_o his_o aid_n miss_v the_o mark_n &_o scope_n whereat_o he_o shoot_v neither_o be_v it_o likely_a or_o credible_a that_o the_o athenian_n dedicate_v their_o public_a place_n of_o exercise_n unto_o apollo_n for_o nothing_o and_o without_o good_a cause_n but_o sure_o thus_o they_o think_v that_o the_o same_o god_n unto_o who_o we_o be_v behold_v for_o our_o health_n give_v we_o also_o the_o force_n and_o strong_a disposition_n of_o body_n to_o perform_v such_o game_n and_o feat_n of_o activity_n but_o whereas_o some_o combat_n there_o be_v sleight_n and_o easy_a other_o hard_a and_o grievous_a we_o find_v in_o writing_n that_o the_o delphian_o sacrifice_v unto_o apollo_n by_o the_o name_n of_o pyctes_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o champion_n at_o firstfight_a but_o the_o candian_o and_o lacedaemonian_n offer_v sacrifice_n unto_o the_o same_o god_n surname_v the_o runner_n and_o see_v as_o we_o do_v that_o the_o manner_n be_v to_o present_v in_o his_o temple_n within_o the_o city_n of_o delphos_n the_o primice_n or_o dedication_n of_o the_o spoil_n and_o booty_n gain_v from_o the_o enemy_n in_o war_n as_o also_o to_o consecrate_v unto_o he_o the_o trophy_n be_v not_o this_o a_o great_a argument_n and_o testimony_n that_o in_o this_o god_n it_o lie_v most_o to_o give_v the_o victory_n and_o conquest_n and_o as_o he_o go_v forward_o and_o be_v mind_v to_o say_v more_o cephisus_n the_o son_n of_o theon_n interrupt_v his_o speech_n say_v these_o allegation_n believe_v i_o savour_v not_o of_o history_n nor_o of_o cosmographical_a book_n but_o be_v fetch_v immediate_o out_o of_o the_o mind_n of_o those_o peripatetical_a discourse_n be_v handle_v and_o argue_v probable_o to_o the_o purpose_n and_o beside_o while_o you_o take_v up_o the_o fabric_n or_o engine_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o tragedian_n player_n you_o intend_v as_o it_o shall_v seem_v to_o affright_v by_o intimate_v the_o name_n of_o apollo_n those_o that_o contradict_v and_o gainsay_v your_o opinion_n and_o yet_o as_o well_o beseem_v his_o goodness_n and_o bounty_n he_o be_v indifferent_a and_o alike_o affect_v unto_o all_o in_o clemency_n and_o benignity_n but_o we_o follow_v the_o tract_n &_o step_n of_o sospis_n who_o have_v lead_v we_o the_o way_n very_o well_o keep_v ourselves_o to_o the_o date_n tree_n which_o afoord_v we_o sufficient_a matter_n to_o discourse_v thereof_o again_o for_o the_o babylonian_n do_v chant_v and_o sing_v the_o praise_n of_o this_o tree_n namely_o that_o it_o bring_v unto_o they_o three_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o sort_n of_o sundry_a commodity_n but_o we_o that_o be_v greek_n have_v little_a or_o no_o profit_n thereby_o howbeit_o good_a philosophy_n may_v be_v draw_v out_o of_o it_o for_o the_o better_a instruction_n of_o champion_n and_o such_o as_o be_v to_o perform_v combat_n of_o prize_n in_o that_o it_o bear_v no_o fruit_n with_o we_o for_o be_v a_o right_a goodly_a fair_a and_o very_o great_a tree_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o good_a habit_n and_o disposition_n thereof_o yet_o be_v it_o not_o here_o among_o we_o fruitful_a but_o by_o this_o strong_a constitution_n that_o it_o have_v it_o imploi_v and_o spend_v all_o nouriture_n to_o feed_v and_o fortify_v the_o body_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o champion_n by_o their_o exercise_n so_o as_o there_o remain_v but_o a_o little_a behind_o and_o the_o same_o not_o effectual_a for_o seed_n over_o and_o above_o all_o this_o one_o quality_n it_o have_v proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o itself_o alone_o and_o that_o which_o agree_v not_o to_o any_o other_o tree_n the_o which_o i_o intend_v to_o show_v unto_o you_o for_o the_o woodie_a substance_n of_o this_o date_n tree_n aloft_o if_o a_o man_n seem_v to_o weigh_v and_o press_v down_o with_o any_o heavy_a burden_n it_o yield_v not_o nor_o stoop_v under_o the_o poise_n but_o curb_v upward_o archwise_o as_o withstand_v that_o wherewith_o it_o be_v charge_v and_o press_v and_o even_o so_o it_o be_v with_o those_o combatant_n in_o sacred_a game_n for_o such_o as_o through_o feebleness_n of_o body_n or_o faintness_n of_o heart_n seem_v to_o yield_v those_o the_o say_a exercise_n do_v bend_v and_o keep_v under_o but_o as_o many_o as_o stout_o abide_v not_o only_o with_o their_o strong_a body_n but_o also_o with_o magnanimous_a courage_n these_o be_v they_o that_o be_v raise_v up_o on_o high_a and_o mount_v unto_o honour_n the_o five_o question_n what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o they_o who_o sail_v upon_o the_o river_n nilus_n draw_v up_o water_n for_o their_o use_n before_o daylight_n one_o there_o be_v who_o demand_v upon_o a_o time_n the_o reason_n why_o the_o watermen_n who_o sail_n and_o row_v upon_o the_o river_n nilus_n provide_v themselves_o of_o that_o water_n which_o they_o drink_v in_o the_o night_n and_o not_o by_o day_n some_o say_v it_o be_v because_o they_o fear_v the_o sun_n which_o by_o enchafe_v and_o heat_n the_o water_n make_v it_o more_o subject_a to_o corruption_n and_o putrefaction_n for_o whatsoever_o be_v warm_v or_o make_v hot_a the_o same_o be_v always_o more_o ready_a and_o dispose_v to_o mutation_n and_o do_v soon_o alter_v by_o relaxation_n
those_o place_n where_o the_o air_n touch_v they_o the_o bone_n of_o water_n and_o earth_n within_o and_o of_o these_o four_o meddle_v and_o contemper_v together_o sweat_n and_o tear_n proceed_v chap._n xxiii_o when_o and_o how_o do_v man_n begin_v to_o come_v to_o his_o perfection_n heraclitus_n and_o the_o stoic_n suppose_v that_o man_n do_v enter_v into_o their_o perfection_n about_o the_o second_o septimane_fw-la of_o their_o age_n at_o what_o time_n as_o their_o natural_a seed_n do_v move_v and_o run_v for_o even_o the_o very_a tree_n begin_v then_o to_o grow_v unto_o their_o perfection_n namely_o when_o as_o they_o begin_v to_o engender_v their_o 〈◊〉_d for_o before_o then_o unperfect_a they_o be_v namely_o so_o long_o as_o they_o be_v unripe_a and_o fruitless_a and_o therefore_o a_o man_n likewise_o about_o that_o time_n be_v perfect_a and_o at_o this_o septenarie_a of_o year_n he_o begin_v to_o conceive_v and_o understand_v what_o be_v good_a and_o evil_a yea_o and_o to_o learn_v the_o same_o translation_n some_o think_v that_o a_o man_n be_v consummate_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o three_o septimane_fw-la of_o year_n what_o time_n as_o he_o make_v use_v of_o his_o full_a strength_n chap._n xxiiii_o in_o what_o manner_n sleep_n be_v occasion_v or_o death_n alcmeon_n be_v of_o this_o mind_n that_o sleep_n be_v cause_v by_o the_o return_n of_o blood_n into_o the_o confluent_a vein_n and_o wake_v be_v the_o diffusion_n and_o spread_v of_o the_o say_a blood_n abroad_o but_o death_n the_o utter_a departure_n thereof_o empedocles_n hold_v that_o sleep_n be_v occasion_v by_o a_o moderate_a cool_n of_o the_o natural_a heat_n of_o blood_n within_o we_o and_o death_n by_o a_o extreme_a coldness_n of_o the_o say_a blood_n diogenes_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o if_o blood_n be_v diffuse_v and_o spread_v throughout_o fill_v the_o vein_n and_o withal_o drive_v back_o the_o air_n settle_a 〈◊〉_d into_o the_o breast_n and_o the_o interior_a belly_n under_o it_o then_o ensue_v sleep_n and_o the_o breast_n with_o the_o precordiall_a part_n be_v 〈◊〉_d thereby_o but_o if_o that_o aereous_a substance_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d exspire_v altogether_o and_o exhale_v forth_o present_o 〈◊〉_d death_n plato_n and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d affirm_v that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o sleep_n be_v the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o spirit_n sensitive_a not_o by_o way_n of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d by_o elevation_n aloft_o namely_o when_o it_o be_v carry_v to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d between_o the_o 〈◊〉_d the_o very_a 〈◊〉_d of_o reason_n but_o when_o there_o be_v a_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d sensitive_a 〈◊〉_d of_o 〈◊〉_d death_n do_v ensue_v chap._n xxv_o whether_o of_o the_o twain_o it_o be_v that_o 〈◊〉_d or_o die_v the_o soul_n or_o the_o body_n aristotle_n vore_o 〈◊〉_d that_o sleep_n be_v common_a to_o body_n and_o soul_n both_o and_o the_o cause_n thereof_o be_v a_o certain_a humidity_n which_o do_v steam_n and_o arise_v in_o manner_n of_o a_o vapour_n out_o of_o the_o stomach_n and_o the_o food_n therein_o up_o into_o the_o region_n of_o the_o head_n and_o the_o natural_a heat_n about_o the_o heart_n cool_v thereby_o but_o death_n he_o deem_v to_o be_v a_o entire_a and_o total_a refrigeration_n and_o the_o same_o of_o the_o body_n only_o and_o in_o no_o wise_a of_o the_o soul_n for_o it_o be_v immortal_a anaxagoras_n say_v that_o sleep_n belong_v to_o corporal_a action_n as_o be_v a_o passion_n of_o the_o body_n and_o not_o of_o the_o soul_n also_o that_o there_o be_v 〈◊〉_d wife_n a_o certain_a death_n of_o the_o body_n to_o wit_n the_o separation_n of_o it_o and_o the_o body_n 〈◊〉_d leucippus_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o sleep_n pertain_v to_o the_o body_n only_o by_o concretion_n of_o that_o which_o be_v of_o subtle_a part_n but_o the_o excessive_a excretion_n of_o the_o animal_n heat_n be_v death_n which_o both_o say_v he_o be_v passion_n of_o the_o body_n and_o not_o of_o the_o soul_n empedocles_n say_v that_o death_n be_v a_o separation_n of_o those_o element_n whereof_o man_n body_n be_v compound_v according_a to_o which_o position_n death_n be_v common_a to_o soul_n and_o body_n and_o sleep_v a_o certain_a dissipation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v of_o the_o nature_n of_o fire_n chap._n xxvi_o how_o plant_n come_v to_o grow_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v animate_v plato_n and_o empedocles_n hold_v that_o plant_n have_v life_n yea_o and_o be_v animal_n creature_n which_o appear_v say_v they_o by_o this_o that_o they_o wag_v to_o and_o fro_o and_o stretch_v forth_o their_o bough_n like_o arm_n also_o that_o when_o they_o be_v violent_o strain_v and_o bend_v they_o yield_v but_o if_o they_o be_v let_v loose_a they_o return_v again_o yea_o in_o their_o growth_n be_v able_a to_o overcome_v weight_n lay_v upon_o they_o aristotle_n grant_v that_o they_o be_v live_v creature_n but_o not_o animal_n for_o that_o animal_n creature_n have_v motion_n and_o appetite_n be_v sensitive_a and_o endue_v with_o reason_n the_o stoic_n and_o the_o epigureans_n hold_v that_o they_o have_v no_o soul_n or_o life_n at_o all_o for_o of_o animallcreature_n some_o have_v the_o appetitive_a &_o concupsicible_a soul_n other_o the_o reasonable_a but_o