man_n to_o rule_v the_o city_n of_o scadmenna_n be_v often_o move_v that_o he_o for_o his_o age_n be_v not_o meet_v to_o govern_v such_o a_o city_n consider_v the_o multitude_n and_o number_n of_o people_n that_o be_v within_o that_o city_n they_o think_v that_o a_o young_a man_n shall_v better_o discharge_v the_o office_n but_o the_o wise_a emperor_n perceive_v how_o bend_v and_o prone_a be_v the_o youth_n of_o that_o town_n to_o have_v a_o young_a man_n to_o rule_v over_o they_o answer_v they_o after_o this_o sort_n i_o have_v rather_o say_v he_o commit_v the_o governance_n of_o the_o city_n to_o one_o old_a man_n than_o the_o governance_n of_o so_o many_o young_a man_n unto_o the_o city_n better_o it_o be_v that_o a_o old_a man_n shall_v rule_v the_o city_n than_o the_o city_n shall_v rule_v the_o young_a man_n mean_v no_o otherwise_o then_o that_o age_a man_n shall_v only_o be_v admit_v to_o be_v ruler_n in_o city_n for_o that_o there_o belong_v unto_o they_o experience_n of_o thing_n and_o care_n of_o youth_n such_o be_v the_o homage_n and_o reverence_n which_o be_v among_o the_o young_a roman_n towards_o the_o senator_n or_o old_a man_n of_o the_o city_n as_o both_o head_n and_o leg_n do_v acknowledge_v the_o same_o in_o do_v duty_n unto_o age_n they_o have_v this_o confidence_n in_o age_n that_o no_o man_n may_v be_v choose_v unto_o the_o number_n of_o the_o senator_n before_o he_o shall_v be_v threescore_o year_n of_o age_n the_o like_a custom_n have_v the_o people_n of_o chalcides_n that_o no_o man_n before_o he_o be_v fifty_o year_n shall_v either_o â—ear_v office_n within_o their_o city_n or_o be_v send_v ambassador_n out_o of_o their_o country_n among_o the_o persian_n no_o man_n can_v be_v admit_v to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o sage_a ruler_n which_o they_o call_v magi_n unless_o perfect_a age_n have_v bring_v he_o thereto_o perforce_o among_o the_o indian_n their_o wise_a man_n which_o rule_v their_o country_n which_o be_v name_v gimnosophistae_fw-la be_v ancient_a for_o time_n give_v experience_n of_o governance_n among_o the_o egyptian_n the_o like_a credit_n be_v give_v unto_o old_a man_n that_o youth_n meet_v they_o in_o the_o way_n will_v go_v out_o of_o the_o way_n to_o give_v place_n unto_o age_n so_o that_o their_o counselor_n which_o be_v call_v prophet_n be_v count_v man_n of_o much_o time_n and_o experience_n even_o so_o the_o babylonian_n elect_v their_o sage_a chaldean_n the_o french_a man_n their_o ancient_a wise_a man_n call_v druyde_n in_o fine_a noble_a greek_n do_v observe_v the_o like_a order_n in_o choose_v their_o ruler_n and_o counselor_n of_o age_a man_n as_o before_o speak_v the_o lacedaemonian_a youth_n be_v by_o the_o law_n of_o lycurgus_n no_o less_o charge_v to_o reverence_n age_n than_o their_o own_o parent_n the_o arabian_n in_o all_o place_n without_o respect_n of_o person_n prefer_v their_o old_a man_n before_o honour_n dignity_n or_o fortune_n the_o people_n call_v tartesi_n have_v this_o law_n so_o to_o honour_v age_n that_o the_o young_a may_v bear_v no_o witness_n against_o the_o elder_n the_o reverence_n say_v chylon_n that_o shall_v be_v show_v unto_o age_n by_o young_a man_n aught_o to_o be_v such_o that_o they_o then_o be_v young_a do_v obedience_n unto_o age_n they_o may_v claim_v the_o like_a when_o they_o wax_v old_a of_o youth_n agesilaus_n king_n of_o sparta_n be_v a_o old_a man_n will_v often_o go_v in_o the_o cold_a weather_n very_o thin_a in_o a_o tear_a cloak_n without_o a_o coat_n or_o doublet_n only_o to_o show_v the_o way_n unto_o young_a man_n to_o be_v hardy_a in_o age_n by_o contemn_v of_o gay_a apparel_n in_o youth_n masinista_n king_n of_o numidia_n be_v more_o than_o threescore_o year_n of_o age_n will_v lively_o and_o valiant_o as_o cicero_n say_v without_o cap_n on_o head_n or_o shoe_n on_o foot_n in_o the_o cold_a or_o frosty_a weather_n in_o the_o winter_n travel_n and_o toil_n with_o the_o soldier_n only_o unto_o this_o purpose_n that_o young_a soldier_n shall_v be_v harden_v thereby_o in_o their_o youth_n and_o practice_v the_o same_o for_o the_o use_n of_o other_o when_o they_o come_v to_o age_n themselves_o ihero_n king_n of_o sicilia_n show_v the_o like_a example_n in_o his_o old_a age_n be_v lxxx_o year_n to_o train_v youth_n and_o to_o bring_v they_o up_o so_o in_o young_a year_n that_o they_o may_v do_v the_o like_a in_o their_o old_a age_n for_o thus_o judge_v these_o wise_a prince_n that_o all_o man_n covet_v to_o imitate_v prince_n and_o king_n in_o their_o do_n gorgias_n the_o philosopher_n and_o master_n unto_o isocrates_n the_o orator_n and_o to_o divers_a more_o noble_n of_o gréece_n think_v himself_o most_o happy_a that_o he_o be_v a_o hundred_o year_n and_o seven_o be_v aswell_o in_o his_o memory_n as_o at_o any_o time_n before_o and_o make_v so_o much_o of_o age_n that_o be_v ask_v why_o he_o so_o delight_v in_o age_n he_o make_v answer_v because_o he_o find_v nothing_o in_o age_n for_o which_o he_o may_v accuse_v it_o so_o say_v king_n cyrus_n a_o little_a before_o his_o death_n be_v a_o very_a old_a man_n that_o he_o never_o feel_v himself_o weak_a than_o when_o he_o be_v young_a the_o like_a say_n be_v report_v of_o that_o learned_a sophocles_n who_o be_v so_o old_a that_o he_o be_v accuse_v of_o his_o own_o child_n of_o folly_n turn_v unto_o the_o judge_n and_o say_v if_o i_o be_v sophocles_n i_o be_o not_o a_o fool_n if_o i_o be_v a_o fool_n i_o be_o not_o sophocles_n meaning_n that_o in_o wiseman_n the_o sense_n wax_v better_a by_o use_n and_o exercise_v the_o same_o for_o we_o praise_v say_v cicero_n the_o old_a man_n that_o be_v somewhat_o young_a and_o we_o commend_v again_o the_o young_a man_n that_o be_v somewhat_o age_a the_o old_a be_v commend_v that_o have_v his_o wit_n young_a and_o fresh_a at_o commandment_n and_o the_o young_a be_v praise_v that_o be_v sober_a &_o sage_a in_o his_o do_n when_o m._n crassus_n a_o noble_a captain_n of_o rome_n be_v a_o very_a old_a man_n take_v in_o hand_n to_o war_n against_o the_o parthian_n a_o strong_a and_o stout_a people_n be_v by_o ambassador_n warn_v of_o his_o age_n and_o admonish_v to_o forsake_v the_o war_n he_o answer_v stout_o the_o ambassador_n of_o the_o parthian_n and_o say_v when_o i_o come_v to_o seleucia_n your_o city_n i_o will_v then_o answer_v you_o whereupon_o one_o of_o the_o ambassador_n name_v agesâ—â—s_n a_o age_a man_n stretch_v forth_o his_o hand_n and_o show_v the_o palm_n of_o his_o hand_n unto_o crassus_n say_v before_o thou_o shall_v come_v within_o the_o city_n of_o seleucia_n bristle_n shall_v grow_v out_o of_o this_o hand_n the_o stoutness_n of_o marcus_n crassus_n be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o the_o magnanimity_n of_o agesis_n and_o yet_o they_o both_o be_v old_a man_n what_o courage_n be_v in_o scaevola_n to_o withstand_v that_o firebrand_n of_o rome_n sylla_n who_o after_o he_o have_v urge_v the_o senator_n to_o pronounce_v marius_n enemy_n unto_o italy_n he_o be_v a_o old_a agâ—d_a man_n answer_v sylla_n in_o this_o sort_n though_o divers_a be_v at_o the_o commandment_n of_o the_o senator_n and_o that_o thou_o be_v so_o encompass_v with_o soldier_n at_o thy_o beck_n yet_o neither_o thou_o nor_o all_o thy_o soldier_n shall_v ever_o make_v scaevola_n be_v a_o old_a man_n for_o fear_v of_o lose_v some_o old_a blood_n pronounce_v marius_n by_o who_o rome_n be_v preserve_v and_o italy_n save_v to_o be_v enemy_n unto_o the_o city_n the_o like_a history_n we_o read_v that_o when_o julius_n caesar_n have_v by_o force_n of_o arm_n aspire_v unto_o the_o office_n of_o a_o dictator_n and_o come_v to_o the_o senate_n house_n where_o few_o senator_n be_v together_o the_o emperor_n caesar_n desirous_a to_o know_v the_o cause_n of_o their_o absence_n confidius_n a_o age_a father_n of_o rome_n say_v that_o they_o fear_v caesar_n and_o his_o soldier_n whereat_o the_o emperor_n muse_v a_o while_n say_v why_o do_v not_o you_o likewise_o tarry_v at_o home_n fear_v the_o same_o because_o say_v he_o age_n and_o time_n teach_v i_o neither_o to_o fear_n caesar_n nor_o yet_o his_o soldier_n for_o as_o brusonius_n say_v there_o be_v young_a mind_n in_o old_a man_n for_o though_o milo_n the_o great_a wrestler_n in_o the_o game_n of_o olympias_n wax_v old_a &_o weep_v in_o spite_n of_o his_o decay_a limb_n &_o bruise_a bone_n yet_o he_o say_v his_o mind_n flourish_v and_o be_v as_o young_a as_o ever_o it_o be_v before_o solon_n have_v immortal_a praise_n in_o gréece_n for_o his_o stoutness_n in_o his_o age_n for_o when_o pisistraâ—us_o have_v take_v in_o hand_n to_o rule_v the_o people_n of_o athens_n and_o that_o it_o be_v evident_a enough_o that_o tyranny_n shall_v procee_v thereby_o solon_n in_o his_o
sabine_n paul_n aenilius_fw-la over_o the_o lygurian_o marius_n over_o the_o numidian_n pompeius_n over_o armenia_n and_o pontus_n scipio_n surname_v affricanus_fw-la over_o carthage_n and_o all_o lybia_n julius_n caesar_n over_o all_o europe_n and_o africa_n rome_n be_v then_o fear_v of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o now_o rome_n be_v despise_v then_o rome_n may_v say_v roma_fw-la vincit_fw-la now_o rome_n may_v say_v roma_fw-la vista_fw-la then_o roma_n at_o mata_fw-gr now_o nermis_fw-la then_o roma_n now_o ruina_fw-la but_o time_n consume_v all_o thing_n that_o victory_n that_o be_v not_o manful_o get_v and_o valiant_o win_v in_o the_o field_n be_v rather_o count_v tyranny_n then_o victory_n for_o when_o lucius_n pius_n in_o a_o banquet_n that_o he_o make_v have_v fill_v the_o people_n of_o sarmatia_n full_a of_o wine_n and_o make_v they_o so_o drink_v that_o all_o the_o noble_n and_o captain_n of_o sarmatia_n yield_v themselves_o as_o subject_n unto_o the_o empire_n of_o rome_n for_o which_o at_o his_o return_n home_o to_o rome_n he_o require_v according_a to_o the_o custom_n to_o have_v a_o triumph_n do_v unto_o he_o for_o the_o victory_n of_o sarmatia_n the_o senator_n have_v understand_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o victory_n and_o how_o and_o after_o what_o sort_n lucius_n pius_n subdue_v the_o sarmatian_n he_o be_v open_o behead_v by_o decree_n of_o all_o the_o senate_n and_o a_o slanderous_a epitaph_n set_v upon_o his_o grave_n to_o manifest_v the_o deceit_n he_o use_v in_o stead_n of_o magnanimity_n that_o he_o deceive_v they_o by_o wine_n who_o he_o ought_v to_o have_v subdue_v by_o force_n the_o roman_n be_v not_o in_o those_o day_n content_v that_o any_o of_o their_o captain_n shall_v use_v vicious_a deal_n or_o show_v any_o fraud_n or_o guile_n in_o war_n unto_o their_o enemy_n but_o at_o last_o as_o war_n grow_v common_a in_o all_o country_n so_o deceit_n and_o craft_n be_v thereby_o augment_v and_o triumph_v exile_v then_o the_o assyrian_n war_v on_o the_o persian_n the_o persian_n on_o the_o arginean_n the_o arginean_n on_o the_o athenian_n the_o athenian_n on_o the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o lacedaemonian_n on_o the_o sydonian_o the_o sydonian_o on_o the_o rhodian_o and_o the_o rhodian_o on_o the_o scythian_n with_o all_o kind_n of_o policy_n right_a or_o wrong_n they_o care_v not_o so_o that_o victory_n be_v get_v so_o that_o the_o triumph_n then_o be_v now_o turn_v into_o captivity_n magnanimity_n then_o unto_o craft_n and_o deceit_n now_o in_o fine_a victory_n then_o unto_o