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josephus_n judge_v that_o tobal_n among_o the_o hebrews_n be_v the_o first_o finder_n of_o music_n and_o thus_o ancient_a writer_n diverse_o do_v vary_v herein_o but_o as_o music_n be_v but_o a_o sound_n in_o number_n and_o measure_n as_o cicero_n say_v and_o by_o divers_a mean_n find_v of_o man_n so_o have_v it_o be_v from_o time_n to_o time_n augment_v by_o man_n for_o first_o when_o mercury_n the_o son_n of_o maâ—a_n have_v find_v after_o that_o the_o inundation_n of_o nilus_n have_v water_v all_o egypt_n among_o divers_a other_o drown_a creature_n a_o sea_n snail_n the_o flesh_n be_v wither_v and_o yet_o the_o sinew_n still_o remain_v strike_v the_o same_o it_o make_v a_o sound_n thus_o do_v mercury_n make_v first_o a_o harp_n with_o seven_o string_n to_o coequat_fw-la the_o number_n of_o atlantides_n and_o then_o he_o add_v two_o more_o and_o make_v they_o
demetrius_n and_o alexander_n wife_n who_o then_o be_v a_o widow_n and_o a_o queen_n in_o corinth_n for_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o triumph_n and_o preparation_n to_o the_o marriage_n antigonus_n by_o deceit_n take_v the_o castle_n command_v his_o soldier_n in_o arm_n and_o proclaim_v himself_o king_n in_o corinth_n in_o the_o same_o book_n of_o polinaeus_n the_o like_a history_n be_v write_v of_o lysander_n of_o sparta_n and_o nearchus_n of_o crect_n the_o one_o promise_v to_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o miletum_n his_o aid_n and_o help_v in_o defend_v their_o liberty_n and_o the_o people_n give_v credit_n to_o a_o king_n promise_n and_o trust_v to_o have_v lysander_n their_o special_a friend_n they_o find_v he_o their_o mortal_a foe_n for_o he_o deceive_v they_o thereby_o and_o take_v the_o city_n of_o miletum_n unto_o himself_o the_o other_o sail_v to_o the_o haven_n of_o telmessus_n to_o renew_v friendship_n with_o antripatridas_n who_o then_o govern_v the_o city_n of_o telmessus_n under_o the_o colour_n of_o friendship_n he_o have_v his_o man_n at_o arm_n ready_a on_o the_o sea_n to_o destroy_v his_o friend_n and_o to_o take_v the_o city_n to_o himself_o this_o deceit_n be_v not_o only_o see_v in_o war_n where_o much_o falsehood_n and_o perjury_n be_v practise_v but_o in_o all_o thing_n man_n use_v craft_n according_a to_o the_o proverb_n there_o be_v craft_n in_o daub_v to_o speak_v of_o theodectes_n craft_n towards_o his_o master_n aristotle_n to_o defraud_v he_o privy_o of_o his_o glory_n to_o speak_v of_o sertorius_n deceit_n in_o win_a authority_n among_o the_o common_a people_n to_o describe_v the_o mean_n that_o dionysius_n use_v to_o get_v money_n among_o the_o syracusan_n or_o how_o pythius_n deceive_v cannius_n in_o his_o bargain_n of_o fish_n or_o how_o darius_n become_v king_n of_o persia_n by_o the_o neigh_n of_o a_o mare_n and_o a_o million_o more_o of_o such_o deceit_n and_o craft_n be_v infinite_a i_o therefore_o refer_v the_o reader_n to_o poliaenus_n where_o he_o shall_v have_v enough_o of_o falsehood_n but_o because_o craft_n be_v use_v diverse_o i_o will_v somewhat_o touch_v those_o that_o use_v craft_n in_o alter_v themselves_o into_o the_o form_n of_o woman_n some_o for_o filthy_a lust_n some_o for_o virtue_n sake_n and_o some_o for_o vice_n what_o kind_n