plant_n grow_v after_o a_o sort_n casual_o of_o their_o own_o accord_n and_o not_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o any_o soul_n empedocles_n say_v that_o tree_n spring_v and_o grow_v out_o of_o the_o ground_n before_o animal_n creature_n to_o wit_n ere_o the_o sun_n desplay_v his_o beam_n and_o before_o that_o day_n and_o night_n be_v distinct_a also_o that_o according_a to_o the_o proportion_n of_o temperature_n one_o come_v to_o be_v name_v male_a another_o female_a that_o they_o 〈◊〉_d up_o and_o grow_v by_o the_o power_n of_o heat_n within_o the_o earth_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o they_o be_v part_n of_o the_o earth_n like_v as_o unborn_a fruit_n in_o the_o womb_n be_v part_n of_o the_o matrice_n as_o for_o the_o fruit_n of_o tree_n they_o be_v the_o superfluous_a excrement_n of_o water_n and_o fire_n but_o such_o as_o have_v defect_n of_o that_o humidity_n when_o it_o be_v dry_v up_o by_o the_o heat_n of_o the_o summer_n lose_v their_o leaf_n whereas_o they_o that_o have_v plenty_n thereof_o keep_v their_o leaf_n on_o still_o as_o for_o example_n the_o laurel_n olive_n and_o date_n tree_n now_o as_o touch_v the_o difference_n of_o their_o juice_n and_o sapour_n it_o proceed_v from_o the_o diversity_n of_o that_o which_o nourish_v they_o as_o appear_z in_o vine_n for_o the_o difference_n of_o vine_n tree_n make_v not_o the_o goodness_n of_o vine_n for_o to_o be_v drink_v but_o the_o nutriment_n that_o the_o territory_n and_o soil_n do_v afford_v chap._n xxvii_o of_o 〈◊〉_d and_o growth_n empedocles_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o animal_n creature_n be_v nourish_v by_o the_o substance_n of_o that_o which_o be_v proper_a and_o familiar_a unto_o they_o that_o they_o grow_v by_o the_o presence_n of_o natural_a heat_n that_o they_o diminish_v 〈◊〉_d and_o perish_v through_o the_o default_n both_o of_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o and_o as_o for_o man_n now_o a_o day_n live_v in_o comparison_n of_o their_o auncestos_fw-la they_o be_v but_o babe_n new_a bear_v chap._n xxviii_o how_o 〈◊〉_d creature_n come_v to_o have_v appetite_n and_o pleasure_n empedocles_n suppose_v that_o lust_n and_o appetite_n be_v incident_a to_o animal_n creature_n through_o the_o defect_n of_o those_o element_n which_o go_v unto_o the_o frame_n of_o each_o one_o that_o pleasure_n arise_v from_o humidity_n as_o for_o the_o motion_n of_o peril_n and_o such_o like_a as_o also_o trouble_n and_o hindrance_n etc._n etc._n ****_o chap._n xxix_o after_o what_o sort_n a_o fever_n be_v engender_v and_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o accessary_a to_o another_o malady_n erasistratus_n define_v a_o fever_n thus_o a_o fever_n quoth_v he_o be_v the_o motion_n of_o blood_n which_o be_v enter_v into_o the_o vein_n or_o vessel_n proper_a unto_o the_o spirit_n to_o wit_n the_o artery_n and_o that_o against_o the_o will_n of_o the_o patient_a for_o like_a as_o the_o sea_n when_o nothing_o trouble_v it_o lie_v still_o and_o quiet_a but_o if_o a_o boisterous_a and_o violent_a wind_n be_v up_o and_o blow_v upon_o it_o contrary_a unto_o nature_n it_o surge_v and_o rise_v up_o into_o billow_n even_o from_o the_o very_a bottom_n so_o in_o the_o body_n of_o man_n when_o the_o blood_n be_v move_v it_o invade_v the_o vital_a and_o spiritual_a vessel_n and_o be_v set_v on_o fire_n it_o enchafe_v the_o whole_a body_n and_o according_a to_o the_o same_o physician_n opinion_n a_o fever_n be_v a_o accessary_a or_o consequent_a come_n upon_o another_o disease_n but_o diocles_n affirm_v that_o symptone_n apparent_a without_o forth_o do_v show_v that_o which_o lie_v hide_v within_o now_o we_o see_v that_o a_o ague_n follow_v upon_o those_o accident_n
life_n with_o which_o word_n porsena_n be_v so_o affright_v that_o he_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o roman_n according_a as_o aristides_n the_o milesian_n write_v in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o his_o story_n 3_o the_o argive_n and_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v at_o war_n one_o with_o another_o about_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o country_n thyreatis_fw-la the_o amphictyones_n give_v sentence_n that_o they_o shall_v put_v it_o to_o a_o battle_n and_o look_v whether_o side_n win_v the_o field_n to_o they_o shall_v the_o land_n in_o question_n appertain_v the_o lacedaemonian_n therefore_o choose_v for_o their_o captain_n othryades_n and_o the_o argive_n thersander_n when_o the_o battle_n be_v do_v there_o remain_v two_o only_a alive_a of_o the_o argive_n to_o wit_n agenor_n and_o chromius_n who_o carry_v tiding_n to_o the_o city_n of_o victory_n mean_a while_n when_o all_o be_v quiet_a othryades_n not_o full_o dead_a but_o have_v some_o little_a life_n remain_v in_o he_o bear_v himself_o and_o lean_v upon_o the_o truncheon_n of_o break_a lance_n catch_v up_o the_o target_n and_o shield_n of_o the_o dead_a and_o gather_v they_o together_o and_o have_v erect_v a_o trophy_n he_o write_v thereupon_o with_o his_o own_o blood_n to_o jupiter_n victor_n and_o guardian_n of_o trophy_n now_o when_o as_o both_o those_o party_n maintain_v still_o the_o controversy_n about_o the_o land_n the_o amphictyones_n go_v in_o person_n to_o the_o place_n to_o be_v eie-judge_n of_o the_o thing_n and_o adjudge_v the_o victory_n on_o the_o lacedaemonian_n side_n this_o write_v chrysermus_n in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o peloponnesiack_a history_n the_o roman_n levy_v war_n against_o the_o samnite_n choose_v for_o their_o chief_a commander_n posthumius_fw-la albinus_n who_o be_v surprise_v by_o a_o ambush_n within_o a_o straight_a between_o two_o mountain_n call_v furcae_n caudinae_n a_o very_a narrow_a pass_n lose_v three_o of_o his_o legion_n and_o be_v himself_o deadly_a wound_v fell_a and_o lay_v for_o dead_a howbeit_o about_o midnight_n take_v breath_n be_v quick_a again_o and_o somewhat_o revive_v he_o arise_v take_v the_o target_n from_o his_o enemy_n body_n that_o lay_v dead_a in_o the_o place_n and_o erect_v a_o trophy_n and_o drench_a his_o hand_n in_o their_o blood_n write_v in_o this_o manner_n the_o roman_n to_o jupiter_n victor_n guardian_n of_o trophy_n against_o the_o samnite_n but_o marius_n surname_v gurges_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o glutton_n be_v send_v thither_o as_o general_a captain_n and_o view_v upon_o the_o very_a place_n the_o say_a trophy_n so_o erect_v i_o take_v this_o glad_o quoth_v he_o for_o a_o sign_n and_o presage_n of_o good_a fortune_n and_o thereupon_o give_v battle_n unto_o his_o enemy_n and_o win_v the_o victory_n take_v their_o king_n prisoner_n and_o send_v he_o to_o rome_n according_a as_o aristides_n write_v in_o his_o three_o book_n of_o the_o italian_a history_n 4_o the_o persian_n enter_v greece_n with_o a_o puissant_a army_n of_o 500000._o man_n against_o who_o leonidas_n be_v send_v by_o the_o lacedaemonian_n with_o a_o band_n of_o three_o hundred_o to_o guard_v the_o straits_n of_o thermophylae_fw-la and_o impeach_v his_o passage_n in_o which_o place_n as_o they_o be_v merry_a at_o their_o meat_n and_o take_v their_o refection_n the_o whole_a main_a power_n of_o the_o barbarian_n come_v upon_o they_o leonidas_n see_v his_o enemy_n advance_v forward_o speak_v unto_o his_o own_o man_n and_o say_v sit_v still_o sir_n and_o make_v a_o end_n of_o your_o dinner_n hardly_o so_o as_o you_o may_v take_v your_o supper_n in_o another_o world_n so_o he_o charge_v upon_o the_o barbarian_n and_o notwithstanding_o he_o have_v many_o a_o dart_n stick_v in_o his_o body_n yet_o he_o make_v a_o lane_n through_o the_o press_n of_o the_o enemy_n until_o he_o come_v to_o the_o very_a person_n of_o xerxes_n from_o who_o he_o take_v the_o diadem_n that_o be_v upon_o his_o head_n and_o so_o die_v in_o the_o place_n the_o barbarian_n king_n cause_v his_o body_n to_o be_v open_v when_o he_o be_v dead_a and_o his_o heart_n to_o be_v take_v forth_o which_o be_v find_v to_o be_v all_o overgrow_v with_o hair_n as_o write_v aristides_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o the_o persian_a history_n the_o roman_n war_a against_o the_o cathaginian_o send_v a_o company_n of_o three_o hundred_o man_n under_o the_o lead_n of_o a_o captain_n name_v fabius_n maximus_n who_o bid_v his_o enemy_n battle_n and_o lose_v all_o his_o man_n himself_o be_v wound_v to_o death_n charge_v upon_o hannibal_n with_o such_o violence_n that_o he_o take_v from_o he_o the_o regali_fw-la diadem_n or_o frontall_a that_o he_o have_v about_o his_o head_n and_o so_o die_v upon_o it_o as_o write_v aristides_n the_o milesian_n 5_o in_o the_o city_n of_o celaenae_n in_o phrygia_n the_o earth_n open_v and_o cleave_v a_o sunder_o so_o as_o there_o remain_v a_o mighty_a chink_n with_o a_o huge_a quantity_n of_o water_n issue_v thereout_o which_o carry_v away_o and_o draw_v into_o the_o bottomless_a pit_n thereof_o a_o number_n of_o house_n with_o all_o the_o person_n great_a and_o small_a within_o they_o now_o midas_n the_o king_n be_v advertise_v by_o a_o oracle_n that_o if_o he_o cast_v within_o the_o say_a pit_n the_o most_o precious_a thing_n that_o he_o have_v both_o side_n will_v close_v up_o again_o and_o the_o earth_n meet_v and_o be_v firm_a ground_n so_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v throw_v into_o it_o a_o great_a quantity_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n but_o all_o will_v do_v no_o good_a then_o anchurus_n his_o son_n think_v with_o himself_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o precious_a as_o the_o life_n &_o soul_n of_o man_n after_o he_o have_v love_o embrace_v his_o father_n and_o bid_v he_o farewell_o and_o with_o all_o take_v his_o leave_n of_o his_o wife_n timothea_n mount_v on_o horseback_n and_o cast_v himself_o horse_n and_o all_o into_o the_o say_a chink_n and_o behold_v the_o earth_n immediate_o close_v up_o whereupon_o midas_n make_v a_o golden_a altar_n of_o jupiter_n idaeus_n touch_v it_o only_o with_o his_o hand_n this_o altar_n about_o that_o time_n when_o as_o the_o say_a breach_n or_o chink_n of_o earth_n be_v become_v a_o stone_n but_o after_o a_o certain_a prefix_a time_n pass_v it_o be_v see_v all_o gold_n this_o write_v callisthenes_n in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o transformation_n the_o river_n tiber_n run_v through_o the_o mid_n of_o the_o market_n place_n at_o rome_n for_o the_o anger_n of_o jupiter_n tarsius_n cause_v a_o exceed_a great_a chink_n within_o the_o ground_n which_o swallow_v up_o many_o dwell_a house_n now_o the_o oracle_n render_v this_o answer_n unto_o the_o roman_n that_o this_o shall_v cease_v in_o case_n they_o fling_v into_o the_o breach_n some_o costly_a and_o precious_a