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confidence_n of_o his_o future_a victory_n he_o present_v jaddus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o priest_n from_o who_o he_o receive_v that_o light_n of_o the_o prophecy_n with_o many_o and_o rich_a gift_n and_o moreover_o give_v they_o not_o only_o free_a liberty_n to_o use_v their_o own_o law_n and_o religion_n but_o release_v they_o from_o a_o seven_o year_n tribute_n panormitan_n lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr dictis_n &_o factis_fw-la alphons_n report_v that_o alphonsus_n king_n of_o arragon_n and_o sicily_n never_o suffer_v any_o man_n to_o exceed_v he_o in_o bounty_n and_o gratitude_n and_o herodotus_n lib._n 1._o tell_v we_o that_o though_o cyrus_n know_v himself_o to_o be_v the_o son_n of_o cambyses_n king_n of_o persia_n and_o mandanes_n daughter_n to_o astyages_n king_n of_o the_o mede_n yet_o his_o nurse_n spaco_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v cino_n from_o whence_o grow_v the_o fable_n that_o he_o be_v nurse_v by_o a_o bitch_n who_o be_v wife_n to_o the_o herdsman_n of_o king_n mithridates_n he_o hold_v in_o such_o great_a honour_n that_o no_o day_n pass_v he_o in_o which_o he_o have_v not_o the_o name_n of_o cino_n in_o his_o mouth_n hence_o come_v it_o according_a to_o hect._n both_o lib._n 2._o that_o the_o nurse-children_n of_o the_o most_o noble_a scot_n affect_v those_o of_o who_o milk_n they_o have_v suck_v and_o title_n they_o by_o the_o name_n of_o foster-brother_n plutarch_n speak_v of_o pyrrhus_n king_n of_o the_o epyrot_n that_o he_o be_v humane_a and_o gentle_a unto_o his_o familiar_a friend_n and_o ever_o ready_a to_o requite_v any_o courtesy_n do_v unto_o he_o and_o caspinus_fw-la report_v of_o henry_n the_o second_o emperor_n that_o only_o because_o he_o be_v instruct_v in_o learning_n and_o art_n in_o a_o town_n of_o saxony_n call_v hildescheim_n he_o for_o that_o cause_n make_v it_o a_o episcopal_a see_v and_o endow_v it_o with_o many_o fair_a and_o rich_a revenue_n it_o be_v report_v by_o plutarch_n of_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n the_o father_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a that_o when_o his_o great_a friend_n eparchus_n embricus_fw-la be_v dead_a he_o mourn_v and_o lament_v exceed_o but_o when_o one_o come_v to_o comfort_v he_o and_o say_v there_o be_v no_o occasion_n of_o this_o his_o so_o great_a sorrow_n in_o regard_n he_o die_v well_o and_o in_o a_o full_a and_o mature_a age_n he_o make_v answer_v indeed_o he_o die_v so_o to_o himself_o but_o to_o i_o most_o immature_o in_o regard_n death_n do_v anticipate_v he_o before_o i_o have_v requite_v his_o many_o courtesy_n to_o the_o full_a hieroglyphic_n per_fw-la cucupham_n avem_fw-la say_v pierius_n valerius_n which_o i_o understand_v to_o be_v the_o stork_n the_o egyptians_n hierogliphycal_o signify_v paternal_a and_o filial_a gratitude_n for_o as_o philippus_n phiropollines_n testate_n above_o all_o other_o bird_n they_o repay_v unto_o their_o parent_n be_v old_a those_o benefit_n which_o they_o receive_v from_o they_o be_v young_a for_o in_o the_o same_o place_n where_o they_o be_v first_o hatch_v be_v grow_v to_o ripeness_n they_o prepare_v a_o new_a nest_n for_o their_o dam_n where_o they_o cherish_v they_o in_o their_o age_n bring_v they_o meat_n pluck_v away_o the_o incommodious_a and_o unprofitable_a feather_n and_o if_o they_o be_v unable_a to_o fly_v support_v they_o upon_o their_o more_o able_a wing_n we_o read_v his_o thirty_o emblem_n emblem_n ad_fw-la gratiam_fw-la referendam_fw-la thus_o aërio_fw-la insignis_fw-la pielate_fw-la ciconia_n nido_fw-la implumis_fw-la