of_o dissimulation_n be_v in_o sardanapalus_n king_n of_o assyria_n to_o forsake_v the_o empire_n to_o forgo_v his_o kingdom_n to_o become_v like_o a_o woman_n to_o spin_v and_o card_v with_o his_o concubine_n and_o so_o from_o the_o shape_n of_o a_o man_n to_o dissemble_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o woman_n what_o kind_n of_o dissimulation_n do_v that_o renown_a and_o mighty_a hercules_n even_o the_o offspring_n of_o the_o god_n and_o son_n to_o jupiter_n use_n after_o that_o he_o tame_v monster_n slay_v giant_n overcome_v dragon_n lion_n wild_a beast_n and_o yet_o he_o do_v translate_v himself_o from_o a_o champion_n and_o a_o conqueror_n into_o woman_n apparel_n and_o fashion_v himself_o like_o a_o woman_n with_o such_o dissimulation_n he_o serve_v omphale_n queen_n of_o lydia_n like_o a_o woman_n in_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n at_o the_o whéel_n and_o at_o the_o card_n at_o omphale_n commandment_n what_o kind_n of_o craft_n use_v clodius_n to_o bring_v his_o purpose_n to_o pass_v with_o pompeia_n caesar_n wife_n dissemble_v himself_o to_o be_v a_o woman_n as_o cicero_n taunt_v he_o in_o a_o epistle_n that_o he_o write_v to_o lentulus_n where_o he_o say_v that_o clodius_n dissemble_v with_o the_o npmph_n bona_fw-la dea_fw-la as_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o use_v the_o three_o sister_n thus_o clodius_n will_v at_o all_o time_n go_v unto_o pompeia_n in_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n to_o use_v such_o feat_n that_o he_o make_v caesar_n to_o divorce_v his_o wife_n pompeia_n dissimulation_n and_o subtlety_n as_o they_o be_v most_o evil_a to_o practice_v so_o sometime_o they_o be_v necessary_a to_o do_v good_a for_o example_n euclides_n use_v the_o like_a craft_n as_o before_o but_o to_o a_o better_a purpose_n for_o he_o practise_v it_o not_o to_o feed_v lust_n or_o to_o pleasure_n affection_n but_o he_o use_v it_o to_o hear_v socâ—ates_n to_o read_v philosophy_n &_o to_o learn_v wisdom_n from_o he_o for_o there_o be_v a_o law_n between_o athens_n and_o they_o of_o megaris_n for_o the_o great_a hatred_n the_o one_o bare_a unto_o the_o other_o that_o whosoever_o come_v from_o athens_n to_o megaris_n shall_v die_v and_o whosoever_o will_v go_v from_o megaris_n to_o athens_n shall_v likewise_o die_v thus_o death_n fright_v not_o euclides_n but_o the_o love_n thâ—t_v he_o bear_v to_o socrates_n and_o to_o philosophy_n and_o wisdom_n so_o embolden_v he_o that_o he_o will_v in_o the_o night_n travel_n from_o megaris_n to_o athens_n in_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n lest_o he_o shall_v be_v know_v and_o he_o return_v before_o day_n from_o athens_n to_o megaris_n again_o this_o dissimulation_n and_o craft_n of_o euclides_n be_v far_o better_a and_o more_o to_o be_v commend_v then_o the_o do_n of_o the_o former_a better_a be_v semiramis_n queen_n of_o babylon_n think_v of_o in_o that_o she_o perceive_v her_o young_a son_n ninus_n to_o be_v too_o tender_a to_o govern_v the_o stout_a babylonian_n and_o assyrian_n and_o know_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o people_n to_o be_v impatient_a of_o a_o woman_n government_n become_v in_o her_o apparel_n like_o a_o man_n and_o rule_v the_o kingdom_n till_o her_o son_n