thing_n and_o when_o they_o have_v cast_v into_o it_o both_o gold_n and_o silver_n but_o all_o in_o vain_a curtius_n a_o right_a noble_a young_a gentleman_n of_o the_o city_n ponder_v well_o the_o word_n of_o the_o oracle_n and_o consider_v with_o himself_o that_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v more_o precious_a than_o gold_n cast_v himself_o on_o horseback_n into_o the_o say_a chink_n and_o so_o deliver_v his_o citizen_n and_o countryman_n from_o their_o calamity_n this_o have_v aristides_n record_v in_o forty_o book_n of_o italian_a history_n 6_o amphtaraus_fw-la be_v one_o of_o the_o prince_n and_o leader_n that_o accompany_v polynices_n and_o when_o one_o day_n they_o be_v feast_v merry_o together_o a_o eagle_n soar_v over_o his_o head_n chance_v to_o catch_v up_o his_o javelin_n and_o carry_v it_o up_o aloft_o in_o the_o air_n which_o afterward_o when_o she_o have_v let_v fall_v again_o stick_v fast_o in_o the_o ground_n and_o become_v a_o laurel_n the_o morrow_n after_o as_o they_o join_v battle_n in_o that_o very_a place_n 〈◊〉_d with_o his_o chariot_n be_v swallow_v up_o within_o the_o earth_n and_o there_o stand_v now_o the_o city_n harma_n so_o call_v of_o the_o chariot_n as_o trismachus_fw-la report_v in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o his_o foundation_n during_o the_o war_n which_o the_o roman_n wage_v against_o pyrrhus_n king_n of_o the_o epirote_n paulus_n acmylius_n be_v promise_v by_o the_o oracle_n that_o he_o shall_v have_v the_o victory_n if_o he_o will_v set_v up_o a_o altar_n in_o that_o very_a place_n where_o he_o shall_v see_v one_o gentleman_n of_o quality_n and_o good_a mark_n to_o be_v swallow_v up_o alive_a in_o the_o earth_n together_o with_o his_o chariot_n three_o day_n after_o valerius_n torquatus_n conatus_fw-la when_o in_o a_o dream_n he_o think_v that_o he_o see_v himself_o adorn_v with_o his_o priestly_a vestment_n for_o skilful_a he_o be_v in_o the_o art_n of_o divination_n lead_v forth_o the_o army_n and_o after_o he_o have_v slay_v many_o of_o his_o enemy_n be_v devout_v quick_a
in_o pursuit_n after_o he_o for_o which_o victory_n all_o other_o roman_n make_v great_a joy_n only_o his_o own_o sister_n horatia_n show_v herself_o nothing_o well_o please_v herewith_o for_o that_o to_o one_o of_o the_o other_o side_n she_o be_v betroth_v in_o marriage_n for_o which_o he_o make_v no_o more_o ado_n but_o stab_v his_o sister_n to_o the_o heart_n this_o be_v report_v by_o aristides_n the_o milesian_n in_o his_o annal_n of_o italy_n 17_o in_o the_o city_n ilium_n when_o the_o fire_n have_v take_v the_o temple_n of_o minerva_n one_o of_o the_o inhabitant_n name_v ilus_n run_v thither_o and_o catch_v the_o little_a image_n of_o minerva_n name_v palladium_n which_o be_v suppose_v to_o have_v fall_v from_o heaven_n and_o therewith_o lose_v his_o sight_n because_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a that_o the_o say_a image_n shall_v be_v see_v by_o any_o man_n howbeit_o afterward_o when_o he_o have_v appease_v the_o wrath_n of_o the_o say_a goddess_n he_o recover_v his_o eye_n sight_n again_o as_o write_v dercyllus_fw-la in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o foundation_n metellus_z a_o noble_a man_n of_o rome_n as_o he_o go_v towards_o a_o certain_a house_n of_o pleasure_n that_o he_o have_v near_o unto_o the_o city_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o way_n by_o certain_a raven_n that_o slap_v and_o beat_v he_o with_o their_o wing_n at_o which_o ominous_a accident_n be_v astonish_v and_o presage_v some_o evil_n to_o be_v towards_o he_o he_o return_v to_o rome_n and_o see_v the_o temple_n of_o the_o goddess_n vesta_n on_o fire_n he_o run_v thither_o and_o take_v away_o the_o petty_a image_n of_o pallas_n name_v palladium_n and_o so_o likewise_o sudden_o sell_v blind_a howbeit_o afterward_o be_v reconcile_v unto_o she_o he_o get_v this_o sight_n again_o this_o be_v the_o report_n of_o aristides_n in_o his_o chronicle_n 18_o the_o thracian_n war_a against_o the_o athenian_n be_v direct_v by_o a_o oracle_n which_o promise_v they_o victory_n in_o case_n they_o save_v the_o person_n of_o codrus_n king_n of_o athens_n but_o he_o disguise_v himself_o in_o the_o habit_n of_o a_o poor_a labourer_n and_o carry_v a_o bill_n in_o his_o hand_n go_v into_o the_o camp_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o kill_v one_o where_o likewise_o he_o be_v kill_v by_o another_o and_o so_o the_o athenian_n obtain_v victory_n as_o socrates_n write_v in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o thracian_a affair_n publius_z decius_z a_o roman_a make_v war_n against_o the_o alban_n dream_v in_o the_o night_n and_o see_v a_o vision_n which_o promise_v he_o that_o if_o himself_o die_v he_o shall_v add_v much_o to_o the_o puissance_n of_o the_o roman_n whereupon_o he_o charge_v upon_o his_o enemy_n where_o they_o be_v thick_a arrange_v and_o when_o he_o have_v kill_v a_o number_n of_o they_o be_v himself_o slay_v decius_n also_o his_o son_n in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o gaul_n by_o that_o mean_v save_v the_o roman_n as_o say_v aristides_n the_o milesian_n 19_o cyanttpus_fw-la a_o syracusan_a bear_v sacrifice_v upon_o a_o time_n unto_o all_o other_o god_n but_o unto_o bacchus_n whereat_o the_o god_n be_v offend_v haunt_v he_o with_o drunckennesse_n so_o as_o in_o a_o dark_a corner_n he_o deflower_v forcible_o his_o own_o daughter_n name_v cyane_n but_o in_o the_o time_n that_o he_o deal_v with_o she_o she_o take_v away_o the_o ring_n off_o his_o finger_n and_o give_v it_o unto_o her_o nurse_n to_o keep_v for_o to_o testify_v another_o day_n who_o it_o be_v that_o thus_o abuse_v she_o afterward_o the_o pestilence_n reign_v fore_o in_o those_o part_n and_o apollo_n give_v answer_v by_o oracle_n that_o they_o be_v to_o offer_v in_o sacrifice_n unto_o the_o god_n that_o turn_v away_o calamity_n a_o godless_a and_o incestuous_a person_n all_o other_o wist_v not_o who_o the_o oracle_n mean_v but_o cyane_n know_v full_a well_o the_o will_n of_o apollo_n take_v her_o father_n by_o the_o hair_n and_o draw_v he_o perforce_o to_o the_o altar_n and_o when_o she_o have_v cause_v himto_o be_v kill_v sacrifice_a herself_o after_o upon_o he_o as_o write_v dositheus_n in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o chronicle_n of_o sicily_n while_o the_o feast_n of_o bacchus_n call_v bacchanalia_fw-la be_v celebrate_v at_o rome_n there_o be_v one_o aruntius_n who_o never_o in_o all_o his_o life_n have_v drink_v wine_n but_o water_n only_o and_o always_o despise_v the_o power_n of_o god_n bacchus_n who_o to_o be_v revenge_v of_o he_o cause_v he_o one_o time_n be_v so_o drink_v that_o he_o force_v his_o own_o daughter_n medullina_n &_o abuse_v her_o body_n carnal_o who_o have_v knowledge_n by_o his_o ring_n who_o it_o be_v that_o do_v the_o deed_n and_o take_v to_o her_o a_o great_a heart_n than_o one_o of_o her_o age_n make_v her_o father_n one_o day_n drink_v and_o after_o she_o have_v adorn_v his_o head_n with_o garland_n &_o chaplet_n of_o flower_n lead_v he_o to_o aplace_v call_v the_o altar_n of_o thunder_n where_o with_o many_o tear_n she_o sacrifice_v he_o who_o have_v surprise_v she_o &_o take_v away_o her_o virginity_n as_o write_v aristides_n the_o milesian_n in_o his_o three_o book_n of_o italian_a chronicle_n 20_o erechiheus_fw-la war_a upon_o eumolpus_n be_v advertise_v that_o he_o shall_v win_v the_o victory_n if_o before_o he_o go_v into_o the_o field_n he_o sacrifice_v his_o own_o daughter_n unto_o the_o god_n who_o when_o he_o have_v impart_v this_o mater_fw-la unto_o his_o wife_n praxithea_n he_o offer_v his_o daughter_n in_o sacrifice_n before_o the_o battle_n hereof_o euripides_n make_v mention_n in_o his_o tragedy_n erechtheus_n marius_n maintain_v war_n against_o the_o cimbrian_o and_o find_v himself_o too_o weak_a see_v a_o vision_n in_o his_o sleep_n that_o promise_v he_o victory_n if_o before_o he_o go_v to_o battle_n he_o do_v sacrifice_v his_o daughter_n name_v calpurnis_n who_o set_v the_o good_a of_o the_o weal_n public_a and_o the_o regard_n of_o his_o countryman_n before_o the_o natural_a affection_n to_o his_o own_o blood_n do_v according_o and_o win_v the_o field_n and_o even_o at_o this_o day_n two_o altar_n there_o be_v in_o germany_n which_o at_o the_o very_a time_n and_o hour_n that_o this_o sacrifice_n be_v offer_v yield_v the_o sound_n of_o trumpet_n as_o dorotheus_n report_v in_o the_o three_o book_n of_o the_o annal_n of_o italy_n 21_o cyanippus_n a_o thessalian_a bear_v use_v ordinary_o to_o go_v on_o hunt_v his_o wife_n a_o young_a gentle_a woman_n entertain_v this_o fancy_n of_o jealousy_n in_o her_o head_n that_o the_o reason_n why_o he_o go_v forth_o so_o often_o and_o stay_v so_o long_o in_o the_o forest_n be_v because_o he_o have_v the_o company_n of_o some_o other_o woman_n who_o belove_v whereupon_o she_o determine_v with_o herself_o to_o lie_v in_o espial_n one_o day_n therefore_o she_o follow_v and_o trace_v cyanippus_n and_o at_o length_n lay_v close_o within_o a_o certain_a thicket_n of_o the_o forest_n wait_v and_o expect_v what_o will_v fall_v out_o and_o come_v of_o it_o it_o chance_v that_o the_o leaf_n and_o branch_n of_o the_o shrub_n about_o she_o stir_v the_o hound_n imagine_v that_o there_o be_v some_o wild_a beast_n within_o seize_v upon_o she_o and_o so_o tear_v in_o piece_n this_o young_a dame_n that_o love_v her_o husband_n so_o well_o as_o if_o she_o have_v be_v a_o savage_a beast_n cyanippus_n then_o see_v before_o his_o eye_n that_o which_o he_o never_o will_v have_v imagine_v or_o think_v in_o his_o mind_n for_o very_a grief_n of_o heart_n kill_v himself_o as_o parthenius_n the_o poet_n have_v leave_v in_o writing_n in_o sybaris_n a_o city_n of_o italy_n there_o be_v sometime_o a_o young_a gentleman_n name_v aemilius_n who_o be_v a_o beautiful_a person_n and_o one_o who_o love_v pass_v well_o the_o game_n of_o hunt_v his_o wife_n who_o be_v young_a also_o think_v he_o to_o be_v enamour_v of_o another_o lady_n and_o therefore_o get_v herself_o close_o within_o a_o thicket_n and_o chance_v to_o stir_v the_o bough_n of_o the_o shrub_n and_o bush_n about_o she_o the_o hound_n thereupon_o that_o range_v and_o hunt_v thereabouts_o light_a upon_o she_o and_o tear_v her_o body_n in_o piece_n which_o when_o her_o husband_n see_v he_o kill_v himself_o upon_o she_o as_o clytonimus_fw-la report_v in_o his_o second_o book_n of_o the_o sybaritick_n history_n 22_o smyrna_n the_o daughter_n of_o cinyras_n have_v displease_v and_o anger_v venus_n become_v enamour_v of_o her_o own_o father_n and_o declare_v the_o vehement_a heat_n of_o her_o love_n unto_o her_o nurse_n she_o therefore_o by_o a_o wily_a device_n go_v to_o work_v with_o her_o master_n and_o bear_v he_o in_o hand_n that_o there_o be_v a_o fair_a damosel_n a_o neighbour_n daughter_n that_o be_v in_o love_n with_o he_o but_o abash_v and_o ashamed_a to_o come_v unto_o he_o open_o or_o to_o be_v
