that_o the_o knowledge_n i_o seek_v in_o they_o be_v there_o so_o scatter_o and_o loose_o handle_v that_o whosoever_o read_v they_o be_v not_o tie_v to_o plod_v long_o upon_o they_o whereof_o i_o be_o uncapable_a and_o so_o be_v plutarke_n little_a work_n and_o senecaes_n epistle_n which_o be_v the_o best_a and_o most_o profitable_a part_n of_o their_o write_n it_o be_v no_o great_a matter_n to_o draw_v i_o to_o they_o and_o i_o leave_v they_o where_o i_o list_v for_o they_o succeed_v not_o and_o depend_v not_o one_o of_o another_o both_o jump_v and_o suit_n together_o in_o most_o true_a and_o profitable_a opinion_n and_o fortune_n bring_v they_o both_o into_o the_o world_n in_o one_o age_n both_o be_v tutor_n unto_o two_o roman_a emperor_n both_o be_v stranger_n and_o come_v from_o far_a country_n both_o rich_a and_o mighty_a in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o in_o credit_n with_o their_o master_n their_o instruction_n be_v the_o prime_n and_o cream_n of_o philosophy_n and_o present_v with_o a_o plain_a unaffected_a and_o pertinent_a fashion_n plutarch_n be_v more_o uniform_a and_o constant_a seneca_n more_o wave_a and_o diverse_a this_o do_v labour_n force_n and_o extend_v himself_o to_o arm_v and_o strengthen_v virtue_n against_o weakness_n fear_n and_o vicious_a desire_n the_o other_o seem_v nothing_o so_o much_o to_o fear_v their_o force_n or_o attempt_v and_o in_o a_o manner_n scorn_v to_o hasten_v or_o change_v his_o pace_n about_o they_o and_o to_o put_v himself_o upon_o his_o guard_n plutarkes_n opinion_n be_v platonical_a gentle_a and_o accommodable_a unto_o civil_a society_n senacaes_n stoical_a and_o epicurian_a further_o from_o common_a use_n but_o in_o my_o conceit_n more_o proper_a particular_a and_o more_o solid_a it_o appear_v in_o seneca_n that_o he_o somewhat_o incline_v and_o yield_v to_o the_o tyranny_n of_o the_o emperor_n which_o be_v in_o his_o day_n for_o i_o very_o believe_v it_o be_v with_o a_o force_a judgement_n he_o condemn_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o noblie-minded_n murderer_n of_o caesar_n plutarch_n be_v every_o where_o free_a and_o open-hearted_n seneca_n full-fraught_a with_o point_n and_o sally_n plutarch_n stuff_v with_o matter_n the_o former_a do_v move_v and_o inflame_v you_o more_o the_o latter_a content_a please_v and_o pay_v you_o better_o this_o do_v guide_v you_o the_o other_o drive_v you_o on_o as_o for_o cicero_n of_o all_o his_o work_n those_o that_o treat_v of_o philosophy_n namely_o moral_a be_v they_o which_o best_o serve_v my_o turn_n and_o square_a with_o my_o intent_n but_o bold_o to_o confess_v the_o truth_n for_o since_o the_o bar_n of_o impudency_n be_v break_v down_o all_o curb_v be_v take_v away_o his_o manner_n of_o writing_n seem_v very_o tedious_a unto_o i_o as_o do_v all_o suchlike_a stuff_n for_o his_o preface_n definition_n division_n and_o etymology_n consume_v the_o great_a part_n of_o his_o work_n whatsoever_o quick_a witty_a and_o pithy_a conceit_n be_v in_o he_o be_v surcharge_v and_o confound_v by_o those_o his_o long_a and_o far-fetched_a preamble_n if_o i_o bestow_v but_o one_o hour_n in_o read_v he_o which_o be_v much_o for_o i_o and_o let_v i_o call_v to_o mind_n what_o substance_n or_o juice_n i_o have_v draw_v from_o he_o for_o the_o most_o part_n i_o find_v nothing_o but_o wind_n &_o ostentation_n in_o he_o for_o he_o be_v not_o yet_o come_v to_o the_o argument_n which_o make_v for_o his_o purpose_n and_o reason_n that_o proper_o concern_v the_o knot_n or_o pith_n i_o seek-aft_a these_o logical_a and_o aristotelian_a ordinance_n be_v not_o availfull_a for_o i_o who_o only_o endeavour_v to_o become_v more_o wise_a and_o sufficient_a and_o not_o more_o witty_a or_o eloquent_a i_o will_v have_v one_o begin_v with_o the_o last_o point_n i_o understand_v sufficient_o what_o death_n and_o voluptuousness_n be_v let_v not_o a_o man_n busy_a himself_o to_o anatomize_v they_o at_o the_o first_o read_v of_o a_o book_n i_o seek_v for_o good_a and_o solid_a reason_n that_o may_v instruct_v i_o how_o to_o sustain_v their_o assault_n it_o be_v nether_a gramaticall_a subtlety_n nor_o logical_a quiddity_n nor_o the_o witty_a contexture_n of_o choice_n word_n or_o argument_n and_o syllogism_n that_o will_v serve_v my_o turn_n i_o like_v those_o discourse_n that_o give_v the_o first_o charge_n to_o the_o strong_a part_n of_o the_o doubt_n his_o be_v but_o flourish_n and_o languish_v every_o where_o they_o be_v good_a for_o school_n at_o the_o bar_n or_o for_o orator_n and_o preacher_n where_o we_o may_v slumber_v and_o though_o we_o wake_v a_o quarter_n of_o a_o hour_n after_o we_o may_v find_v and_o trace_v he_o soon_o enough_o such_o a_o manner_n of_o speech_n be_v fit_a for_o those_o judge_n that_o a_o man_n will_v corrupt_v by_o hook_n or_o crook_n by_o right_a or_o wrong_n or_o for_o child_n and_o the_o common_a people_n unto_o who_o a_o man_n must_v tell_v all_o and_o see_v what_o the_o event_n will_v be_v i_o will_v not_o have_v a_o man_n go_v about_o and_o labour_n by_o circumlocution_n to_o induce_v and_o win_v i_o to_o attention_n and_o that_o as_o our_o herold_n or_o crier_n do_v they_o shall_v ring_v out_o their_o word_n now_o hear_v i_o now_o listen_v or_o â—oâ—yes_n the_o roman_n in_o their_o religion_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v hoc_fw-la age_n which_o in_o we_o we_o say_v sursum_fw-la corda_fw-la there_o be_v so_o many_o lose_a word_n for_o i_o i_o come_v ready_o prepare_v from_o my_o house_n i_o need_v no_o allurement_n nor_o sauce_n my_o stomach_n be_v good_a enough_o to_o digest_v raw_a meat_n and_o whereas_o with_o these_o preparative_n and_o flourish_n or_o preamble_n they_o think_v to_o sharpen_v my_o taste_n or_o stir_v my_o stomach_n they_o cloy_v and_o make_v it_o wallowish_a shall_v the_o privilege_n of_o time_n excuse_v i_o from_o this_o sacrilegious_a boldness_n to_o deem_v plato_n dialogisme_n to_o be_v as_o languish_v by_o overfilling_a and_o stuff_v his_o matter_n and_o to_o bewail_v the_o time_n that_o a_o man_n who_o have_v so_o many_o thousand_o of_o thing_n to_o utter_v spend_v about_o so_o many_o so_o long_o so_o vain_a and_o idle_a interlocution_n and_o preparative_n my_o ignorance_n shall_v better_o excuse_v i_o in_o that_o i_o see_v nothing_o in_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o language_n i_o general_o inquire_v after_o book_n that_o use_v science_n and_o not_o after_o such_o as_o institute_v they_o the_o two_o first_o and_o pliny_n with_o other_o of_o their_o rank_n have_v no_o hoc_fw-la age_n in_o they_o they_o will_v have_v to_o do_v with_o man_n that_o have_v forewarn_v themselves_o or_o if_o they_o have_v it_o be_v a_o material_a and_o substantial_a hoc_fw-la age_n and_o that_o have_v his_o body_n apart_o i_o likewise_o love_v to_o read_v the_o epistle_n and_o ad_fw-la atticum_fw-la not_o only_o because_o they_o contain_v a_o most_o ample_a instruction_n of_o the_o history_n and_o affair_n of_o his_o time_n but_o much_o more_o because_o in_o they_o i_o descry_v his_o private_a humour_n for_o as_o i_o have_v say_v elsewhere_o i_o be_o wonderful_a curious_a to_o discover_v and_o know_v the_o mind_n the_o soul_n the_o genuine_a disposition_n and_o natural_a judgement_n of_o my_o author_n a_o man_n ought_v to_o judge_v their_o sufficiency_n and_o not_o their_o custom_n nor_o they_o by_o the_o show_n of_o their_o write_n which_o they_o set_v forth_o on_o this_o world_n theatre_n i_o have_v sorrow_v a_o thousand_o time_n that_o ever_o we_o lose_v the_o book_n that_o brutus_n write_v of_o virtue_n oh_o it_o be_v a_o goodly_a thing_n to_o learn_v the_o theorike_n of_o such_o as_o understand_v the_o practice_n well_o but_o forsomuch_o as_o the_o sermon_n be_v one_o thing_n and_o the_o preacher_n a_o other_o i_o love_v as_o much_o to_o see_v brutus_n in_o plutarch_n as_o in_o himself_o i_o will_v rather_o make_v choice_n to_o know_v certain_o what_o talk_v he_o have_v in_o his_o tent_n with_o some_o of_o his_o familiar_a friend_n the_o night_n foregoing_a the_o battle_n than_o the_o speech_n he_o make_v the_o morrow_n after_o to_o his_o army_n and_o what_o he_o do_v in_o his_o chamber_n or_o closet_n than_o what_o in_o the_o senate_n or_o market_n place_n as_o for_o cicero_n i_o be_o of_o the_o common_a judgement_n that_o beside_o learning_n there_o be_v no_o exquisite_a excellency_n in_o he_o he_o be_v a_o good_a citizen_n of_o a_o honest-gentle_a nature_n as_o be_v common_o fat_a and_o burly_a man_n for_o so_o be_v he_o but_o to_o speak_v true_o of_o he_o full_a of_o ambitious_a vanity_n and_o remiss_a niceness_n and_o i_o know_v not_o well_o how_o to_o excuse_v he_o in_o that_o he_o deem_v his_o poesy_n worthy_a to_o be_v publish_v it_o be_v no_o great_a imperfection_n to_o make_v bad_a verse_n but_o it_o be_v a_o imperfection_n in_o he_o that_o he_o never_o perceive_v
eye_v a_o bird_n sit_v upon_o a_o tree_n that_o he_o see_v the_o cat_n they_o both_o so_o wist_o fix_v their_o look_n one_o upon_o another_o so_o long_o that_o at_o last_o the_o bird_n tell_v down_o as_o dead_a in_o the_o cat_n paw_n either_o drunken_a by_o his_o own_o strong_a imagination_n or_o draw_v by_o some_o attractive_a power_n of_o the_o cat._n those_o that_o love_v hawk_v have_v happy_o hear_v the_o falconer_n tale_n who_o earnest_o fix_v his_o sight_n upon_o a_o kite_n in_o the_o air_n lay_v a_o wager_n that_o with_o the_o only_a force_n of_o his_o look_n he_o will_v make_v it_o come_v stoop_v down_o to_o the_o ground_n and_o as_o some_o report_n do_v it_o many_o time_n the_o history_n i_o borrow_v i_o refer_v to_o the_o conscience_n of_o those_o i_o take_v they_o from_o the_o discourse_n be_v i_o and_o hold_v together_o by_o the_o proof_n of_o reason_n not_o of_o experience_n each_o man_n may_v add_v his_o example_n to_o they_o and_o who_o have_v none_o consider_v the_o number_n and_o variety_n of_o accident_n let_v he_o not_o leave_v to_o think_v there_o be_v store_n of_o they_o if_o i_o come_v not_o well_o for_o myself_o let_v another_o come_v for_o i_o so_o in_o the_o study_n wherein_o i_o treat_v of_o our_o manner_n and_o motion_n the_o fabulous_a testimony_n always_o provide_v they_o be_v likely_a and_o possible_a may_v serve_v to_o the_o purpose_n as_o well_o as_o the_o true_a whether_o it_o happen_v or_o no_o be_v it_o at_o rome_n or_o at_o paris_n to_o john_n or_o peter_n it_o be_v always_o a_o trick_n of_o humane_a capacity_n of_o which_o i_o be_o profitable_o advise_v by_o this_o report_n i_o see_v it_o and_o reap_v profit_n by_o it_o as_o well_o in_o shadow_n as_o in_o body_n and_o in_o divers_a lesson_n that_o often_o history_n afford_v i_o common_o make_v use_v of_o that_o which_o be_v most_o rare_a and_o memorable_a some_o writer_n there_o be_v who_o end_n be_v but_o to_o relate_v the_o event_n i_o if_o i_o can_v attain_v to_o it_o shall_v be_v to_o declare_v what_o may_v come_v to_o pass_v touch_v the_o same_o it_o be_v just_o allow_v in_o school_n to_o suppose_v similitude_n when_o they_o have_v none_o yet_o do_v not_o i_o so_o and_o concern_v that_o point_n in_o superstitious_a religion_n i_o exceed_v all_o historical_a credit_n to_o the_o example_n i_o here_o set_v down_o of_o what_o i_o have_v read_v hear_v do_v or_o see_v i_o have_v sorbid_v myself_o so_o much_o as_o to_o dare_v to_o change_v the_o least_o or_o alter_v the_o idle_v circumstance_n my_o conscience_n do_v not_o falsify_v the_o least_o jot_n i_o wot_v not_o whether_o my_o insight_n do_v concern_v this_o subject_n i_o do_v sometime_o enter_v into_o conceit_n that_o it_o may_v well_o become_v a_o divine_a a_o philosopher_n or_o rather_o man_n of_o exquisite_a conscience_n and_o exact_a wisdom_n to_o write_v history_n how_o can_v they_o otherwise_o engage_v their_o credit_n upon_o a_o popular_a reputation_n how_o can_v they_o answer_v for_o the_o thought_n of_o unknown_a person_n and_o make_v their_o bare_a conjecture_n pass_v for_o currant_n payment_n of_o the_o action_n of_o divers_a member_n act_v in_o their_o presence_n they_o will_v refuse_v to_o bear_v witness_n of_o they_o if_o by_o a_o judge_n they_o be_v put_v to_o their_o corporal_a oath_n and_o there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o familiar_o know_v to_o they_o of_o who_o inward_a intention_n they_o will_v undertake_v to_o answer_v at_o full_a i_o hold_v it_o leâ—â—e_v hazardous_a to_o write_v of_o thing_n past_a then_o present_a forasmuch_o as_o the_o writer_n be_v not_o bind_v to_o give_v account_n but_o of_o a_o borrow_a truth_n some_o persuade_v i_o to_o write_v the_o affair_n of_o my_o time_n imagine_v i_o can_v see_v they_o with_o a_o sight_n less_o blind_v with_o passion_n than_o other_o man_n and_o perhaps_o near_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o access_n which_o fortune_n have_v give_v i_o to_o the_o chief_a of_o divers_a faction_n but_o they_o will_v not_o say_v how_o for_o the_o glory_n of_o sallust_n i_o will_v not_o take_v the_o pain_n as_o one_o that_o be_o a_o vow_a enemy_n to_o observance_n to_o assiduity_n and_o to_o constancy_n and_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o contrary_a to_o my_o stile_n as_o a_o continue_a narration_n i_o do_v so_o often_o for_o want_v of_o breath_n break_v off_o and_o interrupt_v myself_o i_o have_v neither_o composition_n nor_o explication_n of_o any_o worth_n i_o be_o as_o ignorant_a as_o a_o child_n of_o the_o phrase_n and_o vowel_n belong_v to_o common_a thing_n and_o therefore_o have_v i_o attempt_v to_o say_v what_o i_o can_v accommodate_v the_o matter_n to_o my_o power_n shall_v i_o take_v any_o man_n for_o a_o guide_n my_o measure_n may_v differ_v from_o he_o for_o my_o liberty_n be_v so_o far_o i_o may_v happy_o publish_v judgement_n agree_v with_o i_o and_o consonant_a to_o reason_n yet_o unlawful_a and_o punishable_a plutarch_n will_v peradventure_o tell_v we_o of_o that_o which_o he_o have_v write_v that_o it_o be_v the_o work_n of_o other_o that_o his_o example_n be_v in_o all_o and_o everiewhere_o true_a that_o they_o be_v profitable_a to_o posterity_n and_o present_v with_o a_o lustre_n that_o light_n and_o direct_v we_o unto_o virtue_n and_o that_o be_v his_o work_n it_o be_v not_o dangerous_a as_o in_o a_o medicinable_a drug_n whether_o in_o a_o old_a tale_n or_o report_n be_v it_o thus_o or_o thus_o so_o or_o so_o the_o one_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n the_o profit_n of_o one_o man_n be_v the_o dâ—mage_n of_o a_o other_o demades_n the_o athenian_a condemn_v a_o man_n of_o the_o city_n who_o trade_n be_v to_o sell_v such_o necessary_n as_o belong_v to_o burial_n under_o colour_n he_o ask_v too_o much_o profit_n for_o they_o and_o that_o such_o profit_n can_v not_o come_v unto_o he_o without_o the_o death_n of_o many_o people_n this_o judgement_n seem_v to_o be_v ill_o take_v because_o no_o man_n profit_v but_o by_o the_o loss_n of_o other_o by_o which_o reason_n a_o man_n shall_v condemn_v all_o manner_n of_o gain_n the_o merchant_n thrive_v not_o but_o by_o the_o licentiousness_n of_o youth_n the_o husband_n man_n by_o dearth_n of_o corn_n the_o architect_n but_o by_o the_o ruin_n of_o house_n the_o lawyer_n by_o suit_n and_o controversy_n between_o man_n honour_n itself_o and_o practice_v of_o religious_a minister_n be_v draw_v from_o our_o death_n and_o vice_n no_o physician_n delight_v in_o the_o health_n of_o his_o own_o friend_n say_v the_o ancient_a greek_a comike_n nor_o no_o soldier_n be_v please_v with_o the_o peace_n of_o his_o city_n and_o so_o of_o the_o rest_n and_o which_o be_v worse_o let_v every_o man_n sound_v his_o own_o conscience_n he_o shall_v find_v that_o our_o inward_a desire_n be_v for_o the_o most_o part_n nourish_v and_o breed_v in_o we_o by_o the_o loss_n and_o hurt_n of_o other_o which_o when_o i_o consider_v i_o begin_v to_o think_v how_o nature_n do_v not_o gainsay_v herself_o in_o this_o concern_v her_o general_a policy_n for_o physician_n hold_v that_o the_o birth_n increase_n and_o augmentation_n of_o every_o thing_n be_v the_o alteration_n and_o corruption_n of_o another_o nam_fw-la quodcunque_fw-la suis_fw-la mutatum_fw-la finibus_fw-la exit_fw-la 536._o continuo_fw-la hoc_fw-la mors_fw-la est_fw-la illius_fw-la quod_fw-la fuit_fw-la ante_fw-la what_o ever_o from_o its_o bound_n do_v change_v pass_n that_o straight_o be_v death_n of_o that_o which_o erst_o it_o be_v the_o two_o and_o twenty_o chapter_n of_o custom_n and_o how_o a_o receive_a law_n shall_v not_o easy_o be_v change_v my_o opinion_n be_v that_o he_o convey_v aright_o of_o the_o force_n of_o custom_n that_o first_o invent_v this_o tale_n how_o a_o country_n woman_n have_v enure_v herself_o to_o cherish_v and_o bear_v a_o young_a calf_n in_o her_o arm_n which_o continue_v she_o get_v such_o a_o custom_n that_o when_o he_o grow_v to_o be_v a_o great_a ox_n she_o carry_v he_o still_o in_o her_o arm_n for_o true_o custom_n be_v a_o violent_a and_o deceive_a school_n mistress_n she_o by_o little_a and_o little_a and_o as_o it_o be_v by_o stealth_n establish_v the_o foot_n of_o her_o authority_n in_o we_o by_o which_o mild_a and_o gentle_a beginning_n if_o once_o by_o the_o aid_n of_o time_n it_o have_v settle_v and_o plant_v the_o same_o in_o we_o it_o will_v soon_o discover_v a_o furious_a and_o tyrannical_a countenance_n unto_o we_o against_o which_o we_o have_v no_o more_o the_o liberty_n to_o lift_v so_o much_o as_o our_o eye_n we_o 20._o may_v plain_o see_v she_o upon_o every_o occasion_n to_o force_v the_o rule_n of_o nature_n usus_fw-la efficacissimus_fw-la rerum_fw-la omnium_fw-la magister_fw-la use_n be_v the_o most_o effectual_a master_n of_o all_o thing_n i_o believe_v plato_n
round_o about_o and_o everywhere_o for_o i_o note_v that_o the_o chief_a place_n be_v usual_o seize_v upon_o by_o the_o most_o unworthy_a and_o less_o capable_a and_o that_o height_n of_o fortune_n be_v seldom_o join_v with_o sufficiency_n i_o have_v see_v that_o whilst_o they_o at_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o a_o board_n be_v busy_a entertain_v themselves_o with_o talk_v of_o the_o beauty_n of_o the_o hang_n about_o a_o chamber_n or_o of_o the_o taste_n of_o some_o good_a cup_n of_o wine_n many_o good_a discourse_n at_o the_o low_a end_n have_v utter_o be_v lose_v he_o shall_v weigh_v the_o carriage_n of_o every_o man_n in_o his_o call_n a_o herdsman_n a_o mason_n a_o stranger_n or_o a_o traveller_n all_o must_v be_v employ_v every_o one_o according_a to_o his_o worth_n for_o all_o help_n to_o makeup_a household_n yea_o the_o folly_n and_o the_o simplicity_n of_o other_o shall_v be_v as_o instruction_n to_o he_o by_o control_v the_o grace_n and_o manner_n of_o other_o he_o shall_v acquire_v unto_o himself_o envy_v of_o the_o good_a and_o contempt_n of_o the_o bad_a let_v he_o hardly_o be_v possess_v with_o a_o honest_a curiosity_n to_o search_v out_o the_o nature_n and_o cause_n of_o all_o thing_n let_v he_o survey_v what_o soever_o be_v rare_a and_o singular_a about_o he_o a_o building_n a_o fountain_n a_o man_n a_o place_n where_o any_o battle_n have_v be_v fight_v or_o the_o passage_n of_o caesar_n or_o charlemaint_n quae_fw-la tellus_fw-la sit_fw-la lâ—â—ta_fw-la gelu_fw-la quae_fw-la putris_fw-la ab_fw-la aestu_fw-la 39_o ventus_fw-la in_o italiam_fw-la quis_fw-la bene_fw-la vela_fw-la ferat_fw-la what_o land_n be_v parch_v with_o heat_n what_o clog_v with_o frost_n what_o wind_n drive_v kind_o to_o the_o italian_a coast_n he_o shall_v endeavour_v to_o be_v familiar_o acquaint_v with_o the_o custom_n with_o the_o mean_n with_o the_o state_n with_o the_o dependence_n and_o alliance_n of_o all_o prince_n they_o be_v thing_n soon_o and_o pleasant_a to_o be_v learn_v and_o most_o profitable_a to_o be_v know_v in_o this_o acquaintance_n of_o man_n my_o meaning_n be_v that_o he_o chief_o comprehend_v they_o that_o live_v but_o by_o the_o memory_n of_o book_n he_o shall_v by_o the_o help_n of_o history_n inform_v himself_o of_o the_o worthy_a mind_n that_o be_v in_o the_o best_a age_n it_o be_v a_o frivolous_a study_n if_o a_o man_n list_v but_o of_o unvaluable_a worth_n to_o such_o as_o can_v make_v use_n of_o it_o and_o as_o plato_n say_v the_o only_a study_n the_o lacedæmonians_n resâ—â—ved_v for_o themselves_o what_o profit_n shall_v he_o not_o reap_v touch_v this_o point_n read_v the_o life_n of_o our_o plutarch_n always_o condition_v the_o master_n bethink_v himself_o whereto_o his_o charge_n tend_v and_o that_o he_o imprint_v not_o so_o much_o in_o his_o scholar_n mind_n the_o date_n of_o the_o ruâ—â—e_n of_o carthage_n as_o the_o manner_n of_o hâ—nniball_n and_o scipio_n nor_o so_o much_o where_o marcâ—llus_n die_v as_o because_o he_o be_v unworthy_a of_o his_o devoir_n he_o die_v there_o that_o he_o teach_v he_o not_o somuch_o to_o know_v history_n as_o to_o judge_v of_o they_o it_o be_v among_o thing_n that_o best_o agree_v with_o my_o humour_n the_o subject_n to_o which_o our_o spirit_n do_v most_o diverse_o apply_v themselves_o i_o have_v read_v in_o t_o 〈…〉_z liviâ—s_n a_o number_n of_o thing_n which_o peradventure_o other_o never_o read_v in_o who_o plutarch_n happy_o read_v a_o hundred_o â—ore_o then_o ever_o i_o can_v read_v and_o which_o perhaps_o the_o author_n himself_o do_v never_o intend_v to_o â—â—t_n down_o to_o some_o kind_n