come_v to_o ripe_a age_n more_o pratie_n ought_v â—â—lâ—gia_fw-mi a_o woman_n of_o antioch_n to_o have_v who_o though_o she_o feign_v herself_o to_o be_v a_o man_n and_o dissemble_v with_o the_o world_n in_o that_o case_n yet_o this_o be_v to_o avoid_v incontinence_n and_o to_o live_v chaste_a and_o solitary_a without_o the_o company_n of_o man_n for_o this_o cause_n be_v the_o greek_a virgin_n mâ—rina_n and_o euphrosina_n a_o maid_n of_o alexandria_n worthy_o prefer_v before_o cleocritus_n and_o clisthenes_n for_o that_o they_o go_v in_o the_o apparel_n of_o man_n to_o live_v in_o the_o wilderness_n to_o avoid_v lust_n and_o sensuality_n the_o other_o go_v in_o the_o apparel_n of_o woman_n to_o beguile_v woman_n caelius_n do_v report_n that_o certain_a woman_n as_o mantinia_n lasthenia_n axâ—othea_n and_o phliasia_n will_v come_v in_o their_o apparel_n like_o man_n to_o hear_v plato_n read_v philosophy_n in_o the_o school_n the_o cause_n of_o their_o dissimulation_n be_v virtue_n and_o honest_a life_n the_o cause_n of_o the_o other_o dissimulation_n be_v vice_n and_o a_o wicked_a life_n so_o that_o dissimulation_n be_v both_o good_a and_o bad_a for_o we_o read_v at_o what_o time_n the_o arm_a youth_n of_o gréece_n have_v determine_v co_z fetch_v home_o again_o fair_a helen_n menelaus_n wife_n from_o troy_n where_o she_o be_v detain_v by_o paris_n king_n priamus_n son_n that_o then_o achilles_n the_o stout_a and_o worthy_a of_o all_o the_o greek_n while_o yet_o he_o sleep_v in_o the_o tent_n of_o chiron_n his_o mother_n thetis_n sudden_o take_v he_o from_o chiâ—ons_n house_n and_o change_v his_o apparel_n into_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n and_o appoint_v where_o he_o shall_v hide_v himself_o with_o the_o daughter_n of_o king_n lycomedes_n where_o he_o get_v one_o of_o they_o with_o child_n and_o command_v she_o to_o betray_v he_o to_o no_o man_n for_o she_o know_v that_o her_o son_n achilles_n shall_v die_v in_o troy_n if_o he_o shall_v go_v thither_o there_o achilles_n be_v a_o long_a while_n at_o the_o commandment_n of_o his_o mother_n thetis_n until_o the_o oracle_n be_v give_v that_o the_o city_n of_o troy_n shall_v never_o be_v destroy_v without_o the_o help_n of_o achilles_n ulysses_n be_v most_o subtle_a and_o crafty_a take_v upon_o he_o to_o seek_v out_o achilles_n take_v a_o little_a pack_n full_a of_o fine_a ware_n such_o as_o woman_n buy_v and_o a_o strong_a bow_n and_o arrow_n thus_o when_o ulysses_n come_v to_o king_n lycomedes_n daughter_n though_o he_o know_v achilles_n to_o be_v there_o yet_o because_o he_o be_v in_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n he_o know_v he_o not_o and_o therefore_o show_v his_o fine_a ware_n unto_o the_o king_n daughter_n have_v a_o strong_a bow_n bend_v by_o he_o while_o deidamia_n the_o mother_n of_o pyrrhus_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o her_o sister_n view_v the_o glister_a ware_n of_o ulysses_n achilles_n step_v in_o and_o take_v ulysses_n bow_v in_o hand_n and_o draw_v it_o whereby_o ulysses_n see_v he_o draw_v so_o strong_a a_o bow_n he_o straight_o perceive_v that_o he_o be_v achilles_n and_o thus_o one_o craft_n beguile_v another_o one_o deceit_n deceive_v another_o and_o one_o dissemble_a man_n find_v out_o another_o for_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o ulysses_n be_v the_o dissimulation_n of_o achilles_n know_v i_o may_v have_v just_a occasion_n here_o to_o speak_v of_o those_o that_o be_v