aught_o of_o witty_a spirit_n thou_o have_v and_o what_o be_v excellent_a for_o meet_v it_o be_v that_o thou_o shall_v bring_v some_o little_a lysias_n forth_o to_o blaze_v his_o father_n name_n abroad_o for_o virtuous_a deed_n of_o worth_n who_o now_o transform_v and_o have_v catch_v a_o body_n strange_a to_o see_v in_o other_o world_n for_o sapience_n shall_v now_o immortal_a bee_n my_o love_a heart_n to_o friend_n now_o dead_a likewise_o to_o notify_v and_o to_o delare_v his_o virtuous_a life_n unto_o posterity_n he_o compose_v likewise_o a_o oration_n for_o iphicrates_n which_o he_o pronounce_v against_o harmodius_n as_o also_o another_o wherein_o he_o accuse_v timotheus_n of_o treason_n and_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o he_o overthrow_v but_o afterward_o when_o iphicrates_n take_v upon_o he_o again_o to_o inquire_v into_o the_o do_n of_o timotheus_n call_v he_o to_o account_v for_o the_o revenue_n of_o the_o state_n which_o he_o have_v manage_v and_o set_v in_o hand_n again_o with_o this_o accusation_n of_o treason_n he_o be_v bring_v into_o question_n judicial_o and_o make_v answer_n in_o his_o own_o defence_n by_o a_o oration_n that_o lysias_n pen_v for_o he_o and_o as_o for_o himself_o he_o be_v acquit_v of_o the_o crime_n and_o absolve_v but_o timotheus_n be_v condemn_v and_o fine_v to_o pay_v a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n moreover_o he_o rehearse_v in_o the_o great_a assembly_n and_o solemnity_n at_o the_o olympic_a game_n a_o long_a oration_n wherein_o he_o persuade_v the_o greek_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v reconcile_v one_o to_o another_o and_o join_v together_o for_o to_o put_v down_o the_o tyrant_n dionysius_n isocrates_n four_o isocrates_n be_v the_o son_n of_o one_o theodorus_n a_o erechthian_a a_o man_n reckon_v in_o the_o number_n of_o mean_a citizen_n one_o who_o keep_v a_o sort_n of_o servant_n under_o he_o who_o make_v flute_n and_o hautboy_n by_o who_o workmanship_n he_o become_v so_o rich_a that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v up_o and_o set_v out_o his_o child_n in_o worshipful_a manner_n for_o other_o son_n he_o have_v beside_o to_o wit_n telesippus_fw-la and_o diomnestus_fw-la and_o also_o a_o little_a daughter_n unto_o they_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o he_o be_v twit_v and_o flout_v by_o the_o comical_a poet_n aristophanes_n and_o stratis_n in_o regard_n of_o those_o flute_n he_o live_v about_o the_o 86._o olympias_n elder_a than_o lysimachus_n the_o myrrhinusian_a by_o two_o and_o twenty_o year_n and_o before_o plato_n some_o seven_o year_n during_o his_o childhood_n he_o have_v as_o good_a bring_v up_o as_o any_o athenian_a whatsoever_o as_o be_v the_o disciple_n &_o scholar_n of_o prodicus_n the_o chian_a of_o gorgias_n the_o leontine_n of_o tysias_n the_o syracusian_a &_o theramenes_n the_o processed_a rhetorician_n who_o be_v at_o the_o point_n to_o be_v apprehend_v &_o take_v by_o the_o 30._o tyrant_n &_o fly_v for_o refuge_n to_o the_o altar_n of_o minerva_n the_o counsellor_n when_o all_o other_o friend_n be_v affright_v and_o amaze_v only_o isocrates_n arise_v and_o show_v himself_o for_o to_o assist_v and_o succour_v he_o and_o at_o the_o first_o continue_v a_o long_a time_n silent_a but_o theramenes_n himself_o begin_v and_o pray_v he_o to_o desist_v say_v that_o it_o will_v be_v more_o dolorous_a and_o grievous_a unto_o he_o than_o his_o own_o calamity_n in_o case_n he_o shall_v see_v any_o of_o his_o friend_n to_o be_v trouble_v and_o endanger_v for_o the_o love_n of_o he_o and_o it_o be_v say_v that_o he_o help_v he_o to_o compile_v certain_a institution_n of_o rhetoric_n at_o what_o time_n as_o he_o be_v malicious_o and_o false_o slander_v before_o the_o judge_n in_o open_a court_n which_o institution_n be_v go_v under_o the_o name_n and_o title_n of_o boton_n when_o he_o be_v grow_v to_o man_n estate_n he_o forbear_v to_o meddle_v in_o state_n matter_n and_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o commonweal_n as_o well_o for_o that_o he_o have_v by_o nature_n a_o small_a and_o feeble_a voice_n as_o because_o natural_o he_o be_v fearful_a and_o timorous_a and_o beside_o his_o state_n be_v much_o impair_v by_o reason_n that_o he_o lose_v his_o patrimony_n in_o the_o war_n against_o the_o lacedaemonian_n it_o appeareh_a that_o to_o other_o man_n he_o have_v be_v assistant_n in_o counsel_n and_o give_v testimony_n for_o they_o in_o place_n of_o judgement_n but_o it_o be_v not_o knewen_v that_o he_o pronouncee_v above_o one_o only_a oration_n to_o wit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v concern_v counterchange_n of_o good_n and_o have_v set_v up_o a_o public_a school_n he_o give_v himself_o to_o the_o study_n of_o philosophy_n and_o to_o write_v where_o he_o compose_v his_o panegyrique_n oration_n and_o certain_a other_o of_o the_o deliberative_a kind_n and_o those_o that_o he_o write_v himself_o some_o he_o read_v some_o he_o pen_v for_o other_o think_v thereby_o to_o exhort_v and_o stir_v up_o the_o greek_n to_o devise_v and_o perform_v such_o duty_n as_o beseem_v they_o to_o do_v but_o see_v that_o he_o miss_v of_o his_o purpose_n and_o intention_n he_o give_v over_o that_o course_n and_o betake_v himself_o to_o keep_v a_o school_n first_o as_o some_o say_v in_o chios_n have_v nine_o scholar_n that_o come_v unto_o he_o where_o when_o he_o see_v that_o his_o scholar_n pay_v he_o down_o in_o money_n his_o minerval_n for_o their_o school_n he_o weep_v and_o say_v i_o see_v well_o now_o that_o i_o be_o sell_v unto_o these_o youth_n he_o will_v confer_v willing_o with_o those_o that_o come_v to_o devise_v and_o talk_v with_o he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o put_v difference_n between_o wrangle_a plea_n or_o contentious_a oration_n and_o serious_a politic_a discourse_n of_o commonweal_n in_o which_o he_o rather_o employ_v himself_o he_o ordain_v magistrate_n in_o chios_n erect_v the_o same_o form_n of_o government_n there_o which_o be_v in_o his_o own_o country_n he_o gather_v more_o silver_n together_o by_o teach_v school_n than_o ever_o any_o professor_n in_o rhetoric_n or_o schoolmaster_n be_v know_v to_o have_v do_v so_o that_o he_o be_v well_o able_a to_o defray_v the_o charge_n of_o a_o galley_n at_o sea_n of_o scholar_n he_o have_v to_o the_o number_n of_o one_o hundred_o and_o among_o many_o other_o timotheus_n the_o son_n of_o conon_n with_o who_o he_o travel_v abroad_o and_o visit_v many_o city_n he_o pen_v all_o those_o letter_n which_o timotheus_n send_v unto_o the_o athenian_n in_o regard_n whereof_o he_o bestow_v upon_o he_o a_o talon_n of_o silver_n the_o remainder_n of_o that_o money_n due_a by_o composition_n from_o samos_n there_o be_v beside_o of_o his_o scholar_n theopompus_n the_o chian_a and_o ephorus_n of_o cume_n asclepiades_n also_o who_o compose_v tragical_a matter_n and_o argument_n and_o theodectes_n who_o afterward_o write_v tragoedy_n who_o tomb_n or_o sepulchre_n be_v as_o man_n go_v towards_o cyamite_n even_o in_o the_o sacred_a way_n or_o street_n that_o lead_v to_o eleusis_n now_o altogether_o ruinate_v and_o demolish_v in_o which_o place_n he_o cause_v to_o be_v erect_v and_o set_v up_o the_o statue_n of_o famous_a poet_n together_o with_o he_o of_o all_o who_o there_o remain_v none_o at_o this_o day_n but_o homer_n alone_o also_o leodamus_fw-la the_o athenian_a lacritus_n the_o lawgiver_n unto_o the_o athenian_n and_o as_o some_o say_v hyperides_n and_o isaeus_n and_o it_o be_v say_v that_o demosthenes_n also_o come_v unto_o he_o while_o he_o yet_o teach_v a_o rhetoric_n school_n with_o a_o earnest_a purpose_n to_o learn_v of_o he_o use_v this_o speech_n that_o he_o be_v not_o able_a to_o pay_v he_o a_o thousand_o drachm_n of_o silver_n which_o be_v the_o only_a price_n that_o he_o make_v and_o demand_v of_o every_o scholar_n but_o mean_v he_o will_v make_v to_o give_v he_o two_o hundred_o drachm_n so_o he_o may_v learn_v of_o he_o but_o the_o five_o part_n of_o his_o skill_n which_o be_v a_o proportionable_a rate_n for_o the_o whole_a unto_o who_o isocrates_n make_v this_o answer_n we_o use_v not_o demosthenes_n to_o do_v our_o business_n by_o piecemeal_o but_o like_a as_o man_n be_v wont_n to_o sell_v fair_a fish_n all_o whole_a even_o so_o will_v i_o if_o you_o purpose_v to_o be_v my_o scholar_n teach_v and_o deliver_v you_o my_o art_n full_a and_o entire_a and_o not_o by_o half_n or_o parcel_n he_o depart_v this_o life_n the_o very_a year_n that_o chaeronides_n be_v provost_n of_o athens_n even_o when_o the_o news_n come_v of_o the_o discomfiture_n at_o chaeronea_n which_o he_o hear_v be_v in_o the_o place_n of_o hypocrates_n public_a exercise_n and_o voluntary_o he_o procure_v his_o own_o death_n in_o abstain_v from_o all_o food_n and_o sustenance_n the_o space_n of_o four_o day_n have_v pronounce_v before_o this_o abstinence_n of_o he_o these_o three_o first_o verse_n