tyranny_n now_o and_o so_o with_o caesar_n i_o end_v exit_fw-la bonis_fw-la principtis_fw-la mala_fw-la or_o iuntur_fw-la such_o be_v the_o state_n of_o life_n the_o pilgrimage_n of_o man_n which_o be_v daily_o worse_a and_o worse_o as_o it_o wax_v to_o the_o end_n for_o in_o the_o beginning_n renown_n and_o honour_n be_v the_o cause_n that_o all_o man_n attempt_v danger_n and_o great_a peril_n and_o now_o in_o the_o end_n gain_n and_o profit_n move_v war_n then_o be_v their_o desire_n to_o overcome_v lion_n bear_n elephant_n tiger_n panther_n rhinocerot_n and_o such_o wild_a and_o savage_a beast_n that_o may_v renown_v their_o achievement_n and_o now_o for_o the_o most_o part_n forget_v they_o descend_v into_o the_o vale_n of_o death_n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o first_o find_v out_o of_o law_n and_o order_n and_o of_o all_o invention_n of_o thing_n general_a and_o of_o time_n the_o world_n grow_v into_o its_o maturity_n divers_a man_n find_v mean_n to_o set_v thing_n in_o order_n which_o at_o the_o beginning_n be_v rude_a and_o barbarous_a as_o among_o the_o athenian_n draco_n among_o the_o egyptian_n mercury_n among_o the_o argive_n phoroneus_n in_o arcadia_n apollo_n in_o tyre_n charandes_n in_o italy_n pythagoras_n other_o thing_n no_o less_o necessary_a for_o the_o manner_n and_o civility_n of_o man_n then_o for_o the_o life_n and_o food_n of_o man_n be_v find_v and_o because_o time_n be_v the_o beginning_n and_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n terrestrial_a i_o think_v it_o expedient_a in_o this_o place_n to_o declare_v the_o computation_n of_o time_n and_o age_n for_o with_o the_o egyptian_n at_o the_o first_o they_o count_v their_o year_n by_o the_o moon_n attribute_v unto_o every_o year_n thirty_o day_n as_o both_o herodotus_n and_o macrobius_n do_v agree_v the_o the_o arcadian_n as_o putarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o numa_n do_v write_v have_v three_o month_n in_o every_o year_n appoint_v the_o people_n of_o caria_n finish_v and_o end_v their_o year_n every_o six_o month_n the_o greek_n do_v number_v three_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o four_o day_n in_o their_o year_n which_o want_v of_o our_o year_n eleven_o day_n and_o six_o hour_n the_o roman_n at_o the_o begin_n in_o the_o time_n of_o romulus_n who_o be_v their_o first_o king_n have_v their_o year_n in_o ten_o month_n count_v count_v their_o first_o month_n march_n and_o give_v that_o name_n unto_o it_o after_o his_o father_n name_n mars_n april_n be_v name_v of_o aphros_n in_o greek_a which_o be_v foam_n whence_o venus_n be_v bear_v may_n be_v call_v a_o majoribus_fw-la of_o the_o elder_n june_n of_o the_o youth_n call_v juniores_fw-la these_o four_o be_v of_o romulus_n name_v the_o five_o month_n be_v then_o call_v by_o romulus_n quintil_n which_o julius_n caesar_n in_o his_o time_n name_v july_n and_o augustus_n caesar_n name_v the_o month_n call_v sexulis_n august_n and_o so_o in_o order_n september_n october_n november_n december_n numa_n pompunus_n who_o succeed_v romulus_n add_v january_n and_o february_n and_o so_o name_v they_o according_a to_o the_o name_n of_o janus_n who_o be_v the_o first_o king_n of_o the_o latin_n and_o februus_n who_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o inventor_n of_o the_o lustration_n for_o as_o the_o greek_n do_v count_v all_o thing_n by_o their_o olympiades_n so_o do_v the_o roman_n by_o their_o lustra_fw-la then_o be_v the_o use_n of_o clock_n unknown_a insomuch_o that_o author_n herein_o do_v much_o vary_v and_o seem_v to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o inventor_n of_o they_o first_o some_o think_v that_o herme_n in_o egypt_n find_v they_o out_o by_o a_o beast_n sacrifice_v unto_o seraphis_n some_o again_o attribute_v the_o invention_n unto_o anaximine_n in_o lacedemonia_fw-la and_o that_o they_o be_v find_v out_o by_o a_o shade_n some_o unto_o scipio_n surname_v nasica_n in_o rome_n by_o a_o water_n but_o uncertain_a it_o be_v by_o who_o and_o by_o what_o mean_v clock_n first_o be_v find_v some_o again_o do_v count_v their_o day_n which_o be_v four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n from_o sun_n rise_v unto_o sun_n rise_v as_o the_o babylonian_n use_n some_o from_o sun_n set_v to_o sun_n set_v as_o the_o athenian_n some_o from_o midnight_n to_o midnight_n as_o the_o egyptian_n some_o again_o from_o midnight_n to_o noon_n again_o as_o the_o vmbrian_o do_v thus_o diverse_o have_v hour_n and_o day_n be_v count_v now_o after_o law_n be_v invent_v and_o order_n make_v and_o time_n divide_v man_n as_o yet_o rude_a and_o raw_a lead_v their_o life_n beastly_a and_o bruitish_o for_o want_v of_o civility_n have_v neither_o house_n town_n or_o city_n to_o inhabit_v but_o some_o have_v in_o cave_n of_o the_o ground_n their_o chief_a mansion_n other_o have_v their_o best_a garment_n make_v of_o green_a bow_n and_o branch_n of_o tree_n some_o hide_v themselves_o in_o shadow_n of_o the_o wood_n some_o in_o den_n like_o wild_a beast_n until_o nature_n first_o by_o reason_n open_v a_o way_n and_o a_o mean_n thus_o unto_o further_a civility_n then_o house_n be_v make_v and_o city_n build_v high_a tower_n raise_v strong_a wall_n invent_v king_n cerops_n erect_v athens_n phoroneus_n build_v argos_n diospolin_n in_o egypt_n be_v by_o threson_n build_v likewise_o the_o first_o tower_n after_o the_o deluge_n of_o noah_n be_v make_v by_o nimrod_n then_o temple_n be_v build_v pythias_n in_o perenna_n make_v a_o temple_n unto_o minerva_n romulus_n in_o rome_n build_v a_o temple_n unto_o jupiter_n and_o thus_o divers_a man_n in_o sundry_a country_n have_v be_v the_o bvilder_n of_o monument_n by_o this_o mean_n come_v pallas_n unto_o great_a fame_n for_o that_o she_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v the_o first_o that_o invent_v science_n among_o the_o grecian_n in_o athens_n for_o this_o purpose_n be_v ceres_n in_o sicilia_n renown_v for_o that_o she_o be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o first_o that_o sow_v corn_n and_o teach_v husbandry_n for_o this_o reason_n be_v typhis_n and_o jason_n so_o worthy_o commend_v that_o they_o among_o the_o greek_n be_v the_o first_o that_o sail_v the_o sea_n then_o be_v money_n find_v in_o mount_n pangaeum_n and_o coin_v in_o aegineta_n which_o as_o plini_n say_v have_v be_v better_a unknown_a then_o find_v money_n be_v find_v war_n ensue_v by_o ninus_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o war_v after_o the_o deluge_n then_o
that_o eat_v louse_n in_o scythia_n call_v budmi_n or_o they_o that_o eat_v serpent_n call_v ophiophagi_n or_o those_o that_o feed_v on_o man_n body_n call_v anthropophagi_n yea_o or_o those_o that_o eat_v their_o own_o parent_n as_o the_o caspian_o do_v unto_o what_o purpose_n shall_v i_o name_v the_o astomians_n a_o people_n in_o india_n without_o mouth_n who_o only_o live_v with_o the_o air_n that_o come_v unto_o their_o nostril_n where_o they_o receive_v breath_n they_o can_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v as_o plini_n say_v in_o his_o seven_o book_n they_o live_v the_o long_o with_o the_o sweet_a smell_n and_o odour_n of_o flower_n unto_o what_o end_n likewise_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o those_o blind_a andabates_n that_o fight_n without_o eye_n or_o of_o those_o great_a ear_a people_n the_o fanesii_n who_o ear_n shadow_v and_o cover_v their_o whole_a body_n or_o of_o the_o monopod_n which_o in_o like_a manner_n shadow_v their_o whole_a body_n with_o one_o foot_n or_o of_o the_o arimaspian_o people_n in_o scythia_n have_v but_o one_o eye_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o their_o forehead_n like_o the_o great_a ciclop_n poliphemus_n which_o ulysses_n destroy_v yea_o of_o million_o more_o who_o deformity_n to_o deprint_v who_o ugliness_n to_o write_v be_v too_o much_o charge_n to_o the_o writer_n and_o too_o much_o tediousness_n to_o the_o reader_n i_o may_v speak_v of_o people_n in_o some_o part_n of_o india_n who_o live_v two_o hundred_o year_n and_o more_o who_o hair_n upon_o their_o head_n in_o their_o young_a age_n be_v white_a and_o in_o their_o old_a age_n black_a call_v pandorae_fw-la i_o may_v likewise_o recite_v a_o people_n in_o lybia_n who_o horse_n may_v not_o be_v guide_v nor_o govern_v with_o bridle_n be_v the_o bit_n never_o so_o strong_a but_o with_o rod_n most_o gentle_o be_v they_o tame_v be_v the_o rod_n never_o so_o weak_a herodotus_n a_o famous_a greek_a writer_n be_v not_o ashamed_a to_o show_v how_o the_o woman_n selencridae_n bring_v forth_o egg_n whence_o man_n be_v bear_v of_o such_o height_n length_n and_o stature_n that_o i_o be_o partly_o abash_v to_o allege_v his_o authority_n therein_o again_o the_o people_n call_v sorbotae_fw-la of_o aethiope_n be_v say_v to_o be_v eight_o cubit_n long_o why_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o the_o troglodyte_n who_o live_v in_o cave_n of_o the_o ground_n feed_n on_o serpent_n be_v people_n of_o wonderful_a swiftness_n and_o outrun_v any_o horse_n in_o aethiope_n and_o can_v speak_v but_o hiss_v why_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o the_o massagetes_n of_o the_o people_n nasomones_n i_o will_v according_a to_o promise_v omit_v the_o prolixity_n thereof_o touch_v all_o country_n by_o the_o way_n or_o some_o of_o the_o chief_a as_o of_o egypt_n with_o brag_n and_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n of_o the_o ethiopian_n and_o the_o people_n of_o caria_n with_o their_o simplicity_n and_o slavery_n so_o the_o carthaginian_n be_v false_a and_o deceitful_a the_o babylonian_n wicked_a and_o corrupt_v the_o persian_n drunkard_n and_o glutton_n the_o sycilian_o wary_a and_o trusty_a so_o be_v the_o cruelness_n of_o the_o caspian_o the_o filthiness_n of_o the_o lesbian_o the_o drunkenness_n of_o the_o scythian_n the_o fornication_n of_o the_o corinthian_n the_o rudeness_n of_o the_o boetian_o the_o ignorance_n of_o the_o cimmerian_n the_o beastliness_n of_o the_o sibarite_n the_o hardiness_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n the_o delicacy_n of_o the_o athenian_n and_o the_o pride_n and_o glory_n of_o the_o roman_n thus_o we_o read_v that_o the_o spaniard_n be_v the_o great_a traveller_n and_o the_o great_a despiser_n the_o italian_a proud_a and_o desirous_a to_o revenge_v the_o frenchman_n politic_a and_o rash_a the_o german_a a_o warrior_n the_o saxon_a a_o dissembler_n the_o swevian_n a_o light_n talkative_a person_n the_o britain_n a_o busy_a body_n the_o cimbrian_a seditious_a and_o fierce_a the_o bohemian_a ungentle_a and_o desirous_a of_o news_n the_o vandal_n a_o mutable_a wrangler_n the_o bavarian_a a_o flouter_n and_o a_o scoffer_n these_o quality_n be_v incident_a to_o the_o aforesaid_a nation_n by_o nature_n but_o because_o in_o this_o place_n it_o be_v somewhat_o to_o the_o purpose_n to_o declare_v the_o glory_n and_o state_n of_o rome_n which_o of_o all_o the_o world_n be_v esteem_v and_o fear_v and_o for_o that_o rome_n have_v more_o enemy_n than_o all_o the_o whole_a world_n beside_o to_o show_v brief_o how_o they_o flourish_v how_o their_o fame_n spread_v and_o their_o glory_n grow_v i_o think_v it_o not_o expedient_a to_o meddle_v with_o the_o antiquity_n thereof_o in_o the_o time_n of_o janus_n and_o camese_n but_o