and_o praise_n who_o avoid_v the_o canker_a state_n of_o avarice_n thus_o from_o the_o golden_a world_n it_o come_v unto_o the_o silver_n world_n and_o then_o to_o that_o hard_a metal_n the_o iron_n world_n for_o the_o covetous_a people_n can_v never_o be_v satisfy_v the_o young_a partridge_n by_o nature_n be_v ready_a to_o flee_v as_o soon_o as_o she_o come_v out_o of_o the_o shell_n the_o wild_a duck_n to_o swim_v the_o lion_n to_o go_v and_o man_n only_o bear_v ready_a to_o seek_v and_o travel_v for_o money_n where_o may_v a_o man_n find_v out_o such_o a_o man_n as_o ariâ—â—ides_n be_v in_o all_o greece_n now_o who_o be_v so_o liberal_a that_o have_v all_o the_o state_n of_o athens_n under_o his_o government_n give_v all_o to_o the_o poor_a citizen_n a_o little_a except_v which_o bring_v he_o unto_o the_o ground_n where_o shall_v one_o meet_v with_o such_o a_o one_o as_o pelopidas_n in_o all_o sparta_n be_v blame_v of_o his_o friend_n and_o counselor_n for_o his_o large_a gift_n and_o liberality_n exhort_v he_o to_o make_v much_o of_o money_n consider_v how_o necessary_a money_n be_v to_o prince_n yea_o say_v pelopidas_n to_o such_o prince_n as_o nicomedes_n a_o lame_a man_n both_o dumb_a &_o deaf_a where_o shall_v a_o man_n seek_v in_o thebes_n for_o such_o a_o man_n as_o epaminondas_n who_o when_o he_o hear_v that_o he_o who_o carry_v his_o target_n after_o he_o have_v take_v money_n for_o the_o dismission_n of_o certain_a prisoner_n take_v in_o the_o war_n give_v i_o say_v he_o my_o target_n and_o go_v you_o to_o keep_v a_o inn_n for_o if_o you_o love_v money_n you_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o carry_v epaminondas_n target_n with_o so_o much_o honour_n be_v liberality_n attend_v that_o those_o prince_n who_o have_v be_v famous_a for_o the_o most_o fortitude_n have_v be_v famous_a also_o for_o the_o most_o liberality_n yet_o neither_o liberality_n nor_o fame_n nor_o fortitude_n can_v reprieve_v a_o prince_n from_o the_o ingratitude_n of_o death_n chap._n iii_o what_o prince_n be_v advance_v one_o way_n and_o be_v oppress_v by_o a_o other_o how_o some_o man_n be_v exalt_v and_o other_o oppress_v history_n do_v record_v all_o the_o king_n that_o ever_o reign_v in_o rome_n almost_o from_o base_a birth_n and_o slender_a progeny_n be_v advance_v by_o fortune_n to_o sit_v in_o the_o royal_a throne_n and_o enjoy_v princely_a sceptre_n romulus_n the_o first_o king_n and_o builder_n of_o rome_n bear_v of_o rhea_n a_o vestal_a virgin_n and_o daughter_n unto_o amulius_n be_v leave_v as_o a_o prey_n unto_o beast_n forsake_v of_o all_o in_o rome_n so_o hate_v of_o his_o own_o grandfather_n that_o he_o find_v more_o friendship_n in_o a_o she_o wolf_n than_o he_o have_v at_o his_o grandfather_n amulius_n more_o kindness_n of_o the_o wolf_n for_o his_o nourishment_n then_o love_v of_o his_o mother_n though_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o she_o notwithstanding_o contrary_a to_o the_o expectation_n of_o amulius_n be_v not_o think_v of_o in_o rome_n he_o be_v by_o a_o 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