substance_n flow_v and_o run_v partly_o by_o yield_v and_o send_v forth_o somewhat_o out_o of_o themselves_o and_o in_o part_n by_o receive_v other_o thing_n from_o without_o and_o that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o number_n and_o multitude_n of_o that_o which_o come_v in_o or_o go_v out_o thing_n continue_v not_o one_o and_o the_o same_o but_o become_v alter_v and_o divers_a by_o the_o foresay_a addition_n and_o detractation_n so_o as_o their_o substance_n receive_v a_o change_n also_o that_o contrary_a to_o all_o right_a and_o reason_n custom_n have_v so_o far_o prevail_v that_o such_o mutation_n be_v call_v augmentation_n and_o diminution_n whereas_o rather_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v term_v generation_n and_o corruption_n for_o that_o they_o force_v a_o alteration_n of_o one_o present_a state_n and_o be_v into_o another_o but_o to_o grow_v and_o diminish_v be_v passion_n and_o accident_n of_o a_o body_n and_o subject_a that_o be_v permanent_a which_o reason_n and_o assertion_n be_v after_o a_o sort_n thus_o deliver_v in_o their_o school_n what_o be_v it_o that_o these_o defender_n of_o perspicuity_n and_o evidence_n these_o canonical_a reformer_n i_o say_v of_o common_a notion_n will_v have_v namely_o that_o every_o one_o of_o we_o shall_v be_v double_a like_o twin_n or_o of_o a_o twofold_a nature_n not_o as_o the_o poet_n feign_v the_o molionides_n to_o be_v in_o some_o part_n 〈◊〉_d and_o unite_a and_o in_o other_o sever_a and_o disjoin_v but_o two_o body_n have_v the_o same_o colour_n the_o same_o shape_n the_o same_o weight_n and_o place_n a_o thing_n that_o no_o man_n ever_o see_v before_o mary_n these_o philosopher_n only_o have_v perceive_v this_o duplicity_n this_o composition_n and_o 〈◊〉_d whereby_o every_o one_o of_o we_o be_v two_o subject_n the_o one_o be_v substance_n the_o other_o **_o the_o one_o of_o they_o run_v and_o flow_v continual_o and_o yet_o without_o augmentation_n and_o diminution_n or_o remain_v in_o the_o same_o state_n such_o as_o it_o be_v the_o other_o continue_v still_o and_o yet_o grow_v and_o decrease_v and_o yet_o suffer_v all_o thing_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o other_o wherewith_o it_o be_v concorporate_a unite_a and_o knit_v leave_v to_o the_o exterior_a sense_n no_o show_n of_o distinct_a difference_n and_o yet_o very_o it_o be_v say_v of_o that_o 〈◊〉_d how_o in_o old_a time_n he_o have_v so_o quick_a and_o pierce_a a_o eyesight_n that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o see_v through_o stock_n and_o stone_n and_o one_o there_o be_v by_o report_n who_o fit_v in_o sicily_n can_v from_o a_o watchtower_n sensible_o discern_v the_o ship_n sail_v out_o of_o the_o haven_n of_o carthage_n which_o be_v distant_a a_o day_n &_o a_o night_n fail_v with_o a_o good_a forewind_n and_o as_o for_o callicrates_n and_o myrmecides_n they_o have_v the_o name_n to_o have_v make_v chariot_n so_o small_a as_o that_o the_o wing_n of_o a_o fly_n may_v cover_v they_o yea_o &_o in_o a_o millet_n grain_n or_o sesam_n seed_n to_o have_v engrave_v homer_n verse_n but_o sure_o this_o perpetual_a fluxion_n &_o diversity_n in_o we_o there_o be_v never_o any_o yet_o that_o can_v divide_v &_o distinguish_v neither_o can_v we_o ourselves_o ever_o find_v that_o we_o be_v double_a &_o that_o partly_o we_o run_v out_o continual_o and_o in_o part_n again_o remain_v always_o one_o and_o the_o same_o even_o from_o our_o nativity_n to_o our_o end_n but_o i_o be_o about_o to_o deal_v with_o they_o more_o simple_o and_o plain_o for_o whereas_o they_o devise_v in_o every_o one_o of_o we_o four_o subject_n or_o to_o speak_v more_o direct_o make_v each_o of_o we_o to_o be_v four_o it_o shall_v suffice_v to_o take_v but_o two_o for_o to_o show_v their_o absurdity_n when_o we_o do_v hear_v pentheus_n in_o a_o tragedy_n say_v that_o he_o see_v two_o sun_n and_o two_o city_n of_o thebes_n we_o deem_v of_o he_o that_o he_o see_v not_o two_o but_o that_o his_o eye_n do_v dazzell_v and_o look_v amiss_o have_v his_o discourse_n trouble_v and_o understand_v clean_o transport_v and_o even_o these_o person_n who_o suppose_v and_o set_v down_o not_o one_o city_n alone_o but_o all_o man_n all_o beast_n all_o tree_n plant_n tool_n vessel_n utensil_n and_o garment_n to_o be_v double_a and_o compose_v of_o two_o nature_n reject_v we_o not_o and_o bid_v farewell_n as_o man_n who_o will_v force_v we_o not_o to_o understand_v any_o thing_n aright_o but_o to_o take_v every_o thing_n wrong_v howbeit_o haply_o herein_o they_o may_v be_v pardon_v and_o wink_v at_o for_o fein_v and_o devise_v other_o nature_n of_o subject_n because_o they_o have_v no_o mean_n else_o for_o all_o the_o pain_n they_o take_v to_o maintain_v and_o preserve_v their_o augmentation_n but_o in_o the_o soul_n what_o they_o shall_v ail_v what_o their_o meaning_n may_v be_v and_o upon_o what_o ground_n and_o supposition_n they_o devise_v to_o frame_v other_o different_a sort_n and_o form_n of_o body_n and_o those_o in_o manner_n innumerable_a who_o be_v able_a to_o say_v or_o what_o may_v be_v the_o cause_n unless_o they_o mean_v to_o displace_v or_o rather_o to_o abolish_v and_o destroy_v altogether_o the_o common_a and_o familiar_a conception_n inbred_a in_o we_o for_o to_o bring_v in_o and_o set_v up_o new_a fangle_n and_o other_o strange_a and_o foreign_a novelty_n for_o this_o be_v wonder_a extravagant_a and_o absurd_a for_o to_o make_v body_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n and_o beside_o of_o science_n art_n memory_n fancy_n apprehension_n passion_n inclination_n and_o assent_n and_o to_o affirm_v that_o these_o neither_o lie_n nor_o have_v any_o place_n subsist_v in_o any_o subject_n but_o to_o leave_v they_o one_o little_a hole_n like_o a_o prick_n within_o the_o heart_n wherein_o they_o range_v and_o draw_v in_o the_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n be_v choke_v up_o as_o it_o be_v with_o such_o a_o number_n of_o body_n that_o even_o they_o be_v not_o able_a to_o count_v a_o great_a sort_n of_o they_o who_o seem_v to_o know_v best_a how_o to_o distinguish_v and_o discern_v one_o from_o another_o but_o to_o make_v these_o not_o only_a body_n but_o also_o live_a creature_n and_o those_o endue_v with_o reason_n to_o make_v i_o say_v a_o swarm_n of_o they_o &_o the_o same_o not_o gentle_a mild_a &_o tame_a but_o a_o turbulent_a sort_n &_o rabble_n by_o their_o malicious_a shrewdnesse_n opposite_a &_o repugnant_a to_o all_o evidence_n &_o usual_a custom_n what_o want_v this_o of_o absurdity_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n and_o these_o man_n very_o do_v hold_v that_o not_o only_a virtue_n &_o vice_n be_v animal_n and_o live_a creature_n nor_o passion_n alone_o as_o anger_n wrath_n envy_n grief_n sorrow_n &_o malice_n nor_o apprehension_n only_o fantasy_n imagination_n and_o ignorances_n nor_o art_n and_o mystery_n as_o the_o shoemaker_n &_o smithscraft_n but_o also_o over_o and_o beside_o all_o these_o thing_n they_o make_v the_o very_a operation_n and_o action_n themselves_o to_o be_v body_n yea_o and_o live_n creature_n they_o will_v have_v walk_v to_o be_v a_o animal_n dance_v likewise_o shoping_a salute_v and_o reproachful_a rail_n and_o so_o consequent_o they_o make_v laugh_v &_o weep_v to_o be_v animal_n and_o in_o grant_v these_o they_o admit_v also_o cough_v sneese_a and_o groan_v yea_o and_o withal_o spit_v reach_a snit_a and_o snuff_v of_o the_o nose_n and_o such_o like_a action_n which_o be_v as_o evident_a as_o the_o rest_n and_o let_v they_o not_o think_v much_o and_o take_v it_o grievous_o if_o they_o be_v drive_v to_o this_o point_n by_o way_n of_o particular_a reason_n call_v to_o mind_n chrysippus_n who_o in_o his_o three_o book_n of_o natural_a question_n say_v thus_o what_o say_v you_o of_o the_o night_n be_v it_o not_o a_o body_n evening_n morning_n midnight_n be_v they_o not_o body_n be_v not_o the_o day_n a_o body_n the_o new_a moon_n be_v it_o not_o a_o body_n the_o ten_o the_o fifteen_o the_o thirty_o day_n of_o the_o moon_n the_o month_n itself_o summer_n autumn_n and_o the_o whole_a year_n be_v they_o not_o body_n certes_o all_o these_o thing_n by_o i_o name_v they_o hold_v with_o tooth_n and_o nail_n even_o against_o common_a prenotion_n but_o as_o for_o these_o hereafter_o they_o maintain_v contrary_a to_o their_o own_o proper_a conception_n when_o as_o they_o will_v produce_v the_o hot_a thing_n that_o be_v by_o refrigeration_n and_o that_o which_o be_v most_o subtle_a by_o inspissation_n for_o the_o soul_n be_v a_o substance_n most_o hot_a and_o consist_v of_o most_o subtle_a part_n which_o they_o will_v make_v by_o the_o refrigeration_n and_o condensation_n of_o the_o body_n which_o as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o certain_a perfusion_n and_o tincture_n it_o harden_v &_o alter_v the_o spirit_n from_o be_v vegetative_a to_o be_v
in_o case_n every_o soldier_n of_o himself_o know_v his_o rank_n his_o place_n his_o time_n and_o opportunity_n which_o he_o ought_v to_o take_v keep_v and_o observe_v neither_o will_v there_o be_v any_o use_n of_o gardiner_n carpenter_n or_o mason_n if_o water_n be_v of_o itself_o teach_v natural_o to_o go_v where_o as_o it_o be_v needful_a and_o to_o run_v and_o overflow_v a_o place_n which_o require_v water_v and_o if_o brick_n timber-log_n and_o stone_n by_o their_o own_o inclination_n and_o natural_a motion_n be_v to_o range_v and_o couch_v themselves_o orderly_o in_o their_o due_a place_n now_o if_o this_o reason_n and_o argument_n of_o they_o do_v direct_o abolish_v all_o providence_n if_o order_n belong_v unto_o god_n together_o with_o the_o distinction_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n why_o shall_v any_o man_n wonder_n that_o nature_n have_v be_v so_o dispose_v and_o ordain_v by_o he_o as_o that_o fire_n shall_v be_v here_o and_o the_o star_n there_o and_o again_o that_o the_o earth_n shall_v be_v seat_v here_o below_o &_o the_o moon_n place_v there_o above_o lodge_v in_o a_o more_o sure_a &_o strong_a prison_n devise_v by_o reason_n than_o that_o which_o be_v first_o ordain_v by_o nature_n for_o be_v it_o so_o that_o absolute_o and_o of_o necessity_n all_o thing_n shall_v follow_v their_o natural_a instinct_n and_o move_v according_a to_o that_o motion_n which_o natural_o be_v give_v they_o neither_o will_v the_o sun_n run_v his_o course_n any_o more_o circular_o nor_o venus_n nor_o any_o other_o planet_n whatsoever_o for_o that_o such_o light_a substance_n and_o stand_v much_o upon_o fire_n mount_v direct_o upward_a now_o if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o nature_n recive_v such_o a_o alteration_n and_o change_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o place_n as_o that_o our_o fire_n here_o be_v move_v and_o stir_v rise_v plumbe_v upward_o but_o after_o it_o be_v get_v once_o up_o to_o heaven_n together_o with_o the_o revolution_n thereof_o turn_v round_o what_o marvel_n be_v it_o if_o semblable_o heavy_a and_o terrestrial_a body_n be_v out_o of_o their_o natural_a place_n be_v force_v &_o overcome_v by_o the_o circumstant_fw-la air_n to_o take_v unto_o another_o kind_n of_o motion_n for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v say_v with_o any_o reason_n that_o heaven_n have_v this_o power_n to_o take_v from_o light_a substance_n the_o property_n to_o mount_v aloft_o and_o can_v not_o likewise_o have_v the_o puissance_n to_o vanquish_v heavy_a thing_n &_o such_o as_o natural_o move_v downward_o but_o one_o while_o it_o make_v use_v of_o that_o power_n of_o she_o own_o another_o while_n of_o the_o proper_a nature_n of_o thing_n always_o tend_v to_o the_o better_a but_o to_o let_v pass_v these_o habitude_n and_o opinion_n whereto_o we_o be_v servil_o addict_v and_o to_o speak_v frank_o and_o without_o fear_n what_o our_o mind_n be_v i_o be_o very_o persuade_v that_o there_o be_v no_o part_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n that_o have_v by_o itself_o any_o peculiar_a order_n seat_n or_o motion_n which_o a_o man_n simple_o may_v say_v to_o be_v natural_a unto_o it_o but_o when_o each_o part_n exhibit_v and_o yield_v profitable_o that_o wherefore_o it_o be_v make_v and_o whereto_o it_o be_v appoint_v move_v itself_o do_v or_o suffer_v or_o be_v dispose_v as_o it_o be_v meet_v and_o expedient_a for_o it_o either_o for_o safety_n beauty_n