to_o touch_v upon_o their_o fame_n by_o manage_v of_o war_n in_o the_o time_n of_o romulus_n who_o be_v beget_v of_o mars_n and_o rhea_n a_o vestal_a virgin_n be_v the_o first_o builder_n of_o the_o city_n and_o also_o king_n thereof_o this_o king_n romulus_n war_v on_o the_o sabine_n after_o he_o have_v elect_v a_o hundred_o senator_n to_o discern_v and_o judge_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o city_n to_o defend_v justice_n and_o practise_v the_o same_o and_o to_o punish_v vice_n and_o wrong_n according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o plato_n who_o will_v every_o commonwealth_n to_o be_v govern_v with_o reward_n unto_o the_o virtuous_a and_o punishment_n to_o the_o vicious_a again_o he_o appoint_v certain_a soldier_n unto_o the_o number_n of_o one_o m._n to_o be_v in_o a_o readiness_n always_o to_o defend_v the_o city_n after_o romulus_n succéede_v numa_n pompilius_n the_o second_o king_n a_o man_n very_o religious_a and_o pitiful_a he_o in_o his_o time_n make_v law_n to_o observe_v rite_n sacrifice_n and_o ceremony_n to_o worship_v their_o god_n he_o make_v bishop_n and_o priest_n he_o appoint_v the_o vestal_a virgin_n and_o all_o that_o belong_v thereto_o three_o come_v tulius_n hostillius_fw-la to_o be_v king_n in_o rome_n who_o felicity_n be_v only_o to_o teach_v the_o youth_n of_o rome_n the_o discipline_n of_o warfare_n and_o stir_v they_o wonderful_o to_o exercise_n and_o practise_v the_o same_o then_o fourthly_a succeed_v an._n martius_n with_o the_o like_a industry_n and_o care_n of_o the_o further_o and_o sure_a state_n of_o the_o city_n in_o raise_v the_o high_a wall_n of_o rome_n and_o raise_v a_o bridge_n upon_o the_o river_n tiber_n in_o amend_v and_o beautify_v all_o the_o street_n of_o rome_n the_o five_o king_n be_v tarqvinius_n priâ—cus_n who_o though_o he_o be_v a_o stranger_n bear_v at_o corinth_n yet_o he_o increase_v the_o policy_n of_o the_o roman_n with_o the_o wisdom_n of_o greece_n he_o triumph_v over_o the_o people_n of_o tusk_n and_o enlarge_v the_o fame_n of_o rome_n much_o more_o than_o it_o be_v to_o this_o come_v next_o servius_n tulâ—ius_n who_o be_v the_o six_o and_o tarqvinius_n superbus_n the_o seven_o and_o last_o king_n of_o rome_n who_o for_o his_o misgovernment_n and_o lust_n in_o the_o city_n against_o the_o chaste_a matron_n for_o the_o pride_n and_o infringement_n of_o the_o liberty_n have_v withal_o ravish_v lucretia_n collatinus_n wife_n be_v at_o length_n after_o long_a rule_n and_o government_n banish_v rome_n the_o first_o alteration_n and_o change_n of_o state_n be_v then_o after_o these_o seven_o king_n govern_v rome_n two_o hundred_o year_n and_o a_o half_n which_o be_v the_o first_o infancy_n of_o rome_n then_o collatinus_n and_o brutus_n after_o these_o king_n be_v exile_v in_o reward_n of_o restore_a liberty_n and_o for_o honest_a life_n be_v the_o first_o consul_n in_o rome_n they_o i_o say_v alter_v the_o government_n of_o the_o city_n from_o a_o monarchy_n to_o a_o kind_n of_o government_n call_v aristocratia_fw-la which_o continue_v in_o rome_n from_o the_o time_n of_o brutus_n and_o collatinus_n until_o the_o time_n of_o appius_n claudius_n and_o quinâ—us_fw-la fulvius_n which_o be_v two_o hundred_o year_n in_o this_o season_n during_o this_o two_o hundred_o year_n be_v rome_n most_o assail_v of_o all_o kind_n of_o enemy_n stir_v unto_o war_n of_o all_o nation_n for_o the_o space_n of_o two_o hundred_o year_n and_o a_o half_a then_o appius_n claudius_n forget_v the_o law_n which_o he_o himself_o make_v in_o rome_n against_o fornication_n forget_v the_o ravishment_n of_o lucretia_n and_o the_o banishment_n of_o tarqvinius_n for_o break_v of_o the_o same_o against_o all_o right_a and_o reason_n willing_o and_o wilful_o ravish_v virginia_n the_o daughter_n of_o virginius_n and_o after_o that_o her_o own_o father_n slay_v she_o in_o the_o open_a fight_n of_o rome_n the_o cause_n be_v know_v unto_o all_o the_o city_n the_o people_n be_v straight_o in_o arm_n to_o revenge_v the_o wrong_n and_o injury_n against_o the_o law_n even_o as_o the_o king_n before_o name_v be_v exile_v and_o banish_a rome_n for_o the_o ravishment_n of_o lucretia_n so_o now_o the_o ten_o commissioner_n call_v decem._n viri_fw-la be_v likewise_o exclude_v and_o reject_v for_o
at_o the_o change_n of_o every_o dish_n every_o man_n again_o command_v by_o a_o law_n to_o go_v to_o his_o woman_n and_o thus_o from_o meat_n to_o woman_n from_o woman_n to_o meat_n they_o beastly_a and_o brutish_o entertain_v their_o epicurial_a lust_n wherein_o these_o gorgon_n repose_v their_o chief_a felicity_n certain_o if_o queen_n semitamis_n of_o babylon_n have_v be_v match_v with_o heliogabulus_n emperor_n of_o rome_n it_o have_v be_v as_o meet_v a_o match_n if_o time_n have_v serve_v as_o one_o beast_n shall_v be_v for_o another_o for_o he_o be_v not_o so_o filthy_a but_o she_o be_v as_o shameless_a not_o only_o in_o procure_v divers_a to_o lie_v with_o she_o but_o in_o allure_a her_o own_o son_n ninus_n to_o lust_n and_o as_o writer_n report_n be_v a_o beast_n match_v herself_o with_o a_o beast_n a_o horse_n have_v pasiphae_n queen_n of_o crect_n be_v well_o match_v she_o have_v forsake_v king_n minos_n and_o come_v to_o the_o emperor_n caligula_n where_o she_o may_v have_v be_v as_o bold_a with_o other_o as_o she_o be_v with_o minotaurus_n father_n have_v the_o empress_n mestalina_n be_v deserve_o according_a to_o her_o life_n marry_v she_o have_v be_v more_o meet_a for_o nero_n then_o for_o claudius_n for_o his_o life_n and_o her_o life_n do_v well_o agree_v together_o for_o she_o pass_v all_o the_o courtesan_n of_o corinth_n all_o the_o strumpet_n of_o athens_n and_o all_o the_o whore_n of_o babylon_n for_o she_o be_v only_o mistress_n and_o ruler_n of_o all_o the_o stew_n and_o brothel_a house_n in_o rome_n what_o wickedness_n procee_v from_o lust_n what_o ungodly_a incest_n be_v bring_v to_o pass_v by_o lust_n what_o secret_a vengeance_n come_v by_o lust_n lust_n assure_a queen_n cleopatra_n to_o use_v her_o brother_n ptolemy_n as_o her_o husband_n lust_n deceive_v king_n cynar_n to_o lie_v with_o his_o daughter_n myrrah_n lust_n bring_v macarius_n to_o his_o sister_n canace_v bed_n by_o lust_n do_v menepron_n defile_v his_o own_o mother_n lust_n stay_v the_o purpose_n of_o all_o man_n hinder_v and_o hurt_v all_o kind_n of_o person_n lust_n stay_v king_n antiochuâ—_n of_o syria_n in_o chalâ—idea_n a_o whole_a winter_n for_o one_o maid_n he_o fancy_v there_o lust_n stay_v hannibal_n in_o capua_n a_o long_a season_n to_o his_o great_a hurt_n lust_n stay_v julius_n caesar_n in_o alexandria_n a_o long_a time_n unto_o his_o infamy_n lust_n be_v the_o first_o cause_n of_o war_n between_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o sabine_n for_o romuâ—us_n have_v hardly_o build_v rome_n but_o he_o lust_v to_o ravish_v the_o woman_n and_o to_o steal_v the_o sabine_a maid_n to_o rome_n whereby_o the_o war_n first_o begin_v the_o great_a war_n between_o king_n cambyses_n of_o persia_n and_o king_n amasis_n of_o egypt_n wherein_o be_v a_o great_a slaughter_n and_o murder_n of_o man_n grow_v by_o lust_n to_o one_o woman_n the_o ten_o year_n betwixt_o the_o theban_n and_o the_o phocean_n be_v for_o the_o lust_n of_o one_o young_a man_n in_o phoca_n towards_o a_o young_a woman_n in_o thebes_n the_o cruel_a conflict_n that_o be_v between_o the_o trojan_a prince_n aeneas_n and_o stout_a turnus_n be_v the_o lust_n which_o either_o of_o they_o do_v bear_v to_o lavinia_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n what_o blood_n what_o tyranny_n be_v between_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o assyrian_n between_o ptolemy_n and_o alexander_n the_o one_o king_n of_o egypt_n the_o other_o king_n of_o assyria_n and_o all_o for_o one_o woman_n cleopatra_n augustus_n the_o emperor_n make_v long_a war_n for_o octavia_n his_o sister_n who_o antonius_n abuse_v to_o the_o spoil_n and_o murder_n of_o many_o roman_n have_v hesione_n king_n priamus_n sister_n not_o lust_v to_o go_v with_o telamonius_n from_o troy_n to_o greece_n have_v likewise_o helen_n the_o wife_n of_o menelaus_n not_o lust_v to_o come_v with_o paris_n from_o greece_n to_o troy_n the_o bloody_a war_n and_o ten_o year_n siege_n between_o the_o greek_n and_o the_o trojan_n have_v never_o be_v writâ—en_o by_o homer_n have_v not_o lust_n rule_v the_o five_o city_n call_v pentapolis_n where_o sedom_n and_o gomorrha_n be_v they_o have_v not_o be_v consume_v with_o fire_n and_o brimstone_n from_o heaven_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o all_o the_o people_n save_v lot_n &_o his_o child_n if_o lust_n have_v not_o rule_v all_o the_o world_n the_o deluge_n of_o noah_n have_v not_o drown_v the_o whole_a earth_n and_o all_o live_a creature_n save_v noah_n his_o wife_n and_o child_n thus_o lust_n from_o time_n to_o time_n be_v the_o only_a monster_n and_o scourge_n of_o the_o world_n and_o in_o this_o our_o age_n lust_n be_v nothing_o diminish_v but_o much_o increase_v and_o though_o we_o shall_v not_o be_v plague_v again_o with_o water_n according_a to_o promise_v yet_o to_o be_v punish_v with_o fire_n most_o sure_o we_o be_v unless_o we_o detest_v and_o abhor_v this_o vice_n there_o be_v a_o history_n in_o justine_n worthy_a to_o be_v note_v of_o prince_n that_o will_v not_o punish_v these_o offence_n pausanias_n a_o noble_a gentleman_n of_o macedonia_n be_v a_o very_a fair_a young_a man_n who_o attalus_n by_o lust_n abuse_v and_o attalus_n not_o content_v to_o handle_v the_o young_a man_n so_o wicked_o and_o ungodly_a do_v bring_v he_o also_o to_o a_o banquet_n where_o attalus_n will_v have_v use_v he_o as_o before_o make_v all_o man_n privy_a how_o pausanias_n be_v his_o paramour_n as_o a_o woman_n the_o young_a man_n be_v ashamed_a of_o it_o often_o complain_v unto_o philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n and_o after_o many_o and_o divers_a complaint_n have_v no_o redress_n but_o be_v rather_o flout_v and_o scoff_v at_o by_o philip_n pausanias_n take_v it_o so_o grievous_o that_o after_o this_o sort_n he_o requite_v his_o shame_n and_o injury_n at_o the_o marriage_n of_o cleopatra_n king_n philip_n daughter_n with_o alexander_n king_n of_o epirus_n in_o great_a triumph_n and_o pomp_n king_n philip_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o joy_n walk_v between_o his_o own_o son_n alexander_n the_o great_a who_o then_o be_v but_o young_a and_o alexander_n king_n of_o epirus_n his_o son_n in_o law_n be_v marry_v then_o to_o his_o daughter_n cleopatra_n pausanias_n thrust_v he_o into_o the_o heart_n say_v minister_n justice_n and_o punish_v lust_n thus_o die_v that_o mighty_a prince_n as_o well_o for_o the_o bear_n of_o attalus_n fault_n as_o also_o for_o his_o own_o wickedness_n use_v the_o same_o sin_n sometime_o with_o a_o brother_n in_o law_n of_o he_o natural_a brother_n to_o his_o first_o wife_n olympias_n lust_n and_o intemperancy_n do_v never_o escape_v without_o just_a punishment_n and_o due_a vengeance_n amnon_n the_o son_n of_o king_n david_n for_o that_o he_o misuse_v his_o own_o sister_n tamar_n be_v afterward_o slay_v absalon_n for_o that_o he_o do_v lie_v with_o his_o father_n concubine_n die_v for_o it_o david_n be_v plague_v for_o uriah_n wife_n the_o two_o elder_n that_o will_v