of_o man_n it_o be_v a_o mere_a gramaticall_a study_n but_o to_o other_o a_o perfect_a anatomy_n of_o philosophy_n by_o mean_n whereof_o the_o secret_a part_n of_o our_o nature_n be_v searched-into_a there_o be_v in_o plutarch_n many_o ample_a discourse_n most_o worthy_a to_o be_v know_v for_o in_o my_o judgement_n he_o be_v the_o chief_a workmaster_n of_o such_o work_n whereof_o there_o be_v a_o thousand_o whereat_o he_o have_v but_o slight_o glance_v for_o with_o his_o finger_n he_o do_v but_o point_v we_o out_o a_o way_n to_o walk_v in_o if_o we_o list_v and_o be_v sometime_o please_v to_o give_v but_o a_o touch_n at_o the_o quick_a and_o main_a point_n of_o a_o discourse_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v by_o diligent_a study_n to_o be_v draw_v and_o so_o bring_v into_o open_a markeâ—_n as_o that_o say_n of_o he_o that_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o asia_n serve_v but_o one_o alone_a because_o they_o can_v not_o pronounce_v one_o only_a syllable_n which_o be_v non_fw-fr give_v perhaps_o both_o subject_n and_o occasion_n to_o my_o friend_n beotie_n to_o compose_v his_o book_n of_o voluntary_a servitude_n if_o it_o be_v no_o more_o but_o to_o see_v plutarch_n wrest_v a_o slight_a action_n to_o man_n life_n or_o a_o word_n that_o seem_v to_o bear_v no_o such_o sense_n it_o will_v serve_v for_o a_o whole_a discourse_n it_o be_v p_o 〈…〉_z en_fw-fr of_o understand_v shall_v so_o much_o love_v brevity_n without_o doubt_n their_o reputation_n be_v thereby_o better_a but_o we_o the_o worse_o plutarch_n have_v rather_o we_o shall_v commend_v he_o for_o his_o judgement_n then_o for_o his_o knowledge_n he_o love_v better_a to_o leave_v a_o kind_n of_o longing-desire_n in_o we_o of_o he_o than_o a_o satiety_n he_o know_v very_o well_o that_o even_o in_o good_a thing_n too_o much_o may_v be_v say_v and_o that_o alexandridas_n do_v just_o reprove_v he_o who_o speak_v very_o good_a sentence_n to_o the_o ephore_n but_o they_o be_v overtedious_a oh_o stranger_n quoth_v he_o thou_o speak_v what_o thou_o ought_v otherwise_o than_o thou_o shall_v those_o that_o have_v lean_a and_o thin_a body_n stuff_n they_o up_o with_o bombast_n and_o such_o as_o have_v but_o poor_a matter_n will_v puffe-it_a up_o with_o lofty_a word_n there_o be_v a_o marvellous_a clearness_n or_o as_o i_o may_v terme-it_a a_o enlighten_v of_o man_n judgement_n draw_v from_o the_o commerce_n of_o man_n and_o by_o frequent_v abroad_o in_o the_o world_n we_o be_v all_o so_o contrive_v and_o compact_v in_o ourselves_o that_o our_o sight_n be_v make_v short_a by_o the_o length_n of_o our_o nose_n when_o socrates_n be_v demand_v whence_o he_o be_v he_o answer_v not_o of_o athens_n but_o of_o the_o world_n for_o he_o who_o have_v his_o imagination_n more_o full_a and_o far_o stretch_v embrace_v all_o the_o world_n for_o his_o native_a city_n and_o extend_v his_o acquaintance_n his_o society_n and_o affection_n to_o all_o mankind_n and_o not_o as_o we-do_a that_o look_v no_o further_o than_o our_o foot_n if_o the_o frost_n chance_v to_o nâ—p_v the_o vine_n about_o my_o village_n my_o priest_n do_v present_o argue_v that_o the_o wrath_n of_o god_n hang_v over_o our_o head_n and_o threaten_v all_o mankind_n and_o judge_v that_o the_o pippe_n be_v already_o â—alâ—e_a upon_o the_o cannibal_n in_o view_v these_o intestine_a and_o civil_a broil_n of_o we_o who_o do_v not_o exclaim_v that_o this_o world_n vast-frame_n be_v near_o unto_o a_o dissolution_n and_o that_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n be_v ready_a to_o fall_v on_o we_o never_o remember_v that_o many_o worse_a revolution_n have_v be_v see_v and_o that_o while_o we_o be_v plunge_v in_o grief_n and_o overwhelm_v in_o sorrow_n a_o thousand_o other_o part_n of_o the_o worldbeside_v be_v bless_v with_o all_o happiness_n and_o wallow_v in_o pleasure_n and_o never_o think_v on_o we_o whereas_o when_o i_o behold_v our_o life_n our_o licence_n and_o impunity_n i_o wonder_v to_o see_v they_o so_o mild_a and_o easy_a he_o on_o who_o head_n it_o hail_v think_v all_o the_o hemisphere_n beside_o to_o be_v in_o a_o storm_n and_o tempest_n and_o as_o that_o dull-pated_n savoyard_n say_v that_o if_o the_o silly_a king_n of_o france_n can_v cunning_o have_v manage_v his_o fortune_n he_o may_v very_o well_o have_v make_v himself_o chief_a steward_n of_o his_o lord_n household_n who_o imagination_n conceive_v no_o other_o greatness_n than_o his_o master_n we_o be_v all_o insensible_a of_o this_o kind_n of_o error_n a_o error_n of_o great_a consequence_n and_o prejudice_n but_o whosoever_o shall_v present_v unto_o his_o inward_a eye_n as_o it_o be_v in_o a_o table_n the_o idea_n of_o the_o great_a image_n of_o our_o universall-mother_n nature_n attire_v in_o her_o rich_a robe_n sit_v in_o the_o throne_n of_o her_o majesty_n and_o in_o her_o visage_n shall_v read_v so_o general_a and_o so_o constant_a a_o variety_n he_o that_o therein_o shall_v view_v himself_o not_o himself_o alone_o but_o a_o whole_a kingdom_n to_o be_v in_o respect_n of_o a_o great_a circle_n but_o the_o small_a point_n that_o can_v be_v imagine_v he_o only_o can_v value_v thing_n according_a to_o their_o essential_a greatness_n and_o proportion_n this_o great_a universe_n which_o
some_o multiply_v as_o species_n under_o one_o genus_fw-la be_v the_o true_a lookingglass_n wherein_o we_o must_v look_v if_o we_o will_v know_v whether_o we_o be_v of_o a_o good_a stamp_n or_o in_o the_o right_a byase_n to_o conclude_v i_o will_v have_v this_o worlds-frame_n to_o be_v my_o scholar_n choise-booke_n so_o many_o strange_a humour_n sundry_a sect_n vary_v judgement_n diverse_a opinion_n different_a law_n and_o fantastical_a custom_n teachus_a to_o judge_v right_o of_o we_o and_o instruct_v our_o judgement_n to_o acknowledge_v his_o imperfection_n and_o natural_a weakness_n which_o be_v no_o easy_a a_o apprenticeship_n so_o many_o innovation_n of_o estate_n so_o many_o fall_v of_o prince_n and_o change_n of_o public_a fortune_n may_v and_o aught_o to_o teach_v we_o not_o to_o make_v so_o great_a account_n of_o ouâ—s_n so_o many_o name_n so_o many_o victory_n and_o so_o many_o conquest_n bury_v in_o dark_a oblivion_n make_v the_o hope_n to_o perpetuate_v our_o name_n but_o ridiculous_a by_o the_o surprise_a of_o â—en_o argo_n lettier_n or_o of_o a_o small_a cottage_n which_o be_v know_v but_o by_o his_o fall_n the_o pride_n and_o fierceness_n of_o so_o many_o strange_a and_o gorgeous_a show_n the_o pride-puft_a majesty_n of_o so_o many_o court_n and_o of_o their_o greatness_n aught_o to_o confirm_v and_o assure_v our_o sight_n undaunted_o to_o bear_v the_o affront_n and_o thunderclap_n of_o we_o without_o seel_v our_o eye_n so_o many_o thousand_o of_o man_n low-laide_a in_o their_o grave_n afore-us_a may_v encourage-us_a not_o to_o fear_v or_o be_v dismay_v to_o go_v meet_v so_o good_a company_n in_o the_o other_o world_n and_o so_o of_o all_o thing_n else_o our_o life_n say_v pythagoras_n drawes-neare_a unto_o the_o great_a and_o populous_a assembly_n of_o the_o olympike_a game_n wherein_o some_o to_o get_v the_o glory_n and_o to_o win_v the_o goal_n of_o the_o game_n exercise_v their_o body_n with_o all_o industry_n other_o for_o greediness_n of_o gain_n bring_v thither_o marchand_o see_v to_o sell_v other_o there_o be_v and_o those_o be_v not_o the_o worst_a that_o seek_v after_o no_o other_o good_a but_o to_o mark_v how_o wherefore_o and_o to_o what_o end_n all_o thing_n be_v do_v and_o to_o be_v spectator_n or_o observer_n of_o other_o man_n life_n and_o action_n that_o so_o they_o may_v the_o better_a judge_n and_o direct_v their_o own_o unto_o example_n may_v all_o the_o most_o profitable_a discourse_n of_o philosophy_n be_v sort_v which_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o touchstone_n of_o humane_a action_n and_o a_o rule_n to_o square_v they_o by_o to_o who_o may_v be_v say_v quid_fw-la fas_fw-la optare_fw-la quid_fw-la asper_fw-la 69._o vâ—â—le_fw-la â—ummus_fw-la habet_fw-la patriae_fw-la charisque_fw-la propinquis_fw-la quantum_fw-la elargiri_fw-la deceat_fw-la quem_fw-la te_fw-la deus_fw-la esse_fw-la jussis_fw-la &_o humana_fw-la qua_fw-la parte_fw-la locatus_fw-la es_fw-la in_o re_fw-mi quid_fw-la sumus_fw-la aut_fw-la quidnam_fw-la victuri_fw-la gignimur_fw-la what_o thou_o may_v wish_v what_o profit_n may_v come_v clear_a 67._o from_o new-stampt_a coin_n to_o friend_n and_o country_n dear_a what_o thou_o ought_v give_v who_o god_n will_v have_v thou_o be_v and_o in_o what_o part_n among_o man_n he_o place_v thou_o what_o we_o be_v and_o wherefore_o to_o live_v here_o we_o be_v bear_v what_o it_o be_v to_o know_v and_o not_o to_o know_v which_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o scope_n of_o study_n what_o valour_n what_o temperance_n and_o what_o justice-is_a what_o difference_n thereis_a between_o ambition_n and_o avarice_n bondage_n and_o freedom_n subjection_n and_o liberty_n by_o which_o mark_n a_o man_n may_v distinguish_v true_a and_o perfect_a contentment_n and_o how_o farforth_a one_o ought_v to_o fear_v or_o apprehend_v death_n grief_n or_o shame_n et_fw-la quo_fw-la quemque_fw-la modo_fw-la fugiátque_fw-la ferátque_fw-la laborem_fw-la 853._o how_o every_o labour_n he_o may_v ply_v and_o bear_v or_o every_o labour_n fly_v what_o ward_n or_o spring_v move-us_a and_o the_o cause_n of_o so_o many_o motion_n in-us_a for_o i_o seem_v that_o the_o first_o discourse_n wherewith_o his_o conceit_n shall_v be_v sprinkle_v aught_o to_o be_v those_o that_o rule_v his_o manner_n and_o direct_v his_o sense_n which_o will_v both_o teach_v he_o to_o know_v himself_o and_o how_o to_o live_v and_o how_o to_o die-well_a among_o the_o liberal_a science_n let_v we_o begin_v with_o that_o which_o makesus_a free_a indeed_o they_o may_v all_o in_o some_o sort_n stead-us_a as_o a_o instruction_n to_o our_o life_n and_o use_v ofit_a as_o all_o other_o things-else_a serve_v the_o same_o to_o some_o purpose_n or_o other_o but_o let_v we_o make_v especial_a choice_n of_o that_o which_o may_v direct_o and_o pertinent_o serve_v the_o same_o if_o we_o can_v restrain_v and_o adapt_v the_o appurtenance_n of_o our_o life_n to_o their_o right_a byase_n and_o natural_a limit_n we_o shall_v find_v the_o best_a part_n of_o the_o science_n that_o now_o be_v in_o use_n clean_o out_o of_o fashion_n with_o we_o yea_o and_o in_o those_o that_o be_v most_o in_o use_n there_o be_v certain_a byway_n and_o deep-â—lows_a most_o profitable_a which_o we_o shall_v do-well_a to_o leave_v and_o according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o socrates_n limit_v the_o course_n of_o our_o study_n in_o those_o where_o profit_n be_v want_v sapere_fw-la aude_fw-la incipe_fw-la vivendi_fw-la qui_fw-la rectè_fw-la prorogat_fw-la â—oram_fw-la 40._o rusticus_n expectat_fw-la dum_fw-la defluat_fw-la amnis_fw-la at_o ille_fw-la labitur_fw-la &_o labâ—tur_fw-la in_o omne_fw-la volubilis_fw-la aevum_fw-la be_v bold_a to_o be_v wise_a to_o begin_v be_v strong_a he_o that_o to_o live_v well_o do_v the_o time_n prolong_v clowne-like_a expect_v till_o down_o the_o stream_n be_v run_v that_o run_v and_o will_v run_v till_o the_o world_n be_v do_v it_o be_v more_o simplicity_n to_o teach_v our_o child_n quid_fw-la moveant_fw-la pisces_fw-la animosáque_fw-la signa_fw-la leonis_fw-la lotus_fw-la &_o hesperia_n quid_fw-la capricornus_fw-la aqâ—â—_fw-la 85._o what_o pisces_fw-la move_n or_o hot-breathed_a lâ—os_n beam_n or_o capricornus_fw-la bathe_v in_o western_a stream_n the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o star_n and_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o eightspheare_n before_o their_o own_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d what_o belong_v it_o to_o the_o seven_o star_n and_o i_o or_o those_o about_o boôte_n be_v anaximenes_n writing_n to_o pythagoras_n say_v with_o what_o sense_n can_v i_o ammuse_v myself_o to_o the_o secret_n of_o the_o star_n have_v continual_o â—eath_n or_o bondage_n before_o my_o eye_n for_o at_o that_o time_n the_o king_n of_o persia_n be_v make_v preparation_n to_o war_n against_o his_o country_n all_o man_n ought_v to_o say_v so_o be_v beat_v with_o ambition_n with_o avarice_n with_o rashness_n and_o with_o superstition_n and_o have_v such_o other_o enemy_n unto_o life_n within_o he_o wherefore_o shall_v i_o study_v and_o take_v care_n about_o the_o mobility_n and_o variation_n of_o the_o world_n when_o he_o be_v once_o teach_v what_o be_v fit_a to_o make_v he_o better_o and_o wise_a he_o shall_v be_v entertain_v with_o logic_n natural_a philosophy_n geometry_n and_o rhetoric_n then_o have_v settle_v his_o judgement_n look_v what_o science_n he_o do_v most_o addict_v himself_o unto_o he_o shall_v in_o short_a time_n attain_v to_o the_o perfection_n of_o it_o his_o lecture_n shall_v be_v sometime_o by_o way_n of_o talk_n and_o sometime_o by_o book_n his_o tutor_n may_v now_o &_o then_o supply_v he_o with_o the_o same_o author_n as_o a_o end_n &_o motive_n of_o his_o institution_n sometime_o give_v he_o the_o pith_n &_o substance_n of_o it_o ready_o chew_v and_o if_o of_o himself_o he_o be_v not_o so_o thorough_o acquaint_v with_o book_n that_o he_o may_v ready_o find_v so_o many_o notable_a discourse_n as_o be_v in_o they_o to_o effect_v his_o purpose_n it_o shall_v not_o be_v amiss_o that_o some_o learned_a man_n be_v appoint_v to_o keep_v he_o company_n who_o at_o any_o time_n of_o need_n may_v furnish_v he_o with_o such_o munition_n as_o he_o shall_v stand_v in_o need_n of_o that_o he_o may_v afterward_o distribute_v and_o dispense_v they_o to_o his_o best_a use_n and_o that_o this_o kind_n of_o lesson_n be_v more_o easy_a and_o natural_a then_o that_o of_o gaza_n who_o will_v make_v question_n those_o be_v but_o harsh_a thorny_a and_o unpleasant_a precept_n vain_n idle_a &_o immaterial_a word_n on_o which_o small_a hold_n may_v be_v take_v wherein_o be_v nothing_o to_o quicken_v the_o mind_n in_o this_o the_o spirit_n find_v substance_n to_o bide_v and_o feed_v upon_o a_o fruit_n without_o all_o comparison_n much_o better_a and_o that_o will_v soon_o be_v ripe_a it_o be_v a_o thing_n worthy_a consideration_n to_o see_v what_o state_n thing_n be_v bring_v unto_o in_o this_o our_o age_n and_o how_o philosophy_n even_o to_o the_o wise_a and_o man_n of_o best_a understanding_n be_v but_o a_o idle_a vain_a
blosius_n who_o be_v one_o of_o his_o chief_a friend_n what_o he_o will_v have_v do_v for_o he_o and_o that_o he_o answer_v all_o thing_n what_o all_o thing_n reply_v he_o and_o what_o if_o he_o have_v will_v thou_o to_o burn_v our_o temple_n blosius_n answer_v he_o will_v never_o have_v command_v such_o a_o thing_n but_o what_o if_o he_o have_v do_v it_o reply_v lelius_n the_o other_o answer_v i_o will_v have_v obey_v he_o if_o he_o be_v so_o perfect_a a_o friend_n to_o gracchus_n as_o history_n report_v he_o need_v not_o offend_v the_o consul_n with_o this_o last_o and_o bold_a confession_n and_o shall_v not_o have_v depart_v from_o the_o assurance_n he_o have_v of_o gracchus_n his_o mind_n but_o yet_o those_o who_o accuse_v this_o answer_n as_o seditious_a understand_v not_o well_o this_o mystery_n and_o do_v not_o presuppose_v in_o what_o term_n he_o stand_v and_o that_o he_o hold_v gracchus_n his_o will_n in_o his_o sleeve_n both_o by_o power_n and_o knowledge_n they_o be_v rather_o friend_n than_o citizen_n rather_o friend_n than_o enemy_n of_o their_o country_n or_o friend_n of_o ambition_n and_o trouble_n have_v absolute_o commit_v themselves_o one_o to_o another_o they_o perfecty_v hold_v the_o reins_n of_o one_o another_o inclination_n and_o let_v this_o yoke_n be_v guide_v by_o virtue_n and_o conduct_n of_o reason_n because_o without_o they_o it_o be_v altogether_o impossible_a to_o combine_v and_o proportion_v the_o same_o the_o answer_n of_o blosius_n be_v such_o as_o it_o shall_v be_v if_o their_o affection_n miscarry_v according_a to_o my_o meaning_n they_o be_v neither_o friend_n one_o to_o other_o nor_o friend_n to_o themselves_o as_o for_o the_o rest_n this_o answer_n sound_n no_o more_o than_o i_o will_v do_v to_o he_o that_o will_v in_o such_o sort_n inquire_v of_o i_o if_o your_o will_n shall_v command_v you_o to_o kill_v your_o daughter_n will_v you_o do_v it_o and_o that_o i_o shall_v consent_v unto_o it_o for_o that_o bear_v no_o witness_n of_o consent_n to_o do_v it_o because_o i_o be_o not_o in_o doubt_n of_o my_o will_n and_o as_o little_a of_o such_o a_o friend_n will_n it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o the_o world_n discourse_n to_o remove_v i_o from_o the_o certainty_n i_o have_v of_o his_o intention_n and_o judgement_n of_o i_o no_o one_o of_o its_o action_n may_v be_v present_v unto_o i_o under_o what_o shape_n soever_o but_o i_o will_v present_o find_v the_o spring_n and_o motion_n of_o it_o our_o mind_n have_v jump_v so_o united_o together_o they_o have_v with_o so_o fervent_a a_o aflection_n consider_v of_o each_o other_o and_o with_o like_a affection_n so_o discover_v and_o sound_v even_o to_o the_o very_a bottom_n of_o each_o other_o heart_n and_o entrail_n that_o i_o do_v not_o only_o know_v he_o as_o well_o as_o i_o own_o but_o i_o will_v verily_a rather_o have_v trust_v he_o concern_v any_o matter_n of_o i_o than_o myself_o let_v no_o man_n compare_v any_o of_o the_o other_o common_a friendship_n to_o this_o i_o have_v as_o much_o knowledge_n of_o they_o as_o another_o yea_o of_o the_o perfect_a of_o their_o kind_n yet_o will_v i_o not_o persuade_v any_o man_n to_o confound_v their_o rule_n for_o so_o a_o man_n may_v be_v deceive_v in_o these_o other_o strict_a friendship_n a_o man_n must_v march_v with_o the_o bridle_n of_o wisdom_n and_o precaution_n in_o his_o hand_n the_o bond_n be_v not_o so_o strict_o tie_v but_o a_o man_n may_v in_o some_o sort_n distrust_v the_o same_o love_v he_o say_v chilon_n as_o if_o you_o shall_v one_o day_n hate_v he_o again_o hate_v he_o as_o if_o you_o shall_v love_v he_o again_o this_o precept_n so_o abominable_a in_o this_o sovereign_a and_o mistress_n amity_n be_v necessary_a and_o wholesome_a in_o the_o use_n of_o vulgar_a and_o customary_a friendship_n towards_o which_o a_o man_n must_v employ_v the_o saying_n aristotle_n be_v wont_n so_o often_o to_o repeat_v oh_o you_o my_o friend_n there_o be_v no_o perfect_a friend_n in_o this_o noble_a commerce_n office_n and_o benefit_n nurse_n of_o other_o amity_n deserve_v not_o so_o much_o as_o to_o be_v account_v of_o this_o confusion_n so_o full_a of_o our_o will_n be_v cause_n of_o it_o for_o even_o as_o the_o friendship_n i_o bear_v unto_o myself_o admit_v no_o accrease_v by_o any_o succour_n i_o give_v myself_o in_o any_o time_n of_o need_n whatsoever_o the_o stoic_n allege_v and_o as_o i_o acknowledge_v no_o thanks_o unto_o myself_o for_o any_o service_n i_o do_v unto_o myself_o so_o the_o union_n of_o such_o friend_n be_v true_o perfect_a make_v they_o loose_v the_o feel_n of_o such_o duty_n and_o hate_v and_o expel_v from_o one_o another_o these_o word_n of_o division_n and_o difference_n benefit_n good_a deed_n duty_n obligation_n acknowledgement_n prayer_n thanks_o and_o such_o their_o like_a all_o thing_n be_v by_o effect_n common_a between_o they_o will_n thought_n judgement_n good_n wife_n child_n honour_n and_o life_n and_o their_o mutual_a agreement_n be_v no_o other_o than_o one_o soul_n in_o two_o body_n according_a to_o the_o fit_a definition_n of_o aristotle_n they_o can_v neither_o lend_v or_o give_v aught_o to_o each_o other_o see_v here_o the_o reason_n why_o lawmaker_n to_o honour_v marriage_n with_o some_o imaginary_a resemblance_n of_o this_o divine_a bond_n inhibit_v donation_n between_o husband_n and_o wife_n meaning_n thereby_o to_o infer_v that_o all_o thing_n shall_v peculiar_o be_v proper_a to_o each_o of_o they_o and_o that_o they_o have_v nothing_o to_o divide_v and_o share_v together_o if_o in_o the_o friendship_n whereof_o i_o speak_v one_o may_v give_v unto_o another_o the_o receiver_n of_o the_o benefit_n shall_v bind_v his_o fellow_n for_o each_o seek_v more_o than_o any_o other_o thing_n to_o do_v each_o other_o good_a he_o who_o yield_v both_o matter_n and_o occasion_n be_v the_o man_n show_v himself_o liberal_a give_v his_o friend_n that_o contentment_n to_o effect_v towards_o he_o what_o he_o desire_v most_o when_o the_o philosopher_n diogenes_n want_v money_n he_o be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o he_o redemanded_n the_o same_o of_o his_o friend_n and_o not_o that_o he_o demand_v it_o and_o to_o show_v how_o that_o be_v practise_v by_o effect_n i_o will_v relate_v a_o ancient_a singular_a example_n eudamidas_n the_o corinthian_a have_v two_o friend_n charixenus_n a_o sycionian_a and_o aretheus_n a_o corinthian_a be_v upon_o his_o deathbed_n and_o very_o poor_a and_o his_o two_o friend_n very_o rich_a thus_o make_v his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n to_o aretheus_n i_o bequeath_v the_o keep_n of_o my_o mother_n and_o to_o maintain_v she_o when_o she_o shall_v be_v â—lde_v to_o charixenus_n the_o marry_n of_o my_o daughter_n and_o to_o give_v she_o as_o great_a a_o dowry_n as_o he_o may_v and_o in_o case_n one_o of_o they_o shall_v chance_v to_o die_v before_o i_o appoint_v the_o survivor_n to_o substitute_v his_o charge_n and_o supply_v his_o place_n those_o that_o first_o see_v this_o testament_n laugh_v and_o mock_v at_o the_o same_o but_o his_o heir_n be_v advertise_v thereof_o be_v very_o well_o please_v and_o receive_v it_o with_o singular_a contentment_n and_o charixenus_n one_o of_o they_o die_v five_o day_n after_o eudamidas_n the_o substitution_n be_v declare_v in_o favour_n of_o aretheus_n he_o careful_o and_o very_o kind_o keep_v and_o maintain_v his_o mother_n and_o of_o five_o talent_n that_o he_o be_v worth_a he_o give_v two_o &_o a_o half_a in_o marriage_n to_o one_o only_a daughter_n he_o have_v and_o the_o other_o two_o &_o a_o half_a to_o the_o daughter_n of_o eudamidas_n who_o he_o marry_v both_o in_o one_o day_n this_o example_n be_v very_o ample_a if_o one_o thing_n be_v not_o which_o be_v the_o multitude_n of_o friend_n for_o this_o perfect_a amity_n i_o speake-of_a be_v indivisible_a each_o man_n do_v so_o whole_o give_v himself_o unto_o his_o friend_n that_o he_o have_v nothing_o leave_v he_o to_o divide_v elsewhere_o moreover_o he_o be_v grieve_v that_o he_o be_v double_a triple_a or_o quadruple_a and_o have_v not_o many_o soul_n or_o sundry_a will_n that_o he_o may_v confer_v they_o all_o upon_o this_o subject_n common_a friendship_n may_v be_v divide_v a_o man_n may_v love_v beauty_n in_o one_o facility_n of_o behaviour_n in_o another_o liberality_n in_o one_o and_o wisdom_n in_o another_o paternity_n in_o this_o fraternity_n in_o that_o man_n &_o so_o forth_o but_o this_o amity_n which_o possess_v the_o soul_n and_o sway_v it_o in_o all_o sovereignty_n it_o be_v impossible_a it_o shall_v be_v double_a if_o two_o at_o one_o instant_n shall_v require_v help_n to_o which_o will_v you_o run_v shall_v they_o crave_v contrary_a office_n of_o you_o what_o order_n will_v you_o follow_v shall_v one_o commit_v a_o matter_n to_o your_o silence_n which_o