or_o puissance_n then_o seem_v it_o to_o have_v place_n motion_n and_o disposition_n proper_a and_o convenient_a to_o the_o own_o nature_n for_o man_n who_o be_v dispose_v if_o any_o thing_n else_o in_o the_o whole_a world_n according_a to_o nature_n have_v in_o the_o upper_a part_n of_o the_o body_n and_o especial_o about_o his_o head_n those_o thing_n that_o be_v ponderous_a and_o earthly_a but_o in_o the_o mid_n thereof_o such_o as_o be_v hot_a and_o of_o a_o fiery_a nature_n his_o tooth_n some_o grow_v above_o other_o beneath_o and_o yet_o neither_o the_o one_o range_v of_o they_o nor_o the_o other_o be_v against_o nature_n neither_o be_v that_o fire_n which_o shine_v above_o in_o his_o eye_n according_a to_o nature_n and_o that_o which_o be_v in_o the_o belly_n and_o heart_n contrary_a to_o nature_n but_o in_o each_o place_n be_v it_o proper_o seat_v and_o commodious_o now_o if_o you_o consider_v the_o nature_n of_o shell-fish_n you_o shall_v find_v that_o as_o empedocles_n say_v the_o 〈◊〉_d muret_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o shellfish_n everyone_o with_o massy_a coat_n the_o tortoise_n eke_o with_o crust_n as_o hard_o as_o stone_n and_o vault_a back_n which_o archwise_o he_o aloft_o do_v hollow_a rear_n show_v all_o that_o heavy_a earth_n they_o do_v above_o their_o body_n bear_v and_o yet_o this_o hard_a coat_n and_o heavy_a crust_n like_v unto_o a_o stone_n be_v place_v over_o their_o body_n do_v not_o press_v or_o crush_v they_o neither_o do_v their_o natural_a heat_n in_o regard_n of_o lightness_n sly_a up_o and_o vanish_v away_o but_o mingle_v and_o compose_v they_o be_v one_o with_o the_o other_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o every_o one_o and_o even_o so_o it_o stand_v to_o good_a reason_n that_o the_o world_n in_o case_n it_o be_v animal_n have_v in_o many_o place_n of_o the_o body_n thereof_o earth_n and_o in_o as_o many_o fire_n and_o water_n not_o drive_v thither_o perforce_o but_o so_o place_v &_o dispose_v by_o reason_n for_o the_o eye_n be_v not_o by_o the_o strength_n of_o lightness_n force_v to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o body_n wherein_o it_o be_v neither_o be_v the_o hart_n depress_v down_o by_o the_o weight_n that_o it_o have_v into_o the_o breast_n but_o because_o it_o be_v better_a and_o more_o expedient_a for_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o to_o be_v seat_v where_o they_o be_v semblable_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v that_o of_o the_o part_n of_o the_o world_n either_o the_o earth_n settle_v where_o it_o be_v because_o it_o fall_v down_o thither_o by_o reason_n of_o ponderosity_n or_o the_o sun_n in_o regard_n of_o lightness_n be_v carry_v upward_o like_a unto_o a_o bottle_n bladder_n full_a of_o wind_n which_o be_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o water_n present_o rise_v up_o as_o metrodorus_n of_o chios_n be_v persuade_v or_o other_o star_n as_o if_o they_o be_v put_v in_o a_o balance_n incline_v this_o way_n or_o that_o as_o their_o weight_n more_o or_o less_o require_v and_o so_o mount_v high_a or_o low_a to_o those_o place_n where_o now_o they_o be_v seat_v but_o rather_o by_o the_o powerful_a direction_n of_o reason_n in_o the_o first_o constitution_n of_o the_o world_n some_o of_o the_o star_n like_v unto_o bright_a and_o glitter_a eye_n have_v be_v set_v fast_o in_o the_o firmament_n as_o one_o will_v say_v aloft_o in_o the_o very_a forehead_n thereof_o and_o the_o sun_n represent_v the_o power_n and_o vigour_n of_o the_o heart_n send_v and_o distribute_v in_o manner_n of_o blood_n and_o spirit_n his_o heat_n and_o light_n throughout_o all_o the_o earth_n and_o sea_n be_v to_o the_o world_n proportionable_a to_o the_o paunch_n and_o bladder_n in_o the_o body_n of_o a_o live_a creature_n the_o moon_n situate_v between_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o earth_n as_o between_o the_o heart_n and_o the_o belly_n resemble_v the_o liver_n or_o some_o such_o soft_a bowel_z transmit_v into_o the_o inferior_a part_n here_o beneath_o the_o heat_n of_o those_o superior_a body_n and_o draw_v to_o herself_o those_o vapour_n that_o arise_v from_o hence_o and_o those_o do_v she_o 〈◊〉_d &_o refine_v by_o way_n of_o concoction_n and_o purification_n and_o so_o send_v and_o distribute_v they_o round_o about_o she_o now_o whether_o that_o solid_a and_o terrestrial_a portion_n in_o it_o have_v some_o other_o property_n serve_v for_o a_o profitable_a use_n or_o no_o it_o be_v unknowen_a to_o we_o but_o sure_o it_o be_v evermore_o the_o best_a and_o sure_a way_n in_o all_o thing_n to_o go_v by_o that_o which_o be_v necessary_a for_o what_o probability_n or_o likelihood_n can_v we_o draw_v from_o that_o which_o they_o deliver_v they_o affirm_v that_o of_o the_o air_n the_o most_o subtle_a and_o lightsome_a part_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o rarity_n thereof_o become_v heaven_n but_o that_o which_o be_v thicken_v and_o close_o drive_v together_o go_v to_o the_o make_n of_o star_n of_o which_o the_o moon_n be_v the_o heavy_a of_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v concrete_a and_o compact_a of_o the_o most_o gross_a and_o muddy_a matter_n thereof_o and_o yet_o a_o man_n may_v perceive_v how_o she_o be_v not_o separate_v nor_o divide_v from_o the_o air_n but_o move_v and_o perform_v her_o revolution_n through_o that_o which_o be_v about_o she_o even_o the_o region_n of_o the_o wind_n and_o where_o comet_n or_o blaze_a star_n be_v engender_v and_o hold_v on_o their_o course_n thus_o these_o body_n have_v not_o
of_o law_n unless_o some_o urgent_a necessity_n enforce_v they_o thereto_o and_o otherwise_o it_o be_v very_o meet_v and_o expedient_a for_o the_o commonalty_n of_o thebes_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v some_o not_o culpable_a of_o this_o massacre_n but_o innocent_a and_o clear_a of_o all_o that_o then_o shall_v be_v commit_v for_o so_o these_o man_n will_v be_v less_o suspect_v of_o the_o people_n and_o be_v think_v to_o counsel_n and_o exhort_v they_o for_o the_o best_a we_o think_v very_o well_o of_o this_o advice_n of_o he_o and_o so_o he_o repair_v again_o to_o simmias_n and_o we_o go_v down_o to_o the_o place_n of_o public_a exercise_n where_o we_o meet_v with_o our_o friend_n and_o there_o we_o deal_v one_o with_o another_o apart_o as_o we_o wrestle_v together_o question_v about_o one_o thing_n or_o another_o and_o tell_v this_o or_o that_o every_o one_o prepare_v himself_o to_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o design_n and_o there_o we_o may_v see_v archias_n and_o philippus_n all_o anoint_a and_o oil_v go_v towards_o the_o feast_n for_o phyllidas_n fear_v that_o they_o will_v make_v haste_n and_o put_v amphitheus_n to_o death_n so_o soon_o as_o ever_o he_o have_v accompany_v lysanoridas_n and_o send_v he_o away_o take_v archias_n with_o he_o feed_v he_o with_o hope_n to_o enjoy_v the_o lady_n who_o he_o desire_v and_o promise_v that_o she_o shall_v be_v at_o the_o feast_n whereby_o he_o persuade_v he_o to_o mind_v no_o other_o thing_n but_o to_o solace_v himself_o and_o make_v merry_a with_o those_o who_o be_v wont_n to_o roist_v and_o riot_n with_o he_o by_o this_o time_n it_o draw_v towards_o night_n the_o weather_n grow_v to_o be_v cold_a and_o the_o wind_n rise_v high_a which_o cause_v every_o man_n with_o more_o speed_n to_o retire_v and_o take_v house_n i_o for_o my_o part_n meet_v with_o damoclidas_n pelopidas_n and_o theopompus_n entertain_v they_o and_o other_o do_v the_o like_a to_o the_o rest_n for_o after_o that_o these_o banish_a person_n be_v pass_v over_o the_o mountain_n cythaera_n they_o part_v themselves_o and_o the_o coldness_n of_o the_o weather_n give_v they_o good_a occasion_n without_o all_o suspicion_n to_o cover_v their_o face_n and_o so_o to_o pass_v along_o the_o city_n undiscovered_a and_o some_o of_o they_o there_o be_v who_o as_o they_o enter_v the_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n perceive_v it_o to_o lighten_v on_o their_o right_a hand_n without_o thunder_n which_o they_o take_v for_o a_o good_a presage_n of_o safety_n and_o glory_n in_o their_o proceed_n as_o if_o this_o sign_n betoken_v that_o the_o execution_n of_o their_o designment_n shall_v be_v lightsome_a and_o honourable_a but_o without_o any_o danger_n at_o all_o now_o when_o we_o be_v all_o enter_v in_o and_o safe_a within_o house_n to_o the_o number_n of_o eight_o and_o forty_o as_o theocritus_n be_v sacrifice_v apart_o in_o a_o little_a oratory_n or_o chapel_n by_o himself_o he_o hear_v a_o great_a rap_a and_o bounce_v at_o the_o door_n and_o anon_o there_o be_v one_o come_v and_o bring_v he_o word_n that_o two_o halberd_n of_o archias_n guard_v knock_v at_o the_o outward_a gate_n as_o be_v send_v in_o great_a haste_n to_o charon_n command_v to_o open_v they_o the_o door_n as_o great_o offend_v that_o they_o have_v stay_v so_o long_o whereat_o charon_n be_v trouble_v in_o mind_n command_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v let_v in_o present_o who_o meet_v they_o within_o the_o court_n with_o a_o coronet_n upon_o his_o head_n as_o have_v new_o sacrifice_v unto_o the_o god_n and_o make_v good_a cheer_n demand_v of_o these_o halberd_n what_o they_o will_v archias_n and_o philippus_n say_v they_o have_v send_v we_o willing_a and_o charge_v you_o with_o all_o speed_n to_o repair_v unto_o they_o why_o what_o be_v the_o matter_n quoth_v charon_n that_o they_o shall_v send_v for_o i_o in_o such_o haste_n at_o this_o time_n of_o the_o night_n and_o what_o great_a news_n be_v there_o we_o know_v not_o say_v these_o sergeant_n but_o what_o word_n will_v you_o have_v we_o to_o carry_v back_o unto_o they_o mary_n tell_v they_o quoth_v he_o that_o i_o will_v cast_v off_o my_o chaplet_n and_o put_v on_o another_o robe_n and_o present_o follow_v after_o for_o if_o i_o shall_v go_v with_o you_o it_o may_v be_v a_o occasion_n of_o trouble_n and_o move_v some_o to_o suspect_v that_o you_o lead_v i_o away_o to_o prison_n you_o say_v well_o answer_v the_o officer_n again_o do_v even_o so_o for_o we_o must_v goeanother_v way_n to_o those_o soldier_n that_o watch_v and_o ward_n without_o the_o city_n and_o deliver_v unto_o they_o a_o commandment_n from_o the_o head_n magistrate_n and_o ruler_n thus_o depart_v they_o with_o that_o charon_n return_v to_o we_o and_o make_v relation_n of_o these_o news_n which_o strike_v we_o into_o our_o dump_n and_o put_v we_o in_o a_o great_a affright_n suppose_v for_o certain_a that_o we_o be_v betray_v and_o our_o plot_n detect_v most_o of_o the_o company_n suspect_v hipposthenidas_n for_o that_o he_o go_v about_o to_o impeach_v the_o return_n of_o the_o exile_a person_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o