ravish_v susanna_n be_v put_v to_o death_n this_o sin_n be_v the_o only_a enemy_n of_o man_n for_o all_o sin_n say_v st._n paul_n be_v without_o the_o body_n but_o uncleanness_n and_o lust_n sin_v against_o the_o body_n have_v not_o olofernes_n see_v the_o beauty_n of_o judith_n yea_o mark_v the_o comeliness_n of_o her_o slipper_n he_o have_v not_o lose_v his_o head_n by_o it_o have_v not_o herod_n see_v herodias_n daughrer_n dance_v he_o have_v not_o so_o rash_o grant_v her_o john_n baptist_n head_n have_v not_o eve_n see_v the_o beauty_n of_o the_o apple_n she_o have_v not_o eat_v thereof_o we_o read_v in_o genesis_n that_o when_o the_o son_n of_o man_n view_v the_o beauty_n of_o woman_n many_o evil_n happen_v thereby_o by_o sight_n be_v potiphar_n wife_n move_v with_o lust_n towards_o joseph_n her_o servant_n by_o sight_n and_o beauty_n be_v solomon_n allure_v to_o commit_v idolatry_n with_o false_a go_n by_o sight_n be_v dina_n the_o daughter_n of_o jacob_n ravish_v by_o shechem_n these_o evil_n procee_v from_o sudden_a sight_n therefore_o say_v the_o prophet_n turn_v away_o thy_o eye_n lest_o they_o see_v vanity_n the_o philosopher_n likewise_o say_v that_o the_o first_o offer_n or_o motion_n be_v in_o the_o eye_n from_o sight_n proceed_v motion_n from_o motion_n election_n from_o election_n consent_n from_o consent_n sin_n from_o sin_n death_n wherefore_o with_o the_o poet_n i_o say_v resist_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o first_o assault_n i_o mean_v the_o eye_n the_o evil_a that_o happen_v thereby_o too_o long_o it_o be_v to_o write_v lust_n again_o have_v its_o entrance_n by_o hear_v as_o justine_n in_o his_o twelve_o book_n do_v testify_v of_o thalestris_n queen_n sometime_o of_o the_o amazon_n who_o have_v hear_v the_o great_a commendation_n the_o fame_n and_o renown_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a venture_v her_o life_n to_o hazard_v to_o come_v from_o scythia_n to_o hyrcania_n which_o
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 wolf_n preserve_v and_o by_o a_o poor_a shepherd_n bring_v up_o to_o be_v a_o king_n of_o rome_n the_o like_a happen_v unto_o cyrus_n at_o three_o day_n old_a when_o he_o be_v command_v by_o his_o grandfather_n king_n astyages_n to_o be_v drown_v and_o deliver_v unto_o harpagus_n chief_a officer_n about_o astyages_n by_o king_n astyages_n own_o hand_n to_o be_v kill_v and_o destroy_v yet_o by_o fortune_n a_o bitch_n he_o be_v leave_v as_o romulus_n be_v feed_v he_o and_o give_v he_o milk_n and_o life_n when_o his_o parent_n appoint_v death_n for_o he_o and_o be_v thus_o bring_v up_o by_o a_o bitch_n he_o be_v the_o first_o and_o most_o renown_a king_n that_o ever_o reign_v in_o persia_n even_o so_o may_v i_o allege_v of_o paris_n king_n priamus_n son_n call_v likewise_o alexander_n who_o be_v command_v to_o be_v kill_v as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v bear_v he_o be_v bring_v up_o by_o a_o bear_n to_o be_v a_o famous_a phrygian_a prince_n thus_o cyrus_n by_o fortune_n find_v more_o friendship_n in_o a_o bitch_n then_o in_o his_o own_o mother_n romulus_n more_o love_n in_o a_o wolf_n then_o in_o all_o rome_n alexander_n more_o kindness_n in_o a_o bear_n then_o in_o his_o father_n priamus_n what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o pelephus_n the_o son_n of_o hercules_n who_o be_v foster_v by_o a_o hart_n or_o of_o camilla_n and_o semiramis_n the_o one_o bring_v up_o by_o a_o mare_n the_o other_o by_o bird_n of_o the_o air_n to_o be_v such_o famous_a queen_n as_o the_o one_o rule_v the_o volscian_n the_o other_o the_o babylonian_n how_o fortune_n appoint_v little_a aunt_n to_o feed_v king_n midas_n and_o bee_n to_o feed_v plato_n the_o wealth_n of_o the_o one_o and_o eloquence_n of_o the_o other_o do_v certify_v the_o same_o but_o i_o will_v declare_v first_o the_o extol_n and_o advancement_n of_o simple_a and_o base_a man_n unto_o princely_a seat_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n a_o stranger_n bear_v in_o corinth_n the_o son_n of_o demaiatâ—s_v a_o banish_a merchant_n from_o his_o country_n become_v a_o famous_a king_n in_o rome_n yea_o so_o famous_a i_o say_v that_o he_o enlarge_v the_o confine_n of_o italy_n amplify_v the_o wealth_n and_o state_n of_o rome_n augment_v the_o number_n of_o the_o senator_n increase_v the_o order_n of_o knighthood_n and_o leave_v rome_n so_o happy_a at_o his_o death_n that_o the_o citizen_n thereof_o will_v have_v travel_v twice_o as_o far_o as_o corinth_n so_o that_o they_o may_v enjoy_v again_o so_o noble_a a_o prince_n tullius_n servius_n a_o poor_a stranger_n be_v likewise_o advance_v unto_o the_o same_o place_n by_o fortune_n and_o tullus_n hostillius_fw-la a_o shepherd_n be_v from_o feed_n of_o beast_n extol_v to_o be_v the_o king_n of_o rome_n thus_o fortune_n to_o show_v her_o might_n exalt_v the_o poor_a and_o oppress_v the_o proud_a thus_o from_o banish_a stranger_n from_o simple_a shepherd_n most_o famous_a prince_n and_o noble_a king_n have_v proceed_v fortune_n as_o seneca_n say_v from_o low_a birth_n and_o base_a condition_n have_v make_v prince_n many_o have_v be_v advance_v from_o the_o plough_n to_o sit_v in_o seat_n of_o king_n as_o gordius_n who_o from_o the_o plough_n become_v a_o king_n in_o phrygia_n fortune_n take_v agathocles_n from_o his_o father_n shop_n be_v a_o potter_n and_o make_v he_o king_n in_o sycilia_n she_o bring_v darius_n from_o the_o stable_a of_o cyrus_n to_o be_v a_o king_n in_o persia_n she_o bring_v gyges_n from_o a_o shepherd_n to_o be_v the_o wealthy_a king_n that_o ever_o reign_v in_o lydia_n justinus_n a_o swineherd_a from_o feed_n his_o swine_n become_v the_o mighty_a emperor_n of_o constantinople_n and_o carpenter_n likewise_o may_v brag_v of_o telephanes_n who_o fortune_n advance_v to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o lydia_n shall_v not_o husbandman_n extol_v fortune_n which_o make_v valentianus_n emperor_n in_o rome_n how_o much_o do_v fortune_n favour_n learning_n how_o bring_v she_o the_o great_a prince_n in_o the_o world_n to_o honour_v simple_a man_n and_o cause_v the_o cruel_a tyrant_n to_o esteem_v and_o reverence_v the_o same_o king_n dyonisius_n that_o wicked_a tyrant_n of_o sicilia_n when_o he_o hear_v that_o divine_a and_o noble_a philosopher_n plato_n be_v come_v unto_o sycilia_n he_o make_v certain_a of_o his_o noble_n to_o go_v meet_v he_o on_o the_o sea_n and_o in_o a_o ship_n brave_o appoint_v and_o gorgeous_o apdress_v with_o sail_n of_o purple_a silk_n to_o bring_v he_o to_o land_n where_o dionysius_n himself_o do_v attend_v his_o come_n in_o his_o golden_a chariot_n with_o four_o white_a horse_n trap_v over_o with_o gold_n and_o have_v take_v he_o into_o his_o own_o princely_a chariot_n he_o talk_v unto_o he_o reverent_o use_v he_o honourable_o and_o so_o entertain_v he_o that_o if_o jupiter_n have_v descend_v from_o the_o sky_n great_a honour_n can_v he_o not_o get_v in_o crect_n than_o plato_n a_o poor_a philosopher_n aristons_n son_n of_o athens_n obtain_v in_o sicil._n aristotle_n bear_v in_o stagira_n a_o poor_a physician_n son_n name_v nichomachus_n merit_v such_o fame_n that_o not_o only_a philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n thank_v god_n that_o his_o son_n alexander_n be_v bear_v in_o his_o time_n under_o who_o tuition_n alexander_n five_o year_n learned_a philosophy_n but_o also_o alexander_n the_o great_a conqueror_n of_o the_o world_n honour_v and_o salute_v he_o as_o his_o master_n unto_o who_o he_o say_v that_o he_o be_v no_o less_o bind_v for_o his_o learning_n and_o virtuous_a education_n than_o he_o be_v unto_o king_n philip_n his_o father_n for_o his_o birth_n he_o declare_v the_o same_o be_v in_o india_n a_o country_n far_o from_o greece_n &_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o great_a war_n he_o do_v write_v unto_o he_o of_o the_o state_n of_o india_n of_o the_o success_n of_o his_o journey_n and_o the_o
prodigious_a and_o monstrous_a sight_n that_o he_o see_v in_o his_o expedition_n that_o mighty_a artaxerxes_n king_n of_o persia_n hear_v of_o the_o fame_n of_o that_o learned_a hypocrates_n do_v send_v unto_o the_o chief_a governor_n of_o hellespent_a earnest_n letter_n for_o hypocrates_n promise_v he_o great_a honour_n and_o a_o equality_n to_o the_o chief_a ruler_n of_o persia_n and_o to_o be_v a_o fellow_n and_o friend_n unto_o mighty_a artaxerxes_n bion_n be_v demand_v what_o be_v the_o most_o dangerous_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n he_o answer_v to_o be_v most_o fortunate_a photion_n that_o learned_a athenian_a be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o better_a it_o be_v to_o lie_v careless_a upon_o the_o ground_n safe_a and_o sound_a then_o to_o lie_v with_o trouble_n of_o mind_n under_o cloth_n of_o state_n in_o danger_n and_o peril_n a_o certain_a wise_a prince_n before_o he_o be_v crown_v king_n do_v take_v the_o crown_n first_o as_o valerius_n say_v in_o his_o hand_n and_o after_o look_v and_o muse_v a_o while_n upon_o it_o he_o say_v o_o crown_n more_o noble_a than_o happy_a who_o peril_n to_o enjoy_v if_o man_n understand_v no_o man_n will_v take_v thou_o from_o the_o ground_n though_o thou_o do_v offer_v thyself_o unto_o he_o what_o felicity_n happen_v unto_o alexander_n the_o great_a who_o fortune_n so_o advance_v to_o be_v a_o king_n of_o king_n a_o conqueror_n of_o conqueror_n yea_o to_o be_v worship_v as_o a_o god_n and_o to_o be_v call_v the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n who_o fame_n compass_v the_o whole_a earth_n in_o so_o much_o that_o thalestris_n queen_n of_o the_o amazon_n come_v from_o scythia_n unto_o hyrcania_n with_o three_o hundred_o woman_n to_o lie_v with_o alexander_n thirty_o day_n to_o have_v a_o child_n by_o he_o and_o yet_o in_o babylon_n that_o fortune_n that_o so_o exalt_v he_o do_v likewise_o oppress_v he_o be_v in_o his_o chief_a fame_n and_o but_o thirty_o two_o year_n old_a poison_a by_o his_o kinsman_n and_o friend_n and_o so_o leave_v and_o forsake_v of_o all_o man_n that_o he_o be_v thirty_o day_n unbury_v as_o a_o beggar_n not_o as_o a_o king_n and_o rather_o like_o a_o beast_n then_o the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n fortune_n serve_v julius_n caesar_n who_o after_o the_o glory_n of_o so_o many_o conquest_n be_v in_o his_o own_o city_n of_o rome_n and_o in_o the_o senate_n house_n amid_o his_o counsellor_n treacherous_o slay_v and_o murder_v with_o bodkin_n and_o dagger_n by_o his_o most_o trusty_a friend_n brutus_n and_o cassius_n that_o he_o have_v twenty_o and_o three_o wound_n in_o his_o body_n this_o be_v the_o unfortunate_a end_n of_o so_o fortunate_a a_o beginning_n how_o do_v fortune_n deal_v with_o famous_a xerxes_n who_o huge_a army_n dry_v up_o river_n who_o infinite_a number_n of_o navy_n cover_v the_o ocean_n sea_n who_o power_n and_o force_v all_o gréece_n tremble_v at_o fortune_n that_o promise_v all_o gréece_n to_o he_o do_v give_v he_o over_o into_o the_o hand_n of_o themistocles_n his_o enemy_n to_o be_v vanquish_v and_o unto_o the_o force_n of_o artabanus_n to_o be_v slay_v a_o little_a better_o she_o use_v mithridates_n king_n of_o pontus_n who_o after_o many_o victory_n in_o divers_a country_n and_o noble_a triumph_n against_o the_o invincible_a roman_n she_o at_o length_n to_o his_o great_a