for_o it_o be_v a_o common_a vice_n not_o only_o in_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n but_o as_o it_o be_v in_o all_o man_n to_o bend_v their_o aim_n and_o frame_v their_o thought_n unto_o the_o fashon_n wherein_o they_o be_v bear_v i_o be_o please_v when_o he_o shall_v see_v fabricius_n or_o laelius_n who_o because_o they_o be_v neither_o attire_v nor_o fashion_v according_a to_o our_o manner_n that_o he_o condemn_v their_o countenance_n to_o be_v strange_a and_o their_o carriage_n barbarous_a but_o i_o bewail_v his_o particular_a indiscretion_n in_o that_o he_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v so_o blind_v and_o deceive_v by_o the_o authority_n of_o present_a custom_n and_o that_o if_o custom_n please_v he_o be_v ready_a to_o change_v opinion_n and_o vary_v advise_v every_o month_n nay_o every_o day_n and_o judge_v so_o diverse_o of_o himself_o when_o he_o wear_v short-wasted_n doublet_n and_o but_o little_o low_a than_o his_o breast_n he_o will_v maintain_v by_o militant_a reason_n that_o the_o waste_n be_v in_o his_o right_a place_n but_o when_o not_o long_o after_o he_o come_v to_o wear_v they_o so_o long-wasted_n yea_o almost_o so_o low_o as_o his_o privity_n than_o begin_v he_o to_o condemn_v the_o former_a fashion_n as_o fond_a intolerable_a and_o deform_a and_o to_o commend_v the_o latter_a as_o comely_a handsome_a and_o commendable_a a_o new_a fashion_n of_o apparel_n creep_v no_o soon_o into_o use_n but_o present_o he_o blame_v and_o dispraise_v the_o old_a and_o that_o with_o so_o earnest_a a_o resolution_n and_o universal_a a_o consent_n that_o you_o will_v say_v it_o be_v some_o kind_n of_o madness_n or_o selfe-fond_a humour_n that_o giddi_v his_o understanding_n and_o for_o asmuch_o as_o our_o change_n or_o alter_v of_o fashion_n be_v so_o sudden_a and_o new-fangled_a that_o the_o invention_n and_o new_a devise_n of_o all_o the_o tailor_n in_o the_o world_n can_v so_o fast_o invent_v novelty_n it_o must_v necessary_o follow_v that_o neglect_a and_o stale_a reject_v fashion_n do_v often_o come_v into_o credit_n and_o use_n again_o and_o the_o late_a and_o new_a within_o a_o while-aft_a come_v to_o be_v outcast_n and_o despise_v and_o that_o oneself_o same_o judgement_n within_o the_o space_n of_o fifteen_o or_o twenty_o year_n admit_v not_o only_o two_o or_o three_o different_a but_o also_o clean_o contrary_a opinion_n with_o so_o light_a and_o incredible_a inconstancy_n that_o any_o man_n will_v wonder_v at_o it_o there_o be_v no_o man_n so_o suttle-crafty_a among_o we_o that_o suffer_v not_o himself_o to_o be_v enveigle_v and_o overreach_v by_o this_o contradiction_n and_o that_o be_v not_o insensible_o dazzle_v both_o with_o his_o inward_a and_o external_a eye_n i_o will_v here_o huddle-up_a some_o few_o ancient_a fashion_n that_o i_o remember_v some_o of_o they_o like_o unto_o we_o othersome_a far_o differ_v from_o they_o to_o the_o end_n that_o have_v ever_o this_o continual_a variation_n of_o humane_a thing_n in_o our_o mind_n we_o may_v the_o better_o enlighten_v and_o confirm_v our_o transport_a judgement_n that_o manner_n of_o fight_n which_o we_o use_v now_o adays_o with_o rapier_n and_o cloak_n 1._o be_v also_o use_v among_o the_o roman_n as_o sai_z caesar_z sinistris_fw-la sagos_fw-es involvunt_fw-la gladiosque_fw-la distringnnt_n they_o wrap_v their_o left_a arm_n in_o their_o cloak_n and_o draw_v their_o sword_n we_o may_v to_o this_o day_n observe_v this_o vice_n to_o be_v among_o we_o and_o which_o we_o have_v take_v from_o they_o that_o be_v to_o stay_v such_o passenger_n as_o we_o meet_v by_o the_o way_n and_o force_v they_o to_o tell_v we_o who_o they_o be_v whence_o they_o come_v whither_o they_o go_v and_o to_o count_v it_o as_o a_o injury_n and_o cause_n of_o quarrel_n if_o they_o refuse_v to_o answer_v our_o demand_n in_o bath_n which_o our_o forefather_n use_v daily_o before_o meal_n as_o ordinary_o as_o we_o use_v water_n to_o wash_v our_o hand_n when_o first_o they_o come_v into_o they_o they_o wash_v but_o their_o arm_n and_o leg_n but_o afterward_o which_o custom_n last_v many_o after-age_n and_o to_o this_o day_n continue_v among_o divers_a nation_n of_o the_o world_n their_o whole_a body_n over_o with_o compound_a and_o perfume_a water_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o they_o hold_v it_o as_o a_o great_a testimony_n of_o simplicity_n to_o wash_v themselves_o in_o pure_a and_o uncompounded_a water_n such_o as_o be_v most_o delicate_a and_o effeminate_a be_v wont_a to_o perfume_v their_o whole_a body_n over_o and_o over_o three_o or_o four_o time_n every_o day_n and_o often_o as_o our_o french_a woman_n have_v late_o take_v up_o to_o pick_v and_o snip_n out_o the_o hair_n of_o their_o forehead_n so_o they_o of_o all_o their_o body_n quod_fw-la pectus_fw-la quod_fw-la cruratibi_fw-la quodbrachia_n vellis_fw-la 1._o that_o you_o from_o breast_n leg_n arm_n the_o hair_n neat_o pull_v off_o to_o make_v they_o fair_a although_o they_o have_v choice_n of_o ointment_n fit_a for_o that_o purpose_n psilotro_fw-la nitet_fw-la aut_fw-la arida_fw-la latet_fw-la abdita_fw-la creta_fw-la 9_o she_o shine_v with_o ointment_n that_o make_v hair_n to_o fall_v or_o with_o dry_a chalk_n she_o over-covers_a all_o they_o love_v to_o lie_v soft_a and_o on_o fine_a downe-bed_n allege_v lie_v on_o hard_a matress_n as_o a_o sign_n of_o patience_n they_o feed_v lie_v on_o their_o bed_n near_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o turk_n nowadays_o ind_n thoro_fw-la pater_fw-la aeneas_n sic_fw-la orsus_fw-la ab_fw-la alto_fw-mi 2_o father_n aeneas_n thus_o begin_v say_v from_o stately_a couch_n where_o then_o he_o lay_v and_o it_o be_v report_v of_o cato_n junior_a that_o after_o the_o battle_n of_o pharsalia_n and_o that_o he_o begin_v to_o mourn_v and_o bewail_v the_o miserable_a state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o ill_a condition_n of_o public_a affair_n he_o ever_o eat_v sit_v on_o the_o ground_n follow_v a_o austere_a and_o observe_v a_o strict_a kind_n of_o life_n the_o besolas_fw-mi manos_fw-es be_v use_v as_o a_o sign_n of_o honour_n and_o humility_n only_o towards_o great_a person_n if_o friend_n meet_v after_o friendly_a salutation_n they_o use_v to_o kiss_v one_o another_o as_o the_o venetian_n do_v at_o this_o day_n gratatúsque_fw-la darem_fw-la cum_fw-la dulcibus_fw-la osculaverbis_fw-la 〈…〉_z give_v she_o i_o will_v with_o greeting_n grace_v kiss_v with_o sweet_a word_n interlace_v and_o in_o salute_v or_o sue_v to_o any_o great_a man_n they_o touch_v his_o knee_n pasicles_n the_o philosopher_n brother_n unto_o crates_n come_v to_o salute_v one_o whereas_o he_o shall_v have_v carry_v his_o hand_n to_o his_o knee_n carry_v the_o same_o unto_o his_o genitory_n the_o party_n salute_v have_v rude_o push_v he_o away_o what_o quoth_v he_o be_v not_o that_o part_n you_o as_o well_o as_o the_o other_o their_o manner_n of_o seed_v be_v as_o we_o their_o fruit_n last_o they_o be_v wont_a to_o wipe_v their_o tail_n this_o vain_a superstition_n of_o word_n must_v be_v leave_v unto_o woman_n with_o a_o sponge_n and_o that_o be_v the_o reason_n why_o spongia_n in_o latin_a be_v count_v a_o obscene_a word_n which_o sponge_n be_v ever_o tie_v to_o the_o end_n of_o a_o staff_n as_o witness_v the_o story_n of_o he_o that_o be_v carry_v to_o be_v devour_v of_o the_o wild_a beast_n before_o the_o people_n who_o desire_v leave_n to_o go_v to_o a_o privy_a before_o his_o death_n and_o have_v no_o other_o mean_n to_o kill_v himself_o thrust_v down_o the_o sponge_n and_o staff_n he_o find_v in_o the_o privy_a into_o his_o throat_n wherewith_o he_o choke_v himself_o have_v end_v the_o delight_n of_o nature_n they_o be_v wont_a to_o wipe_v their_o privity_n with_o perfume_a wool_n at_o â—â—â—i_fw-la nil_fw-la faciam_fw-la sed_fw-la lot_n â_fw-la mentula_fw-la land_n 11._o to_o thou_o no_o such_o thing_n will_v i_o bring_v but_o with_o wash_a wool_n another_o thing_n in_o every_o street_n of_o rome_n be_v place_v tub_n and_o such_o vessel_n for_o passenger_n to_o make_v waterin_a pusi_fw-la saepe_fw-la lacum_fw-la propter_fw-la se_fw-la ac_fw-la dolia_fw-la curta_fw-la 1018._o somno_fw-la deiuncti_fw-la credunt_fw-la extollere_fw-la veslem_fw-la child_n asleep_a oft_o think_v they_o take_v up_o all_o near_o to_o some_o pissing_a tub_n some_o lake_n some_o wall_n they_o use_v to_o break_v their_o fast_n and_o nonchion_n between_o meal_n and_o all_o summer_n time_n have_v man_n that_o sell_v snow_n up_o and_o down_o the_o street_n wherewith_o they_o refresh_v their_o wine_n of_o who_o some_o be_v so_o dainty_a that_o all_o winter_n long_o they_o use_v to_o put_v snow_n into_o their_o wine_n not_o deem_v it_o cold_a enough_o principal_a and_o noble_a man_n have_v their_o cupbearer_n taster_n carver_n and_o buffoon_n to_o make_v they_o merry_a in_o winter_n their_o viand_n be_v bring_v and_o set_v on_o the_o board_n upon_o arch_n as_o we_o use_v chafe_v disnes_n and_o
more_o regard_n to_o one_o thing_n then_o to_o another_o and_o who_o as_o much_o as_o i_o can_v take_v care_n for_o the_o general_a to_o have_v a_o regardful_a respect_n of_o that_o which_o you_o leave_v behind_o you_o but_o to_o return_v to_o my_o former_a discourse_n i_o think_v we_o seldom_o see_v that_o woman_n bear_v to_o who_o the_o superiority_n or_o majesty_n over_o man_n be_v due_a except_o the_o motherly_a and_o natural_a unless_o it_o be_v for_o the_o chastisement_n of_o such_o as_o by_o some_o fond-febricitant_a humour_n have_v voluntary_o submit_v themselves_o unto_o they_o but_o that_o do_v nothing_o concern_v old_a woman_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v here_o it_o be_v the_o appearance_n of_o this_o consideration_n have_v make_v we_o to_o frame_v and_o willing_o to_o establish_v this_o law_n never_o see_v else_o where_o that_o bar_v woman_n from_o the_o succession_n of_o this_o crown_n and_o there_o be_v few_o principality_n in_o the_o world_n where_o it_o be_v not_o allege_v aswell_o as_o here_o by_o a_o likely_a and_o apparent_a reason_n which_o authorise_v the_o same_o but_o fortune_n have_v give_v more_o credit_n untoit_a in_o some_o place_n then_o in_o other_o some_o it_o be_v dangerous_a to_o leave_v the_o dispensation_n of_o our_o succession_n unto_o their_o judgement_n according_a to_o the_o choice_n they_o shall_v make_v of_o their_o child_n which_o be_v most_o common_o unjust_a and_o fantastical_a for_o the_o same_o unrulie_a appetite_n and_o distaste_a relish_n or_o strange_a long_n which_o they_o have_v when_o they_o be_v great_a with_o child_n the_o same_o have_v they_o aâ—_n all_o time_n in_o their_o mind_n they_o be_v common_o see_v to_o affect_v the_o weak_a the_o simple_a and_o most_o abject_a or_o such_o if_o they_o have_v any_o that_o have_v more_o need_n to_o suck_v for_o want_v reasonable_a discourse_n to_o choose_v and_o embrace_v what_o they_o ought_v they_o rather_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v direct_v where_o nature_n impression_n be_v most_o single_a as_o other_o creature_n which_o take_v no_o long_a knowledge_n of_o their_o yong-ones_a than_o they_o be_v suck_v moreover_o experience_n do_v manifest_o snow_v unto_o we_o that_o the_o same_o natural_a affection_n to_o which_o we_o ascribe_v so_o much_o authority_n have_v but_o a_o weak_a foundation_n for_o a_o very_a small_a gain_n we_o daily_o take_v mother_n own_o child_n from_o they_o and_o induce_v they_o to_o take_v charge_n of_o we_o do_v we_o not_o often_o procure_v they_o to_o bequeath_v their_o child_n to_o some_o fond_a filthy_a sluttish_a and_o unhealthie_a nurse_n to_o who_o we_o will_v be_v very_o loath_a to_o commit_v we_o or_o to_o some_o brutish_a goat_n not_o only_o forbid_v they_o to_o nurse_n and_o feed_v their_o own_o child_n what_o danger_n soever_o may_v betide_v they_o but_o also_o to_o have_v any_o care_n of_o they_o to_o the_o end_n they_o may_v the_o more_o diligent_o follow_v and_o careful_o attend_v the_o service_n of_o we_o whereby_o we_o soon_o see_v through_o custom_n a_o certain_a kind_n of_o bastard-affection_n to_o be_v engender_v in_o they_o more_o vehement_a than_o the_o natural_a and_o to_o be_v much_o more_o tender_a and_o careful_a for_o the_o well_o fare_v and_o preservation_n of_o other_o man_n child_n then_o for_o their_o own_o and_o the_o reason_n why_o i_o have_v make_v mention_n of_o goat_n be_v because_o it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n round_o about_o i_o where_o i_o dwell_v to_o see_v the_o country_n woman_n when_o they_o have_v not_o milk_n enough_o to_o feed_v their_o infant_n with_o their_o own_o breast_n to_o call_v for_o goat_n to_o help_v they_o and_o myself_o have_v now_o two_o lack_n be_v wait_v upon_o i_o who_o except_o it_o be_v eight_o day_n never_o suck_v other_o milk_n than_o goat_n they_o be_v present_o to_o come_v at_o call_n and_o give_v young_a infant_n suck_v and_o become_v so_o well_o acquaint_v with_o their_o voice_n that_o when_o they_o hear_v they_o cry_v they_o run_v forthwith_o unto_o they_o and_o if_o by_o chance_n they_o have_v any_o other_o child_n put_v to_o their_o teat_n than_o their_o nursel_n they_o refuse_v and_o reject_v he_o and_o so_o do_v the_o child_n a_o strange_a goat_n myself_o see_v that_o one_o not_o long_o since_o from_o who_o the_o father_n take_v a_o goat_n which_o he_o have_v suck_v two_o or_o three_o day_n because_o he_o have_v but_o borrow_v it_o of_o one_o his_o neighbour_n who_o can_v never_o be_v induce_v to_o suck_v any_o other_o whereby_o he_o short_o die_v and_o as_o i_o very_o think_v of_o mere_a hunger_n beast_n as_o well_o as_o we_o do_v soon_o alter_v and_o easy_o bastardize_v their_o natural_a affection_n i_o believe_v that_o in_o that_o which_o hero_n dotus_fw-la report_v of_o a_o certain_a province_n of_o libya_n there_o often_o follow_v great_a error_n and_o mistake_n he_o say_v that_o man_n do_v indifferent_o use_v and_o as_o it_o be_v in_o common_a frequent_a woman_n and_o that_o the_o child_n as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v able_a to_o go_v come_v to_o any_o solemn_a meeting_n and_o great_a assembly_n lead_v by_o a_o natural_a instinct_n find_v out_o his_o own_o father_n where_o be_v turn_v loose_a in_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o multitude_n look_v what_o man_n the_o child_n do_v first_o address_v his_o step_n unto_o and_o then_o go_v to_o he_o the_o same_o be_v ever_o afterward_o repute_v to_o be_v his_o right_a father_n now_o if_o we_o shall_v due_o consider_v this_o simple_a occasion_n of_o love_v our_o child_n because_o we_o have_v beget_v they_o for_o which_o we_o call_v they_o our_o other_o self_n it_o seem_v there_o be_v another_o production_n come_v from_o we_o and_o which_o be_v of_o no_o less_o recommendation_n and_o consequence_n for_o what_o we_o engender_v by_o the_o mind_n the_o fruit_n of_o our_o courage_n sufficiency_n or_o spirit_n be_v bring_v forth_o by_o a_o far_o more_o noble_a part_n than_o the_o corporal_a and_o be_v more_o our_o own_o we_o be_v both_o father_n and_o mother_n together_o in_o this_o generation_n such_o fruit_n cost_v we_o much_o dear_a and_o bring_v we_o more_o honour_n and_o chief_o if_o they_o have_v any_o good_a or_o rare_a thing_n in_o they_o for_o the_o value_n of_o our_o other_o child_n be_v much_o more_o their_o then_o we_o the_o share_n we_o have_v in_o they_o be_v but_o little_a but_o of_o these_o all_o the_o beauty_n all_o the_o grace_n and_o all_o the_o worth_n be_v we_o and_o therefore_o do_v they_o represent_v and_o resemble_v we_o much_o more_o lively_a than_o other_o plate_n add_v moreover_o that_o these_o be_v immortal_a issue_n and_o immortalize_v their_o father_n yea_o and_o deify_v they_o as_o lycurgus_n solen_n and_o minos_n all_o history_n be_v full_a of_o example_n of_o this_o mutual_a friendship_n of_o father_n towards_o their_o child_n i_o have_v not_o think_v it_o amiss_o to_o set_v down_o some_o choice_n one_o of_o this_o kind_n heliodorus_n that_o good_a bishop_n of_o tricea_n love_v rather_o to_o loose_v the_o dignity_n profit_n and_o devotion_n of_o so_o venerable_a a_o prelateship_n then_o to_o forgo_v his_o daughter_n a_o young_a woman_n to_o this_o day_n commend_v for_o her_o beauty_n but_o happy_o somewhat_o more_o curious_o and_o wanton_o pranked-up_a then_o beseem_v the_o daughter_n of_o a_o churchman_n and_o a_o bishop_n and_o of_o over-amorous_a behaviour_n there_o be_v one_o labienus_n in_o rome_n a_o man_n of_o great_a worth_n and_o authority_n and_o a_o ong_v other_o commendable_a quality_n most_o excellent_a in_o all_o manner_n of_o learning_n who_o as_o i_o think_v be_v the_o son_n of_o that_o great_a labienus_n chief_a of_o all_o the_o captain_n that_o follow_v and_o be_v under_o caesar_n in_o the_o war_n again_o the_o gaul_n and_o who_o afterward_o take_v great_a pompey_n part_n behave_v himself_o so_o valiant_o and_o so_o constant_o that_o he_o never_o forsake_v he_o until_o caesar_n defeat_v he_o in_o spain_n this_o labienus_n of_o who_o i_o speak_v have_v many_o that_o envy_v his_o virtue_n but_o above_o all_o as_o it_o be_v likely_a courtier_n and_o such_o as_o in_o his_o time_n be_v favour_a of_o the_o emperor_n who_o hate_v his_o frankness_n his_o fatherly_a humour_n and_o distaste_v he_o bear_v still_o against_o tyranny_n wherewith_o it_o may_v be_v suppose_v he_o have_v stuff_v his_o book_n and_o composition_n his_o adversary_n vehement_o pursue_v he_o before_o the_o magistrate_n of_o rome_n and_o prevail_v so_o far_o that_o many_o of_o his_o work_n which_o he_o have_v publish_v be_v condemn_v to_o be_v burn_v he_o be_v the_o first_o on_o who_o this_o new_a example_n of_o punishment_n be_v put_v in_o practice_n which_o after_o continue_v long_o in_o rome_n and_o be_v execute_v on_o divers_a other_o to_o punish_v learning_n study_n and_o write_n with_o death_n
