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more_o for_o thy_o honour_n and_o thy_o satisfaction_n too_o if_o stand_v at_o a_o distance_n thou_o be_v invite_v to_o come_v up_o high_o whither_o of_o thyself_o thou_o dare_v not_o presume_v to_o go_v than_o to_o have_v a_o check_v give_v thou_o for_o thy_o forwardness_n and_o to_o be_v disgraceful_o thrust_v out_o of_o the_o presence_n of_o the_o prince_n unto_o who_o thou_o have_v adventure_v to_o approach_v too_o near_o 8._o go_v not_o forth_o hasty_o to_o strive_v lest_o thou_o know_v not_o what_o to_o do_v in_o the_o end_n thereof_o when_o thy_o neighbour_n have_v put_v thou_o to_o shame_n 8._o take_v some_o time_n to_o consider_v well_o both_o the_o goodness_n of_o thy_o cause_n and_o its_o weightiness_n and_o how_o to_o manage_v it_o before_o thou_o bring_v a_o action_n at_o law_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n lest_o in_o conclusion_n thou_o wish_v it_o have_v not_o be_v begin_v when_o he_o put_v thou_o to_o open_a shame_n by_o show_v thou_o have_v implead_v he_o wrongful_o or_o for_o a_o trifle_n 9_o debate_v thy_o cause_n with_o thy_o neighbour_n himself_o and_o discover_v not_o a_o secret_a to_o another_o 9_o nay_o let_v i_o advise_v thou_o though_o thy_o cause_n be_v just_a and_o good_a yet_o the_o event_n be_v doubtful_a to_o debate_v thing_n private_o and_o if_o it_o be_v possible_a to_o make_v up_o the_o difference_n between_o yourselves_o especial_o if_o it_o be_v about_o a_o secret_a business_n which_o ought_v not_o easy_o to_o be_v divulge_v or_o if_o it_o can_v be_v compose_v yet_o let_v not_o hatred_n or_o anger_n provoke_v thou_o to_o discover_v other_o secret_n mere_o to_o disgrace_v thy_o adversary_n when_o they_o appertain_v not_o to_o the_o cause_n 10._o lest_o he_o that_o hear_v it_o put_v thou_o to_o shame_n and_o thy_o infamy_n turn_v not_o away_o 10._o lest_o not_o only_o every_o one_o that_o hear_v reproach_n thou_o for_o thy_o perfidiousness_n but_o he_o be_v enrage_v to_o retort_v such_o infamous_a thing_n upon_o thou_o as_o shall_v stick_v so_o close_o that_o thou_o shall_v never_o be_v able_a to_o wipe_v off_o the_o dirt_n nor_o recover_v thy_o credit_n as_o long_o as_o thou_o live_v 11._o a_o word_n fit_o speak_v be_v like_a apple_n of_o gold_n in_o picture_n of_o silver_n 11._o a_o word_n of_o counsel_n reproof_n or_o comfort_n handsome_o deliver_v in_o due_a time_n and_o place_n etc._n etc._n be_v no_o less_o grateful_a and_o valuable_a than_o golden_a ball_n or_o beautiful_a apple_n present_v in_o a_o silver_n network_n basket_n see_v arg._n e_fw-la 12._o as_o a_o ear-ring_n of_o gold_n and_o a_o ornament_n of_o fine_a gold_n so_o be_v a_o wise_a reprover_n upon_o a_o obedient_a ear_n 12._o a_o good_a man_n will_v not_o think_v himself_o reproach_v but_o rather_o oblige_v by_o a_o prudent_a reproof_n which_o meet_v with_o a_o attentive_a consider_v and_o patient_a mind_n make_v a_o man_n receive_v it_o so_o kind_o that_o he_o esteem_v he_o who_o bestow_v it_o as_o much_o as_o if_o he_o have_v hang_v 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he_o that_o depend_v on_o these_o promise_n as_o sad_a as_o the_o country_n people_n be_v after_o the_o cloud_n have_v make_v a_o great_a show_n and_o the_o wind_n a_o great_a sound_n but_o be_v follow_v by_o no_o shower_n of_o rain_n 15._o by_o long_o forbear_v be_v a_o prince_n persuade_v and_o a_o soft_a tongue_n break_v the_o bone_n 15._o it_o be_v not_o prudent_a violent_o to_o oppose_v a_o prince_n in_o his_o resolution_n who_o will_v more_o easy_o yield_v to_o reason_n if_o one_o give_v way_n to_o his_o heat_n and_o patient_o expect_v the_o fit_a time_n to_o represent_v thing_n to_o he_o but_o this_o must_v be_v do_v also_o with_o soft_a and_o tender_a language_n which_o be_v apt_a to_o bow_v the_o stiff_a mind_n and_o work_v upon_o the_o hard_a heart_n 16._o have_v thou_o find_v honey_n eat_v so_o much_o as_o be_v sufficient_a for_o thou_o lest_o thou_o be_v fill_v therewith_o and_o vomit_v it_o 16._o all_o pleasure_n shall_v be_v use_v like_o honey_n which_o when_o it_o 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