discomfort_n after_o he_o have_v lose_v his_o wife_n child_n and_o all_o his_o friend_n do_v leave_v he_o in_o his_o old_a age_n a_o prey_n unto_o pompeius_n therefore_o be_v plato_n wont_a to_o thank_v god_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v a_o man_n and_o not_o a_o beast_n in_o gréece_n and_o not_o in_o barbary_n and_o thank_v fortune_n that_o he_o be_v a_o scholar_n unto_o socrates_n who_o always_o despise_v fortune_n and_o her_o power_n for_o fortune_n never_o do_v a_o good_a deed_n but_o she_o requite_v the_o same_o with_o a_o evil_a turn_n afterward_o pyrrhus_n that_o valiant_a king_n of_o epyrus_n who_o fortune_n guide_v so_o famous_o that_o he_o be_v count_v by_o hannibal_n the_o second_o soldier_n and_o prince_n for_o his_o magnanimity_n and_o courage_n unto_o alexander_n the_o great_a be_v kill_v by_o a_o silly_a simple_a argive_a woman_n with_o a_o tile_n stone_n hannibal_n who_o name_n be_v so_o terrible_a unto_o rome_n by_o the_o space_n of_o sixtéen_a year_n be_v drive_v into_o exile_n and_o become_v a_o banish_a abject_a from_o his_o country_n and_o weary_a of_o his_o life_n he_o end_v his_o day_n with_o poison_n in_o bithynia_n alcibiades_z who_o fortune_n so_o favour_v that_o he_o excel_v all_o man_n in_o personage_n and_o birth_n in_o wisdom_n and_o honour_n in_o strength_n and_o wealth_n and_o in_o all_o kind_n of_o virtue_n be_v bring_v to_o such_o banishment_n and_o penury_n to_o such_o infamy_n and_o reproach_n that_o he_o be_v compass_v round_o and_o take_v by_o his_o enemy_n and_o burn_v in_o his_o bed_n with_o his_o whore_n who_o name_n be_v timandra_n cambyses_n and_o nero_n who_o cruel_a and_o unhappy_a day_n both_o rome_n and_o persia_n long_a time_n feel_v their_o fate_n be_v such_o that_o after_o much_o tyranny_n and_o bloodshed_n be_v weary_a in_o murder_v of_o other_o they_o slay_v themselves_o this_o be_v the_o end_n of_o their_o cruelty_n polycrates_n who_o ever_o sail_v with_o prosperous_a wind_n of_o fortune_n so_o that_o he_o be_v name_v fortunate_a polycrates_n at_o length_n be_v so_o serve_v of_o fortune_n as_o other_o prince_n be_v he_o be_v take_v and_o hang_v by_o one_o orontes_n a_o officer_n of_o king_n darius_n in_o the_o open_a sight_n of_o samos_n where_o he_o a_o long_a time_n flourish_v and_o in_o the_o end_n be_v hang_v on_o a_o high_a hill_n name_v the_o mount_n of_o mycale_n these_o evil_n happen_v by_o fortune_n yet_o we_o see_v they_o not_o she_o gripe_v we_o with_o her_o hand_n and_o yet_o we_o feel_v it_o not_o she_o tread_v we_o down_o and_o yet_o we_o will_v not_o know_v it_o happy_a be_v he_o that_o accompany_v not_o with_o fortune_n though_o divers_a think_v themselves_o happy_a that_o he_o fortunate_a as_o gyges_n and_o croesus_n two_o king_n of_o lydia_n so_o wealthy_a that_o they_o judge_v no_o man_n so_o happy_a as_o they_o be_v and_o yet_o be_v aglaus_n the_o poor_a in_o all_o arcadia_n and_o byton_n the_o simple_a of_o all_o gréece_n the_o one_o by_o the_o sentence_n of_o solon_n the_o other_o by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n judge_v far_o more_o happy_a than_o they_o the_o very_a tyrant_n dyonisius_n be_v banish_v from_o his_o kingdom_n of_o corinth_n will_v often_o say_v in_o his_o misery_n that_o happy_a twice_o be_v they_o that_o never_o know_v fortune_n who_o fawn_a face_n in_o the_o beginning_n do_v purchase_v cruel_a death_n in_o the_o end_n wherefore_o a_o certain_a lacedaemonian_a call_v diagoras_n be_v in_o the_o game_n of_o olympia_n in_o gréece_n have_v his_o child_n and_o his_o child_n child_n crown_v with_o garland_n of_o fame_n for_o their_o virtuous_a act_n and_o quality_n say_v that_o it_o be_v great_a happiness_n for_o he_o to_o die_v present_o at_o such_o a_o sight_n of_o his_o child_n fortune_n and_o be_v ask_v the_o cause_n he_o say_v that_o fortune_n never_o please_v that_o man_n so_o much_o at_o one_o time_n but_o she_o will_v at_o another_o time_n displease_v the_o same_o as_o much_o again_o and_o most_o true_a it_o be_v speak_v unto_o one_o of_o the_o thirty_o tyrant_n who_o be_v in_o banquet_n with_o divers_a noble_n and_o gentleman_n when_o the_o house_n fall_v and_o slay_v they_o all_o yet_o he_o escape_v brag_v much_o of_o his_o fortune_n that_o he_o so_o save_v himself_o a_o simple_a man_n hear_v it_o say_v to_o he_o never_o boast_v of_o fortune_n at_o any_o time_n for_o that_o she_o spare_v thou_o now_o she_o will_v the_o next_o time_n more_o sharp_o plague_v thou_o which_o come_v so_o to_o pass_v for_o his_o flesh_n be_v make_v a_o food_n to_o his_o horse_n and_o his_o blood_n be_v the_o drink_n which_o be_v appoint_v for_o they_o if_o fortune_n who_o waver_a step_n be_v never_o certain_a be_v as_o little_o trust_v of_o the_o most_o as_o she_o be_v most_o deceitful_a and_o false_a to_o all_o than_o cicero_n will_v not_o have_v speak_v that_o they_o which_o seek_v fortune_n be_v blind_a than_o fortune_n she_o never_o advance_v any_o to_o dignity_n but_o she_o suppress_v the_o same_o again_o unto_o misery_n as_o tarqvinius_n the_o proud_a a_o king_n that_o fortune_n make_v famous_a divers_a way_n of_o princely_a progeny_n of_o pass_a personage_n of_o incredible_a beauty_n and_o of_o all_o noble_a quality_n but_o lucretia_n collatinus_n wife_n be_v make_v the_o only_a snare_n to_o catch_v he_o and_o to_o take_v he_o by_o who_o he_o be_v deprive_v of_o his_o government_n and_o banish_v out_o of_o rome_n to_o range_v country_n in_o misery_n
illiad_n which_o homer_n alexander_n the_o great_a so_o esteem_v by_o the_o read_n of_o the_o achievement_n of_o achilles_n be_v bring_v up_o in_o school_n in_o his_o father_n day_n with_o that_o learned_a philosopher_n aristotle_n that_o he_o never_o go_v to_o bed_v but_o he_o have_v homer_n under_o his_o pillow_n and_o there_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o the_o prowess_n of_o achilles_n honour_v his_o life_n and_o magnify_v his_o death_n insomuch_o that_o he_o go_v unto_o illium_n in_o phrygia_n where_o that_o famous_a city_n of_o troy_n sometime_o stand_v to_o see_v the_o grave_n of_o achilles_n where_o when_o he_o see_v the_o worthy_a monument_n of_o his_o martial_a chivalry_n his_o famous_a feat_n and_o renown_a life_n depaint_v about_o the_o temple_n which_o environ_v round_o his_o sumptuous_a tomb_n he_o break_v out_o into_o tear_n behold_v the_o tomb_n and_o say_v o_o happy_a achilles_n who_o have_v such_o a_o poet_n as_o homer_n that_o so_o well_o can_v advance_v thy_o fame_n and_o thus_o alexander_n be_v move_v by_o homer_n to_o imitate_v achilles_n mind_v nothing_o else_o but_o magnanimity_n and_o courage_n of_o mind_n as_o curtius_n and_o diodorus_n siculus_n can_v well_o testify_v who_o life_n though_o it_o be_v but_o short_a be_v a_o mirror_n unto_o all_o the_o world_n that_o be_v but_o twenty_o year_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o imitate_v the_o act_n and_o feat_n of_o achilles_n in_o twelve_o year_n more_o which_o be_v his_o whole_a time_n of_o life_n he_o become_v king_n over_o king_n a_o conqueror_n over_o conqueror_n and_o be_v name_v another_o hercules_n for_o his_o prosperous_a success_n in_o his_o enterprise_n insomuch_o that_o julius_n caesar_n the_o first_o and_o most_o valiant_a emperor_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o rome_n after_o his_o great_a conquest_n enter_v into_o the_o temple_n of_o hercules_n in_o gades_n and_o read_v the_o life_n of_o alexander_n paint_v round_o about_o the_o temple_n his_o worthy_a fame_n declare_v his_o noble_a deed_n set_v forth_o his_o victory_n and_o conquest_n in_o every_o place_n describe_v such_o monument_n and_o mirror_n in_o memory_n of_o his_o noble_a life_n every_o where_o express_v he_o fall_v into_o the_o like_a tear_n for_o alexander_n as_o alexander_n do_v for_o achilles_n thus_o be_v one_o in_o love_n with_o another_o for_o magnanimity_n sake_n each_o one_o so_o desirous_a of_o other_o fame_n that_o caesar_n think_v himself_o happy_a if_o he_o may_v be_v count_v alexander_n alexander_n judge_v himself_o renown_v if_o he_o may_v be_v name_v achilles_n achilles_n seek_v no_o great_a fame_n than_o theseus_n theseus_z ever_o desire_v the_o name_n of_o hercules_n therefore_o agesilaus_n king_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n wonder_v much_o at_o the_o singular_a magnanimity_n and_o prowess_n of_o epaminondas_n sometime_o prince_n of_o thebes_n who_o with_o one_o little_a city_n can_v subdue_v all_o gréece_n this_o epaminondas_n have_v war_n with_o the_o lacedaemonian_n people_n no_o less_o renown_v by_o war_n then_o just_o fear_v by_o epaminondas_n after_o great_a victory_n and_o triumph_n be_v after_o this_o sort_n prevent_v by_o agesilaus_n in_o the_o war_n of_o mantinia_n that_o all_o the_o people_n of_o sparta_n be_v counsel_v either_o to_o kill_v epaminondas_n or_o to_o be_v kill_v by_o epaminondas_n whereby_o the_o whole_a force_n and_o power_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la be_v full_o bend_v by_o commandment_n give_v by_o agesilaus_n their_o king_n to_o fall_v upon_o epaminondas_n where_o that_o valiant_a and_o noble_a prince_n by_o too_o much_o policy_n be_v wound_v to_o death_n to_o the_o utter_a destruction_n of_o all_o the_o people_n of_o thebes_n and_o yet_o be_v carry_v unto_o his_o tent_n alive_a he_o demand_v of_o his_o soldier_n the_o state_n of_o the_o field_n whether_o thebes_n or_o sparta_n be_v conquer_v be_v certify_v that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n flee_v and_o that_o he_o have_v the_o victory_n he_o forthwith_o charge_v the_o end_n of_o the_o spear_n to_o be_v take_v out_o of_o his_o wound_a side_n say_v now_o your_o prince_n epaminondas_n begin_v to_o live_v for_o that_o he_o die_v a_o conqueror_n we_o read_v not_o of_o epaminondas_n his_o parralel_n who_o be_v compare_v unto_o agamemnon_n for_o his_o magnanimity_n be_v angry_a therewith_o say_v agamemnon_n with_o all_o greece_n with_o he_o be_v ten_o year_n about_o one_o town_n the_o city_n of_o troy_n epaminondas_n with_o little_a thebes_n in_o one_o year_n conquer_v all_o gréece_n a_o order_n be_v observe_v among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n before_o they_o do_v go_v to_o the_o war_n they_o be_v by_o their_o law_n charge_v to_o make_v solemn_a sacrifice_n unto_o the_o muse_n and_o be_v demand_v why_o they_o so_o do_v since_o mars_n have_v no_o society_n with_o the_o muse_n eudamidas_n then_o their_o king_n answer_v for_o that_o we_o may_v obtain_v as_o well_o of_o the_o muse_n how_o to_o use_v victory_n gentle_o as_o mars_n to_o become_v victor_n manful_o these_o lacedaemonian_n be_v so_o valiant_a that_o have_v banish_v their_o king_n cleonimus_n for_o his_o extraordinary_a pride_n and_o violence_n do_v make_v arcus_n king_n in_o his_o place_n who_o be_v in_o crect_n aid_v the_o people_n of_o corcyra_n in_o war_n with_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o citizen_n of_o sparta_n cleonimus_n their_o exile_a king_n consult_v with_o pyrrhus_n king_n of_o epire_n and_o persuade_v he_o then_o or_o never_o to_o conquer_v sparta_n consider_v areus_n be_v in_o crect_n and_o that_o sparta_n be_v not_o populous_a to_o defend_v any_o strength_n of_o invasion_n they_o both_o come_v and_o pitch_v their_o field_n in_o the_o open_a face_n of_o the_o city_n of_o sparta_n assure_v themselves_o to_o