one_o face_n and_o sometime_o of_o another_o for_o such_o as_o look_v near_o unto_o it_o those_o who_o reconcile_v lawyer_n ought_v first_o to_o have_v reconcile_v they_o every_o one_o unto_o himself_o plato_n have_v in_o my_o seem_n love_v this_o manner_n of_o philosophy_v dialogue_n wise_a in_o good_a earnest_n that_o thereby_o he_o may_v more_o decent_o place_n in_o sundry_a mouth_n the_o diversity_n and_o variation_n of_o his_o own_o conceit_n diverse_o to_o treat_v of_o matter_n be_v as_o good_a and_o better_a as_o to_o treat_v they_o conformable_o that_o be_v to_o say_v more_o copious_o and_o more_o profitable_o let_v we_o take_v example_n by_o ourselves_o definite_a sentence_n make_v the_o last_o period_n of_o dogmatic_a and_o resolve_v speech_n yet_o see_v we_o that_o those_o which_o our_o parliament_n present_a unto_o our_o people_n as_o the_o most_o exemplare_fw-la and_o fit_a to_o nourish_v in_o they_o the_o reverence_n they_o owe_v unto_o this_o dignity_n especial_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o sufficiency_n of_o those_o person_n which_o exercise_n the_o same_o take_v their_o glory_n not_o by_o the_o conclusion_n which_o to_o they_o be_v daily_o and_o be_v common_a to_o all_o judge_n as_o much_o as_o the_o debate_n of_o diverse_a and_o agitation_n of_o contrary_a reason_n of_o law_n cause_n will_v admit_v and_o the_o large_a scope_n for_o reprehension_n of_o some_o philosopher_n against_o other_o draw_v contradiction_n and_o diversity_n with_o it_o wherein_o every_o one_o of_o they_o find_v himself_o so_o entangle_v either_o by_o intent_n to_o show_v the_o waver_a of_o man_n mind_n above_o all_o matter_n or_o ignorant_o force_v by_o the_o volubility_n and_o incomprehensiblenesse_n of_o all_o matter_n what_o mean_v this_o burdon_n in_o a_o slippery_a and_o glide_a place_n let_v we_o suspend_v our_o belief_n for_o as_o euripides_n say_v les_fw-fr oewres_fw-fr de_fw-fr dieu_fw-fr en_fw-fr diverse_v euripides_n facons_n nous_fw-fr donnent_fw-fr des_fw-fr traverse_n god_n work_n do_v travers_n our_o imagination_n and_o cross_v our_o work_n in_o divers_a different_a fashion_n like_o unto_o that_o which_o empedocles_n be_v wont_n often_o to_o scatter_v among_o his_o book_n as_o move_v by_o a_o divine_a fury_n and_o force_v by_o truth_n no_o no_o we_o feel_v nothing_o we_o see_v nothing_o all_o thing_n be_v hide_v from_o we_o there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o we_o may_v establish_v how_o and_o what_o it_o be_v but_o return_v to_o this_o holy_a word_n cogitationes_fw-la mortalium_fw-la timidae_fw-la &_o incertae_fw-la adinventiones_fw-la nostrae_fw-la &_o providentiae_fw-la 14._o the_o thought_n of_o mortal_a man_n be_v fearful_a our_o device_n and_o foresight_n be_v uncertain_a it_o must_v not_o be_v think_v strange_a if_o man_n despair_v of_o the_o goal_n have_v yet_o take_v pleasure_n in_o the_o chase_n of_o it_o study_n be_v in_o itself_o a_o please_a occupation_n yea_o so_o please_a that_o amid_o sensuality_n the_o stoike_n forbid_v also_o that_o which_o come_v from_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o require_v a_o bridle_n to_o it_o and_o find_v intemperance_n in_o over_o much_o knowledge_n democritus_n have_v at_o his_o table_n eat_v some_o fig_n that_o taste_v of_o honey_n begin_v present_o in_o his_o mind_n to_o seek_v out_o whence_o this_o unusual_a sweetness_n in_o they_o may_v proceed_v and_o to_o be_v resolve_v rise_v from_o the_o board_n to_o view_v the_o place_n where_o those_o fig_n have_v be_v gather_v his_o maid_n servant_n note_v this_o alteration_n in_o her_o master_n smile_o say_v unto_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v no_o more_o busy_a himself_o about_o it_o the_o reason_n be_v she_o have_v lay_v they_o in_o a_o vessel_n where_o honey_n have_v be_v whereat_o he_o seem_v to_o be_v wroth_a in_o that_o she_o have_v deprive_v he_o of_o the_o occasion_n of_o his_o intend_a search_n and_o rob_v his_o curiosity_n of_o matter_n to_o work_v upon_o away_o quoth_v he_o unto_o she_o thou_o have_v much_o offend_v i_o yet_o will_v i_o not_o omit_v to_o find_v out_o the_o cause_n as_o if_o it_o be_v natural_o so_o who_o perhaps_o will_v not_o have_v miss_v to_o find_v some_o likely_a or_o true_a reason_n for_o a_o false_a and_o suppose_a effect_n this_o story_n of_o a_o famous_a and_o great_a philosopher_n do_v evident_o represent_v unto_o we_o this_o studious_a passion_n which_o so_o do_v ammuse_v we_o in_o pursuit_n of_o thing_n of_o who_o obtain_n we_o despair_n plutarch_n report_v a_o like_a example_n of_o one_o who_o will_v not_o be_v resolve_v of_o what_o he_o doubt_v because_o he_o will_v not_o loose_v the_o pleasure_n he_o have_v in_o seek_v it_o as_o another_o that_o will_v not_o have_v his_o physician_n remove_v the_o thirst_n he_o feel_v in_o his_o ague_n because_o he_o will_v not_o loose_v the_o pleasure_n he_o take_v in_o quench_v the_o same_o with_o drink_v sâ—tius_fw-la est_fw-la supervacua_fw-la f._n discere_fw-la quam_fw-la nihil_fw-la it_o be_v better_a to_o learn_v more_o than_o we_o need_v than_o nothing_o at_o all_o even_o as_o in_o all_o feed_n pleasure_n be_v always_o alone_a and_o single_a and_o all_o we_o take_v that_o be_v pleasant_a be_v not_o ever_o nourish_v and_o wholesome_a so_o likewise_o what_o our_o mind_n draw_v from_o learning_n leave_v not_o to_o be_v voluptuous_a although_o it_o neither_o nourish_v nor_o be_v wholesome_a note_v what_o their_o say_n be_v the_o consideration_n of_o nature_n be_v a_o food_n proper_a for_o our_o mind_n it_o raise_v and_o puff_v we_o up_o it_o make_v we_o by_o the_o comparison_n of_o heavenly_a and_o high_a thing_n to_o disdain_v base_a and_o low_a matter_n the_o search_n of_o hide_a and_o great_a cause_n be_v very_o pleasant_a yea_o unto_o he_o that_o attain_v nought_o but_o thereverence_n and_o fear_n to_o judge_v of_o they_o these_o be_v the_o very_a word_n of_o their_o profession_n the_o vain_a image_n of_o this_o craze_a curiosity_n be_v more_o manifest_o see_v in_o this_o other_o example_n which_o they_o for_o honour-sake_n have_v so_o often_o in_o their_o mouth_n eudoxus_n wish_v and_o pray_v to_o the_o god_n that_o he_o may_v once_o view_v the_o sun_n near_o at_o hand_n to_o comprehend_v his_o form_n his_o greatness_n and_o his_o beauty_n on_o condition_n he_o may_v immediate_o be_v burn_v and_o consume_v by_o it_o thus_o with_o the_o price_n of_o his_o own_o life_n will_v he_o attain_v a_o science_n whereof_o both_o use_n and_o possession_n shall_v therewith_o be_v take_v from_o he_o and_o for_o so_o sudden_a and_o fleet_a knowledge_n loose_a and_o forgo_v all_o the_o knowledge_n he_o either_o now_o have_v or_o ever_o hereafter_o may_v have_v i_o can_v not_o easy_o be_v persuade_v that_o epicurus_n plato_n or_o pythagoras_n have_v sell_v we_o their_o atom_n their_o idea_n and_o their_o number_n for_o ready_a payment_n they_o be_v overwise_a to_o establish_v their_o article_n of_o faith_n upon_o thing_n so_o uncertain_a and_o disputable_a but_o in_o this_o obscurity_n and_o ignorance_n of_o the_o world_n each_o of_o these_o notable_a man_n have_v endeavour_v to_o bring_v some_o kind_n of_o show_n or_o image_n of_o light_n and_o have_v busy_v their_o mind_n about_o invention_n that_o may_v at_o least_o have_v a_o please_a and_o wilâ—e_a appearance_n provide_v notwithstanding_o it_o be_v false_a it_o may_v be_v maintain_v against_o contrary_a opposition_n vnicuiquae_fw-la ista_fw-la pro_fw-la ingento_fw-la finguntur_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la scientiae_fw-la uâ—_n these_o thing_n be_v conceit_v by_o every_o man_n as_o his_o wit_n serve_v not_o as_o his_o knowledge_n stretch_v and_o reach_v a_o ancient_a philosopher_n be_v blame_v for_o profess_v that_o philosophy_n whereof_o in_o his_o judgement_n he_o make_v no_o esteem_n answer_v that_o that_o be_v true_a philosophize_v they_o have_v go_v about_o to_o consider_v all_o to_o balance_v all_o and_o have_v find_v that_o it_o be_v a_o occupation_n fit_v the_o natural_a curiosity_n which_o be_v in_o us._n some_o thing_n they_o have_v write_v for_o the_o behoof_n of_o common_a society_n as_o their_o religion_n and_o for_o this_o consideration_n be_v it_o reasonable_a that_o they_o will_v not_o thorough_o unfold_v common_a opinion_n that_o so_o they_o may_v not_o breed_v trouble_n in_o the_o obedience_n of_o law_n and_o custom_n of_o their_o country_n plato_n treat_v this_o mystery_n in_o a_o very_a manifest_a kind_n of_o sport_n for_o where_o he_o write_v according_a to_o himself_o he_o prescribe_v nothing_o for_o certainty_n when_o he_o institute_n a_o law_n giver_n he_o borrow_v a_o very_a sway_v and_o avouch_v kind_a of_o stile_n wherein_o he_o bold_o entermingle_v his_o most_o fantastical_a opinion_n as_o profitable_a to_o persuade_v the_o common_a sort_n as_o ridiculous_a to_o persuade_v himself_o know_v how_o apt_a we_o be_v to_o receive_v all_o impression_n and_o chief_o the_o most_o wicked_a and_o enormous_a and_o therefore_o be_v he_o very_o careful_a
tell_v as_o i_o bear_v it_o in_o a_o impreze_n of_o a_o pair_n of_o balance_n note_v how_o some_o prevail_v with_o this_o kind_n of_o unreverent_a and_o unhallowed_a speech_n in_o the_o disputation_n that_o be_v nowadays_o in_o our_o religion_n if_o you_o overmuch_o urge_v the_o adversary_n they_o will_v roundly_o tell_v you_o that_o it_o lie_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o god_n to_o make_v his_o body_n at_o once_o to_o be_v in_o paradise_n and_o on_o earth_n and_o in_o many_o other_o place_n together_o and_o how_o that_o ancient_a skoffer_n make_v profitable_a use_n of_o it_o atlea_v say_v he_o it_o be_v no_o small_a comfort_n unto_o man_n to_o see_v that_o god_n can_v do_v all_o thing_n for_o he_o can_v kill_v himself_o if_o he_o will_v which_o be_v the_o great_a benefit_n we_o have_v in_o our_o condition_n he_o can_v make_v mortal_a man_n immortal_a nor_o raise_v the_o dead_a to_o life_n again_o nor_o make_v he_o that_o have_v live_v never_o to_o have_v live_v and_o he_o who_o have_v have_v honour_n not_o to_o have_v have_v they_o have_v no_o other_o right_n over_o what_o be_v past_a but_o of_o sorgetfulnesse_n and_o that_o this_o society_n between_o god_n and_o man_n may_v also_o be_v combine_v with_o some_o pleasant_a example_n he_o can_v make_v twice_o ten_o not_o to_o be_v twenty_o see_v what_o he_o say_v and_o which_o a_o christian_a ought_v to_o abhor_v that_o ever_o such_o and_o so_o profane_a word_n shall_v pass_v his_o mouth_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a part_n it_o seem_v that_o fond_a man_n endeavour_v to_o find_v out_o this_o foolish-boldnesse_n of_o speech_n that_o so_o they_o may_v turn_v and_o wind_n god_n almighty_a according_a to_o their_o measure_n cras_fw-la vel_fw-la atra_fw-la 43._o nube_fw-la polum_fw-la pater_fw-la occupato_fw-la well_fw-mi sole_a puro_fw-la non_fw-la tamen_fw-la irritum_fw-la quodeúmque_fw-la retro_fw-la est_fw-la efficiet_fw-la neque_fw-la diffinget_fw-la infectúmque_fw-la reddet_fw-la quod_fw-la fugiens_fw-la semel_fw-la hora_fw-la vexit_fw-la to_o morrow_n let_v our_o father_n fill_v the_o sky_n with_o dark_a cloud_n or_o with_o clear_a sun_n he_o thereby_o shall_v not'make_v void_a what_o once_o be_v overpast_v nor_o shall_v he_o undo_v or_o in_o new_a mould_n cast_v what_o time_n have_v once_o catch_v that_o fly_v hence_o so_o fast_o when_o we_o say_v that_o the_o infinity_n of_o age_n as_o well_o past_a as_o to_o come_v be_v but_o one_o instant_a with_o god_n that_o his_o wisdom_n goodness_n and_o power_n be_v one_a self-same_a thing_n with_o his_o essence_n our_o tongue_n speakes-it_a but_o our_o understanding_n can_v no_o whit_n apprehend_v it_o yet_o will_v our_a selfe-overweening_a sift_v his_o divinity_n through_o our_o searce_n whence_o be_v engender_v all_o the_o vanity_n and_o error_n wherewith_o the_o world_n be_v so_o full-fraught_a reduce_v and_o weigh_v with_o his_o uncertain_a balance_n a_o thing_n so_o far_o from_o his_o reach_n and_o so_o distant_a from_o his_o weight_n mirum_fw-la 23._o quò_fw-la procedat_fw-la improbitas_fw-la cordis_fw-la humani_fw-la parvulo_fw-la aliquo_fw-la invitata_fw-la successu_fw-la it_o be_v a_o wonder_n whether_o the_o perverse_a wickedness_n of_o man_n heart_n will_v proceed_v if_o it_o be_v but_o calledon_a with_o any_o little_a success_n how_o insolent_o do_v the_o stoike_n charge_v epicurus_n because_o he_o hold_v that_o to_o be_v perfect_o good_a and_o absolute_o happy_a belong_v but_o only_o unto_o god_n and_o that_o the_o wiseman_n have_v but_o a_o shadow_n and_o similitude_n thereof_o how_o rash_o have_v they_o join_v god_n unto_o destiny_n which_o at_o my_o request_n let_v none_o that_o bear_v the_o surname_n of_o a_o christian_a do_v at_o this_o day_n and_o thales_n plato_n and_o pythagoras_n have_v subject_v he_o unto_o necessity_n this_o overboldness_n or_o rather_o bold-fiercensse_a to_o seek_v to_o discover_v god_n by_o and_o with_o our_o eye_n have_v be_v the_o cause_n that_o a_o notable_a man_n of_o our_o time_n have_v attribute_v a_o corporal_a form_n unto_o divinity_n and_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o which_o daily_o happen_v unto_o we_o which_o be_v by_o a_o particular_a assignation_n to_o impute_v all_o important_a event_n to_o god_n which_o because_o they_o touch_v we_o it_o seem_v they_o also_o touch_v he_o and_o that_o he_o regard_v they_o with_o more_o care_n and_o attention_n than_o those_o that_o be_v but_o slight_a and_o ordinary_a unto_o us._n magna_fw-la dij_fw-la curant_fw-la parva_fw-la negligunt_fw-la the_o god_n take_v some_o care_n for_o great_a thing_n but_o none_o 3._o for_o little_a note_v his_o example_n he_o will_v enlighten_v you_o with_o his_o reason_n nec_fw-la inregnis_fw-la quidem_fw-la reges_fw-la omne_fw-la minima_fw-la curant_fw-la nor_o do_v king_n in_o their_o kingdom_n much_o care_n for_o the_o least_o matter_n as_o if_o it_o be_v all_o one_o to_o that_o king_n either_o to_o remove_v a_o empire_n or_o a_o leaf_n of_o a_o tree_n and_o if_o his_o providence_n be_v otherwise_o exercise_v incline_v or_o regard_v no_o more_o the_o success_n of_o a_o battle_n than_o the_o skip_v of_o a_o flea_n the_o hand_n of_o his_o government_n afford_v itself_o to_o all_o thing_n after_o a_o like_a tenure_n fashion_n and_o order_n our_o interest_n add_v nothing_o unto_o it_o our_o motion_n and_o our_o measure_n concern_v he_o nothing_o and_o move_v he_o no_o whit_n deus_fw-mi it_o a_o artifex_fw-la magnus_fw-la in_o magnis_fw-la ut_fw-la minor_fw-la non_fw-la sit_fw-la in_o paruis_fw-la god_n be_v so_o great_a a_o workman_n in_o great_a thing_n as_o he_o be_v no_o less_o in_o small_a thing_n our_o arrogancy_n set_v ever_o before_o we_o this_o blasphemous_a equality_n because_o our_o occupation_n chargeus_a state_n have_v present_v the_o god_n with_o all_o immunity_n of_o office_n as_o be_v their_o priest_n he_o make_v nature_n to_o produce_v and_o preserve_v all_o thing_n and_o by_o her_o weight_n and_o motion_n to_o compact_v all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n discharge_v humane_a nature_n from_o the_o fear_n of_o divine_a judgement_n 1._o quod_fw-la beatum_fw-la aeternumque_fw-la sit_fw-la id_fw-la nec_fw-la habere_fw-la negotij_fw-la quicquam_fw-la neâ—_n exhibere_fw-la alteri_fw-la that_o which_o be_v bless_v and_o eternal_a nor_o be_v trouble_v itself_o nor_o trouble_v other_o nature_n will_v that_o in_o all_o thing_n alike_o there_o be_v also_o like_o relation_n then_o the_o infinite_a number_n of_o mortal_a man_n conclude_v a_o like_a number_n of_o immortal_a the_o infinite_a thing_n that_o kill_v and_o destroy_v presuppose_v as_o many_o that_o preserve_v and_o profit_n as_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o god_n sanse_v tongue_n sanse_v eye_n and_o sanse_v ear_n have_v each_o one_o in_o themselves_o a_o feeling_n of_o that_o which_o the_o other_o feel_v and_o judge_v of_o our_o thought_n so_o man_n soul_n when_o they_o be_v free_a and_o sever_v from_o the_o body_n either_o by_o sleep_n or_o any_o distraction_n divine_a prognosticate_n and_o see_v thing_n which_o be_v conjoin_v to_o their_o body_n they_o can_v not_o see_v man_n say_v saint_n paul_n when_o they_o profess_v themselves_o to_o be_v 23._o wise_a they_o become_v fool_n for_o they_o turn_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o incorruptible_a god_n to_o the_o similitude_n of_o the_o image_n of_o a_o corruptible_a man_n mark_v i_o pray_v you_o a_o little_a the_o juggle_n of_o ancient_a deification_n after_o the_o great_a solemn_a and_o proud_a pomp_n of_o funeral_n when_o the_o fire_n begin_v to_o burn_v the_o top_n of_o the_o pyramid_n and_o to_o take_v hold_n of_o the_o bed_n or_o hearse_n wherein_o the_o dead_a corpse_n lie_v even_o at_o that_o instant_n they_o let_v fly_v a_o eagle_n which_o take_v her_o flight_n aloft_o upward_o signify_v that_o the_o soul_n go_v direct_o to_o paradise_n we_o have_v yet_o a_o thousand_o medaile_n and_o monument_n namely_o of_o that_o honest_a woman_n faustina_n wherein_o that_o eagle_n be_v represent_v carry_v a_o cockhorse_n up_o towards_o heaven_n those_o deify_v soul_n it_o be_v pity_n we_o shall_v so_o deceive_v ourselves_o with_o our_o own_o foolish_a devise_n and_o apish_a invention_n quod_fw-la finxere_fw-la timent_fw-la 484_o of_o that_o they_o stand_v in_o fear_n which_o they_o in_o fancy_n bear_v as_o child_n will_v be_v afeard_a of_o their_o fellow_n visage_n which_o themselves_o have_v besmear_v and_o black_v quasi_fw-la quicquam_fw-la infoelicius_fw-la sit_fw-la homine_fw-la cui_fw-la sua_fw-la figment_n a_o dominantur_fw-la as_o though_o any_o thing_n be_v more_o wretched_a than_o man_n over_o who_o his_o own_o imagination_n bear_v sway_n and_o domineer_v to_o honour_v he_o who_o we_o have_v make_v be_v far_o from_o honour_v he_o that_o have_v make_v us._n augustus_n have_v as_o many_o temple_n as_o jupiter_n and_o serve_v with_o as_o much_o religion_n and_o opinion_n of_o miracle_n the_o thracian_n in_o requital_n of_o the_o benefit_n they_o have_v receive_v of_o agesilaus_n come_v to_o tell_v he_o how_o they_o have_v canonize_v
best_a bee_n wax_n melt_v by_o the_o sun_n and_o handle_v into_o many_o form_n do_v â—â—n_fw-la and_o be_v make_v apt_o fit_a for_o use_v by_o use_v it_o as_o much_o will_v the_o second_o do_v for_o the_o three_o which_o be_v a_o cause_n that_o difficulty_n do_v not_o make_v i_o despair_v much_o less_o my_o unabilitie_n for_o it_o be_v but_o my_o own_o man_n be_v as_o well_o capable_a of_o all_o thing_n as_o of_o some_o and_o if_o as_o theophrastus_n say_v he_o avow_v the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o first_o cause_n and_o beginning_n let_v he_o hardly_o quit_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o knowledge_n if_o his_o foundation_n fail_v he_o his_o discourse_n be_v overthrow_v the_o dispute_n have_v no_o other_o scope_n and_o to_o inquire_v no_o other_o end_n but_o the_o principle_n if_o this_o end_n stay_v not_o his_o course_n he_o cast_v himself_o into_o a_o infinite_a irresolution_n non_fw-la potest_fw-la aliud_fw-la alio_fw-la magis_fw-la minúsque_fw-la comprehendi_fw-la quoniam_fw-la omnium_fw-la rerum_fw-la una_fw-la est_fw-la definitio_fw-la comprehendendi_fw-la one_o thing_n can_v neither_o more_o nor_o less_o be_v comprehend_v then_o another_o since_o of_o all_o thing_n there_o be_v one_o definition_n of_o comprehend_v now_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o if_o the_o soul_n know_v any_o thing_n she_o first_o know_v herself_o and_o if_o she_o know_v any_o without_o and_o beside_o herself_o it_o must_v be_v her_o veil_n and_o body_n before_o any_o thing_n else_o if_o even_o at_o this_o day_n the_o god_n of_o physic_n be_v see_v to_o wrangle_v about_o our_o anatomy_n mulciber_n in_o troiam_fw-la pro_fw-la troia_n stabat_fw-la apollo_n 5._o apollo_n stand_v for_o troy_n vulcan_n troy_n to_o destroy_v when_o shall_v we_o expect_v that_o they_o will_v be_v agree_v we_o be_v near_o unto_o ourselves_o then_o be_v whiteness_n unto_o snow_n or_o weight_n unto_o a_o stone_n if_o man_n know_v not_o himself_o how_o can_v he_o know_v his_o function_n and_o force_n it_o be_v not_o by_o fortune_n that_o some_o true_a notice_n do_v not_o lodge_v with_o we_o but_o by_o hazard_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o by_o the_o same_o way_n fashion_n and_o conduct_v error_n be_v receive_v into_o our_o soul_n she_o have_v not_o wherewithal_o to_o distinguish_v they_o nor_o whereby_o to_o choose_v the_o truth_n from_o falsehood_n the_o academike_v receive_v some_o inclination_n of_o judgement_n and_o find_v it_o over_o raw_a to_o say_v it_o be_v no_o more_o likely_a snow_n shall_v be_v white_a then_o black_a and_o that_o we_o shall_v be_v no_o more_o assure_v of_o the_o move_n of_o a_o stone_n which_o go_v from_o our_o hand_n then_o of_o that_o of_o the_o eight_o sphere_n and_o to_o avoid_v this_o difficulty_n and_o strangeness_n which_o in_o truth_n can_v not_o but_o hardly_o lodge_v in_o our_o imagination_n how_o beit_a they_o establish_v that_o we_o be_v no_o way_n capable_a of_o knowledge_n and_o that_o truth_n be_v engulf_a in_o the_o deep_a abysses_n where_o man_n sight_n can_v no_o way_n enter_v yet_o avow_v they_o something_n to_o be_v more_o likely_a and_o possible_a than_o other_o and_o receive_v this_o faculty_n in_o their_o judgement_n that_o they_o may_v rather_o incline_v to_o one_o appearance_n then_o to_o a_o other_o they_o allow_v she_o this_o propension_n interdict_v her_o all_o resolution_n the_o pyrrhonian_n advice_n be_v more_o hardy_a and_o therewithal_o more_o likely_a for_o this_o academical_a inclination_n and_o this_o propension_n rather_o to_o one_o than_o another_o proposition_n what_o else_o be_v it_o than_o a_o reacknowledge_v of_o some_o apparent_a truth_n in_o this_o than_o in_o that_o if_o our_o understanding_n be_v capable_a of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o lineament_n of_o the_o behaviour_n and_o face_n of_o truth_n it_o may_v as_o well_o see_v it_o all_o complete_a as_o but_o half_o grow_v and_o imperfect_a for_o this_o appearance_n of_o verisimilitude_n which_o make_v they_o rather_o take_v the_o leave_v then_o the_o right_a hand_n do_v you_o augment_v it_o this_o one_o ounce_n of_o likelihood_n which_o turn_v the_o balance_n do_v you_o multiply_v it_o by_o a_o hundred_o nay_o by_o a_o thousand_o ounce_n it_o will_v in_o the_o end_n come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o balance_n will_v absolute_o resolve_v and_o conclude_v one_o choice_n and_o perfect_a truth_n but_o how_o do_v they_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v make_v tractable_a by_o likelihood_n if_o they_o know_v not_o truth_n how_o know_v they_o the_o semblance_n