chlidon_n who_o he_o mean_v to_o send_v unto_o they_o who_o see_v that_o he_o miss_v of_o his_o purpose_n by_o all_o likelihood_n upon_o a_o fearful_a and_o timorous_a heart_n may_v reveal_v our_o conspiracy_n now_o when_o it_o be_v come_v to_o the_o very_a point_n of_o execution_n for_o come_v he_o be_v not_o with_o other_o into_o the_o house_n where_o we_o be_v all_o assemble_v and_o to_o be_v short_a there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o we_o all_o that_o judge_v better_a of_o he_o than_o of_o a_o wicked_a and_o treacherous_a traitor_n howbeit_o we_o agree_v all_o in_o this_o that_o charon_n shall_v go_v thither_o as_o he_o be_v command_v and_o in_o any_o wise_a obey_v the_o magistrate_n who_o have_v send_v for_o he_o then_o he_o command_v o_o archidamus_n his_o own_o son_n to_o be_v present_a a_o stripling_n about_o fifteen_o year_n of_o age_n and_o the_o fair_a youth_n in_o all_o the_o city_n of_o thebes_n very_o laborious_a and_o affectionate_a to_o bodily_a exercise_n and_o for_o stature_n and_o strength_n surpass_v all_o his_o fellow_n and_o companion_n of_o that_o age_n make_v this_o speech_n unto_o we_o my_o master_n and_o friend_n this_o be_v my_o son_n and_o only_a child_n who_o i_o love_v entire_o as_o you_o may_v well_o think_v he_o i_o deliver_v into_o your_o hand_n beseech_v you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o god_n and_o all_o saint_n in_o heaven_n that_o if_o you_o find_v any_o perfidious_a treachery_n by_o i_o against_o you_o to_o do_v he_o to_o death_n and_o not_o spare_v he_o and_o now_o i_o humble_o pray_v you_o most_o valiant_a and_o hardy_a knight_n prepare_v yourselves_o resolute_o against_o the_o last_o feast_n that_o ever_o these_o tyrant_n shall_v make_v abandon_v not_o for_o want_v of_o courage_n your_o body_n to_o be_v villainous_o outrage_v and_o spoil_v by_o these_o most_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a person_n but_o be_v revenge_v of_o they_o and_o now_o show_v your_o invincible_a heart_n in_o the_o behalf_n of_o your_o country_n when_o charon_n have_v deliver_v these_o word_n there_o be_v not_o one_o of_o we_o all_o but_o high_o commend_v his_o magnanimity_n and_o loyalty_n but_o we_o be_v angry_a with_o he_o in_o that_o he_o doubt_v of_o we_o that_o we_o have_v he_o in_o suspicion_n and_o distrust_n and_o therefore_o will_v he_o to_o have_v away_o his_o son_n with_o he_o and_o more_o than_o that_o i_o think_v quoth_v pelopidas_n you_o have_v not_o do_v well_o and_o wise_o for_o we_o in_o that_o you_o send_v he_o not_o before_o to_o some_o other_o house_n for_o what_o reason_n or_o necessity_n be_v there_o that_o he_o shall_v either_o perish_v or_o come_v into_o peril_n be_v find_v with_o we_o and_o yet_o it_o be_v time_n enough_o to_o convey_v he_o away_o that_o in_o case_n it_o fall_v out_o with_o we_o otherwise_o than_o well_o he_o may_v grow_v up_o after_o his_o kind_n for_o to_o be_v revenge_v of_o these_o tyrant_n another_o day_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v so_o quoth_v charon_n he_o shall_v even_o stay_v here_o and_o take_v such_o part_n of_o fortune_n as_o we_o shall_v do_v and_o beside_o it_o be_v no_o part_n of_o honesty_n or_o honour_n to_o leave_v he_o in_o danger_n of_o our_o enemy_n and_o therefore_o my_o good_a son_n quoth_v he_o take_v a_o good_a heart_n and_o a_o resolute_a even_o above_o these_o year_n of_o thou_o enter_v in_o god_n name_n into_o these_o hazard_n and_o trial_n that_o be_v thus_o necessary_a together_o with_o many_o valiant_a and_o hardy_a citizen_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o liberty_n and_o virtue_n and_o even_o yet_o great_a hope_n we_o have_v that_o good_a success_n will_v follow_v and_o that_o some_o bless_a angel_n will_v
be_v so_o fierce_a and_o untractable_a use_v those_o robe_n and_o habillimont_n which_o be_v proper_a usual_a and_o familiar_a to_o they_o and_o all_o to_o gain_v their_o heart_n by_o little_a and_o little_a mollify_a by_o that_o mean_v the_o fierceness_n of_o their_o courage_n pacify_v their_o displeasure_n and_o dulce_v their_o grimness_n and_o austerity_n will_v any_o man_n blame_v or_o reproove_v and_o not_o rather_o honour_v and_o admire_v his_o politic_a wisdom_n in_o that_o with_o a_o little_a change_n and_o alter_v of_o his_o garment_n he_o have_v the_o dexterity_n and_o skill_n to_o gain_v all_o asia_n and_o lead_v it_o as_o he_o will_v make_v himself_o thus_o by_o his_o armour_n master_n and_o lord_n of_o their_o body_n and_o by_o his_o apparel_n allure_a and_o win_v their_o heart_n and_o yet_o these_o man_n commend_v aristippus_n the_o philosopher_n and_o disciple_n of_o socrates_n for_o that_o one_o while_n wear_v a_o poor_a thin_a and_o threadbare_a cloak_n and_o another_o while_n put_v on_o a_o rich_a mantel_n of_o tissue_n wrought_v and_o die_v at_o miletus_n he_o know_v how_o to_o keep_v decorum_n and_o decent_o to_o behave_v himself_o as_o well_o in_o the_o one_o garment_n as_o the_o other_o mean_v while_n they_o blame_v and_o condemn_v alexander_n in_o that_o as_o he_o honour_v the_o habit_n of_o his_o own_o country_n so_o he_o disdain_v not_o the_o apparel_n of_o another_o which_o he_o have_v conquer_v by_o arm_n intend_v thereby_o to_o lay_v the_o groundwork_n &_o foundation_n of_o great_a matter_n for_o his_o design_n and_o purpose_n be_v not_o to_o overrun_a and_o waste_a asia_n as_o a_o captain_n and_o ringleader_n of_o a_o rabble_n of_o thief_n and_o robber_n will_v do_v nor_o to_o sack_n and_o rack_n harry_v and_o worry_v it_o as_o the_o prey_n and_o booty_n of_o unexpected_a and_o unhoped_a for_o felicity_n like_v as_o afterward_o hannibal_n do_v by_o italy_n and_o before_o time_n the_o trierians_n deal_v by_o jonia_n and_o the_o scythian_n by_o asia_n who_o make_v havoc_n and_o waste_n as_o they_o go_v but_o as_o one_o who_o mean_v to_o range_v all_o the_o nation_n upon_o earth_n under_o the_o obedience_n of_o one_o and_o the_o same_o reason_n and_o to_o reduce_v all_o man_n to_o the_o same_o policy_n as_o citizen_n under_o government_n of_o a_o commonweal_n therefore_o thus_o he_o compose_v and_o transform_v himself_o in_o his_o raiment_n and_o habit_n and_o if_o that_o great_a god_n who_o send_v the_o soul_n of_o alexander_n from_o heaven_n to_o earth_n below_o have_v not_o so_o sudden_o call_v it_o away_o again_o unto_o himself_o peradventure_o there_o have_v be_v but_o one_o law_n to_o rule_v and_o overlook_v all_o man_n live_v the_o whole_a world_n haply_o have_v be_v govern_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o justice_n as_o a_o common_a light_n to_o illustrate_v all_o place_n whereas_o now_o those_o part_n of_o the_o earth_n which_o never_o have_v a_o sight_n of_o alexander_n remain_v in_o the_o shadow_n of_o darkness_n as_o destitute_a of_o the_o very_a light_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o therefore_o the_o very_a first_o project_n of_o his_o expedition_n and_o voyage_n show_v that_o he_o carry_v the_o mind_n of_o a_o true_a philosopher_n indeed_o who_o aim_v not_o at_o the_o gain_n for_o himself_o dainty_a delight_n and_o costly_a pleasure_n but_o intend_v to_o procure_v and_o compass_v a_o universal_a peace_n concord_n unity_n and_o society_n of_o all_o man_n live_v one_o with_o another_o in_o the_o second_o place_n consider_v we_o his_o word_n and_o sentence_n for_o that_o in_o other_o king_n and_o potentate_n also_o their_o manner_n and_o intention_n of_o their_o mind_n be_v principal_o bewray_v by_o their_o speech_n antigonus_z the_o elder_a when_o a_o certain_a sophister_n upon_o a_o time_n present_v and_o pronounce_v unto_o he_o certain_a commentary_n and_o treatise_n which_o he_o have_v compose_v as_o touch_v justice_n good_a fellow_n quoth_v he_o thou_o be_v a_o fool_n to_o come_v and_o preach_v unto_o one_o of_o justice_n when_o thou_o see_v i_o bend_v my_o ordinance_n against_o the_o city_n of_o other_o prince_n and_o batter_v their_o wall_n as_o i_o do_v denys_n also_o the_o tyrant_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o we_o shall_v deceive_v child_n with_o die_n and_o cockal_a bone_n but_o beguile_v man_n with_o oath_n and_o upon_o the_o tomb_n of_o sardanapalus_n be_v engrave_v this_o epitaph_n what_o i_o do_v eat_v and_o drink_v i_o have_v the_o sport_n also_o remain_v which_o lady_n venus_n do_v vouchsave_o all_o else_o i_o count_v but_o vain_a who_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o by_o the_o last_o of_o those_o speech_n and_o apothegm_n sensual_a lust_n and_o voluptuousness_n be_v authorize_v by_o the_o second_o atheism_n and_o impiety_n and_o by_o the_o first_o injustice_n and_o avarice_n now_o if_o you_o take_v away_o from_o the_o say_n of_o alexander_n his_o royal_a crown_n and_o diadem_n the_o addition_n of_o jupiter_n amnion_n who_o son_n he_o be_v style_v to_o be_v and_o the_o nobility_n of_o his_o birth_n certes_o you_o will_v say_v they_o be_v the_o sage_a sentence_n of_o socrates_n plato_n or_o pythagoras_n for_o we_o must_v not_o stand_v upon_o the_o brave_a title_n and_o proud_a inscription_n which_o poet_n have_v devise_v to_o be_v imprint_v or_o engrave_v upon_o his_o picture_n image_n and_o statue_n have_v a_o eye_n and_o regard_v not_o to_o show_v the_o modesty_n but_o to_o magnify_v the_o puissance_n of_o alexander_n as_o for_o example_n this_o image_n here_o that_o stand_v in_o brass_n so_o bright_a of_o alexander_n be_v the_o portrait_n right_o up_o towards_o heaven_n he_o both_o his_o eye_n do_v cast_v and_o unto_o jove_n seem_v thus_o to_o speak_v at_o last_o i_o be_v the_o earth_n by_o conquest_n i_o it_o hold_v thou_o jupiter_n in_o heaven_n may_v be_v bold_a and_o another_o of_o jupiter_n that_o heavenly_a god_n of_o might_n the_o son_n be_o i_o great_a alexander_n hight_v these_o be_v the_o glorious_a title_n which_o glaver_a poet_n i_o say_v in_o flattery_n of_o his_o fortune_n father_v upon_o he_o but_o if_o a_o man_n will_v recount_v the_o true_a apothegm_n indeed_o of_o alexander_n he_o may_v do_v well_o to_o begin_v first_o at_o those_o which_o he_o deliver_v in_o his_o childhood_n for_o be_v in_o footmanship_n the_o swft_a of_o all_o other_o young_a lad_n of_o his_o age_n when_o his_o familiar_a playfeere_n and_o mate_n be_v in_o hand_n with_o he_o very_o earnest_o to_o run_v a_o course_n at_o the_o olympian_a game_n for_o a_o prize_n he_o demand_v of_o they_o again_o whether_o he_o shall_v meet_v with_o king_n there_o for_o his_o concurrent_n in_o the_o race_n and_o when_o they_o answer_v no_o then_o be_v the_o match_n quoth_v he_o not_o equal_o nor_o indifferent_o make_v wherein_o if_o i_o have_v the_o worse_a a_o king_n shall_v be_v foil_v and_o if_o i_o gain_v the_o victory_n i_o shall_v but_o conquer_v private_a person_n when_o his_o father_n