sup_v that_o evening_n at_o cleonimus_n house_n the_o citizen_n perceive_v the_o great_a army_n of_o pyrrhus_n think_v good_a by_o night_n to_o send_v their_o woman_n unto_o créet_n to_o areus_n make_v themselves_o ready_a to_o â—ie_v manful_o in_o resist_v the_o host_n of_o the_o enemy_n and_o be_v thus_o in_o the_o senate_n agree_v that_o the_o womankind_n shall_v pass_v away_o that_o night_n lest_o their_o nation_n at_o that_o time_n shall_v be_v quiet_a destroy_v by_o pyrrhus_n a_o great_a number_n of_o woman_n appear_v in_o armour_n among_o who_o archidamia_n make_v a_o oration_n to_o the_o man_n of_o sparta_n wherein_o she_o much_o blame_v their_o intent_n and_o quite_o confound_v their_o purpose_n say_v think_v you_o o_o citizen_n of_o sparta_n that_o your_o wife_n and_o daughter_n will_v live_v if_o they_o may_v after_o the_o death_n of_o their_o husband_n and_o destruction_n of_o sparta_n behold_v how_o ready_a we_o be_v how_o willing_o the_o woman_n of_o sparta_n will_v die_v and_o live_v with_o their_o husband_n pyrrhus_n shall_v well_o feel_v it_o and_o this_o day_n be_v assure_v of_o it_o no_o marvel_v it_o be_v that_o the_o child_n of_o these_o woman_n shall_v be_v valiant_a &_o high_a in_o their_o resolution_n if_o demosthenes_n who_o be_v so_o much_o esteem_v in_o athens_n have_v say_v in_o sparta_n that_o which_o he_o write_v in_o athens_n that_o they_o who_o sometime_o run_v away_o shall_v fight_v again_o he_o shall_v have_v the_o like_a reward_n that_o archilogus_fw-la have_v who_o write_v in_o his_o book_n that_o it_o be_v sometime_o better_a to_o cast_v the_o buckler_n away_o then_o to_o die_v for_o which_o he_o be_v banish_v the_o confine_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la at_o what_o time_n the_o noble_a city_n of_o sagunâ—um_n be_v destroy_v the_o senate_n of_o carthage_n have_v promise_v the_o contrary_a the_o renown_a roman_n though_o the_o league_n be_v break_v and_o peace_n defy_v yet_o the_o senator_n do_v send_v fabius_n maximus_n as_o their_o ambassador_n with_o two_o table_n the_o one_o contain_v peace_n the_o other_o war_n which_o be_v send_v to_o carthage_n either_o to_o choose_v peace_n or_o war_n the_o election_n be_v they_o though_o the_o roman_n be_v injure_v hardie_n than_o the_o roman_n be_v when_o scaenola_n go_v alone_o arm_v unto_o the_o tent_n of_o porsenna_n king_n of_o hetruria_n either_o to_o kill_v porsenna_n or_o to_o be_v kill_v by_o porsenna_n great_a fortitude_n of_o mind_n can_v be_v in_o no_o man_n a_o more_o valiant_a heart_n also_o be_v see_v in_o no_o man_n then_o in_o cocles_n who_o alone_o resist_v the_o whole_a army_n of_o king_n porsenna_n and_o when_o the_o draw_v bridge_n be_v take_v up_o he_o leap_v in_o all_o his_o harness_n from_o his_o enemy_n into_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o river_n tybur_n and_o though_o he_o be_v in_o divers_a place_n sore_o wound_v yet_o neither_o do_v his_o fall_n hurt_v he_o nor_o his_o armour_n press_v he_o neither_o the_o water_n drown_v he_o neither_o thousand_o of_o his_o enemy_n can_v kill_v he_o but_o he_o swim_v through_o the_o river_n tybur_n unto_o rome_n to_o the_o great_a admiration_n of_o king_n porsenna_n and_o exceed_a joy_n of_o rome_n so_o that_o one_o
poor_a roman_a give_v the_o repulse_n to_o the_o whole_a army_n of_o a_o king_n valiant_a be_v rome_n and_o the_o roman_n fear_v when_o popilius_n be_v send_v ambassador_n to_o antiochus_n the_o great_a king_n of_o syria_n when_o antiochus_n either_o for_o pride_n or_o pomp_n of_o his_o person_n or_o contempt_n of_o popilius_n refuse_v to_o answer_v the_o roman_a ambassador_n but_o be_v present_o enforce_v to_o answer_v the_o senate_n of_o rome_n and_o give_v satisfaction_n to_o the_o demand_n of_o the_o ambassador_n before_o he_o may_v go_v out_o of_o a_o little_a round_a circle_n which_o popilius_n make_v with_o his_o ride_a rod._n rome_n be_v then_o faithful_a when_o pomponius_n a_o roman_a knight_n and_o soldier_n under_o lucullus_n who_o be_v general_n in_o the_o field_n against_o mithridates_n king_n of_o pontus_n be_v take_v prisoner_n by_o mithridates_n and_o be_v sore_o wound_v and_o mangle_a the_o king_n demand_v if_o he_o shall_v give_v he_o quarter_n for_o his_o life_n he_o will_v be_v true_a to_o mithridates_n to_o who_o the_o poor_a wound_a roman_a answer_v pomponius_n will_v be_v unto_o mithridates_n as_o mithridates_n will_v be_v unto_o lucullus_n so_o true_a and_o faithful_a be_v roman_n as_o they_o be_v stout_a and_o valiant_a insomuch_o that_o scipio_n be_v almost_o threescore_o year_n of_o age_n and_o be_v desire_v by_o a_o young_a soldier_n to_o buy_v a_o brave_a buckler_n and_o a_o fine_a target_n say_v that_o a_o true_a roman_a must_v not_o trust_v to_o the_o left_a hand_n where_o the_o buckler_n be_v or_o to_o hide_v himself_o under_o a_o target_n but_o must_v trust_v to_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o show_v himself_o in_o field_n in_o open_a sight_n this_o magnanimity_n have_v the_o people_n of_o scythia_n at_o what_o time_n darius_n king_n of_o persia_n be_v march_v with_o his_o army_n towards_o scythia_n they_o have_v intelligence_n thereof_o like_o people_n of_o great_a magnanimity_n send_v certain_a ambassador_n to_o meet_v darius_n to_o signify_v his_o welcome_n unto_o scythia_n by_o present_n send_v by_o their_o ambassador_n when_o the_o ambassador_n meet_v with_o king_n darius_n they_o begin_v to_o tell_v their_o message_n and_o open_v in_o the_o privy_a chamber_n the_o wallet_n where_o their_o present_n be_v they_o take_v out_o a_o mouse_n say_v unless_o you_o creep_v like_o this_o mouse_n to_o some_o country_n or_o swim_v like_o this_o frog_n to_o another_o or_o fly_v like_o this_o bird_n to_o a_o three_o these_o arrow_n shall_v pierce_v your_o heart_n the_o present_n be_v a_o mouse_n a_o frog_n a_o sparrow_n and_o five_o arrow_n rare_a present_n send_v unto_o a_o king_n simple_a gift_n small_a charge_n but_o yet_o contain_v valour_n fortitude_n and_o contempt_n of_o darius_n â—ather_o to_o move_v he_o to_o war_n then_o to_o entreat_v for_o peace_n though_o scythia_n be_v bare_a yet_o be_v she_o stout_a though_o rude_a and_o barbarous_a yet_o valiant_a and_o manful_a it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o place_n or_o in_o the_o number_n of_o the_o person_n that_o magnanimity_n consist_v but_o in_o the_o valiant_a heart_n and_o noble_a mind_n wherefore_o leonides_n king_n of_o sparta_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v unto_o his_o soldier_n that_o he_o have_v rather_o have_v one_o lion_n to_o lead_v a_o whole_a herd_n of_o déer_v then_o to_o have_v a_o whole_a band_n of_o lion_n rule_v and_o lead_v by_o one_o dear_a apply_v his_o meaning_n unto_o king_n xerxes_n who_o have_v ten_o hundred_o thousand_o ship_n on_o the_o sea_n sail_v towards_o gréece_n so_o many_o as_o all_o gréece_n can_v hardly_o receive_v so_o many_o that_o divers_a river_n and_o flood_n be_v dry_v up_o by_o his_o huge_a army_n a_o proof_n say_v justine_n more_o of_o his_o wealth_n then_o of_o his_o magnanimity_n leonides_n know_v well_o the_o manner_n of_o xerxes_n that_o he_o be_v see_v first_o in_o the_o flight_n and_o last_o in_o the_o field_n who_o glorious_a pomp_n and_o numerous_a army_n be_v not_o so_o famous_a and_o terrible_a at_o his_o come_n to_o gréece_n as_o his_o departure_n from_o gréece_n be_v shameful_a and_o ignominious_a begin_v so_o persuade_v the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v but_o four_o thousand_o in_o number_n willing_o to_o die_v in_o the_o strait_n of_o thermopylae_n for_o the_o renown_n of_o sparta_n exhort_v they_o to_o dine_v as_o merry_o with_o leonides_n their_o king_n as_o though_o they_o shall_v â—up_v with_o pluto_n but_o persuasion_n to_o these_o that_o be_v already_o persuade_v be_v superfluous_a spur_n unto_o those_o that_o may_v not_o be_v stop_v with_o bridle_n be_v needless_a as_o in_o the_o thermopylae_n be_v well_o see_v and_o prove_v to_o the_o noble_a fame_n of_o leonides_n and_o great_a shame_n of_o xerxes_n it_o be_v not_o in_o multitude_n of_o man_n that_o magnanimity_n of_o man_n consist_v but_o in_o wise_a and_o valiant_a heart_n for_o wit_n and_o courage_n join_v together_o say_v sallust_n do_v make_v man_n valiant_a wherefore_o agamemnon_n that_o most_o renown_a emperor_n of_o all_o greece_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n will_v often_o say_v that_o he_o have_v rather_o have_v ten_o wise_a nestor_n than_o ten_o strong_a as_o achilles_n ten_o such_o as_o ulysses_n than_o ten_o such_o as_o ajax_n wisdom_n in_o war_n avail_v much_o plutarch_n recite_v four_o famous_a and_o renown_a prince_n and_o either_o of_o these_o four_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n to_o the_o advancement_n of_o their_o renown_a fame_n the_o first_o be_v philip_n king_n of_o macedonia_n and_o father_n unto_o alexander_n the_o great_a who_o wisdom_n in_o war_n who_o policy_n in_o feat_n who_o liberality_n unto_o his_o soldier_n who_o clemency_n and_o humanity_n to_o his_o enemy_n in_o fine_a who_o success_n in_o his_o affair_n be_v such_o that_o his_o son_n alexandeâ—_n doubt_v whether_o the_o valiantness_n of_o his_o father_n will_v leave_v any_o place_n to_o alexander_n unconquered_a the_o second_o be_v antigonus_n king_n in_o the_o selfsame_a place_n succeed_v after_o philip_n who_o war_n with_o mithridaies_n king_n of_o pontus_n and_o pyrrhus_n king_n of_o epire_n full_o set_v forth_o in_o plutarch_n do_v yield_v due_a honour_n and_o renown_n unto_o he_o for_o his_o force_n and_o magnanimity_n the_o three_o be_v hannibal_n prince_n of_o carthage_n the_o whole_a stay_n of_o all_o lybia_n for_o sixtéen_a year_n the_o scourge_n and_o terror_n of_o all_o rome_n and_o italy_n who_o name_n be_v so_o terrible_a for_o his_o courage_n and_o hardiness_n that_o antiochus_n king_n of_o syria_n and_o prusia_n and_o king_n also_o of_o bithynia_n rather_o for_o fear_n then_o for_o love_n hannibal_n be_v then_o but_o a_o banish_a man_n do_v receive_v he_o with_o honour_n the_o four_o be_v sertoâ—ius_n a_o roman_a prince_n bear_v in_o sabina_n the_o thunder_n of_o who_o fame_n be_v nothing_o inferior_a to_o the_o proud_a these_o be_v not_o so_o famous_a by_o their_o prowess_n and_o chivalry_n one_o way_n as_o they_o be_v notorious_a and_o speak_v of_o for_o that_o either_o of_o they_o have_v but_o one_o eye_n these_o renown_a prince_n and_o singular_a soldier_n excel_v all_o man_n in_o wisdom_n and_o prowess_n as_o be_v record_v by_o plutarch_n in_o their_o life_n philip_n for_o temperance_n of_o life_n antigonus_n for_o faith_n and_o constancy_n to_o his_o friend_n hannibal_n for_o truth_n and_o patience_n for_o his_o county_n sertorius_n for_o his_o clemency_n and_o gentleness_n towards_o his_o enemy_n and_o all_o of_o they_o for_o their_o pass_a courage_n invincible_a stoutness_n and_o worthy_a erterprise_n although_o they_o be_v incomparable_a yet_o be_v they_o all_o deprive_v of_o their_o eye_n as_o philip_n lose_v one_o of_o his_o eye_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o the_o city_n of_o methron_n antigonus_n at_o perinthia_n hannibal_n in_o hetruria_n sertorius_n in_o pontus_n when_o the_o people_n of_o thasius_n have_v erect_v altar_n and_o appoint_v sacrifice_n to_o honour_n agesilaus_n in_o their_o temple_n for_o his_o fame_n of_o fortitude_n they_o send_v ambassador_n to_o certify_v the_o king_n thereof_o who_o report_v that_o as_o apollo_n be_v in_o delphos_n honour_v as_o a_o god_n so_o agesilaus_n be_v in_o thasius_n but_o the_o king_n as_o he_o be_v valiant_a so_o he_o be_v wise_a and_o much_o detest_a the_o assentation_n of_o the_o people_n he_o demand_v of_o the_o ambassador_n and_o desire_v they_o that_o if_o their_o country_n can_v make_v god_n they_o will_v make_v some_o first_o for_o their_o own_o country_n say_v agesilaus_n have_v rather_o be_v a_o king_n in_o sparta_n than_o a_o god_n in_o thasius_n while_o hide_a hatred_n be_v exempt_v while_o civil_a war_n be_v not_o know_v while_o athens_n seek_v no_o supremacy_n over_o sparta_n while_o sparta_n seek_v no_o mastery_n over_o thebes_n than_o all_o the_o power_n of_o persia_n the_o force_n of_o macedonia_n may_v not_o stain_v one_o little_a town_n in_o gréece_n but_o the_o