of_o that_o whereof_o they_o understand_v not_o the_o essence_n either_o we_o be_v able_a to_o judge_v absolute_o or_o absolute_o we_o can_v if_o our_o intellectual_a and_o sensible_a faculty_n be_v without_o ground_n or_o foot_n if_o they_o but_o hull_v up_o and_o down_o and_o drive_v with_o the_o wind_n for_o nothing_o suffer_v we_o our_o judgement_n to_o be_v carry_v away_o to_o any_o part_n of_o their_o operation_n what_o appearance_n soever_o it_o seem_v to_o present_v we_o with_o and_o the_o sure_a and_o most_o happy_a situation_n of_o our_o understanding_n shall_v be_v that_o where_o without_o any_o totter_a or_o agitation_n it_o may_v maintain_v itself_o settle_v upright_o and_o inflexible_a inter_fw-la visa_fw-la vera_fw-la aut_fw-la falsa_fw-la ad_fw-la animi_fw-la 4._o assensum_fw-la â—hilâ—nterest_n there_o be_v no_o difference_n betwixt_o true_a and_o false_a vision_n concern_v the_o mind_n assent_v that_o thing_n lodge_v not_o in_o we_o in_o their_o proper_a form_n and_o essence_n and_o make_v not_o their_o entrance_n into_o we_o of_o their_o own_o power_n and_o authority_n we_o see_v it_o most_o evident_o for_o if_o it_o be_v so_o we_o shall_v receive_v they_o all_o alike_o wine_n will_v be_v such_o in_o a_o sick_a man_n mouth_n as_o in_o a_o healthy_a man_n he_o who_o finger_n be_v chop_v through_o cold_a and_o stiff_a or_o benumb_v with_o frost_n shall_v find_v the_o same_o hardness_n in_o the_o wood_n or_o iron_n he_o may_v handle_v which_o another_o do_v then_o strange_a subject_n yield_v unto_o our_o mercy_n and_o lodge_v with_o we_o according_a to_o our_o pleasure_n now_o if_o on_o our_o part_n we_o receive_v any_o thing_n without_o alteration_n if_o man_n hold-fast_n be_v capable_a and_o sufficient_o powerful_a by_o our_o proper_a mean_n to_o seize_v on_o truth_n those_o mean_n be_v common_a to_o all_o this_o truth_n will_v successive_o remove_v itself_o from_o one_o to_o a_o other_o and_o of_o so_o many_o thing_n as_o be_v in_o the_o world_n at_o least_o one_o shall_v be_v find_v that_o by_o a_o universal_a consent_n shall_v be_v believe_v of_o all_o but_o that_o no_o proposition_n be_v feene_z which_o be_v not_o controversy_v and_o debate_v among_o we_o or_o that_o may_v not_o be_v declare_v plain_o that_o our_o judgement_n do_v not_o absolute_o and_o clear_o seize_v on_o that_o which_o it_o seize_v for_o my_o judgement_n can_v make_v my_o fellow_n judgement_n to_o receive_v the_o same_o which_o be_v a_o sign_n that_o i_o have_v seize_v upon_o it_o by_o some_o other_o mean_v then_o by_o a_o natural_a power_n in_o i_o or_o other_o man_n leave_v we_o apart_o this_o infinite_a confusion_n of_o opinion_n which_o be_v see_v among_o philosopher_n themselves_o and_o this_o universal_a and_o perpetual_a disputation_n in_o and_o concern_v the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n for_o it_o be_v most_o true_o presuppose_v that_o man_n i_o mean_v the_o wise_a the_o best_a bear_v yea_o and_o the_o most_o sufficient_a do_v never_o agree_v no_o not_o so_o much_o that_o heaven_n be_v over_o our_o head_n for_o they_o who_o doubt_v of_o all_o do_v also_o doubt_v of_o this_o and_o such_o as_o affirm_v that_o we_o can_v conceive_v any_o thing_n say_v we_o have_v not_o conceive_v whether_o heaven_n be_v over_o our_o head_n which_o two_o opinion_n be_v in_o number_n without_o any_o comparison_n the_o most_o forcible_a beside_o this_o diversity_n and_o infinite_a division_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o trouble_n which_o our_o own_o judgement_n lay_v upon_o ourselves_o and_o the_o uncertainty_n which_o every_o man_n find_v in_o himself_o it_o may_v manifest_o be_v perceive_v that_o this_o situation_n be_v very_o uncertain_a and_o unstaid_a how_o diverse_o judge_v we_o of_o thing_n how_o often_o change_v we_o our_o fantasy_n what_o i_o hold_v and_o believe_v this_o day_n i_o believe_v and_o hold_v with_o all_o my_o belief_n all_o my_o implement_n spring_n and_o motion_n embrace_z and_o clasp_v this_o opinion_n and_o to_o the_o utmost_a of_o their_o power_n warrant_v the_o same_o i_o can_v not_o possible_o embrace_v any_o verity_n nor_o with_o more_o assurance_n keep_v it_o than_o i_o do_v this_o i_o be_o whole_o and_o absolute_o give_v to_o it_o but_o have_v it_o not_o be_v my_o fortune_n not_o once_o but_o a_o hundred_o nay_o a_o thousand_o time_n nay_o daily_o to_o have_v embrace_v some_o other_o thing_n with_o the_o very_a same_o instrument_n
and_o condition_n which_o upon_o better_a advice_n i_o have_v afterward_o judge_v false_a a_o man_n shall_v at_o least_o become_v wise_a at_o his_o own_o cost_n and_o learn_v by_o other_o harm_n if_o under_o this_o colour_n i_o have_v often_o find_v myself_o deceive_v if_o my_o touchstone_n be_v common_o find_v false_a and_o my_o balance_n un-even_a and_o unjust_a what_o assurance_n may_v i_o more_o take_v of_o it_o at_o this_o time_n then_o at_o other_o be_v it_o not_o folly_n in_o i_o to_o suffer_v myself_o so_o often_o to_o be_v beguile_v and_o cozen_v by_o one_o guide_n nevertheless_o let_v fortune_n remove_v we_o five_o hundred_o time_n from_o our_o place_n let_v she_o do_v nothing_o but_o incessant_o empty_a and_o fill_v as_o in_o a_o vessel_n other_o and_o other_o opinion_n in_o our_o mind_n the_o present_a and_o last_o be_v always_o suppose_v certain_a and_o infallible_a for_o this_o must_v a_o man_n leave_v good_n honour_n life_n state_n health_n and_o all_o posterior_n res_fw-la illa_fw-la reperta_fw-la perdit_fw-la &_o immutat_fw-la sensus_fw-la ad_fw-la pristina_fw-la quaeque_fw-la 1424._o the_o late_a thing_n destroy_v all_o find_v before_o and_o altar_n sense_n at_o all_o thing_n like_v of_o yore_o whatsoever_o be_v tell_v we_o and_o what_o ever_o we_o learn_v we_o shall_v ever_o remember_v it_o be_v man_n who_o deliver_v and_o man_n that_o receive_v it_o be_v a_o mortal_a hand_n that_o present_v it_o and_o a_o mortal_a hand_n that_o receive_v it_o only_o thing_n which_o come_v to_o we_o from_o heaven_n have_v right_a and_o authority_n of_o persuasion_n and_o mark_n of_o truth_n which_o we_o neither_o see_v with_o our_o eye_n nor_o receive_v by_o our_o mean_n this_o scred_a and_o great_a image_n will_v be_v of_o no_o force_n in_o so_o wretched_a a_o mansion_n except_o god_n prepare_v it_o to_o that_o use_n and_o purpose_n unless_o god_n by_o his_o particular_a grace_n and_o supernatural_a favour_n reform_v and_o strengthen_v the_o same_o our_o fraile-defective_a condition_n ought_v at_o least_o make_v we_o demaene_n ourselves_o more_o moderate_o and_o more_o circumspect_o in_o our_o change_n we_o shall_v remember_v that_o whatsoever_o we_o receive_v in_o our_o understanding_n we_o often_o receive_v false_a thing_n and_o that_o it_o be_v by_o the_o same_o instrument_n which_o many_o time_n contradict_v and_o deceive_v themselves_o and_o no_o marvel_n if_o they_o contradict_v themselves_o be_v so_o easy_a to_o incline_v and_o upon_o very_o slight_a occasion_n subject_a to_o waver_v and_o turn_v certain_a it_o be_v that_o our_o apprehension_n our_o judgement_n and_o our_o soul_n faculty_n in_o general_a do_v suffer_v according_a to_o the_o body_n motion_n and_o alteration_n which_o be_v continual_a have_v we_o not_o our_o spirit_n more_o vigilant_a our_o memory_n more_o ready_a and_o our_o discourse_n more_o lively_a in_o time_n of_o health_n then_o in_o sickness_n do_v not_o joy_n and_o blithnesse_n make_v we_o receive_v the_o subject_n that_o present_v themselves_o unto_o our_o soul_n with_o another_o kind_n of_o countenance_n than_o lower_a vexation_n and_o droop_a melancholy_n do_v do_v you_o imagine_v that_o catullus_n or_o sappho_n verse_n delight_n and_o please_v a_o old_a covetous_a chuff-penny_n wretch_n as_o they_o do_v a_o lusty_a and_o vigorous_a youngman_n cleomenes_z the_o son_n of_o anaxandridas_n be_v sick_a his_o friend_n reprove_v he_o say_v he_o have_v new_a strange_a humour_n and_o unusual_a fantasy_n it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a answer_v he_o for_o i_o be_o not_o the_o man_n i_o be_v wont_a to_o be_v in_o time_n of_o health_n but_o be_v other_o so_o be_v my_o fantasy_n and_o my_o humour_n in_o the_o rabble_n case-canvasing_a of_o our_o plea-cours_n this_o byword_n gaudeat_fw-la de_fw-la bonafortuna_fw-la let_v he_o joy_n in_o his_o good_a fortune_n be_v much_o in_o use_n and_o be_v speak_v of_o criminal_a offender_n who_o happen_v to_o meet_v with_o judge_n in_o some_o mild_a temper_n or_o well-pleased_a mood_n for_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a that_o in_o time_n of_o condemnation_n the_o judge_n doom_n or_o sentence_n be_v some_o time_n perceive_v to_o be_v more_o sharp_a merciless_a and_o forward_o and_o at_o other_o time_n more_o tractable_a facile_a and_o incline_v to_o shadow_n or_o excuse_v a_o offence_n according_a as_o he_o be_v well_o or_o ill_o please_v in_o mind_n a_o man_n that_o come_v out_o of_o his_o house_n trouble_v with_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o gout_n vex_v with_o jealousy_n or_o angry_a that_o his_o servant_n have_v rob_v he_o and_o who_o mind_n be_v overcome_v with_o grief_n and_o plunge_v with_o vexation_n and_o distract_v with_o anger_n there_o be_v not_o question_v to_o be_v make_v but_o his_o judgement_n be_v at_o that_o instant_n much_o distemper_v and_o much_o transport_v that_o way_n that_o venerable_a senate_n of_o the_o areopagite_n be_v wont_a to_o judge_v and_o sentence_n by_o night_n for_o fear_v the_o sight_n of_o the_o suitor_n â—ight_a corrupt_a justice_n the_o air_n it'selfe_n and_o the_o clearness_n of_o the_o firmament_n do_v forebode_v we_o some_o change_n and_o alteration_n of_o weather_n as_o say_v that_o greek_a verse_n in_o cicero_n tales_n sunt_fw-la hominum_fw-la mentes_fw-la quali_fw-la pater_fw-la ipse_fw-la exiâ—tert_n jupiter_n auctifer_fw-la a_o lustravit_fw-la lampade_fw-la terras_fw-la such_o be_v man_n mind_n as_o with_o increasefull_a light_n our_o father_n jove_n survaye_v the_o world_n in_o sight_n it_o be_v not_o only_a fever_n drink_n and_o great_a accident_n that_o overwhelm_a our_o judgement_n the_o least_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n will_v turn_v it_o topsiturvie_o and_o although_o we_o feel_v it_o not_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v if_o a_o continual_a ague_n may_v in_o the_o end_n suppress_v our_o mind_n a_o tertiani_fw-la will_v also_o according_a to_o her_o measure_n and_o proportion_n breed_v some_o alteration_n in_o it_o if_o a_o apoplexy_n do_v altogether_o stupefy_v and_o extinguish_v the_o sight_n of_o our_o understanding_n it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o a_o cold_a and_o rheum_n will_v likewise_o dazzle_v the_o same_o and_o by_o consequence_n hardly_o shall_v a_o man_n in_o all_o his_o life_n find_v one_o hour_n wherein_o our_o judgement_n may_v always_o be_v find_v in_o his_o right_a byase_n our_o body_n be_v subject_a to_o so_o many_o continual_a alteration_n and_o stuff_v with_o so_o divers_a sort_n of_o gin_n and_o motion_n that_o give_v credit_n to_o physician_n it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o find_v one_o in_o perfect_a plight_n and_o that_o do_v not_o always_o mistake_v his_o mark_n and_o shut_v wide_a as_o for_o the_o rest_n this_o disease_n be_v not_o so_o easy_o discover_v except_o it_o be_v altogether_o extreme_a and_o remediless_a forasmuch_o as_o reason_n march_v ever_o crooked_a halt_v and_o broken-hipt_a and_o with_o falsehood_n as_o with_o truth_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o discover_v her_o mistake_n and_o disorder_n i_o always_o call_v reason_n that_o appearance_n or_o show_v of_o discourse_n which_o every_o man_n devise_v or_o forge_v in_o himself_o that_o reason_n of_o who_o condition_n there_o may_v be_v a_o hundred_o one_o contrary_a to_o another_o about_z ownself_o same_o subject_n it_o be_v a_o instrument_n of_o lead_n and_o wax_n stretch_v pliable_a and_o that_o may_v be_v fit_v to_o all_o byase_n and_o square_v to_o all_o measure_n there_o remain_v nothing_o but_o the_o skill_n and_o sufficiency_n to_o know_v how_o to_o turn_v and_o wind_v the_o same_o how_o well_o soever_o a_o judge_n mean_v and_o what_o good_a mind_n so_o ever_o he_o bear_v if_o diligent_a ear_n be_v not_o give_v unto_o he_o to_o which_o few_o ammuse_n themselves_o his_o inclination_n unto_o friendship_n unto_o kindred_n unto_o beauty_n and_o unto_o revenge_n and_o not_o only_a matter_n of_o so_o weighty_a consequence_n but_o this_o innate_a and_o casual_a instinct_n which_o make_v we_o to_o favour_v one_o thing_n more_o than_o another_o and_o incline_v to_o one_o man_n more_o than_o to_o another_o and_o which_o without_o any_o leave_n of_o reason_n give_v we_o the_o choice_n in_o two_o like_a subject_n or_o some_o shadow_n of_o like_a vanity_n may_v insensible_o insinuate_v in_o his_o judgement_n the_o commendation_n and_o applause_n or_o disfavour_n and_o disallowance_n of_o a_o cause_n and_o give_v the_o balance_n a_o twitch_n i_o that_o near_o pry_v into_o myself_o and_o who_o have_v my_o eye_n incessant_o fix_v upon_o i_o as_o one_o that_o have_v much_o else_o to_o do_v else_o where_o quis_fw-la sub_fw-la arctâ—_n rex_fw-la gelidae_fw-la metuatur_fw-la orae_fw-la 3._o quid_fw-la tyridatem_fw-la terreat_fw-la unicè_fw-la securus_fw-la only_o secure_a who_o in_o cold_a coast_n under_o the_o north-pole_n rule_v the_o roast_n and_o there_o be_v fear_v or_o what_o will_v fright_v and_o tyridates_n put_v to_o flight_n dare_v very_o hardly_o report_v the_o vanity_n and_o weakness_n i_o feel_v in_o myself_o
at_o myself_o to_o see_v in_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n of_o time_n and_o place_n the_o sympathy_n or_o jump_v of_o so_o great_a a_o number_n of_o popular_a and_o wild_a opinion_n and_o of_o extravagant_a custom_n and_o belief_n and_o which_o by_o no_o mean_n seem_v to_o hold_v with_o our_o natural_a discourse_n man_n spirit_n be_v a_o wonderful_a worker_n of_o miracle_n but_o this_o relation_n have_v yet_o a_o kind_n of_o i_o wot_v not_o what_o more_o heteroclite_n which_o be_v find_v both_o in_o name_n and_o in_o a_o thousand_o other_o thing_n for_o there_o be_v find_v nation_n which_o as_o far_o as_o we_o know_v have_v never_o hear_v of_o we_o where_o circumcision_n be_v hold_v in_o request_n where_o great_a state_n and_o common_a wealth_n be_v maintain_v only_o by_o woman_n and_o no_o man_n where_o our_o fast_n and_o lent_n be_v represent_v add_v thereunto_o the_o abstinence_n from_o woman_n where_o our_o crosy_n be_v several_a way_n in_o great_a esteem_n in_o some_o place_n they_o adorn_v and_o honour_v their_o sepulcher_n with_o they_o and_o elsewhere_o especial_o that_o of_o saint_n andrew_n they_o employ_v to_o shield_v themselves_o from_o nightly_a vision_n and_o to_o lay_v they_o upon_o child_n couch_n as_o good_a against_o enchantment_n and_o witchcraft_n in_o another_o place_n they_o find_v one_o make_v of_o wood_n of_o a_o exceed_a height_n worship_v for_o the_o god_n of_o rain_n which_o be_v thrust_v very_o deep_a into_o the_o ground_n there_o be_v find_v a_o very_o express_v and_o lively_a image_n of_o our_o penitentiaries_n the_o use_n of_o myters-the_a priest_n single_a life_n the_o art_n of_o divination_n by_o the_o entrails_n of_o sacrifice_a beast_n the_o abstinence_n from_o all_o sort_n of_o flesh_n &_o fish_n for_o their_o food_n the_o order_n among_o priest_n in_o say_v of_o their_o divine_a service_n to_o use_v a_o not_o vulgar_a but_o a_o particular_a tongue_n and_o this_o erroneous_a and_o fond_a conceit_n that_o the_o first_o god_n be_v expel_v his_o throne_n by_o a_o young_a brother_n of_o he_o that_o they_o be_v at_o â—â—â—â—_o create_v with_o all_o commodity_n which_o afterward_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o sin_n be_v abridge_v they_o that_o their_o territory_n have_v be_v change_v that_o their_o natural_a condition_n have_v be_v much_o impair_v that_o they_o have_v heretofore_o be_v drown_v by_o the_o inundation_n of_o water_n come_v from_o heaven_n that_o none_o be_v save_v but_o a_o few_o family_n which_o cast_v themselves_o into_o the_o crack_n or_o hollow_a of_o high_a mountain_n which_o crack_n they_o stop_v very_o close_o so_o that_o the_o water_n can_v not_o enter_v in_o have_v before_o shut_v therein_o many_o kind_n of_o beast_n that_o when_o they_o perceive_v the_o rain_n to_o cease_v and_o water_n to_o shall_fw-mi they_o first_o send_v out_o certain_a dog_n which_o return_v clean-wasâ—t_a and_o wet_a they_o judge_v that_o the_o water_n be_v not_o yet_o much_o fall_v and_o that_o afterward_o send_v out_o some_o other_o which_o see_v to_o return_v all_o muddy_a and_o foul_a they_o issue_v forth_o of_o the_o mountain_n to_o repeople_v the_o world_n again_o which_o they_o find_v replenish_v only_o with_o serpent_n there_o be_v place_n find_v where_o they_o use_v the_o persuasion_n of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n so_o that_o they_o grow_v wondrous_a wroth_a and_o offend_v with_o the_o spaniard_n who_o in_o dig_v and_o search_v of_o riches_n in_o their_o grave_n scatter_v here_o and_o there_o the_o bone_n of_o their_o decease_a friend_n say_v that_o those_o disperse_a bone_n can_v very_o hardly_o be_v reconjoyn_v together_o again_o they_o also_o find_v where_o they_o use_v traffic_n by_o exchange_n and_o no_o otherwise_o and_o have_v fair_n and_o market_n for_o that_o purpose_n they_o find_v dwarf_n and_o such_o other_o deform_a creature_n use_v for_o the_o ornament_n of_o prince_n table_n they_o find_v the_o use_n of_o hawk_v and_o fowl_v according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o their_o bird_n tyrannical_a subside_n and_o grievance_n upon_o subject_n delicate_a in_o pleasant_a garden_n dance_v tumble_a leap_v and_o juggle_n music_n of_o instrument_n armoury_n dicing-house_n tennisse-courte_n and_o cast_v lot_n or_o mumne-chaunce_n wherein_o they_o be_v often_o so_o earnest_a and_o moody_a that_o they_o will_v play_v themselves_o and_o their_o liberty_n use_v no_o other_o physic_n but_o by_o charm_n the_o manner_n of_o write_v by_o figure_n believe_v in_o one_o first_o man_n universal_a father_n of_o all_o people_n the_o adoration_n of_o one_o god_n who_o heretofore_o live_v man_n in_o perfect_a virginity_n fast_v and_o penance_n preach_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o ceremony_n of_o religion_n and_o who_o vanish_v out_o of_o the_o world_n without_o any_o natural_a death_n the_o opinion_n of_o giant_n the_o use_n of_o drunkenness_n with_o their_o manner_n of_o drink_n and_o drink_v and_o pledge_v of_o health_n religious_a ornament_n paint_v over_o with_o bone_n and_o dead-men_n skull_n surplice_n holy-water_n and_o holy-water_n sprinkle_v woman_n and_o servaunt_n which_o striving_o present_v themselves_o to_o be_v burn_v or_o inter_v with_o their_o decease_a husband_n or_o master_n a_o law_n that_o the_o elder_a or_o first_o bear_v child_n shall_v succeed_v and_o inherit_v all_o where_o nothing_o be_v reserve_v for_o puny_n but_o obedience_n a_o custom_n to_o the_o promotion_n of_o certain_a officer_n of_o great_a authority_n and_o where_o he_o that_o be_v promote_v take_v upon_o he_o a_o new_a name_n and_o quit_v his_o own_o where_o they_o use_v to_o cast_v lime_n upon_o the_o knee_n of_o new_a bear_v child_n say_v unto_o he_o from_o dust_n thou_o come_v and_o to_o dust_n thou_o shall_v return_v again_o the_o art_n of_o augur_n or_o prediction_n these_o vain_a shadow_n of_o our_o religion_n which_o be_v see_v in_o some_o of_o these_o example_n witness_v the_o dignity_n and_o divinity_n thereof_o it_o have_v not_o only_o in_o some_o sort_n insinuate_v itself_o among_o all_o the_o infidel_n nation_n on_o this_o side_n by_o some_o imitation_n but_o among_o those_o barbarous_a nation_n beyond_o as_o it_o be_v by_o a_o common_a and_o supernatural_a inspiration_n for_o among_o they_o be_v also_o find_v the_o belief_n of_o purgatory_n but_o after_o a_o new_a form_n for_o what_o we_o ascribe_v unto_o fire_n they_o impute_v unto_o cold_a and_o imagine_v that_o soul_n be_v both_o purge_v and_o punish_v by_o the_o vigour_n of_o a_o extreme_a coldness_n this_o example_n put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o another_o pleasant_a diversity_n for_o as_o there_o be_v some_o people_n find_v who_o take_v pleasure_n to_o unhood_v the_o end_n of_o their_o yard_n and_o to_o cut_v off_o the_o foreskin_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o mahometan_n and_o jew_n some_o there_o be_v find_v that_o make_v so_o great_a a_o conscience_n to_o unhood_v it_o that_o with_o little_a string_n they_o carry_v their_o foreskin_n very_o careful_o outstretch_v and_o fasten_v above_o for_o fear_v that_o end_n shall_v see_v the_o air_n and_o of_o this_o other_o diversity_n also_o that_o as_o we_o honour_v our_o king_n and_o celebrate_v our_o holiday_n with_o deck_v and_o trim_v ourselves_o with_o the_o best_a habilliement_n we_o have_v in_o some_o region_n there_o to_o show_v all_o disparity_n and_o submission_n to_o their_o king_n their_o subject_n present_v themselves_o unto_o he_o in_o their_o base_a and_o mean_a apparel_n and_o enter_v into_o his_o palace_n they_o take_v some_o old_a tear_a garment_n and_o put_v it_o over_o their_o other_o attire_n to_o the_o end_n all_o the_o glory_n and_o ornament_n may_v shine_v in_o their_o sovereign_n and_o master_n but_o let_v we_o go_v on_o if_o nature_n enclose_v within_o the_o limit_n of_o her_o ordinary_a progress_n as_o all_o other_o thing_n so_o the_o belief_n the_o judgement_n and_o the_o opinion_n of_o man_n if_o they_o have_v their_o revolution_n their_o season_n their_o birth_n and_o their_o death_n even_o as_o cabiche_n if_o heaven_n do_v move_v agitate_v and_o roll_v they_o at_o his_o pleasure_n what_o powerful_a and_o permanent_a authority_n do_v we_o ascribe_v unto_o they_o if_o by_o uncontroled_a experience_n we_o palpable_o touch_v that_o the_o form_n of_o our_o be_v depend_v of_o the_o air_n of_o the_o climate_n and_o of_o the_o soil_n wherein_o we_o be_v bear_v and_o not_o only_o the_o hue_n the_o stature_n the_o complexion_n and_o the_o countenance_n but_o also_o the_o soul_n faculty_n et_fw-la plaga_fw-la coeli_fw-la non_fw-la solúm_fw-la ad_fw-la rebur_fw-la corporum_fw-la sed_fw-la eiam_fw-la animorum_fw-la facit_fw-la the_o climate_n help_v not_o only_o for_o strength_n of_o body_n but_o of_o mind_n say_v vegetius_n and_o that_o the_o goddess_n foundress_n of_o the_o city_n of_o athens_n choose_v a_o temperature_n of_o a_o country_n to_o situate_a it_o in_o that_o mightmake_v the_o man_n wise_a as_o
