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cyclops_n den_n without_o peril_n that_o go_v unto_o lotophagos_n and_o not_o hinder_v same_o that_o drink_v with_o cirse_n and_o not_o infect_v that_o hear_v the_o cirenes_n and_o not_o allure_v in_o fine_a that_o enter_v unto_o hell_n and_o not_o convict_v yea_o twice_o happy_a be_v that_o content_a man_n who_o have_v nothing_o possess_v all_o thing_n and_o have_v all_o thing_n possess_v nothing_o by_o this_o only_a biton_n the_o silly_z argive_n be_v prefer_v before_o cirus_n king_n of_o persia_n by_o solon_n cirus_n by_o this_o aglaus_n the_o poor_a arcadian_a be_v advance_v before_o croesus_n king_n of_o lydia_n by_o apollo_n and_o by_o this_o only_o be_v gangeticus_n wont_a to_o say_v that_o have_v but_o bread_n and_o water_n he_o will_v not_o change_v life_n with_o jupiter_n pyrrhus_n for_o have_v that_o renowned_a pyrrhus_n be_v content_v with_o the_o kingdom_n of_o epire_n he_o have_v never_o be_v slay_v by_o a_o simple_a woman_n at_o argos_n syphax_n have_v syphax_n be_v satisfy_v with_o all_o the_o dominion_n of_o numidia_n he_o have_v never_o die_v a_o captive_a in_o rome_n alexander_n and_o have_v that_o great_a conqueror_n alexander_n be_v suffice_v with_o one_o world_n he_o have_v never_o weep_v when_o he_o hear_v that_o there_o be_v diverse_a world_n such_o greedy_a desire_n of_o wealth_n such_o vain_a ostentation_n of_o life_n that_o all_o athens_n can_v not_o abide_v two_o alcibiades_n all_o sparta_n may_v not_o suffer_v two_o lisander_n nor_o all_o the_o world_n may_v maintain_v two_o alexander_n such_o vain_a glory_n of_o self_n love_n such_o felicity_n in_o the_o world_n yea_o such_o ambition_n of_o honour_n with_o man_n that_o poor_a temison_n a_o gardener_n will_v be_v call_v hercules_n in_o cyprus_n simple_a menecrates_n a_o physician_n will_v be_v call_v jupiter_n in_o greece_n and_o foolish_a hanno_n a_o citizen_n will_v be_v call_v a_o god_n in_o carthage_n so_o that_o some_o put_v their_o chief_a felicity_n with_o chrysippus_n in_o the_o world_n some_o with_o antisthenes_n in_o fame_n after_o death_n many_o with_o themistocles_n in_o descend_v from_o a_o high_a lineage_n a_o number_n with_o simonides_n to_o be_v well_o belove_v of_o the_o people_n diverse_a with_o palemon_n in_o eloquence_n other_o with_o euripedes_n in_o a_o fair_a woman_n and_o other_o with_o sophocles_n in_o get_v of_o child_n seely_n herostratê°_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o diana_n to_o become_v famous_a pausanias_n slay_v philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n to_o be_v speak_v of_o desire_v unto_o fame_n make_v juliê°_n caesar_n to_o envy_v the_o martial_a monument_n of_o alexander_n in_o gades_n make_v alexander_n weep_v at_o the_o fame_n of_o achilles_n in_o phrigia_n make_v achilles_n cry_v out_o at_o the_o renoun_n of_o theseê°_n in_o greece_n and_o make_v theseê°_n stark_o mad_a at_o the_o enterprise_n of_o hercules_n in_o all_o place_n wherefore_o that_o learned_a philosopher_n plato_n term_v envy_n serra_fw-la animae_fw-la why_o be_v perdicca_n envy_v for_o his_o noble_a magnanimity_n why_o be_v lysimachê°_n hate_v for_o his_o approve_a experience_n and_o why_o be_v antigonê°_n disdain_v for_o his_o politic_a wisdom_n so_o that_o plini_n say_v most_o true_a that_o there_o be_v no_o light_n without_o shadow_n nor_o no_o virtue_n without_o envy_n which_o if_o your_o worship_n sometime_o bestow_v yourself_o to_o read_v some_o book_n or_o other_o you_o shall_v in_o read_v diverse_a book_n know_v and_o perceive_v the_o cause_n thereof_o for_o as_o the_o bee_n gather_v of_o some_o herb_n gum_n of_o another_o the_o refuse_n of_o wax_n of_o a_o other_o honey_n so_o in_o read_v diverse_a book_n diverse_a profit_n of_o rhetoric_n the_o way_n of_o persuasion_n of_o logic_n the_o sleight_n of_o reason_n of_o history_n the_o order_n of_o country_n of_o philosophy_n the_o secret_n of_o nature_n and_o of_o divinity_n the_o path_n of_o life_n wherefore_o alphonsus_n the_o great_a king_n of_o arragon_n be_v a_o long_a time_n sick_a in_o capua_n geve_v himself_o to_o read_v titus_n livius_n of_o the_o martial_a feat_n of_o