profession_n of_o sacred_a viginitie_n which_o she_o vow_v unto_o diana_n be_v so_o famous_a for_o her_o magnanimity_n that_o when_o turnus_n &_o aeneas_n be_v in_o war_n for_o the_o marriage_n of_o lavinia_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n she_o come_v bellona_n like_v unto_o the_o field_n resist_v the_o violence_n and_o puissance_n of_o the_o trojan_n with_o the_o rutil_v and_o bring_v aid_n unto_o turnus_n that_o noble_a zenobia_n the_o famous_a queen_n of_o the_o palmyrian_o a_o princess_n of_o rare_a learning_n of_o excellent_a virtue_n of_o most_o valiant_a enterprise_n after_o that_o her_o husband_n name_v odenatus_n have_v die_v take_v the_o empire_n of_o syria_n and_o attempt_v the_o magnanimity_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o a_o long_a time_n she_o withstand_v in_o war_n that_o noble_a and_o renown_a emperor_n aurelian_a by_o who_o the_o emperor_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v when_o it_o be_v object_v to_o he_o that_o it_o be_v no_o commendation_n for_o a_o prince_n to_o subdue_v a_o woman_n that_o it_o be_v more_o valiant_a to_o conquer_v a_o woman_n be_v so_o stout_a as_o zenobia_n then_o to_o vanquish_v a_o king_n be_v so_o fearful_a as_o xerxes_n the_o ancient_a greek_n as_o herodotus_n do_v witness_n be_v much_o amaze_v at_o the_o magnanimity_n of_o artemisia_n queen_n of_o caâ—ia_n who_o after_o that_o the_o king_n her_o husband_n die_v do_v show_v such_o fortitude_n against_o the_o inhabitant_n of_o rhodes_n that_o be_v but_o a_o woman_n she_o subdue_v their_o stoutness_n she_o burn_v their_o navy_n waste_v their_o wealth_n vanquish_v and_o destroy_v the_o whole_a isle_n enter_v into_o the_o city_n of_o rhodes_n cause_v her_o image_n to_o be_v set_v up_o for_o a_o monument_n of_o her_o chivalry_n &_o the_o perpetual_a memory_n of_o her_o victory_n o_o renown_a lady_n o_o most_o worthy_a woman_n that_o with_o feminine_a feat_n have_v merit_v manly_a fame_n how_o do_v famous_a teuca_n queen_n of_o the_o illyrian_n govern_v her_o subject_n after_o the_o death_n of_o her_o husband_n king_n argon_fw-la who_o be_v war_v on_o by_o the_o roman_n repel_v their_o force_n break_v their_o bond_n and_o discomfit_v their_o army_n to_o her_o perpetual_a fame_n and_o commendation_n she_o govern_v the_o people_n of_o illyria_n no_o less_o wise_o than_o she_o defend_v the_o puissant_a force_n of_o the_o roman_n stout_o she_o live_v as_o history_n report_v as_o sober_o and_o chaste_o without_o the_o company_n of_o man_n as_o she_o govern_v her_o country_n wise_o and_o stout_o without_o the_o counsel_n of_o man_n it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o repeat_v the_o ancient_a history_n of_o two_o woman_n to_o prove_v full_o a_o everlasting_a praise_n and_o commendation_n unto_o all_o woman_n the_o one_o write_v in_o herodotus_n in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o queen_n tomyris_n of_o scythia_n the_o other_o mention_v by_o valerius_n and_o justine_n of_o cleopatra_n queen_n sometime_o of_o egypt_n the_o first_o after_o that_o cyrus_n have_v make_v havoc_n in_o her_o kingdom_n of_o scythia_n kill_v destroy_a and_o burn_v all_o without_o any_o regard_n of_o princely_a clemency_n or_o respect_n unto_o a_o woman_n government_n and_o not_o satisfy_v therewith_o he_o slay_v also_o the_o queen_n own_o son_n name_v margapice_n thirst_v more_o and_o more_o for_o blood_n insomuch_o that_o the_o valiant_a queen_n be_v much_o move_v to_o revenge_v margapice_n death_n weigh_v the_o greedy_a rage_n of_o cyrus_n come_v lion_n like_o to_o field_n either_o to_o lose_v she_o own_o life_n or_o else_o to_o revenge_v her_o son_n death_n and_o press_v upon_o cyrus_n at_o that_o time_n more_o like_o a_o grim_a gorgon_n then_o a_o silly_a scythian_a and_o â—lew_v he_o in_o the_o field_n and_o hale_v he_o up_o and_o down_o the_o field_n she_o cut_v off_o his_o head_n and_o bathe_v it_o in_o a_o great_a tun_n full_a of_o blood_n appoint_v for_o that_o purpose_n say_v now_o cyrus_n drink_v thy_o belly_n full_a of_o that_o which_o thou_o can_v never_o have_v enough_o of_o thus_o valiant_a tomyris_n revenge_v tyranny_n requite_v the_o death_n of_o her_o son_n with_o the_o death_n of_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o persian_n the_o other_o be_v cleopatra_n who_o after_o that_o julius_n caesar_n be_v murder_v by_o brutus_n and_o cassius_n and_o that_o marcus_n antonius_n be_v by_o augustus_n invade_v with_o a_o puissant_a army_n for_o his_o perjury_n and_o falsehood_n show_v unto_o his_o uncle_n caesaâ—_n she_o i_o say_v cleopatra_n have_v the_o most_o part_n of_o arabia_n and_o syria_n confederate_v with_o her_o friend_n and_o lover_n antonius_n against_o augustus_n be_v then_o the_o second_o emperor_n of_o rome_n and_o have_v with_o the_o force_n of_o egypt_n aid_v he_o a_o long_a time_n until_o that_o she_o perceive_v that_o augustus_n prevail_v and_o that_o antonius_n be_v vanquish_v lest_o she_o shall_v be_v conquer_v by_o augustus_n she_o conquer_v herself_o yield_v rather_o her_o body_n a_o prey_n unto_o serpent_n then_o to_o become_v a_o subject_n unto_o augustus_n hannibal_n can_v do_v no_o more_o but_o to_o poylon_n himself_o rather_o then_o to_o yield_v to_o scipio_n let_v semiramis_n with_o her_o valiant_a force_n and_o stoutness_n be_v commend_v at_o babylon_n where_o she_o reign_v forty_o year_n a_o widow_n after_o king_n ninus_n her_o husband_n death_n let_v noble_a and_o famous_a atalanta_n with_o her_o bow_n and_o spear_n and_o feat_n of_o arm_n be_v praise_v in_o arcadia_n let_v hypsieratea_n that_o follow_v her_o husband_n king_n mithridates_n in_o the_o war_n as_o a_o lackey_n unknown_a be_v extol_v in_o ponius_fw-la let_v helerna_n janus_n daughter_n with_o all_o her_o fortitude_n be_v speak_v of_o in_o latin_a and_o let_v deborah_n be_v famous_a among_o the_o israelite_n these_o woman_n be_v no_o less_o famous_a for_o their_o pilgrimage_n thâ—n_o the_o worthy_a conqueror_n and_o champion_n of_o the_o world_n they_o be_v in_o no_o point_n inferior_a to_o man_n and_o in_o many_o point_n far_o excel_v prince_n and_o king_n sure_o the_o world_n be_v then_o very_o weak_a or_o woman_n be_v very_o strong_a and_o resolute_a and_o to_o omit_v particular_o to_o touch_v any_o more_o of_o woman_n i_o will_v open_v and_o declare_v their_o virtue_n in_o several_a country_n the_o woman_n of_o lacena_n will_v together_o with_o their_o husband_n go_v unto_o the_o field_n yea_o they_o go_v soldier_n like_a unto_o missena_n to_o fight_v in_o field_n the_o woman_n of_o cimbria_n will_v kill_v those_o that_o first_o flee_v the_o field_n though_o they_o be_v the_o next_o friend_n or_o kinsman_n unto_o they_o the_o woman_n of_o saca_n have_v this_o custom_n either_o at_o their_o marriage_n to_o be_v conquer_v by_o their_o husband_n the_o first_o day_n or_o else_o to_o be_v conqueror_n over_o their_o husband_n all_o the_o day_n of_o their_o life_n their_o combat_n say_v aelianus_n be_v for_o victory_n and_o not_o for_o life_n the_o woman_n of_o persia_n will_v meet_v their_o husband_n and_o son_n fly_v the_o field_n lift_v up_o their_o clothes_n show_v their_o nakedness_n say_v whither_o flee_v you_o o_o you_o coward_n will_v you_o again_o enter_v into_o your_o mother_n womb_n will_v you_o creep_v into_o your_o wife_n belly_n this_o they_o â—id_v in_o the_o war_n betwixt_o cyrus_n and_o his_o grandfather_n astyages_n the_o woman_n of_o sparta_n will_v go_v unto_o the_o field_n to_o see_v in_o what_o place_n their_o husband_n and_o friend_n be_v wound_v if_o it_o be_v before_o they_o will_v with_o gladness_n and_o joy_n show_v the_o same_o unto_o every_o man_n and_o bury_v the_o body_n solemn_o if_o their_o wound_n be_v behind_o they_o will_v be_v so_o ashamed_a of_o the_o same_o that_o they_o will_v leave_v they_o unbury_v in_o the_o field_n the_o woman_n of_o scythia_n call_v amazon_n live_v as_o conqueror_n over_o man_n and_o not_o conquer_v by_o man_n until_o alexander_n the_o great_a destroy_v they_o and_o their_o country_n which_o before_o be_v so_o valiant_a that_o they_o weigh_v not_o to_o encounter_v with_o hercules_n in_o the_o field_n and_o after_o with_o theseus_n in_o open_a battle_n they_o blush_v not_o to_o meet_v the_o valiant_a greek_n at_o the_o destruction_n of_o troy_n magnanimity_n which_o be_v then_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o country_n be_v now_o turn_v into_o tyranny_n to_o destroy_v country_n so_o that_o the_o toil_n and_o travel_n the_o great_a danger_n and_o high_a attempt_n that_o man_n take_v in_o hand_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o pilgrimage_n of_o life_n some_o go_v some_o come_n some_o bear_v some_o die_a some_o win_n some_o lose_v some_o beginning_n their_o race_n and_o some_o end_n their_o life_n much_o like_o a_o comedy_n play_v on_o stage_n where_o every_o man_n act_v his_o appoint_a part_n shift_v himself_o into_o sundry_a shape_n and_o fashion_n to_o make_v a_o end_n of_o this_o subject_n whatsoever_o we_o do_v we_o do_v like_o pilgrim_n whersoever_o