human_a imbecility_n the_o example_n which_o the_o history_n of_o god_n itself_o have_v leave_v we_o of_o this_o use_n to_o remit_v the_o determination_n of_o election_n in_o doubtful_a matter_n unto_o fortune_n and_o hazard_n sors_z cecidit_fw-la super_fw-la matthiam_n the_o lot_n fall_v upon_o mathias_n humane_a reason_n 26_o be_v a_o two-edged_a dangerous_a sword_n even_o in_o socrates_n his_o hand_n her_o most_o inward_a and_o familiar_a friend_n mark_v what_o a_o many-ended_n staff_n it_o be_v so_o be_o i_o only_o fit_a to_o follow_v and_o be_o easy_o carry_v away_o by_o the_o throng_n i_o do_v not_o great_o trust_v my_o own_o strength_n to_o undertake_v to_o command_v or_o to_o lead_v i_o rejoice_v to_o see_v my_o step_n trace_v by_o other_o if_o i_o must_v run_v the_o hazard_n of_o a_o uncertain_a choice_n i_o will_v rather_o have_v it_o be_v under_o such_o a_o one_o who_o be_v more_o assure_v of_o his_o opinion_n and_o more_o wed_v to_o they_o than_o i_o be_o of_o i_o the_o foundation_n and_o platform_n of_o which_o i_o find_v to_o be_v very_o slippery_a yet_o be_o i_o not_o very_o easy_a to_o change_v forsomuch_o as_o i_o perceive_v a_o like_a weakness_n in_o contrary_a opinion_n ipsa_fw-la consuetudo_fw-la assentiendi_fw-la periculosa_fw-la esse_fw-la videtur_fw-la &_o lubrica_fw-la 4._o the_o very_a custom_n of_o assent_v seem_v hazerdous_a and_o slippery_a namely_o in_o politic_a affair_n wherein_o be_v a_o large_a field_n open_a to_o all_o motion_n and_o to_o contestation_n justa_fw-la pari_fw-la premitur_fw-la velut_fw-la cum_fw-la pondere_fw-la libra_fw-la 41._o prona_fw-la nec_fw-la hâc_fw-la plus_fw-la parte_fw-la sedet_fw-la nec_fw-la surgit_fw-la ab_fw-la illa_fw-la as_o when_o a_o even_a scale_n with_o equal_a weight_n be_v peize_v nor_o fall_v it_o down_o this_o way_n or_o be_v it_o that_o way_n raise_v as_o for_o example_n machiavel_v discourse_n be_v very_o solid_a for_o the_o subject_n yet_o have_v it_o be_v very_o easy_a to_o impugn_v they_o and_o those_o that_o have_v do_v it_o have_v leave_v no_o less_o facility_n to_o impugn_v they_o a_o man_n may_v ever_o find_v answer_n enough_o to_o such_o a_o argument_n both_o rejoinder_n double_a treble_a quadruple_a with_o this_o infinite_a contexture_n of_o debate_n that_o our_o pettifogger_n have_v wyredrawne_a and_o wrest_v as_o much_o as_o ever_o they_o can_v in_o favour_n of_o their_o plea_n and_o process_n caedimur_fw-la &_o totidem_fw-la plagis_fw-la consumimus_fw-la hostem_fw-la 97._o we_o by_o our_o foe_n be_v beat_v if_o not_o slay_v we_o with_o as_o many_o stroke_n waste_v they_o again_o reason_n have_v no_o other_o good_a ground_n than_o experience_n and_o the_o diversity_n of_o humane_a event_n present_v we_o with_o infinite_a example_n for_o all_o manner_n of_o form_n a_o wise_a man_n of_o our_o time_n say_v that_o where_o our_o almanach_n say_v warm_a shall_v a_o man_n say_v cold_a and_o in_o lieu_n of_o dry_a moist_a and_o ever_o set_v down_o the_o contrary_a of_o what_o they_o foretell_v be_v he_o to_o lay_v a_o wager_n of_o one_o or_o other_o success_n he_o will_v not_o care_v what_o side_n he_o take_v except_o in_o such_o thing_n as_o admit_v no_o uncertainty_n as_o to_o promise_v extreme_a heat_n at_o christmas_n and_o exceed_v cold_a at_o midsummer_n the_o like_a i_o think_v of_o these_o politic_a discourse_n what_o part_n soever_o you_o be_v put_v unto_o you_o have_v as_o good_a a_o game_n as_o your_o fellow_n provide_v you_o affront_v not_o the_o apparent_a and_o plain_a principle_n and_o therefore_o according_a to_o my_o humour_n in_o public_a affair_n there_o be_v no_o course_n so_o bad_a so_o age_n and_o constancy_n be_v join_v unto_o it_o that_o be_v not_o better_a than_o change_n and_o alteration_n our_o manner_n be_v exceed_o corrupt_v and_o with_o a_o merveilous_a inclination_n bend_v towards_o worse_a and_o worse_o of_o our_o law_n and_o custom_n many_o be_v barbarous_a and_o divers_a monstrous_a notwithstanding_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o difficulty_n to_o reduce_v we_o to_o better_a estate_n and_o of_o the_o danger_n of_o this_o subversion_n if_o i_o can_v fix_v a_o peg_n into_o our_o wheel_n and_o stay_v it_o where_o it_o now_o be_v i_o will_v willing_o do_v it_o nunquam_fw-la adeo_fw-la foedis_fw-la adeóque_fw-la pudendis_fw-la 183_o vtimur_fw-la exemplis_fw-la vi_fw-la non_fw-la peiora_fw-la super_fw-la sint_fw-la example_n of_o so_o filthy_a shameful_a kind_n we_o never_o use_v but_o worse_a remain_v behind_o instability_n be_v the_o worst_a i_o find_v in_o our_o state_n and_o that_o our_o law_n no_o more_o than_o our_o garment_n can_v take_v no_o settle_a form_n it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o accuse_v a_o state_n of_o imperfection_n since_o all_o mortal_a thing_n be_v full_a of_o it_o as_o easy_a be_v it_o to_o beget_v in_o a_o people_n a_o contempt_n of_o his_o ancient_a observance_n no_o man_n ever_o undertake_v it_o but_o come_v to_o a_o end_n but_o to_o establish_v a_o better_a state_n in_o place_n of_o that_o which_o be_v condemn_v and_o race_v out_o divers_z who_o have_v attempt_v it_o have_v shrink_v under_o the_o burden_n touch_v my_o conduct_n my_o wisdom_n have_v small_a share_n therein_o i_o be_o very_o easy_o to_o be_v direct_v by_o the_o world_n public_a order_n oh_o happy_a people_n that_o do_v what_o be_v command_v better_o than_o they_o which_o command_n without_o vex_v themselves_o about_o cause_n which_o suffer_v themselves_o gentle_o to_o be_v roll_v on_o according_a to_o the_o heaven_n roll_a obedience_n be_v never_o pure_a and_o quiet_a in_o he_o who_o talk_v plead_v and_o contend_v in_o some_o to_o return_v to_o myself_o the_o only_a matter_n for_o which_o i_o make_v some_o account_n of_o myself_o be_v that_o wherein_o never_o man_n do_v think_v himself_o defective_a my_o commendation_n be_v vulgar_a common_a and_o popular_a for_o who_o ever_o think_v he_o want_v wit_n it_o be_v a_o proposition_n which_o in_o itself_o will_v imply_v contradiction_n it_o be_v a_o infirmity_n that_o be_v never_o where_o it_o be_v see_v it_o be_v very_o strong_a and_o fast-holding_a but_o yet_o pierce_v and_o dissipate_v by_o the_o first_o beam_n of_o the_o patient_n sight_n as_o do_v the_o sun_n ray_n scatter_v and_o dispearce_v a_o gloomy_a mist_n for_o a_o man_n to_o accuse_v himself_o be_v to_o excuse_v himself_o of_o that_o subject_n and_o to_o condemn_v himself_o a_o absolve_a of_o himself_o there_o be_v never_o so_o base_a a_o porter_n nor_o so_o silly_a a_o woman_n but_o think_v he_o have_v sufficient_a wit_n for_o his_o provision_n we_o easy_o know_v in_o other_o the_o advantage_n of_o courage_n of_o bodily_a strength_n of_o experience_n of_o disposition_n and_o of_o beauty_n but_o we_o never_o yield_v the_o advantage_n of_o judgement_n to_o any_o body_n and_o the_o reason_n which_o part_n from_o the_o simple_a natural_a discourse_n in_o other_o we_o think_v that_o have_v we_o but_o look_v that_o way_n we_o have_v sure_o find_v they_o the_o skill_n the_o knowledge_n the_o stile_n and_o such_o like_a part_n which_o we_o see_v in_o strange_a work_n we_o easy_o perceive_v whether_o they_o exceed_v we_o but_o the_o mere_a production_n of_o wit_n and_o understanding_n every_o man_n deem_v it_o lie_v in_o he_o to_o meet_v with_o the_o very_a like_a and_o do_v hardly_o perceive_v the_o weight_n and_o difficulty_n of_o it_o except_o and_o that_o very_o scarce_o in_o a_o extreme_a and_o incomparable_a distance_n and_o he_o that_o shall_v clear_o see_v the_o height_n of_o a_o stranger_n judgement_n will_v come_v and_o bring_v he_o unto_o it_o thus_o be_v it_o a_o kind_n of_o exercise_v whereof_o a_o man_n may_v hope_v but_o for_o mean_a commendation_n and_o small_a praise_n and_o a_o manner_n of_o composition_n of_o little_a or_o no_o harm_n at_o all_o and_o then_o for_o who_o do_v you_o write_v the_o wise_a sort_n unto_o who_o belong_v bookish_a jurisdiction_n know_v no_o other_o price_n but_o of_o doctrine_n and_o avow_v no_o other_o proceed_n in_o our_o wit_n but_o that_o of_o erudition_n and_o art_n if_o you_o have_v mistake_v one_o scipio_n for_o a_o other_o what_o of_o any_o worth_n have_v you_o leave_v to_o speake-of_a he_o that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o aristotle_n according_a to_o they_o he_o be_v there_o withal_o ignorant_a of_o himself_o popular_a and_o shallow-headed_n mind_n can_v perceive_v the_o grace_n or_o comeliness_n nor_o judge_v of_o a_o smooth_a and_o quaint_a discourse_n now_o these_o two_o kind_n possess_v the_o world_n the_o three_o unto_o who_o share_n you_o fall_v of_o regular_a wit_n and_o that_o be_v strong_a of_o themselves_o be_v so_o rare_a that_o just_o it_o have_v neither_o name_n or_o rank_n among_o we_o he_o lose_v half_a his_o time_n that_o do_v aspire_v or_o endeavour_v to_o please_v it_o it_o be_v common_o say_v that_o the_o just_a portion_n nature_n have_v give_v we_o of_o
exquisite_o unspotted_a nor_o so_o entire_a or_o constant_a as_o that_o of_o seneca_n now_o this_o book_n whereof_o i_o speak_v to_o come_v to_o his_o intention_n make_v a_o most_o injurious_a description_n of_o seneca_n have_v borrow_v his_o reproach_n from_o dion_n the_o historian_n to_o who_o testimony_n i_o give_v no_o credit_n at_o all_o for_o beside_o he_o be_v inconstant_a as_o one_o who_o after_o he_o have_v call_v seneca_n exceed_v wise_a and_o short_o after_o term_v he_o a_o mortal_a enemy_n to_o nero_n vice_n in_o other_o place_n make_v he_o covetous_a give_v to_o usury_n ambitious_a base-minded_a voluptuous_a and_o under_o false_a pretence_n and_o feign_a show_n a_o counterfeit_a philosopher_n his_o virtue_n appear_v so_o lively_a and_o wisdom_n so_o vigorous_a in_o his_o write_n and_o the_o defence_n of_o these_o imputation_n be_v so_o manifest_a as_o well_o of_o his_o riches_n as_o of_o his_o excessive_a expense_n that_o i_o believe_v no_o witness_n to_o the_o contrary_n moreover_o there_o be_v great_a reason_n we_o shall_v rather_o give_v credit_n to_o roman_a historian_n in_o such_o thing_n then_o to_o grecian_n and_o stranger_n whereas_o tacitus_n and_o other_o speak_v very_o honourable_o of_o his_o life_n and_o death_n and_o in_o all_o other_o circumstance_n declare_v he_o to_o have_v be_v a_o most_o excellent_a and_o rarely-vertuous_a man_n i_o will_v allege_v no_o other_o reproach_n against_o dions_n judgement_n than_o this_o which_o be_v unavoidable_a that_o be_v his_o understanding_n of_o the_o roman_a affair_n be_v so_o weak_a and_o ill_o advise_v as_o he_o dare_v defend_v and_o maintain_v julius_n caesar_n cause_n against_o pompey_n and_o blâ—sheth_v not_o to_o justify_v antonius_n against_o cicero_n but_o let_v we_o come_v to_o plutarch_n john_n bodine_n be_v a_o good_a modern_a author_n and_o endow_v with_o much_o more_o judgement_n than_o the_o common-rabble_n of_o scribbler_n and_o blur-paper_n which_o now_o adays_o stuff_n stationer_n shop_n and_o who_o deserve_v to_o be_v judge_v consider_v and_o have_v in_o more_o than_o ordinary_a esteem_n nevertheless_o i_o find_v he_o somewhat_o malapert_a and_o bold_a in_o that_o passage_n of_o his_o method_n of_o history_n when_o he_o accuse_v plutarch_n not_o only_o of_o ignorance_n wherein_o i_o will_v have_v let_v he_o say_v his_o pleasure_n for_o that_o be_v not_o within_o my_o element_n but_o also_o that_o he_o often_o write_v thing_n altogether_o incredible_a and_o mere_o fabulous_a these_o be_v his_o very_a word_n if_o he_o have_v simple_o say_v thing_n otherwise_o than_o they_o be_v it_o have_v be_v no_o great_a reprehension_n for_o what_o we_o have_v not_o see_v we_o receive_v from_o other_o and_o upon_o trust_n and_o i_o see_v he_o sometime_o witting_o and_o in_o good_a earnest_n report_v one_o and_o same_o story_n diverse_o as_o the_o judgemenn_n of_o three_o best_a captain_n that_o ever_o be_v speak_v by_o hannibal_n be_v otherwise_o in_o flaminius_n his_o life_n &_o otherwise_o in_o pyrrhus_n but_o to_o tax_v he_o to_o have_v take_v incredible_a and_o impossible_a thing_n for_o ready_a payment_n be_v to_o accuse_v the_o more_o judicious_a author_n of_o the_o world_n of_o want_n of_o judgement_n and_o see_v here_o his_o example_n as_o say_v he_o when_o he_o report_v that_o a_o child_n of_o lacedaemon_n suffer_v all_o his_o belly_n and_o gut_n to_o be_v tear_v out_o by_o a_o cubbe_n or_o young_a fox_n which_o he_o have_v steal_v and_o keep_v close_o under_o his_o garment_n rather_o than_o he_o will_v discover_v his_o theft_n first_o i_o find_v this_o example_n ill_o choose_v forasmuch_o as_o it_o be_v very_o hear_v to_o limit_v the_o power_n of_o the_o soules-faculty_n whereas_o of_o corporal_a force_n we_o have_v more_o law_n to_o limit_v and_o know_v they_o and_o therefore_o have_v i_o be_v to_o write_v of_o such_o a_o subject_n i_o will_v rather_o have_v make_v choice_n of_o a_o example_n of_o this_o second_o kind_n and_o some_o there_o be_v less_o credible_a as_o amongst_o other_o that_o which_o he_o report_v of_o pyrrhus_n who_o be_v fore_o wound_v give_v so_o great_a a_o blow_n with_o a_o sword_n unto_o one_o of_o his_o enemy_n arm_v at_o all_o assay_n and_o with_o all_o piece_n as_o he_o cleave_v he_o from_o the_o crown_n of_o the_o head_n down_o to_o the_o groin_n so_o that_o the_o body_n fall_v in_o two_o piece_n in_o which_o example_n i_o find_v no_o great_a wonder_n nor_o do_v i_o admit_v of_o his_o excuse_n wherewith_o he_o cloak_v plutarch_n to_o have_v add_v this_o word_n as_o it_o be_v say_v to_o forewarn_v we_o and_o restrain_v our_o belief_n for_o if_o it_o be_v not_o in_o thing_n receive_v by_o authority_n and_o reverence_n of_o antiquity_n or_o religion_n neither_o will_v himself_o have_v receive_v nor_o propose_v to_o we_o to_o believe_v thing_n in_o themselves_o incredible_a and_o that_o as_o it_o be_v say_v he_o do_v not_o here_o set_v down_o this_o phrase_n to_o that_o purpose_n may_v easy_o be_v perceive_v by_o what_o himself_o in_o other_o place_n tell_v we_o upon_o the_o subject_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_a child_n patience_n of_o example_n happen_v in_o his_o time_n much_o hard_a to_o be_v persuade_v as_o that_o which_o cicero_n have_v also_o witness_v before_o he_o because_o as_o he_o say_v he_o have_v be_v there_o himself_o that_o even_o in_o their_o time_n there_o be_v child_n find_v prepare_v to_o endure_v all_o manner_n of_o patience_n whereof_o they_o make_v trial_n before_o diana_n altar_n and_o which_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v whip_v till_o the_o blood_n trill_v down_o all_o part_n of_o their_o body_n not_o only_o without_o cry_v but_o also_o without_o sob_v and_o some_o who_o voluntary_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v scourge_v to_o death_n and_o what_o plutarch_n also_o report_v and_o a_o hundred_o other_o witness_n aver_v that_o assist_v at_o a_o sacrifice_n a_o burn_a coal_n happen_v to_o fall_v into_o the_o sleeve_n of_o a_o lacedaemonian_a child_n as_o he_o be_v busy_a at_o incense_a suffer_v his_o arm_n to_o burn_v so_o long_o until_o the_o smell_n of_o his_o burn_a flesh_n come_v to_o all_o the_o bystander_n there_o be_v nothing_o according_a to_o their_o custom_n so_o much_o call_v their_o reputation_n in_o question_n and_o for_o which_o they_o endure_v more_o blame_n and_o shame_n than_o to_o be_v surprise_v steal_v i_o be_o so_o well_o instruct_v of_o those_o man_n greatness_n of_o courage_n that_o this_o report_n do_v not_o only_o not_o seem_v incredible_a to_o i_o as_o to_o bodine_n but_o i_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o deem_v it_o rare_a or_o suppose_v it_o strange_a the_o spartan_a story_n be_v full_a of_o thousand_o of_o much_o more_o rare_a and_o cruel_a example_n then_o according_a to_o this_o rate_n it_o contain_v nothing_o but_o miracle_n concern_v this_o point_n of_o steal_v marcellinus_n report_v that_o while_o he_o live_v there_o can_v never_o be_v find_v any_o kind_n of_o torment_n that_o may_v in_o any_o sort_n compel_v the_o egyptian_n surprise_v filch_v which_o be_v much_o use_v amongst_o they_o to_o confess_v and_o tell_v but_o their_o name_n a_o spanish_a peasant_n be_v lay_v upon_o the_o rack_n about_o the_o complice_n of_o the_o murder_n of_o the_o praetor_n lucius_n piso_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o torment_n cry_v out_o his_o friend_n shall_v not_o stir_v but_o with_o all_o security_n assist_v he_o &_o that_o it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o grief_n or_o pain_n to_o wrest_v one_o word_n of_o confession_n from_o he_o and_o the_o first_o day_n nothing_o else_o can_v possible_o be_v draw_v from_o he_o the_o next_o morrow_n as_o he_o be_v lead_v towards_o the_o rack_n to_o be_v torment_v a_o new_a he_o by_o strong_a violence_n free_v himself_o from_o out_o his_o keeper_n hand_n and_o so_o furious_o run_v with_o his_o head_n against_o a_o wall_n that_o he_o burst_v his_o brain_n out_o and_o present_o fall_v down_o dead_a epicharis_n have_v glut_v &_o weary_v the_o moody_a cruelty_n of_o nero_n satellite_n or_o officer_n and_o stout_o endure_v their_o fire_n their_o beat_n &_o their_o engine_n a_o whole_a day_n long_o without_o any_o one_o voice_n or_o word_n of_o reveal_v her_o conspiracy_n &_o the_o next_o day_n after_o be_v again_o bring_v to_o the_o torture_n with_o her_o limb_n bruise_a &_o break_a convey_v the_o lace_n or_o string_n of_o her_o gown_n over_o one_o of_o the_o pillar_n of_o the_o chair_n wherein_o she_o sit_v with_o a_o slide_a knot_n in_o it_o into_o which_o sudden_o thrust_v her_o head_n she_o strangle_v herself_o with_o the_o weight_n of_o her_o body_n have_v the_o courage_n to_o die_v so_o and_o steal_v from_o the_o first_o torment_n seem_v she_o not_o purposely_o to_o have_v lend_v her_o life_n to_o the_o trial_n of_o her_o patience_n of_o the_o