pullos_fw-la pectore_fw-la grata_fw-la fovet_fw-la etc._n etc._n the_o indulgent_a stork_n who_o build_v her_o nest_n on_o high_a observe_v for_o her_o alternat_a piety_n do_v cherish_v her_o unfeathered_a young_a and_o feed_v they_o and_o look_n from_o they_o the_o like_a when_o she_o shall_v need_v they_o that_o be_v when_o she_o grow_v decrepit_a old_a and_o weak_a nor_o do_v her_o pious_a issue_n covenant_n break_v for_o unto_o her_o be_v hungry_a food_n she_o bring_v and_o be_v weak_a support_v she_o on_o her_o wing_n saint_n bernard_n super_fw-la cantic_n say_v disce_fw-la in_o ferendo_fw-la gratias_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la tardus_fw-la non_fw-la segnis_fw-la etc._n etc._n learn_v in_o thy_o thankfulness_n not_o to_o be_v slack_a nor_o slow_a but_o for_o every_o singular_a courtesy_n to_o be_v particular_o grateful_a and_o in_o his_o first_o sermon_n upon_o the_o same_o he_o use_v these_o word_n as_o often_o as_o temptation_n be_v overcome_v or_o sin_n subdue_v or_o imminent_a peril_n escape_v or_o the_o snare_n of_o the_o adversary_n avoid_v or_o any_o old_a and_o inveterat_fw-la disease_n of_o the_o mind_n heal_v or_o any_o long-wished_a and_o oft-deferred_n virtue_n obtain_v by_o the_o great_a grace_n and_o gift_n of_o god_n so_o often_o ought_v laud_v and_o praise_n with_o thanksgiving_n be_v render_v unto_o he_o for_o in_o every_o particular_a benefit_n bestow_v upon_o we_o god_n ought_v to_o be_v particular_o bless_v otherwise_o that_o man_n shall_v be_v repute_v ingrateful_a who_o when_o he_o shall_v be_v call_v to_o a_o account_n before_o god_n can_v say_v cantabiles_fw-la mihi_fw-la erant_fw-la iustificationes_fw-la tuus_fw-la let_v we_o now_o hear_v what_o the_o poet_n say_v concern_v gratitude_n we_o read_v ovid_n 4._o de_fw-fr ponte_n thus_o pro_fw-la quibus_fw-la ut_fw-la meritis_fw-la referentur_fw-la gratia_fw-la jurat_fw-la se_fw-la fore_fw-la mancipium_fw-la tempus_fw-la in_o omne_fw-la tuum_fw-la etc._n etc._n for_o which_o that_o due_a thanks_o may_v be_v give_v he_o swear_v himself_o thy_o slave_n to_o infinite_n of_o year_n first_o shall_v the_o mountain_n of_o their_o tree_n be_v bare_a and_o on_o the_o sea_n sail_v neither_o ship_n nor_o crare_z and_o flood_n unto_o their_o fountain_n backward_o fly_v than_o of_o thy_o love_n shall_v fail_v my_o memory_n as_o also_o virgil_n aenead_n lib._n 2._o dij_fw-la si_fw-la quaest_n coelo_fw-la pietas_fw-la quae_fw-la talia_fw-la curet_fw-la persolvant_fw-la grate_v dignas_fw-la &_o proemia_fw-la reddant_fw-la debita_fw-la the_o god_n themselves_o if_o in_o the_o heaven_n there_o be_v which_o shall_v of_o these_o take_v charge_n that_o piety_n return_v thou_o merit_v thanks_o and_o such_o a_o meed_n as_o be_v behooveful_a for_o thy_o grateful_a deed_n sophocles_n in_o oedipo_fw-la say_v gratiam_fw-la adfert_fw-la gratia_fw-la &_o beneficium_fw-la semper_fw-la beneficium_fw-la parit_fw-la thanks_o beget_v thanks_o and_o one_o benefit_n pluck_v on_o another_o say_v seneca_n en_fw-fr est_fw-fr gratum_fw-la opus_fw-la si_fw-la ultro_fw-la offeras_fw-la behold_v that_o be_v a_o grateful_a work_n which_o come_v free_o and_o of_o thy_o own_o accord_n and_o in_o another_o place_n beneficium_fw-la dare_v qui_fw-la nescit_fw-la injustè_fw-fr petit_fw-fr he_o that_o know_v not_o how_o to_o do_v a_o courtesy_n with_o no_o justice_n can_v expect_v any_o again_o beneficium_fw-la accipere_fw-la est_fw-la libertatem_fw-la vendere_fw-la to_o receive_v a_o 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oblivion_n shall_v once_o stain_v this_o memory_n which_o last_v shall_v remain_v i_o conclude_v this_o theme_n of_o gratitude_n with_o