roman_n and_o q._n curtiê°_n of_o the_o noble_a act_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a have_v thereby_o recover_v his_o health_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o he_o never_o hear_v better_a music_n than_o he_o hear_v in_o livy_n nor_o never_o have_v better_a physic_n than_o he_o have_v in_o curtius_n augustê°_n caesar_n therefore_o will_v never_o be_v without_o virgil_n in_o hand_n nor_o alexander_n the_o great_a without_o homer_n under_o his_o pillow_n happy_a be_v pompeius_n when_o he_o have_v cicero_n in_o his_o bosom_n and_o glad_a be_v scipio_n when_o he_o have_v enneus_n in_o his_o sight_n yea_o dionysius_n the_o tiraunt_n will_v honour_v plato_n and_o antigonus_n the_o cruel_a geve_v place_n to_o zeno._n so_o as_o alphonsus_n say_v there_o be_v no_o sweet_a music_n then_o in_o read_v there_o be_v no_o better_a physic_n then_o in_o read_v and_o there_o be_v no_o sound_a counsel_n than_o in_o read_v there_o be_v mirth_n there_o be_v sadness_n there_o be_v wisdom_n and_o knowledge_n there_o be_v persuasion_n and_o there_o be_v warning_n which_o if_o your_o worship_n do_v follow_v but_o appelles_n say_n unto_o his_o scholar_n that_o no_o day_n shall_v pass_v without_o the_o read_n of_o one_o line_n or_o to_o imitate_v hortensius_z â–ª_o sometime_o of_o the_o day_n either_o to_o read_v ask_v or_o to_o learn_v something_o i_o know_v you_o will_v say_v with_o solon_n indies_n senesco_fw-la multa_fw-la discens_fw-la trust_v to_o call_v to_o mind_v that_o short_a and_o sweet_a sentence_n of_o epaminondas_n unto_o his_o friend_n pelopidas_n that_o no_o good_a nature_n ought_v to_o go_v out_o of_o his_o house_n in_o the_o morning_n but_o before_o he_o return_v home_o he_o will_v win_v one_o friend_n or_o other_o forget_v not_o the_o say_n of_o tiberius_n the_o emperor_n who_o think_v that_o day_n ill_o spend_v in_o the_o which_o he_o do_v good_a to_o no_o body_n or_o profit_v not_o man_n thus_o do_v your_o worship_n shall_v increase_v in_o knowledge_n multiply_v your_o friend_n advance_v your_o fame_n and_o enjoy_v felicity_n of_o life_n ¶_o your_o servant_n lodowicke_n lloide_v to_o the_o reader_n unwise_o much_o be_v i_o be_v base_a and_o barren_a if_o i_o think_v to_o escape_v that_o which_o homer_n that_o sweet_a and_o sugar_a maecenas_n of_o greece_n may_v in_o no_o wise_n avoid_v simple_n be_v i_o to_o seek_v to_o avoid_v that_o which_o the_o wise_a and_o the_o learn_a socrates_n and_o architas_n can_v not_o shun_v therefore_o even_o as_o the_o rhodians_n and_o the_o lacedaemonian_n in_o the_o game_n of_o olimpia_n be_v taunt_v of_o diogenes_n the_o one_o for_o their_o bravery_n the_o other_o for_o their_o raggednesse_n so_o these_o cinike_v sort_n find_v fault_n with_o the_o good_a aswell_o as_o the_o bad_a lucullus_z a_o noble_a roman_a demand_v of_o the_o philosopher_n seneca_n what_o best_o he_o may_v do_v to_o please_v nero_n the_o emperor_n and_o not_o to_o offend_v the_o common_a people_n have_v in_o answer_n to_o do_v much_o service_n unto_o prince_n and_o to_o use_v little_a taulke_o and_o to_o show_v humanity_n unto_o the_o commons_n know_v well_o gentle_a reader_n how_o ready_a the_o most_o part_n be_v to_o accuse_v the_o learned_a and_o how_o few_o be_v willing_a to_o excuse_v the_o ignorant_a i_o be_o content_v rather_o to_o be_v reprehend_v for_o my_o good_a will_n in_o pen_v this_o pilgrimage_n of_o prince_n than_o to_o be_v commend_v by_o that_o which_o may_v prove_v my_o idle_a life_n by_o silence_n be_v mindful_a of_o the_o youth_n of_o egypt_n how_o they_o shall_v make_v account_n unto_o their_o magistrate_n of_o pain_n and_o travel_n most_o willing_a to_o accomplish_v something_o that_o may_v discharge_v the_o same_o i_o take_v this_o labour_n in_o hand_n in_o that_o that_o i_o can_v to_o the_o uttermost_a to_o