obscurity_n procure_v he_o smyrna_n rhodos_n colophon_n salamis_n chios_n argos_n athenae_n ii_o rhodes_n salamis_n colophon_n chios_n argos_n smyrna_n with_o athens_n the_o other_o be_v alexander_n the_o great_a for_o who_o shall_v consider_v his_o age_n wherein_o he_o begin_v his_o enterprise_n the_o small_a mean_n he_o have_v to_o ground_n so_o glorious_a a_o design_n upon_o the_o authority_n he_o attain_v unto_o in_o his_o infancy_n among_o the_o great_a commander_n and_o most_o experience_a captain_n in_o the_o world_n by_o who_o he_o be_v follow_v the_o extraordinary_a favour_n wherewith_o fortune_n embrace_v he_o and_o second_v so_o many_o of_o his_o haughtie-dangerous_a exploit_n which_o i_o may_v in_o a_o manner_n call_v rash_a or_o fond-hardie_a impellens_fw-la quicquid_fw-la sibi_fw-la summapetenti_fw-la 148._o obstaret_fw-la gaudensque_fw-la viam_fw-la fecisse_fw-la ruina_fw-la while_o he_o shoot_v at_o the_o high_a all_o that_o may_v stay_v he_o force_v and_o joy_n de_fw-fr with_o ruin_n to_o make_v way_n that_o eminent_a greatness_n to_o have_v at_o the_o age_n of_o thirty_o year_n pass_v victorious_a through_o all_o the_o habitable_a earth_n and_o but_o with_o half_a the_o life_n of_o a_o man_n to_o have_v attain_v the_o utmost_a endeavour_n of_o humane_a nature_n so_o that_o you_o can_v imagine_v his_o continuance_n lawful_a and_o the_o last_a of_o his_o increase_n in_o fortune_n and_o progress_n in_o virtue_n even_o unto_o a_o just_a term_n of_o age_n but_o you_o must_v suppose_v something_o above_o man_n to_o have_v cause_v so_o many_o royal_a branch_n to_o â—ssue_n from_o out_o the_o loin_n of_o his_o soldier_n leave_v the_o world_n after_o his_o death_n to_o be_v share_v between_o four_o successor_n only_a captain_n of_o his_o army_n who_o succeeder_n have_v so_o long_a time_n since_o continue_v and_o descendants_n maintain_v that_o large_a possession_n so_o infinite_a rare_a and_o excellent_a virtue_n that_o be_v in_o he_o as_o justice_n temperance_n liberality_n integrity_n in_o word_n love_v towards_o he_o and_o humanity_n towards_o the_o conquer_a for_o in_o truth_n his_o manner_n seem_v to_o admit_v no_o just_a cause_n of_o reproach_n indeed_o some_o of_o his_o particular_a rare_a and_o extraordinary_a action_n may_v in_o some_o fort_n be_v tax_v for_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o conduct_v so_o great_a and_o direct_v so_o violent_a motion_n with_o the_o strict_a rule_n of_o justice_n such_o man_n ought_v to_o be_v judge_v in_o gross_a by_o the_o mistress_n end_n of_o their_o action_n the_o ruin_n of_o thebes_n the_o murder_n of_o menander_n and_o of_o ephestion_n physician_n the_o maslacre_n of_o so_o many_o persian_a prisoner_n at_o once_o of_o a_o troop_n of_o indian_a soldier_n not_o without_o some_o prejudice_n unto_o his_o word_n and_o promise_n and_o of_o the_o cosseyans_n and_o their_o little_a child_n be_v escape_n somewhat_o hard_a to_o be_v excuse_v for_o concern_v clitus_n the_o fault_n be_v expiate_v beyond_o its_o merit_n and_o that_o action_n as_o much_o as_o any_o other_o witness_v the_o integrity_n and_o cheerfulness_n of_o his_o complexion_n and_o that_o it_o be_v a_o complexion_n in_o itself_o excellent_o form_v to_o goodness_n and_o it_o be_v witty_o say_v of_o one_o that_o he_o have_v virtue_n by_o nature_n and_o vice_n by_o accident_n concern_v the_o point_n that_o he_o be_v somewhat_o to_o lavish_a a_o boaster_n and_o over-impatient_a to_o hear_v himself_o ill-spoken-of_a and_o touch_v those_o manger_n arm_n and_o bit_n which_o he_o cause_v to_o be_v scatter_v in_o india_n respect_v his_o age_n and_o the_o prosperity_n of_o his_o fortune_n they_o be_v in_o my_o conceit_n pardonable_a in_o he_o he_o that_o shall_v also_o consider_v his_o many_o military_a virtue_n as_o diligence_n foresight_n patience_n discipline_n policy_n magnanimity_n resolution_n and_o good_a fortune_n wherein_o though_o hairball_n authority_n have_v not_o teach_v it_o we_o he_o have_v be_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a of_o man_n the_o rare_a beauty_n matchless_a feature_n and_o incomparable_a condition_n of_o his_o person_n beyond_o all_o comparison_n and_o wonder-breeding_a his_o carriage_n demeanour_n and_o venerable_a behaviour_n in_o a_o face_n so_o young_a so_o vermâ—ill_o and_o heart-enflaming_a qualis_fw-la ubi_fw-la occani_fw-la perfusus_fw-la lucifer_n unda_fw-la 589._o quenâ—_n venus_n ante_fw-la alios_fw-la astrorum_fw-la diligit_fw-la ignes_fw-la extulit_fw-la os_fw-la sacrum_fw-la caelum_fw-la tenebrá_fw-fr squere_v solvit_fw-la as_o when_o the_o day_n star_n wash_v in_o ocean-streame_n which_o venus_n most_o of_o all_o the_o star_n esteem_v show_v sacred_a ligh_v tshake_v darkenesse-off_a with_o beam_n the_o excellency_n of_o his_o wit_n knowledge_n and_o capacity_n the_o continuance_n and_o greatness_n of_o his_o glory_n unspotted_a untainted_a pure_a and_o free_a from_o all_o blame_n or_o envy_v insomuch_o as_o long_o aftet_fw-la his_o death_n it_o be_v religious_o believe_v of_o many_o that_o the_o medal_n or_o brooch_n represent_v his_o person_n bring_v good_a luck_n unto_o such_o as_o wear_v or_o have_v they_o about_o they_o and_o that_o more_o king_n and_o prince_n have_v write_v his_o gest_n and_o action_n than_o any_o other_o historian_n of_o what_o quality_n soever_o have_v register_v the_o gest_n or_o collect_v the_o action_n of_o any_o other_o king_n or_o prince_n that_o ever_o be_v and_o that_o even_o at_o this_o day_n the_o mahometist_n who_o contemn_v all_o other_o history_n by_o special_a privilege_n allow_v receive_v and_o only_o honour_v he_o all_o which_o premise_n due_o consider_v together_o he_o shall_v confess_v i_o have_v have_v good_a reason_n to_o prefer_v he_o before_o caesar_n himself_o who_o alone_o may_v have_v make_v i_o doubt_v of_o my_o choice_n and_o it_o must_v needs_o be_v grant_v that_o in_o his_o exploit_n there_o be_v more_o of_o his_o own_o but_o more_o of_o fortune_n in_o alexander_n achievement_n they_o have_v both_o have_v many_o thing_n mutual_o alike_o and_o caesar_n happy_o some_o great_a they_o be_v two_o quick_a and_o devour_a fire_n or_o two_o swift_a and_o surround_v stream_n able_a to_o ravage_v the_o world_n by_o sundry_a way_n et_fw-la velut_fw-la immissi_fw-la diversis_fw-la partibus_fw-la ignes_fw-la 521._o arentem_fw-la in_o silvam_fw-la &_o virgulta_fw-la sonantia_fw-la lauro_fw-la aut_fw-la ubi_fw-la decursu_fw-la rapido_fw-la de_fw-la montibus_fw-la altis_fw-la dant_fw-la sonitum_fw-la spumosi_fw-la amnes_fw-la &_o in_o aequora_fw-la currunt_fw-la cuique_fw-la suum_fw-la populatus_fw-la iter_fw-la as_o when_o on_o divers_a side_n fire_n be_v apply_v to_o crackle_v bay-shrub_n or_o to_o wood_n sun_n dry_v or_o as_o when_o foam_a stream_n from_o mountain_n hie_v with_o downfall_n swift_a resound_v and_o to_o sea_n fly_v eachone_a do_v havocâ—e-out_a his_o way_n thereby_o but_o grant_v caesar_n ambition_n be_v more_o moderate_a it_o be_v so_o unhappy_a in_o that_o it_o meet_v with_o this_o vile_a subject_n of_o the_o subversion_n of_o his_o country_n and_o universal_a impair_n of_o the_o world_n that_o all_o part_n imparcial_o collect_v and_o put_v together_o in_o the_o balance_n i_o must_v necessary_o bend_v to_o alexander_n side_n the_o three_o and_o in_o my_o judgement_n most_o excellent_a man_n be_v epaminondas_n of_o glory_n he_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o some_o and_o be_v far_o short_a of_o diverse_a which_o well_o consider_v be_v no_o substantial_a part_n of_o the_o thing_n of_o resolution_n and_o true_a valour_n not_o of_o that_o which_o be_v set-on_v by_o ambition_n but_o of_o that_o which_o wisdom_n and_o reason_n may_v settle_v in_o a_o well_o dispose_v mind_n he_o have_v as_o much_o as_o may_v be_v imagine_v or_o wish_v for_o he_o have_v in_o my_o opinion_n make_v as_o great_a trial_n of_o his_o virtue_n as_o ever_o do_v alexander_n or_o caesar_n for_o although_o his_o exploit_n of_o war_n be_v not_o so_o frequent_a and_o so_o high-raised_n yet_o be_v thorough_o consider_v they_o be_v as_o weighty_a as_o resolute_a as_o constant_a yea_o and_o as_o authentical_a a_o testimony_n of_o hardiness_n and_o military_a sufficiency_n as_o any_o man_n else_o the_o grecian_n without_o any_o contradiction_n afford_v he_o the_o honour_n to_o entitle_v he_o the_o chief_a and_o first_o man_n among_o themselves_o and_o to_o be_v the_o first_o and_o chief_a man_n of_o greece_n be_v without_o all_o question_n to_o be_v chief_a and_o first_o man_n of_o the_o world_n touch_v his_o knowledge_n and_o worth_n this_o ancient_a judgement_n do_v yet_o remain_v among_o we_o that_o never_o be_v man_n who_o know_v so_o much_o nor_o never_o man_n that_o speak_v less_o than_o he_o for_o he_o be_v by_o sect_n a_o pythagorean_n and_o what_o he_o speak_v no_o man_n ever_o speak_v better_o a_o excellent_a and_o most_o persuasive_a orator_n be_v he_o and_o concern_v his_o manner_n and_o conscience_n therein_o he_o far_o outgo_v all_o that_o ever_o meddle_v with_o manage_v affair_n for_o in_o this_o one_o part_n which_o ought_v especial_o to_o be_v note_v
proper_a to_o a_o craze_a trouble_a state_n as_o be_v we_o at_o this_o present_a you_o will_v often_o say_v he_o pourtray_v and_o touch_v we_o to_o the_o quick_a such_o as_o doubt_v of_o his_o faith_n do_v many_o fest_o accuse_v themselves_o to_o hate_v he_o for_o somewhat_o else_o his_o opinion_n be_v sound_a and_o enclose_v to_o the_o better_a side_n of_o the_o roman_a affair_n i_o be_o nevertheless_o something_o grieve_v that_o he_o have_v more_o bitter_o judge_v of_o pompey_n then_o honest_a man_n opinion_n who_o live_v and_o converse_v with_o he_o do_v well_o allow-off_a to_o have_v esteem_v he_o altogether_o equal_a to_o marius_n and_o silla_n save_v that_o he_o be_v more_o close_a and_o secret_a his_o intention_n and_o canvas_v for_o the_o government_n of_o affair_n have_v not_o be_v exempt_v from_o ambition_n nor_o clear_v from_o revenge_n and_o his_o own_o friend_n have_v fear_v that_o have_v he_o get_v the_o victory_n it_o will_v have_v transport_v he_o beyond_o the_o limit_n of_o reason_n but_o not_o unto_o a_o unbridled_a and_o rage_a measure_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o his_o life_n that_o have_v threaten_v we_o with_o so_o many_o fest_n a_o cruelty_n and_o express_v tyranny_n yet_o must_v not_o the_o suspicion_n be_v counterpoise_v to_o the_o evidence_n so_o do_v not_o i_o believe_v he_o that_o his_o narration_n be_v natural_a and_o right_a may_v happy_o be_v argue_v by_o this_o that_o they_o do_v not_o always_o exact_o apply_v themselves_o to_o the_o conclusion_n of_o his_o judgment_n which_o he_o pursue_v according_a to_o the_o course_n he_o have_v take_v often_o beyond_o the_o matter_n he_o show_v we_o which_o he_o have_v dain_v to_o stoop_v unto_o with_o one_o only_a glance_n he_o need_v no_o excuse_n to_o have_v approve_a the_o religion_n of_o his_o time_n according_a to_o the_o law_n which_o command_v he_o and_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o true_a and_o perfect_a worship_n of_o god_n that_o be_v his_o ill_a fortune_n not_o his_o defect_n i_o have_v principal_o consider_v his_o judgement_n whereof_o i_o be_o not_o every_o where_o thorough_o resolve_v as_o namely_o these_o word_n contain_v in_o the_o letter_n which_o tiberius_n be_v sick_a and_o age_a send_v to_o the_o senate_n what_o shall_v i_o write_v to_o you_o my_o master_n or_o how_o shall_v i_o write_v to_o you_o or_o what_o shall_v i_o not_o write_v to_o you_o in_o these_o time_n may_v the_o god_n and_o goddess_n lose_v i_o worse_o than_o i_o daily_o feel_v myself_o to_o perish_v if_o i_o can_v tell_v i_o can_v perceive_v why_o he_o shall_v so_o certain_o apply_v they_o unto_o a_o sting_a remorse_n tormentiug_v the_o conscience_n of_o tiberius_n at_o least_o when_o myself_o be_v in_o the_o same_o plight_n i_o see_v it_o not_o that_o have_v likewise_o seem_v somewhat_o demisse_fw-la and_o base_a unto_o i_o that_o have_v say_v how_o he_o have_v exercise_v a_o certain_a honourable_a magistracy_n in_o rome_n he_o go_v about_o to_o excuse_v himself_o that_o it_o be_v not_o for_o ostentation_n he_o speak_v it_o this_o on_o trick_n namely_o in_o a_o mind_n of_o his_o quality_n seem_v but_o base_a and_o cource_n unto_o i_o for_o not_o to_o dare_v speak_v roundly_o of_o himself_o accuse_v some_o want_n of_o courage_n a_o constant_a resolute_a and_o high_a judgement_n and_o which_o judge_v sound_o and_o sure_o every_o hand_n while_o use_v his_o own_o example_n as_o well_o as_o of_o any_o strange_a thing_n and_o witness_v as_o free_o of_o himself_o as_o of_o a_o three_o person_n a_o man_n must_v overgo_v these_o popular_fw-la reason_n of_o civility_n in_o favour_n of_o truth_n and_o liberty_n i_o dare_v not_o only_o speak_v of_o myself_o but_o speak_v alone_o of_o myself_o i_o straggle_v when_o i_o write_v of_o any_o other_o matter_n and_o digress_v from_o my_o subject_n i_o do_v not_o so_o discreet_o love_v myself_o and_o be_o so_o tide_v and_o commix_v to_o myself_o as_o that_o i_o can_v not_o distinguish_v and_o consider_v myself_o a_o part_n as_o a_o neighbour_n as_o a_o tree_n it_o be_v a_o equal_a error_n either_o not_o to_o see_v how_o far_o a_o man_n worth_n stretch_v or_o to_o say_v more_o of_o it_o than_o one_o see_v good_a cause_n we_o owe_v more_o love_n to_o god_n then_o to_o ourselves_o and_o know_v he_o less_o and_o yet_o we_o talk_v our_o fill_n of_o he_o if_o his_o write_n relate_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o condition_n he_o be_v a_o notable_a man_n upright_o and_o courageous_a not_o with_o a_o superstitious_a virtue_n but_o philosophical_a and_o generous_a he_o may_v be_v find_v over-hardy_a in_o his_o testimony_n as_o where_o he_o hold_v that_o a_o soldier_n carry_v a_o burden_n of_o wood_n his_o hand_n be_v so_o stiff_o benumb_v with_o cold_a that_o they_o stick_v to_o his_o wood_n and_o remain_v so_o fast_o unto_o it_o that_o as_o dead_a flesh_n they_o be_v divide_v from_o his_o arm_n in_o such_o case_n i_o be_o wont_a to_o yield_v unto_o the_o authority_n of_o so_o great_a testimony_n where_o he_o also_o say_v that_o vespasian_n by_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o god_n serapis_n heal_v in_o the_o â—itie_n of_o alexandria_n a_o blind_a woman_n with_o the_o rub_n and_o anoint_v her_o eye_n with_o fast_a spertle_n and_o some_o other_o miracle_n which_o i_o remember_v not_o well_o now_o he_o do_v it_o by_o the_o example_n and_o devoir_n of_o all_o good_a historian_n they_o keep_v a_o register_n of_o important_a event_n among_o public_a accident_n be_v also_o popular_fw-la report_n and_o vulgar_a opinion_n it_o be_v their_o part_n to_o relate_v common_a conceit_n but_o not_o to_o sway_v they_o this_o part_n belong_v to_o divine_n and_o philosopher_n director_n of_o conscience_n therefore_o that_o companion_n of_o he_o and_o as_o great_a a_o man_n as_o he_o say_v most_o wise_o equidem_fw-la plura_fw-la transcribe_v quam_fw-la credo_fw-la nam_fw-la nec_fw-la affirmare_fw-la sustineo_fw-la de_fw-la quibus_fw-la dubito_fw-la nec_fw-la subducere_fw-la quae_fw-la accepi_fw-la i_o write_v out_o more_o than_o i_o believe_v for_o neither_o can_v i_o bide_v to_o affirm_v what_o i_o doubt_v of_o nor_o to_o withdraw_v what_o i_o have_v hear_v and_o that_o other_o haec_fw-la neque_fw-la affirmare_fw-la neque_fw-la refellere_fw-la operae_fw-la precium_fw-la est_fw-la fama_fw-la rerum_fw-la standum_fw-la est_fw-la it_o be_v not_o worth_a the_o talk_n or_o to_o avouch_v or_o to_o refute_v these_o thing_n we_o must_v stand_v to_o report_v and_o write_v in_o a_o age_n wherein_o the_o belief_n of_o prodigy_n begin_v to_o decline_v he_o say_v he_o will_v notwithstanding_o not_o ommit_v to_o insert_v in_o his_o annal_n and_o give_v foot_v to_o a_o thing_n receive_v and_o allow_v of_o so_o many_o honest_a man_n and_o with_o so_o great_a reverence_n by_o antiquity_n it_o be_v very_o well_o say_v that_o they_o yield_v we_o the_o history_n more_o according_a as_o they_o receive_v then_o according_a as_o they_o esteem_v it_o i_o who_o be_o king_n of_o the_o matter_n i_o treat_v of_o and_o be_o not_o to_o give_v account_n of_o it_o to_o any_o creature_n live_v do_v nevertheless_o not_o altogether_o believe_v myself_o for_o it_o i_o often_o hazard_v upon_o certain_a outslip_n of_o my_o mind_n for_o which_o i_o distrust_v myself_o and_o certain_a verbal_a wilie-beguilies_a whereat_o i_o shake_v my_o ear_n but_o i_o let_v they_o run_v at_o hab_fw-mi or_o nab_n i_o see_v some_o honour_n themselves_o with_o such_o like_a thing_n it_o be_v not_o for_o i_o alone_o to_o judge_v of_o they_o i_o present_v myself_o stand_v and_o lie_v before_o and_o behind_o on_o the_o right_n and_o left_a side_n and_o in_o all_o by_o natural_a motion_n spirit_n alike_o in_o force_n be_v not_o ever_o alike_o in_o application_n and_o taste_n loe_o here_o what_o my_o memory_n do_v in_o gross_a and_o yet_o very_o uncertaine_o present_a unto_o i_o of_o it_o in_o brief_a all_o judgement_n be_v weak_a demisse_fw-la and_o imperfect_a the_o nine_o chapter_n of_o vanity_n there_o be_v peradventure_o no_o vanity_n more_o manifest_a then_o so_o vain_o to_o write_v of_o it_o what_o divinity_n have_v so_o divine_o express_v thereof_o unto_o we_o aught_o of_o all_o man_n of_o understanding_n to_o be_v diligent_o and_o continual_o meditate_a upon_o who_o see_v not_o that_o i_o have_v enter_v so_o large_a a_o field_n and_o undertake_v so_o high_a a_o pitch_n wherein_o so_o long_o as_o there_o be_v either_o ink_n or_o paper_n in_o the_o world_n i_o may_v incessant_o wander_v and_o fly_v without_o encombrance_n i_o can_v keep_v no_o register_n of_o my_o life_n by_o my_o action_n fortune_n place_v they_o too_o jowe_v i_o hold_v they_o of_o my_o fantasy_n yet_o have_v i_o see_v a_o gentleman_n who_o never_o communicate_v his_o life_n but_o by_o the_o operation_n of_o his_o belly_n you_o may_v have_v see_v in_o his_o house_n set_v
and_o with_o the_o other_o hand_n at_o the_o same_o instant_n the_o most_o sharpe-railing_a reformation_n according_a to_o divinity_n that_o happy_o the_o world_n have_v see_v these_o many-many_a year_n thus_o go_v the_o world_n and_o so_o go_v man_n we_o let_v the_o law_n and_o precept_n follow_v their_o way_n but_o we_o keep_v another_o course_n not_o only_o by_o disorder_n of_o manner_n but_o often_o by_o opinion_n and_o contrary_a judgement_n hear_v but_o a_o discourse_n of_o philosophy_n read_v the_o invention_n the_o eloquence_n and_o the_o pertinencie_n do_v present_o tickle_v your_o spirit_n and_o move_v you_o there_o be_v nothing_o tickle_v or_o prick_v your_o conscience_n it_o be_v not_o to_o her_o that_o man_n speakâ—_n be_v it_o not_o true_a ariston_n say_v that_o neither_o bath_n nor_o lecture_n be_v of_o any_o worth_n except_o the_o one_o wash_v clean_o and_o the_o other_o cleanse_v all_o filth_n away_o one_o may_v busy_v himself_o about_o the_o bark_n when_o once_o the_o pith_n be_v get_v out_o as_o when_o we_o have_v drink_v off_o the_o wine_n we_o consider_v the_o grave_v and_o workmanship_n of_o the_o cup_n in_o all_o the_o part_n of_o ancient_a philosophy_n this_o one_o thing_n may_v be_v note_v that_o one_o same_o workman_n publish_v some_o rule_n of_o temperance_n and_o therewithal_o some_o composition_n of_o love_n and_o licentiousness_n and_o xenophon_n in_o cliniaes_n bosom_n write_v against_o the_o aristippâ—an_a virtue_n it_o be_v not_o a_o miraculous_a conversion_n that_o so_o do_v wave_n and_o hull_v they_o to_o and_o fro_o but_o it_o be_v that_o solon_n do_v sometime_o represent_v himself_o in_o his_o own_o colour_n and_o sometime_o in_o form_n of_o a_o lawgiver_n now_o he_o speak_v for_o the_o multitude_n and_o now_o for_o himself_o and_o take_v the_o free_a and_o natural_a rule_n to_o himself_o warrant_v himself_o with_o a_o constant_a and_o perfect_a soundness_n curentur_fw-la dubij_fw-la medicis_fw-la majoribus_fw-la â—gri_fw-la let_v patient_n in_o great_a doubt_n 124._o seek_v great_a physician_n out_o antisthenes_n allow_v a_o wise_a man_n to_o love_n and_o do_v what_o he_o list_v without_o respect_n of_o law_n especial_o in_o thing_n he_o deem_v needful_a and_o sit_v forasmuch_o as_o he_o have_v a_o better_a understanding_n than_o they_o and_o more_o knowledge_n of_o virtue_n his_o disciple_n diogenes_n say_v to_o perturbation_n we_o shall_v oppose_v reason_n to_o fortune_n confidence_n and_o to_o law_n nature_n to_o dainty_a and_o tender_a stomach_n constrain_v and_o artificial_a or_o dinance_n good_a stomach_n be_v simple_o serve_v with_o the_o prescription_n of_o their_o natural_a appetiâ—â—_n so_o do_v our_o physician_n who_o whilst_o they_o tie_v their_o patient_n to_o a_o strike_v it_o diet_n of_o a_o panada_n or_o a_o syrup_n feed_v themselves_o upon_o a_o melone_n dainty_a fruit_n much_o good_a meat_n and_o drink_v all_o manner_n of_o good_a wine_n i_o wot_v not_o what_o book_n be_v nor_o what_o they_o mean_v by_o wisdom_n and_o philosophy_n quoth_v the_o courtesan_n lais_n but_o sure_a i_o be_o those_o kind_n of_o people_n knock_v as_o often_o at_o my_o gate_n as_o any_o other_o man_n because_o our_o licentiousness_n transport_v we_o common_o beyond_o what_o be_v lawful_a and_o allow_v our_o lives-precept_n and_o law_n have_v often_o be_v wrest_v or_o restrain_v beyond_o universal_a reason_n nemo_fw-la satis_fw-la credit_n tantum_fw-la delinquere_fw-la quantum_fw-la 233_o permittas_fw-la no_o man_n think_v it_o enough_o so_o far_o to_o offend_v as_o you_o give_v lawful_a leave_n and_o thereto_o end_v it_o be_v to_o be_v wish_v there_o be_v a_o great_a proportion_n between_o commandment_n and_o obedience_n and_o unjust_a seem_v that_o aim_n or_o goal_n whereto_o one_o can_v possible_o attain_v no_o man_n be_v so_o exquisite_o honest_a or_o upright_o in_o live_v but_o bring_v all_o his_o action_n and_o thought_n within_o compass_n and_o danger_n of_o the_o law_n and_o that_o ten_o time_n in_o his_o life_n may_v not_o lawful_o be_v hang_v yea_o happy_o such_o a_o man_n as_o it_o be_v pity_n and_o dangerously-hurtfull_a to_o loose_v and_o most_o unjust_a to_o punish_v he_o olle_fw-la quid_fw-la ad_fw-la te_fw-la de_fw-fr cute_fw-la quid_fw-la faciat_fw-la ille_fw-la vel_fw-la illa_fw-la sua_fw-la fool_n what_o have_v thou_o to_o do_v what_o he_o or_o she_o 1._o with_o their_o own_o skin_n or_o themselves_o do_v be_v and_o some_o may_v never_o offend_v the_o law_n that_o notwithstanding_o shall_v not_o deserve_v the_o commendation_n of_o virtuous_a man_n and_o who_o philosophy_n may_v meritorious_o and_o just_o cause_n to_o be_v whip_v so_o trouble_v dim-sighted_n and_o partial_a be_v this_o relation_n we_o be_v far_o enough_o from_o be_v honest_a according_a to_o god_n for_o we_o cannot_v be_v such_o according_a to_o ourselves_o humane_a wisdom_n can_v never_o reach_v the_o duty_n or_o attain_v the_o devoire_v it_o have_v prescribe_v unto_o itself_o and_o have_v it_o at_o any_o time_n attain_v they_o than_o will_v it_o doubtless_o prescribe_v some_o other_o beyond_o they_o to_o which_o it_o may_v ever_o aspire_v and_o pretend_v so_o great_a a_o enemy_n be_v our_o condition_n unto_o consistence_n man_n do_v necessary_o ordain_v unto_o himself_o to_o be_v in_o fault_n he_o be_v not_o very_o crafty_a to_o measure_v his_o duty_n by_o the_o reason_n of_o another_o be_v than_o his_o own_o to_o who_o prescribe_v he_o that_o which_o he_o expect_v no_o man_n will_v perform_v be_v he_o unjust_a in_o