philip_n chance_v in_o a_o battle_n against_o the_o triballian_n to_o be_v run_v through_o the_o thigh_n with_o a_o lance_n and_o albeit_o that_o he_o escape_v danger_n of_o death_n yet_o be_v much_o grieve_v and_o dismay_v to_o limp_v and_o halt_v thereupon_o as_o he_o do_v be_v of_o good_a cheer_n good_a father_n quoth_v he_o and_o go_v abroad_o hardly_o in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n that_o at_o every_o step_n you_o tread_v and_o set_v forward_o you_o may_v be_v put_v in_o mind_n of_o your_o valour_n and_o virtue_n how_o say_v you_o now_o proceed_v not_o these_o answer_n from_o a_o philosophical_a mind_n and_o show_v they_o not_o a_o heart_n which_o be_v ravish_v with_o a_o divine_a instinct_n and_o ardent_a love_n of_o good_a and_o honest_a thing_n care_v not_o for_o the_o defect_n of_o the_o body_n for_o how_o great_o think_v you_o joy_v and_o glory_v he_o in_o the_o wound_n that_o he_o receive_v in_o his_o own_o person_n who_o in_o every_o one_o of_o they_o bear_v the_o testimony_n and_o memorial_n of_o some_o nation_n subdue_v some_o battle_n win_v of_o some_o city_n force_v by_o assail_v or_o of_o some_o king_n that_o yield_v to_o his_o mercy_n certes_o he_o never_o take_v care_n to_o cover_v and_o hide_v his_o scar_n but_o carry_v they_o about_o he_o and_o show_v they_o where_o ever_o he_o go_v as_o so_o many_o mark_n and_o token_n engrave_v to_o testify_v his_o virtue_n and_o prowess_n and_o if_o at_o any_o time_n there_o grow_v some_o comparison_n either_o by_o way_n of_o serious_a disputation_n in_o point_n of_o learning_n or_o in_o table_n talk_v as_o touch_v the_o verse_n of_o homer_n which_o of_o they_o be_v best_o when_o some_o seem_v to_o commend_v this_o verse_n other_o that_o he_o will_v evermore_o prefer_v this_o above_o all_o other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o
and_o with_o his_o dagger_n give_v he_o such_o a_o stab_n as_o he_o lay_v he_o along_o and_o kill_v he_o out_o of_o hand_n but_o see_v the_o malice_n of_o fortune_n there_o run_v i_o forth_o out_o of_o a_o milihouse_n or_o backhouse_n thereby_o another_o villain_n with_o a_o pestle_n and_o come_v behind_o he_o give_v he_o such_o a_o souse_n upon_o the_o very_a neck_n bone_n that_o he_o be_v astonish_v therewith_o and_o there_o lie_v along_o in_o a_o swoon_n have_v lose_v his_o sight_n and_o other_o sense_n for_o a_o time_n but_o virtue_n it_o be_v that_o assist_v he_o which_o give_v both_o unto_o himself_o a_o good_a heart_n and_o also_o unto_o his_o friend_n strength_n resolution_n and_o diligence_n to_o succour_v he_o for_o limnaeus_n ptolemeus_n and_o leonnatus_n with_o as_o many_o beside_o as_o either_o have_v clamber_v over_o the_o wall_n or_o break_v through_o come_v in_o and_o put_v themselves_o between_o he_o and_o his_o enemy_n they_o with_o their_o valour_n be_v to_o he_o in_o stead_n of_o a_o wall_n and_o rampire_n they_o for_o mere_a affection_n and_o love_n unto_o their_o king_n expose_v their_o body_n their_o force_n and_o their_o life_n before_o he_o unto_o all_o danger_n whatsoever_o for_o it_o be_v not_o by_o fortune_n that_o there_o be_v man_n who_o voluntary_o present_v themselves_o to_o present_a death_n but_o it_o be_v for_o the_o love_n of_o virtue_n like_v as_o bee_n have_v drink_v as_o it_o be_v the_o amatorious_a potion_n of_o natural_a love_n and_o affection_n be_v always_o about_o their_o king_n and_o stick_v close_o unto_o he_o now_o say_v there_o have_v be_v one_o there_o without_o the_o danger_n of_o shot_n to_o have_v see_v this_o sight_n at_o his_o pleasure_n will_v not_o he_o have_v say_v that_o he_o have_v behold_v a_o notable_a combat_n of_o fortune_n against_o virtue_n wherein_o the_o barbarian_n by_o the_o help_n of_o fortune_n prevail_v above_o their_o desert_n and_o the_o greek_n by_o mean_n of_o virtue_n resist_v above_o their_o power_n and_o if_o the_o former_a get_v the_o better_a hand_n it_o will_v be_v think_v the_o work_n of_o fortune_n and_o of_o some_o malign_a and_o envious_a spirit_n but_o if_o these_o become_v superior_a virtue_n fortitude_n faith_n and_o friendship_n shall_v carry_v away_o the_o honour_n of_o victory_n for_o nothing_o else_o accompany_v alexander_n in_o this_o place_n as_o for_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o force_n and_o provision_n his_o army_n his_o horse_n and_o his_o fleet_n fortune_n set_v the_o wall_n of_o this_o vile_a town_n between_o he_o and_o they_o well_o the_o macedonian_n in_o the_o end_n defait_v these_o barbarian_n beat_v the_o place_n down_o over_o their_o head_n and_o raze_v it_o quite_o and_o bury_v they_o in_o the_o ruin_n and_o fall_v thereof_o but_o what_o good_a do_v all_o this_o to_o alexander_n in_o this_o case_n carry_v he_o may_v well_o be_v and_o that_o speedy_o away_o out_o of_o their_o hand_n with_o the_o arrow_n stick_v still_o in_o his_o bosom_n but_o the_o war_n be_v yet_o close_o within_o his_o rib_n the_o arrow_n be_v set_v fast_o as_o a_o spike_n or_o great_a nail_n to_o bind_v as_o it_o be_v the_o cuirace_n to_o his_o body_n for_o whosoever_o go_v about_o to_o pluck_v it_o out_o of_o the_o wound_n as_o from_o the_o root_n the_o head_n will_v not_o follow_v withal_o consider_v it_o be_v drive_v so_o sure_o into_o that_o solid_a breast_n bone_n which_o be_v over_o the_o heart_n neither_o dare_v any_o see_v off_o that_o part_n of_o the_o steile_n that_o be_v without_o for_o fear_v of_o shake_v cleave_a &_o crack_v the_o say_a bone_n by_o that_o mean_n so_o much_o the_o more_o and_o by_o that_o mean_v cause_n exceed_v and_o intolerable_a pain_n beside_o the_o effusion_n of_o much_o blood_n out_o of_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o wound_n himself_o see_n his_o people_n about_o he_o a_o long_a time_n uncerteine_a what_o to_o do_v set_v in_o hand_n to_o hack_v the_o shaft_n a_o two_o with_o his_o dagger_n close_o to_o the_o superficies_n of_o his_o cuirace_n aforesaid_a and_o so_o to_o cut_v it_o off_o clean_o but_o his_o hand_n fail_v he_o and_o have_v not_o strength_n sufficient_a for_o to_o do_v the_o deed_n for_o it_o grow_v heavy_a and_o benumb_a with_o the_o inflammation_n of_o the_o wound_n whereupon_o he_o command_v his_o chirurgeon_n to_o set_v to_o their_o hand_n bold_o and_o to_o fear_v nought_o encourage_v thus_o hurt_v as_o he_o be_v those_o that_o be_v sound_a and_o unwounded_a chide_v and_o rebuke_v some_o that_o keep_v a_o weep_v about_o he_o and_o bemoan_v he_o other_o he_o call_v traitor_n who_o dare_v not_o help_v he_o in_o 〈◊〉_d this_o distress_n he_o cry_v also_o to_o his_o minion_n and_o familiar_n let_v no_o man_n be_v timorous_a and_o cowardly_a for_o i_o no_o not_o though_o my_o life_n lie_v on_o it_o i_o shall_v never_o be_v think_v and_o believe_v not_o to_o fear_v die_v if_o you_o be_v affraied_a of_o my_o death_n *****************_o of_o isis_n and_o osiris_n the_o summarie_n the_o wisdom_n and_o learning_n of_o the_o egyptian_n have_v be_v much_o recommend_v unto_o we_o by_o ancient_a writer_n and_o not_o without_o good_a cause_n consider_v that_o egypt_n have_v be_v the_o source_n and_o fountain_n from_o whence_o have_v flow_v into_o the_o world_n art_n and_o liberal_a science_n as_o a_o man_n may_v gather_v by_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o first_o poet_n and_o philosopher_n that_o ever_o be_v but_o time_n which_o consume_v all_o thing_n have_v bereave_v we_o of_o the_o knowledge_n of_o such_o wisdom_n or_o if_o there_o remain_v still_o with_o we_o any_o thing_n at_o all_o it_o be_v but_o in_o fragment_n and_o piece_n scatter_v here_o and_o there_o whereof_o many_o time_n we_o must_v divine_v or_o guess_v and_o that_o be_v all_o but_o in_o recompense_n thereof_o plutarch_n a_o man_n careful_a to_o preserve_v all_o goodly_a and_o great_a thing_n have_v by_o the_o mean_n of_o this_o discourse_n touch_v isis_n and_o osiris_n maintain_v and_o keep_v entire_a a_o good_a part_n of_o the_o egyptian_n doctrine_n which_o he_o be_v not_o content_a to_o set_v down_o literal_o &_o there_o a_o end_n but_o have_v adjoin_v thereto_o also_o a_o interpretation_n thereof_o according_a to_o the_o mystical_a sense_n of_o the_o isiake_a priest_n discover_v in_o few_o word_n a_o in_o finit_a number_n of_o secret_n hide_v under_o ridiculous_a &_o monstrous_a fable_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o we_o may_v call_v this_o treatise_n a_o commentary_n of_o the_o egyptian_n theology_n and_o philosophy_n as_o for_o the_o content_n thereof_o a_o man_n may_v reduce_v it_o into_o three_o principal_a part_n in_o the_o first_o which_o may_v serve_v instead_o of_o a_o preface_n he_o yield_v a_o reason_n of_o his_o enterprise_n &_o upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o rasture_n vesture_n continence_n and_o ab_fw-la stinence_n of_o isis_n priest_n there_o be_v a_o entry_n make_v to_o the_o rehearsal_n of_o the_o fable_n concern_v isis_n &_o osiris_n but_o before_o he_o touch_v it_o he_o show_v the_o reason_n why_o the_o egyptian_n have_v thus_o dark_o enfold_v their_o divinity_n which_o do_v he_o come_v to_o decipher_v in_o particular_a the_o say_a fable_n relate_v it_o according_a to_o the_o bare_a letter_n which_o be_v the_o second_o part_n of_o this_o book_n in_o the_o three_o he_o expound_v the_o fable_n itself_o and_o first_o discover_v the_o principle_n of_o the_o say_v egyptian_a philosophy_n by_o a_o sort_n of_o temple_n sepulchre_n and_o sacrifice_n afterward_o have_v refute_v certain_a contrary_a opinion_n he_o speak_v of_o daemon_n range_v isis_n osiris_n and_o typhon_n in_o the_o number_n of_o they_o after_o this_o theological_a exposition_n he_o consider_v the_o fable_n according_a to_o natural_a philosophy_n meaning_n by_o osiris_n the_o river_n nilus_n and_o all_o other_o power_n of_o moisture_n whatsoever_o by_o typhon_n dryness_n and_o by_o isis_n that_o nature_n which_o preserve_v and_o govern_v the_o world_n where_o he_o make_v a_o comparison_n between_o bacchus_n of_o greece_n and_o osiris_n of_o egypt_n apply_v all_o unto_o natural_a cause_n then_o expound_v he_o the_o fable_n more_o exact_o and_o in_o particular_a manner_n confer_v this_o interpretation_n thereof_o with_o that_o of_o the_o stoic_n whereupon_o he_o do_v accommodate_v and_o fit_v all_o to_o the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n as_o she_o grow_v and_o decrease_v to_o the_o rise_n also_o and_o inundation_n of_o nilus_n make_v of_o all_o the_o former_a opinion_n a_o certain_a mixture_n from_o whence_o he_o draw_v the_o explication_n of_o the_o fable_n by_o occasion_n hereof_o he_o enter_v into_o a_o disputation_n as_o touch_v the_o principle_n and_o beginning_n of_o all_o thing_n set_v down_o twain_o and_o allege_v for_o the_o proof_n and_o confirmation_n of_o his_o speech_n the_o testimony_n of_o