benefit_v my_o country_n to_o pleasure_v my_o friend_n and_o to_o show_v myself_o more_o willing_a than_o able_a in_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o though_o i_o in_o my_o rashness_n presume_v to_o write_v of_o the_o life_n of_o prince_n yet_o i_o trust_v in_o gather_v the_o fragment_n &_o break_a sentence_n as_o a_o beginning_n unto_o other_o that_o be_v better_o store_v it_o will_v be_v of_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a consider_v though_o of_o other_o defame_v and_o taunt_v for_o there_o be_v no_o book_n say_v plini_n so_o simple_a but_o it_o profit_v some_o body_n for_o in_o book_n say_v chilo_n the_o philosopher_n be_v the_o fame_n of_o worthy_a man_n eternize_v and_o the_o verity_n of_o thing_n etere_fw-la unknown_n wuritten_v which_o two_o thing_n neither_o time_n can_v consume_v nor_o fortune_n destroy_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v the_o bone_n of_o homer_n seek_v and_o contend_v for_o of_o seven_o city_n in_o greece_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o keep_v as_o a_o monument_n of_o so_o great_a a_o writer_n and_o for_o this_o be_v euripides_n die_v in_o macedonia_n send_v for_o by_o embassador_n of_o athens_n to_o be_v have_v in_o memory_n as_o a_o praise_n unto_o athens_n by_o his_o burial_n for_o the_o greek_n suppose_v the_o great_a honour_n of_o all_o to_o have_v educate_v such_o man_n as_o be_v studious_a and_o careful_a for_o their_o country_n for_o great_a be_v the_o attempt_n of_o any_o simple_a book_n writer_n to_o hazard_v himself_o to_o present_a peril_n to_o encounter_v with_o diverse_a man_n with_o a_o pen_n in_o his_o hand_n then_o that_o that_o valiant_a perithus_n with_o cerberus_n or_o theseus_n with_o minotaurus_n yea_o or_o hercules_n with_o antheús_n jolly_a champion_n with_o sword_n draw_v for_o that_o they_o fight_v with_o one_o a_o piece_n and_o that_o before_o their_o face_n &_o the_o simple_a writer_n with_o thousand_o and_o they_o behind_o his_o back_n slander_v he_o architas_n the_o philosopher_n who_o the_o tarentines_n make_v a_o general_a in_o their_o war_n six_o several_a time_n he_o i_o say_v be_v in_o no_o such_o danger_n in_o his_o war_n as_o he_o be_v resist_v for_o his_o rule_n and_o law_n in_o tarentum_n plato_n be_v not_o in_o such_o peril_n at_o the_o besiege_n of_o tanagra_n and_o corinth_n among_o all_o his_o enemy_n as_o he_o be_v envy_v in_o greece_n by_o zenophon_n and_o aristotle_n his_o own_o scholar_n by_o his_o philosophy_n neither_o be_v socrates_n in_o such_o hazard_n of_o life_n be_v in_o arm_n in_o delphos_n as_o he_o be_v in_o athens_n by_o writing_n of_o book_n put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o greek_n zeno_n the_o poor_a philosopher_n can_v resist_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o great_a king_n antigonus_n &_o demosthenes_n can_v withstand_v the_o force_n of_o philip_n and_o yet_o neither_o of_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o snare_n of_o those_o that_o defame_v their_o labour_n envy_v their_o diligence_n in_o writing_n and_o make_n of_o book_n simple_n man_n must_v not_o therefore_o be_v discomfit_v to_o write_v because_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a be_v herein_o evil_o speak_v for_o the_o gimnosophiste_n in_o india_n the_o prophet_n in_o egypt_n the_o sage_n in_o persia_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedemonia_fw-la the_o chaldean_n in_o babylon_n and_o the_o philosopher_n in_o greece_n be_v now_o more_o famous_a and_o renowned_a be_v dead_a than_o they_o be_v a_o live_v be_v envy_v and_o slander_v their_o write_n and_o book_n more_o read_v now_o than_o allow_v or_o know_v then_o they_o rtravell_v now_o be_v commend_v though_o their_o life_n then_o be_v despise_v and_o therefore_o i_o wish_v all_o learned_a clerk_n be_v as_o willing_a to_o write_v as_o the_o most_o part_n of_o ignorant_a be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o find_v fault_n wherefore_o crave_v the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o a_o bowlster_n and_o defence_n to_o my_o simple_a travel_n i_o end_v wish_v that_o both_o the_o printer_n fault_n and_o i_o may_v less_o move_v occasion_n of_o offence_n ¶_o christoforus_n carlilus_n in_o flodum_n gestiunt_fw-la musae_fw-la charites_n triumphant_a gestit_fw-la insignis_fw-la lituis_fw-la apollo_n pallas_n ac_fw-la orpheus_n monumenta_fw-la flode_n cernere_fw-la tanta_fw-la ipse_fw-la ne_fw-la ditem_fw-la videar_fw-la bear_v aureis_fw-la