not_o do_v that_o which_o he_o can_v possible_o achieve_v the_o law_n which_o condeâ—â—e_v we_o not_o to_o he_o able_a condemn_v we_o for_o that_o we_o can_v perform_v if_o the_o worst_a happen_v this_o deform_a liberty_n for_o one_o to_o present_v himself_o in_o two_o place_n and_o the_o action_n after_o one_o fashion_n the_o discourse_n after_o a_o other_o be_v lawful_a in_o they_o which_o report_v thing_n but_o it_o can_v be_v in_o they_o that_o acknowledge_v themselves_o as_o i_o do_v i_o must_v walk_v with_o my_o pen_n as_o i_o go_v with_o my_o foot_n the_o common_a high_a way_n must_v have_v conference_n with_o other_o way_n cato_n virtue_n be_v vigorous_a beyond_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o age_n he_o live_v in_o and_o for_o a_o man_n that_o intermeddle_v with_o govern_v other_o man_n destinate_a for_o the_o common_a service_n it_o may_v be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v a_o justice_n if_o not_o unjust_a at_o least_o vain_a and_o out_o of_o season_n i_o own_o manner_n which_o scarce_o disagree_v one_o inch_n from_o those_o now_o currant_n make_v i_o notwithstanding_o in_o some_o sort_n strange_a uncouth_a and_o unsociable_a to_o my_o age_n i_o wot_v not_o whether_o it_o be_v without_o reason_n i_o be_o so_o distaste_v and_o out_o of_o like_n with_o the_o world_n wherein_o i_o live_v and_o frequent_a but_o well_o i_o know_v i_o shall_v have_v small_a reason_n to_o complain_v the_o world_n be_v distaste_v and_o out_o of_o like_n with_o i_o since_o i_o be_o so_o with_o it_o the_o virtue_n assign_v to_o the_o world_n affair_n it_o be_v a_o virtue_n with_o sundry_a byase_n turn_n bend_n and_o elbow_n to_o apply_v and_o join_v itself_o to_o humane_a imbecility_n mix_v and_o artificial_a neither_o right_a pure_a or_o costant_a nor_o mere_o innocent_a our_o annal_n even_o to_o this_o day_n blamesome_a one_o of_o our_o king_n to_o have_v over-simp_o suffer_v himself_o to_o be_v lead_v or_o mislead_v by_o the_o conscientious_a persuasion_n of_o his_o confessor_n matter_n of_o state_n have_v more_o bold_a precept_n exeat_fw-la aula_fw-la 493._o qui_fw-la vult_fw-la esse_fw-la pius_fw-la he_o that_o will_v godly_a be_v from_o court_n let_v he_o be_v free_a i_o have_v heretofore_o assay_v to_o employ_v my_o opinion_n and_o rule_n of_o life_n as_o new_a as_o rude_a as_o impolished_a or_o as_o unpolluted_a as_o they_o be_v natural_o bear_v with_o i_o or_o as_o i_o have_v attain_v they_o by_o my_o institution_n and_o wherewith_o if_o not_o so_o commodious_o at_o least_o safe_o in_o particular_a i_o serve_v my_o own_o turn_n unto_o the_o service_n of_o public_a affair_n and_o benefit_n of_o my_o commonwealth_n a_o scholastical_a and_o novice_n virtue_n but_o i_o have_v find_v they_o very_o unapt_a and_o dangerous_a for_o that_o purpose_n he_o that_o go_v in_o a_o â—resse_n or_o throng_n of_o people_n must_v sometime_o step_v aside_o hold_v in_o his_o elbow_n across_o the_o way_n advance_v himself_o start_v back_o and_o forsake_v the_o right_a way_n according_a as_o it_o fall_v out_o live_v he_o not_o so_o much_o as_o he_o will_v himself_o but_o as_o other_o will_v not_o according_a to_o that_o he_o propose_v to_o himself_o but_o to_o that_o which_o be_v propose_v to_o he_o according_a to_o time_n to_o man_n and_o to_o affair_n and_o as_o the_o skilful_a mariner_n sail_n with_o the_o wind_n plato_n say_v that_o who_o escape_v
desire_n must_v be_v circumscribe_v and_o tie_v to_o strict_a bound_n of_o near_a and_o contiguous_a commodity_n moreover_o their_o course_n shall_v be_v manage_v not_o in_o a_o straight_a line_n have_v another_o end_n but_o round_o who_o two_o point_n hold_v together_o and_o end_n in_o ourselves_o with_o a_o short_a compass_n the_o action_n govern_v without_o this_o reflection_n i_o mean_v a_o near_a and_o essential_a reflection_n as_o these_o of_o the_o covetous_a of_o the_o ambitious_a and_o so_o many_o other_o that_o run_v direct_o pointblank_o the_o course_n of_o which_o carry_v they_o away_o before_o they_o be_v erroneous_a and_o craze_a action_n most_o of_o our_o vacation_n be_v like_o play_n mundus_fw-la universus_fw-la exercet_fw-la histrioniam_fw-la all_o the_o world_n do_v practice_v stage-playing_a we_o must_v play_v our_o part_n due_o but_o as_o the_o part_n of_o a_o borrow_a personage_n of_o a_o vizard_n and_o appearance_n we_o shall_v not_o make_v a_o real_a essence_n nor_o proper_a of_o that_o which_o be_v another_o we_o can_v distinguish_v the_o skin_n from_o the_o shirt_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o disguise_v the_o face_n without_o deform_v the_o breast_n i_o see_v some_o transform_v and_o transubstantiate_v themselves_o into_o as_o many_o new_a form_n and_o strange_a being_n as_o they_o undertake_v charge_n and_o who_o emprelate_n themselves_o even_o to_o the_o heart_n and_o entrails_n and_o entraine_v their_o office_n even_o sit_v on_o their_o close_a stool_n i_o can_v teach_v they_o to_o distinguish_v the_o salutation_n and_o capping_n of_o such_o as_o regard_v they_o from_o those_o that_o respect_n either_o their_o office_n their_o train_n or_o their_o mule_n tantum_n se_fw-la fortunae_fw-la permitunt_fw-la etiam_fw-la ut_fw-la naturam_fw-la dediscant_fw-la they_o give_v themselves_o so_o much_o over_o to_o fortune_n as_o they_o forget_v nature_n they_o swell_v in_o mind_n and_o puff_n up_o their_o natural_a discourse_n according_a to_o the_o dignity_n of_o their_o office_n the_o mayor_n of_o bourdeaux_n and_o michael_n lord_n of_o montaigne_n have_v ever_o be_v two_o by_o a_o evident_a separation_n to_o be_v a_o advocate_n or_o a_o treasurer_n one_o shall_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o craft_n incident_a to_o such_o calling_n a_o honest_a man_n be_v not_o comptable_a for_o the_o vice_n and_o folly_n of_o his_o trade_n and_o therefore_o ought_v not_o to_o refuse_v the_o exercise_n of_o it_o it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o his_o country_n and_o there_o be_v profit_n in_o it_o we_o must_v live_v by_o the_o world_n and_o such_o as_o we_o find_v it_o so_o make_v use_v of_o it_o but_o the_o judgement_n of_o a_o emperor_n shall_v be_v above_o his_o empire_n and_o to_o see_v and_o consider_v the_o same_o as_o a_o strange_a accident_n he_o shall_v know_v how_o to_o enjoy_v himself_o apart_o and_o communicate_v himself_o as_o james_n and_o peter_n at_o least_o to_o himself_o i_o can_v so_o absolute_o or_o so_o deep_o engage_v myself_o when_o my_o will_n give_v i_o to_o any_o party_n it_o be_v not_o with_o so_o violent_a a_o bond_n that_o my_o understanding_n be_v thereby_o infect_v in_o the_o present_a intestine_a trouble_n of_o our_o state_n my_o interest_n have_v not_o make_v i_o forget_v neither_o the_o commendable_a quality_n of_o our_o adversary_n nor_o the_o reproachful_a of_o those_o i_o have_v follow_v they_o partial_o extol_v what_o ever_o be_v on_o their_o side_n i_o do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o excuse_v the_o great_a number_n of_o my_o friends-action_n a_o good_a orator_n lose_v not_o his_o grace_n by_o plead_v against_o i_o the_o inticratenesse_n of_o our_o debate_n remoove_v i_o have_v maintain_v myself_o in_o equanimity_n and_o pure_a indifferency_n neque_fw-la extra_fw-la necessitate_v belli_fw-la praecipuum_fw-la odium_fw-la gero_fw-la nor_o bear_v i_o capital_a hatred_n when_o i_o be_o out_o of_o the_o necessity_n of_o war_n wherein_o i_o glory_n for_o that_o common_o i_o see_v man_n err_v in_o the_o contrary_n such_o as_o extend_v the_o choler_n and_o hatred_n beyond_o their_o affair_n as_o most_o man_n do_v show_v that_o it_o proceed_v elsewhence_o and_o from_o some_o private_a cause_n even_o as_o one_o be_v cure_v of_o a_o ulcer_n and_o his_o fever_n remain_v still_o declare_v it_o have_v another_o more_o hide_a begin_n it_o be_v the_o reason_n they_o bear_v none_o unto_o the_o cause_n in_o general_a and_o forsomuch_o as_o it_o concern_v the_o interest_n of_o all_o and_o of_o the_o state_n but_o they_o be_v vex_v at_o it_o only_o for_o this_o that_o it_o touch_v they_o in_o private_a and_o therefore_o be_v they_o distemper_v with_o a_o particular_a passion_n both_o beyond_o justice_n and_o public_a reason_n non_fw-la tam_fw-la omne_fw-la universi_fw-la quam_fw-la ea_fw-la qua_fw-la ad_fw-la quemque_fw-la pertinent_a singuli_fw-la carpebant_fw-la all_o do_v not_o so_o much_o find_v fault_n withal_o as_o every_o one_o with_o those_o that_o appertain_v to_o every_o one_o i_o will_v have_v the_o advantage_n to_o be_v for_o we_o which_o though_o it_o be_v not_o i_o enrage_v not_o i_o stand_v firm_o to_o the_o â—ounder_a part_n but_o i_o affect_v not_o to_o be_v note_v a_o private_a enemy_n to_o other_o and_o beyond_o general_a reason_n i_o great_o accuse_v this_o vicious_a form_n of_o obstinate_a contest_a he_o be_v of_o the_o league_n because_o he_o admire_v the_o grace_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o guise_n or_o he_o be_v a_o hugonote_n forsomuch_o as_o the_o king_n of_o navarre_n activity_n amaze_v he_o he_o find_v fault_n in_o the_o king_n behaviour_n therefore_o he_o be_v seditious_a in_o his_o heart_n i_o will_v not_o give_v the_o magistrate_n my_o voice_n that_o he_o have_v reason_n to_o condemn_v a_o book_n because_o a_o heretic_n be_v therein_o name_v and_o extol_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o best_a poet_n of_o this_o age_n dare_v we_o not_o say_v that_o a_o thief_n have_v a_o good_a leg_n if_o he_o have_v so_o indeed_o if_o she_o be_v a_o strumpet_n must_v she_o needs_o have_v a_o stink_a breath_n in_o wise_a age_n revoke_v they_o the_o proud_a title_n of_o capitolinus_n they_o have_v forme_o give_v to_o marcus_n manlius_n as_o the_o preserver_n of_o religion_n and_o public_a liberty_n suppress_v they_o the_o memory_n of_o his_o liberality_n his_o deed_n of_o arm_n and_o military_a reward_n grant_v to_o his_o virtue_n because_o to_o the_o prejudice_n of_o his_o country_n law_n he_o afterward_o affect_v a_o royalty_n if_o they_o once_o conceive_v a_o hatred_n against_o a_o orator_n or_o a_o advocate_n the_o next_o day_n he_o become_v barbarous_a and_o uneloquent_a i_o have_v elsewhere_o discourse_v of_o zeal_n which_o have_v drive_v good_a man_n into_o like_a error_n for_o myself_o i_o can_v say_v that_o he_o do_v wicked_o and_o this_o virtuous_o likewise_o in_o prognosticke_n or_o sinister_a event_n of_o affair_n they_o will_v have_v every_o man_n blind_a or_o dull_a in_o his_o own_o cause_n and_o that_o our_o persuasion_n and_o judgement_n serve_v not_o the_o truth_n but_o the_o project_n of_o our_o desire_n i_o shall_v rather_o err_v in_o the_o other_o extremity_n so_o much_o i_o fear_v my_o desire_n may_v corrupt_v i_o consider_v i_o somewhat_o tender_o distrust_v myself_o in_o thing_n i_o most_o desire_n i_o have_v in_o my_o day_n see_v wonder_n in_o the_o indiscreet_a and_o prodigious_a facility_n of_o people_n suffer_v their_o hope_n and_o belief_n to_o be_v lead_v and_o govern_v as_o it_o have_v please_v and_o best_a fit_v their_o leader_n above_o a_o hundred_o discontent_n one_o in_o the_o neck_n of_o another_o and_o beyond_o their_o fantasy_n and_o dream_n i_o wonder_v no_o more_o at_o those_o who_o the_o apish_a toy_n of_o apollonius_n and_o mahomet_n have_v seduce_v and_o blind_v their_o sense_n and_o understanding_n be_v whole_o smother_v in_o their_o passion_n their_o discretion_n have_v no_o other_o choice_n but_o what_o please_v they_o and_o further_v their_o cause_n which_o i_o have_v especial_o observe_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o our_o distemper_a faction_n and_o factious_a trouble_n this_o other_o which_o be_v grow_v since_o by_o imitation_n surmount_v the_o same_o whereby_o i_o observe_v that_o it_o be_v a_o inseparable_a quality_n of_o popular_a error_n the_o first_o be_v go_v opinion_n entershocke_n one_o another_o follow_v the_o wind_n as_o wave_n do_v they_o be_v no_o member_n of_o the_o body_n if_o they_o may_v renounce_v it_o if_o they_o follow_v not_o the_o common_a course_n but_o true_o they_o wrong_v the_o just_a part_n when_o they_o seek_v to_o help_v they_o with_o fraud_n or_o deceit_n i_o have_v always_o contradict_v the_o same_o this_o mean_a be_v but_o for_o sick_a brain_n the_o healthy_a have_v sure_a and_o honest_a way_n to_o maintain_v their_o resolution_n and_o excuse_v all_o contrary_a accident_n the_o heaven_n never_o see_v so_o weighty_a a_o discord_n and_o so_o harmful_a a_o
but_o yet_o i_o do_v it_o upon_o condition_n that_o to_o the_o first_o that_o bring_v i_o home_o again_o and_o enquire_v for_o the_o bare_a and_o simple_a truth_n at_o my_o hand_n i_o sudden_o give_v over_o my_o hold_n and_o without_o exaggeration_n emphasis_n or_o amplification_n i_o yield_v both_o myself_o and_o it_o unto_o he_o a_o lively_a earnest_a and_o ready_a speech_n as_o i_o be_v easy_a transport_v unto_o hyperbole_n there_o be_v nothing_o whereunto_o man_n be_v ordinary_o more_o prone_a then_o to_o give_v way_n to_o their_o opinion_n where_o ever_o usual_a mean_n fail_v we_o we_o add_v commandment_n force_n fire_n and_o sword_n it_o be_v not_o without_o some_o ill_a fortune_n to_o come_v to_o that_o pass_n that_o the_o multitude_n of_o believer_n in_o a_o throng_n where_o fool_n do_v in_o number_n so_o far_o exceed_v the_o wise_a shall_v be_v the_o best_a touchstone_n of_o truth_n quasi_fw-la verò_fw-la quidquam_fw-la 2_o sit_fw-la tam_fw-la valdè_fw-la quam_fw-la nilsapere_fw-la vulgar_a sanitatis_fw-la patrocinium_fw-la est_fw-la insanientium_fw-la turba_fw-la as_o though_o any_o thing_n be_v so_o common_a as_o to_o have_v no_o wit_n the_o multitude_n of_o they_o that_o be_v mad_a be_v a_o defence_n for_o they_o that_o be_v in_o their_o wit_n it_o be_v a_o hard_a matter_n for_o a_o man_n to_o resolve_v his_o judgement_n against_o common_a opinion_n the_o first_o persuasion_n take_v from_o the_o very_a subject_n seize_v on_o the_o simple_a whence_o under_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o number_n and_o antiquity_n of_o testimony_n it_o extend_v itself_o on_o the_o wise_a sort_n as_o for_o i_o in_o a_o matter_n which_o i_o can_v not_o believe_v be_v report_v by_o one_o i_o shall_v never_o credit_n the_o same_o though_o affirm_v by_o a_o hundred_o and_o i_o judge_v not_o opinion_n by_o year_n it_o be_v not_o long_o since_o one_o of_o our_o prince_n in_o who_o the_o gout_n have_v spoil_v a_o gentle_a disposition_n and_o blithe_a composition_n suffer_v himself_o so_o far_o to_o be_v persuade_v or_o mislead_v by_o the_o report_n make_v unto_o he_o of_o the_o wondrous_a deed_n of_o a_o priest_n who_o by_o way_n of_o charm_n spell_n and_o gesture_n cure_v all_o disease_n that_o he_o undertake_v a_o long-tedious_a jonrny_n to_o find_v he_o out_o and_o by_o the_o virtue_n of_o his_o apprehension_n do_v so_o persuade_v and_o for_o certain_a hour_n so_o â—ull_a his_o leg_n asleep_a that_o for_o a_o while_o he_o bring_v they_o to_o do_v he_o that_o service_n which_o for_o a_o long_a time_n they_o have_v forget_v have_v fortune_n heap_v five_o or_o six_o like_a accident_n one_o in_o the_o neck_n of_o another_o they_o have_v doubtless_o be_v able_a to_o bring_v this_o miracle_n into_o nature_n whereas_o afterward_o there_o be_v so_o much_o simplicity_n and_o so_o little_a skill_n find_v in_o the_o architect_n of_o these_o work_n that_o he_o be_v deem_v unworthy_a of_o any_o punishment_n as_o likewise_o shall_v be_v do_v with_o most_o suchlike_a thing_n be_v they_o thorough_o know_v in_o their_o nature_n miramur_fw-la ex_fw-la intervallo_fw-la fallentia_fw-la we_o wonder_v at_o those_o thing_n that_o deceive_v we_o by_o distance_n our_o sight_n do_v in_o such_o sort_n often_o represent_v we_o a_o far-off_a with_o strange_a image_n which_o vanish_v in_o approach_v near_o nnnquam_fw-la ad_fw-la liquidum_fw-la fama_fw-la perducitur_fw-la fame_n be_v never_o bring_v to_o be_v clear_a it_o be_v a_o wonder_n to_o see_v how_o from_o many_o vain_a beginning_n and_o frivolous_a cause_n so_o famous_a impression_n do_v ordinary_o arise_v and_o ensue_v even_o that_o hinder_v the_o information_n of_o they_o for_o whilst_o a_o man_n endeavour_v to_o find_v out_o cause_n forcible_a and_o weighty_a end_n and_o worthy_a so_o great_a a_o name_n he_o lose_v the_o true_a and_o essential_a they_o be_v so_o little_a that_o they_o escape_v our_o sight_n and_o very_o a_o right_n wise_a heedy_a and_o subtle_a inquisitor_n be_v require_v in_o such_o questing_n impartial_a and_o not_o preoccupated_a all_o these_o miracle_n and_o strange_a event_n be_v until_o this_o day_n hide_v from_o i_o i_o have_v see_v no_o such_o monster_n or_o more_o express_a wonder_n in_o this_o world_n than_o myself_o with_o time_n and_o custom_n a_o man_n do_v acquaint_v and_o enure_v himself_o to_o all_o strangeness_n but_o the_o more_o i_o frequent_a and_o know_v myself_o the_o more_o my_o deformity_n astony_v i_o and_o the_o less_o i_o understand_v myself_o the_o chief_a privilege_n to_o produce_v and_o advance_v such_o accident_n be_v reserve_v unto_o fortune_n travel_v yesterday_o through_o a_o village_n within_o two_o league_n of_o my_o house_n i_o find_v the_o place_n yet_o warm_a of_o a_o miracle_n that_o be_v but_o new_o fail_v and_o discover_v wherewith_o all_o the_o country_n thereabouts_o have_v for_o many_o month_n be_v ammuse_v and_o abuse_v and_o diverse_a border_a province_n begin_v to_o listen_v unto_o it_o and_o several_a troop_n of_o all_o quality_n cease_v not_o thick_a and_o threefold_a to_o flock_v thither_o a_o young_a man_n of_o that_o town_n undertake_v one_o night_n in_o his_o own_o house_n never_o dream_v of_o any_o knavery_n to_o counterfeit_v the_o voice_n of_o a_o spirit_n or_o ghost_n but_o only_o for_o sport_n to_o make_v himself_o merry_a for_o that_o present_a which_o succeed_v better_a than_o he_o have_v imagine_v to_o make_v the_o jest_n extend_v further_o and_o himself_o the_o merry_a he_o make_v a_o country-maiden_n acquaint_v with_o his_o devise_n who_o because_o she_o be_v both_o silly_a and_o harmless_a consent_v to_o beesecret_n and_o to_o second_v he_o in_o the_o end_n they_o get_v another_o and_o be_v now_o three_o all_o of_o one_o age_n and_o like_a sufficiency_n and_o from_o private_a spirit-talking_a they_o begin_v with_o hideous_a voice_n to_o cry_v and_o roar_v aloud_o and_o in_o and_o about_o church_n hide_v themselves_o under_o the_o chief_a altar_n speak_v but_o by_o night_n forbid_v any_o light_n to_o be_v set_v up_o from_o speech_n tend_v the_o world_n subversion_n and_o threaten_v of_o the_o day_n of_o judgement_n which_o be_v the_o subject_n by_o who_o authority_n and_o abusive_a reverence_n imposture_n and_o illusion_n be_v more_o easy_o lurk_v they_o proceed_v to_o certain_a vision_n and_o strange_a gesture_n so_o foolish_a and_o ridiculous_a that_o there_o be_v scarce_o any_o thing_n more_o gross_a and_o absurd_a use_v among_o child_n in_o their_o childish_a sport_n suppose_v i_o pray_v you_o that_o fortune_n will_v have_v second_v this_o harmless_a devise_n or_o juggle_a trick_n who_o know_v how_o far_o it_o will_v have_v extend_v and_o to_o what_o it_o will_v have_v grow_v the_o poor_a silly_a three_o devil_n be_v now_o in_o prison_n and_o may_v happy_o ever_o long_o pay_v dear_a for_o their_o common_a sottishness_n and_o i_o wot_v not_o whether_o some_o chevril_n judge_n or_o other_o will_v be_v avenge_v of_o they_o for_o he_o it_o be_v manifest_o see_v in_o this_o which_o now_o be_v discover_v as_o also_o in_o divers_a other_o thing_n of_o like_a quality_n exceed_v our_o knowledge_n i_o be_o of_o opinion_n that_o we_o uphold_v our_o judgement_n as_o well_o to_o reject_v as_o to_o receive_v many_o abuse_n be_v engender_v in_o the_o world_n or_o to_o speak_v more_o bold_o all_o the_o abuse_n of_o the_o world_n be_v engender_v upon_o this_o that_o we_o be_v teach_v to_o fear_v to_o make_v profession_n of_o our_o ignorance_n and_o be_v bind_v to_o accept_v and_o allow_v all_o that_o we_o can_v refute_v we_o speak_v of_o all_o thing_n by_o precept_n and_o resolution_n the_o style_n of_o rome_n do_v bear_v that_o even_o the_o same_o that_o a_o witness_n depose_v because_o he_o have_v see_v it_o with_o his_o own_o eye_n and_o that_o which_o a_o judge_n ordain_v of_o his_o most_o assure_a knowledge_n be_v conceive_v in_o this_o form_n of_o speech_n it_o seem_v so_o unto_o i_o i_o be_o draw_v to_o hate_v likely_a thing_n when_o man_n go_v about_o to_o set_v they_o down_o as_o infallible_a i_o love_v these_o word_n or_o phrase_n which_o mollify_v and_o moderate_v the_o temerity_n of_o our_o proposition_n it_o may_v be_v peradventure_o in_o some_o sort_n some_o it_o be_v say_v i_o think_v and_o such_o like_a and_o have_v i_o be_v to_o instruct_v child_n i_o will_v so_o often_o have_v put_v this_o manner_n of_o answer_v in_o their_o mouth_n inquire_v and_o not_o resolve_v what_o mean_v it_o i_o understand_v it_o not_o it_o may_v well_o be_v be_v it_o true_a that_o they_o shall_v rather_o have_v keep_v the_o form_n of_o learner_n until_o three_o score_n year_n of_o age_n than_o present_v themselves_o doctor_n at_o ten_o as_o many_o do_v whosoever_o will_v be_v cure_v of_o ignorance_n must_v confess_v the_o same_o iris_n be_v the_o daughter_n of_o thaumantis_n admiration_n be_v the_o ground_n of_o all_o