nummis_fw-la calabrosue_n pomis_fw-la well_fw-mi redundantem_fw-la bromeum_fw-la racemis_fw-la dicere_fw-la cesso_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la dignum_fw-la solido_fw-la cupresso_fw-la et_fw-la cedro_fw-la suavi_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la laud_fw-la maxima_fw-la flodi_fw-la celebrate_v famam_fw-la anglica_n pubes_fw-la si_fw-mi legis_fw-la librum_fw-la furiosa_fw-la philtra_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—bi_fw-la possunt_fw-la nâ—camara_fw-la circe_n vasa_n non_fw-fr atrox_n rabbis_n megerae_fw-la ulla_fw-la nocere_fw-la ed._n grant_v in_o lod._n flo._n qvae_fw-la a_o tûere_fw-la difuruis_fw-la immersa_fw-la tenebris_fw-la aeduntur_fw-la patrijs_fw-la condecorata_fw-la sonis_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuerint_fw-la bene_fw-la cognita_fw-la paucis_fw-la nunc_fw-la venient_fw-la cunctis_fw-la percipienda_fw-la viris_fw-la postera_fw-la floyde_n tuam_fw-la nascentia_fw-la secula_fw-la laudem_fw-la cantabunt_fw-la praesens_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la feret_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mellis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la liberiste_fw-fr lepôris_fw-la continet_fw-la omne_fw-la tuum_fw-la laus_fw-la tribuenda_fw-la tibi_fw-la livide_v mendaces_fw-la compescito_fw-la zoile_n voces_fw-la tela_fw-la licet_fw-la vibres_fw-la non_fw-la violabis_fw-la opus_fw-la inclita_n mordaci_fw-la non_fw-la laedes_fw-la facta_fw-la libello_fw-la florescit_fw-la floydus_fw-la docta_fw-la perora_fw-la virum_fw-la ¶_o in_o librumde_n principum_fw-la periginatione_fw-la johannis_n coci_n scholae_fw-la paulinae_fw-la magistri_fw-la hendecastichon_n cum_fw-la versu_fw-la quodum_fw-la homerico_n ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la stato_fw-it domi_fw-la nullis_fw-la terre_fw-fr iactatus_fw-la in_o oris_fw-la quem_fw-la patrium_fw-la subijt_fw-la noscendi_fw-la sola_fw-la libido_fw-la sin_n mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la varios_fw-la tibi_fw-la nosse_fw-la voluptas_fw-la ingenijque_fw-la vagas_fw-la ediscere_fw-la nobilis_fw-la art_n non_fw-la perigrinanti_fw-la deerunt_fw-la monimenta_fw-la laboris_fw-la que_fw-la memtemque_fw-la manumque_fw-la parent_n ad_fw-la talia_fw-la promptas_fw-la quod_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la regum_fw-la referens_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la priorum_fw-la tuta_fw-la domi_fw-la cupido_fw-la praestabit_fw-la vota_fw-la manendi_fw-la hinc_fw-la licet_fw-la ingenij_fw-la praesignes_fw-la discere_fw-la cultus_fw-la quos_fw-la aditu_fw-la regum_fw-la provisa_fw-la pericula_fw-la monstrent_fw-la nam_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la peragrans_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la viscenda_fw-la fuissent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ¶_o in_o laudem_fw-la lodovici_fw-la flodi_fw-la thomas_n dranta_n archdiachonis_fw-la lewicensis_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la ultima_fw-la laus_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la ais_fw-la &_o summis_fw-la placuisti_fw-la levis_fw-la horati_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la si_fw-la tam_fw-la bona_fw-la laus_fw-la sit_fw-la principibus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la precepta_fw-la quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la mutos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la formare_fw-la loquentes_fw-la consilium_fw-la totis_fw-la sanumque_fw-la adscribere_fw-la vitis_fw-la hoc_fw-la tu_fw-la flode_n facis_fw-la quedam_fw-la tua_fw-la dogmata_fw-la vidi_fw-la cetera_fw-la cum_fw-la visis_fw-la si_fw-la quadrant_a congrua_fw-la membra_fw-la â–ª_o quod_fw-la facile_fw-la credo_fw-la quid_fw-la tmultis_fw-la te_fw-la tibi_fw-la tollam_fw-la es_fw-la bone_fw-la ingenioque_fw-la &_o bis_fw-la bone_fw-la argumento_fw-la ¶_o thomas_n churchyard_n gent._n of_o lodo._n fl._n if_o learning_n have_v no_o laud_n man_n like_n will_v decay_v away_o and_o few_o will_v write_v or_o knowledge_n 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