pcholome_n mâ—de_v in_o the_o isle_n of_o pharos_n to_o benefit_v the_o sailor_n upon_o the_o sea_n this_o sostratus_n make_v so_o high_a that_o in_o the_o night_n time_n there_o hang_v a_o candle_n for_o a_o light_n and_o mark_v unto_o poor_a mariner_n which_o can_v be_v see_v for_o the_o height_n of_o the_o tower_n almost_o every_o where_n the_o other_o two_o and_o last_o of_o the_o seven_o wonder_n be_v two_o image_n the_o one_o for_o jupiter_n make_v by_o phydias_n of_o ivory_n in_o olimpia_n the_o other_o make_v for_o phoebus_n in_o rhodes_n by_o lindus_n who_o immensity_n be_v such_o that_o it_o be_v threescore_o and_o ten_o cubit_n high_a so_o great_a be_v this_o colossus_n that_o when_o it_o fall_v down_o by_o a_o earthquake_n it_o seem_v a_o wonder_n to_o the_o beholder_n every_o finger_n that_o he_o have_v be_v big_a than_o a_o man_n of_o this_o age_n these_o seven_o huge_a and_o monstrous_a work_n be_v call_v the_o seven_o wonder_n of_o the_o world_n which_o pliny_n and_o plutarch_n speak_v of_o in_o divers_a place_n some_o suppose_v that_o the_o royal_a palace_n of_o cyrus_n which_o that_o cunning_a workman_n memnon_n make_v may_v be_v justly_o number_v with_o these_o worthy_a and_o famous_a work_n but_o to_o procee_v to_o other_o sumptuous_a building_n though_o not_o count_v of_o the_o seven_o wonder_n yet_o allow_v among_o the_o best_a for_o the_o stately_a work_n of_o the_o same_o and_o of_o no_o inferior_a fame_n as_o the_o labyrinth_n make_v by_o dedalus_n in_o crete_n of_o such_o difficult_a work_n that_o he_o that_o come_v in_o can_v not_o without_o a_o guide_n go_v out_o again_o three_z other_o be_v make_v like_o unto_o that_o the_o one_o in_o egypt_n which_o smilus_fw-la make_v the_o other_o in_o lemnos_n which_o rhodus_n wrought_v and_o the_o three_o in_o italy_n which_o theodorus_n make_v these_o four_o labyrinth_n be_v so_o curious_o wrought_v that_o porsenna_n king_n of_o hetruria_n take_v hence_o example_n to_o make_v he_o a_o monument_n after_o death_n to_o bury_v and_o eternize_v himself_o again_o after_o these_o there_o be_v other_o wonderful_a work_n make_v by_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n call_v obelisci_fw-la such_o renown_a and_o famous_a building_n that_o when_o cambyses_n king_n of_o persia_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o the_o city_n sienna_n see_v but_o one_o of_o they_o he_o be_v in_o such_o a_o admiration_n that_o he_o think_v they_o invincible_a phyus_fw-la made_n one_o of_o forty_o cubit_n king_n ptolemy_n make_v another_o of_o fourscore_o cubit_n in_o alexandria_n and_o divers_a other_o which_o for_o their_o fame_n be_v then_o count_v as_o mâ—rvaâ—lous_a as_o any_o of_o the_o seven_o wonder_n but_o let_v we_o speak_v of_o sundry_a building_n aswell_o of_o city_n and_o town_n as_o also_o of_o temple_n house_n and_o palace_n who_o fame_n thereby_o long_o flourish_v as_o romulus_n be_v famous_a by_o building_n of_o rome_n cadmus_n by_o building_n of_o thebes_n a_o city_n of_o boetia_n in_o greece_n and_o ogdous_n by_o the_o build_n of_o the_o city_n of_o memphis_n in_o egypt_n neither_o may_v i_o escape_v any_o since_o i_o have_v take_v upon_o i_o to_o recite_v all_o who_o renown_v and_o name_n by_o these_o their_o work_n do_v yet_o live_v i_o must_v not_o escape_v alexander_n the_o great_a who_o in_o his_o great_a war_n make_v a_o city_n of_o his_o name_n name_v alexandria_n i_o must_v not_o forget_v king_n darius_n who_o likewise_o build_v up_o susa_n a_o city_n in_o persia_n these_o two_o king_n though_o they_o destroy_v thousand_o of_o city_n yet_o they_o build_v some_o city_n neither_o may_v i_o omit_v caesar_n augustus_n who_o make_v a_o famous_a city_n in_o memory_n of_o the_o great_a victory_n over_o antonius_n and_o cleopatra_n and_o name_v it_o nicopalis_n that_o be_v in_o english_a the_o city_n of_o victory_n king_n ninus_n a_o ancient_a king_n make_v the_o city_n of_o ninive_n within_o two_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n of_o noah_n sichem_n build_v sidon_n agenor_n tyre_n then_o the_o world_n wax_v populous_a and_o king_n begin_v to_o build_v every_o where_n for_o the_o furtherance_n of_o civility_n and_o increase_v of_o policy_n and_o wit_n in_o which_o the_o world_n in_o the_o beginning_n be_v very_o raw_a for_o as_o the_o world_n grow_v into_o civil_a order_n and_o the_o knowledge_n of_o thing_n so_o city_n and_o town_n be_v build_v castle_n fortify_v and_o high_a wall_n raise_v for_o a_o bulwark_n and_o a_o defence_n unto_o the_o same_o so_o by_o little_a and_o little_a the_o world_n be_v full_a of_o city_n then_o siracusa_n be_v build_v by_o archias_n the_o city_n of_o argos_n be_v erect_v by_o phoroneus_n laodicea_n by_o king_n antiochus_n and_o so_o brief_o to_o recite_v they_o over_o the_o noble_a and_o famous_a city_n of_o troy_n in_o phrygia_n be_v build_v by_o dardanus_n arpos_n a_o town_n in_o apuleia_n be_v build_v by_o diomedes_n and_o so_o telegonus_n build_v tusce_v in_o italy_n be_v the_o son_n of_o ulysses_n a_o greek_a capis_fw-la likewise_o build_v the_o city_n capua_n to_o which_o hannibal_n lay_v a_o long_a siege_n but_o lest_o i_o may_v be_v too_o long_o in_o rehearse_v the_o bvilder_n of_o famous_a city_n have_v just_a occasion_n to_o respect_v the_o time_n i_o will_v end_v with_o the_o city_n and_o town_n always_o consider_v that_o woman_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v forget_v as_o semiâ—amis_n queen_n of_o persia_n who_o build_v the_o city_n of_o babylon_n queen_n dido_n who_o build_v the_o warlike_a city_n of_o carthage_n danae_n the_o daughter_n of_o king_n acrisius_n who_o build_v in_o italy_n a_o great_a town_n call_v arcade_n divers_a queen_n and_o noble_a woman_n be_v for_o the_o like_a no_o less_o famous_a than_o man_n be_v now_o pause_v a_o while_n we_o will_v repeat_v those_o that_o increase_v the_o commonwealth_n and_o beautify_v they_o with_o other_o kind_n of_o building_n among_o other_o miracle_n and_o wondrous_o work_v mount_v athos_n be_v make_v of_o xerxes_n navigable_a even_o unto_o the_o sea_n eleven_o year_n he_o keep_v thirty_o thousand_o man_n to_o bring_v his_o mind_n to_o pass_v caesar_n make_v in_o one_o day_n two_o famous_a bridge_n the_o one_o over_o the_o river_n rheum_n and_o the_o other_o over_o the_o river_n call_v ara_n which_o be_v almost_o incredible_a alexander_n the_o great_a make_v such_o a_o dining-room_n at_o the_o marriage_n of_o the_o noble_n of_o macedonia_n with_o the_o woman_n of_o persia_n aelianus_n do_v witness_v that_o a_o thousand_o persian_n and_o a_o thousand_o macedonian_n and_o five_o hundred_o other_o with_o sword_n and_o silver_n target_n lodge_v in_o that_o house_n while_o the_o marriage_n continue_v traian_n the_o emperor_n make_v such_o a_o bridge_n on_o danuby_n that_o for_o length_n breadth_n and_o height_n all_o the_o world_n can_v not_o show_v the_o like_a what_o shall_v i_o rehearse_v the_o temple_n which_o solomon_n make_v in_o jerusalem_n unto_o the_o which_o the_o ephesian_n with_o their_o temple_n of_o diana_n and_o the_o carthaginian_n with_o the_o temple_n of_o juno_n must_v give_v place_n needs_o must_v alexander_n for_o all_o his_o bravery_n and_o clodius_n house_n which_o be_v the_o spectacle_n of_o rome_n yield_v unto_o the_o golden_a hall_n of_o nero_n but_o of_o fineness_n of_o work_n if_o the_o rareness_n of_o skill_n if_o i_o say_v the_o worthiness_n of_o wonder_n may_v rlaime_v place_n and_o just_o challenge_v fame_n i_o shall_v praise_v spintharus_n for_o the_o make_n of_o the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n in_o delphos_n or_o meleagenes_n for_o his_o work_n in_o prienna_n in_o make_v the_o temple_n of_o minerva_n i_o shall_v commend_v epeus_n for_o his_o cunning_n about_o the_o brazen_a horse_n in_o troy_n i_o shall_v commend_v perillus_n for_o his_o brazen_a bull_n in_o agrigentum_n yea_o and_o vulcanus_fw-la who_o as_o poet_n fain_o be_v appoint_v by_o jupiter_n to_o work_v only_o for_o the_o celestial_a god_n i_o commend_v the_o image_n of_o diana_n in_o chios_n which_o be_v so_o skilful_o make_v that_o unto_o those_o that_o come_v unto_o the_o temple_n she_o seem_v glad_a and_o joyful_a and_o unto_o those_o that_o go_v out_o of_o the_o temple_n she_o seem_v sad_a and_o angry_a i_o shall_v praise_v the_o artificial_a golden_a bird_n make_v by_o the_o sage_n of_o persia_n and_o the_o curious_a work_n of_o pallas_n temple_n in_o illyon_n and_o the_o work_n and_o invention_n of_o noble_a nature_n unto_o which_o nothing_o be_v hard_a it_o pierce_v the_o cloud_n it_o wade_v the_o sea_n it_o compass_v the_o whole_a world_n the_o cunning_a workmâ—n_n the_o skilful_a carpenter_n say_v cicero_z guide_v every_o man_n as_o a_o captain_n i_o may_v have_v occasion_n in_o this_o place_n to_o speak_v of_o the_o work_n of_o nature_n but_o that_o it_o be_v needless_a consider_v how_o familiar_o she_o instruct_v a_o man_n unto_o those_o work_n
chariot_n as_o a_o prince_n and_o not_o as_o a_o poor_a philosopher_n may_v not_o that_o poor_a midwife_n name_v phanaerara_n rejoice_v to_o have_v such_o a_o son_n as_o socrates_n who_o be_v esteem_v of_o all_o man_n to_o be_v best_a learn_v be_v count_v of_o all_o man_n most_o orthodor_n and_o take_v of_o all_o man_n to_o be_v most_o modest_a and_o most_o grave_a be_v also_o judge_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n to_o be_v the_o wise_a in_o all_o the_o world_n how_o happy_a be_v elbia_n how_o famous_a be_v creithes_n who_o nurse_v two_o such_o son_n as_o cicero_n and_o homer_n the_o one_o the_o glory_n of_o rome_n the_o other_o the_o sugar_a and_o sweet_a orator_n of_o all_o greece_n thus_o diligence_n and_o travel_n bring_v they_o to_o fame_n that_o be_v poor_a man_n they_o be_v honour_v of_o rich_a man_n be_v base_a man_n they_o be_v exalt_v of_o prince_n oh_o happy_a country_n of_o such_o woman_n oh_o happy_a woman_n of_o such_o child_n oh_o twice_o happy_a child_n of_o such_o learning_n and_o knowledge_n the_o poor_a smith_n which_o be_v demosthenes_n father_n and_o the_o silly_a potter_n who_o be_v virgil_n father_n be_v more_o renown_v by_o their_o child_n this_o day_n be_v dead_a then_o know_v by_o their_o own_o wealth_n be_v alive_a thus_o much_o happen_v unto_o the_o silly_a smith_n and_o unto_o the_o poor_a potter_n their_o name_n shall_v never_o die_v while_o either_o demosthenes_n be_v read_v or_o virgil_n hear_v what_o may_v be_v speak_v of_o that_o poor_a physician_n nichomachus_n son_n i_o mean_v that_o famous_a and_o learned_a philosopher_n aristotle_n who_o king_n philip_n of_o macedonia_n so_o esteem_v that_o he_o count_v himself_o happy_a to_o have_v his_o son_n alexander_n the_o great_a bear_v in_o aristotle_n time_n who_o diligence_n and_o study_n be_v such_o that_o he_o have_v the_o guard_n and_o tuition_n of_o that_o renown_a conqueror_n alexander_n five_o year_n together_o who_o be_v honour_v of_o alexander_n and_o not_o only_o esteem_v of_o king_n philip_n but_o athens_n be_v destroy_v by_o alexander_n it_o be_v restore_v by_o aristotle_n such_o be_v the_o diligence_n of_o man_n their_o care_n and_o industry_n that_o their_o large_a volume_n and_o infinite_a book_n be_v witness_n of_o their_o well_o occupy_v mind_n how_o become_v plutarch_n master_n to_o traian_n the_o emperor_n how_o be_v seneca_n appoint_v the_o tutor_n and_o schoolmaster_n of_o the_o emperor_n nero_n how_o come_v zeno_n unto_o such_o favour_n with_o king_n antigonus_n but_o by_o diligence_n and_o not_o by_o idleness_n by_o travel_n and_o not_o by_o slothfulness_n by_o learning_n and_o not_o by_o ignorance_n why_o do_v that_o great_a and_o famous_a roman_a scipio_n surname_v affricanus_fw-la esteem_v so_o much_o the_o poor_a poet_n ennius_n alive_a that_o be_v dead_a he_o cause_v his_o picture_n to_o be_v set_v before_o his_o eye_n as_o a_o pledge_n of_o his_o great_a love_n and_o earnest_a good_a will_n it_o be_v for_o the_o desert_n that_o scipio_n find_v in_o ennius_n why_o do_v augustus_n caesar_n that_o wise_a and_o godly_a emperor_n make_v so_o much_o of_o maro_n book_n but_o because_o he_o be_v in_o his_o time_n the_o lamp_n of_o rome_n he_o honour_v no_o less_o his_o book_n after_o he_o be_v dead_a than_o he_o embrace_v he_o alive_a the_o great_a king_n artaxerxes_n think_v himself_o half_o dead_a without_o the_o company_n of_o hypocrates_n pomponius_n atticus_n do_v think_v he_o happy_a when_o either_o cicero_n be_v in_o his_o sight_n or_o some_o of_o his_o book_n in_o his_o bosom_n alexander_n never_o go_v to_o bed_n without_o homer_n under_o his_o pillow_n who_o will_v not_o praise_v the_o diligence_n of_o poor_a cleanthes_n the_o philosopher_n who_o will_v not_o commend_v the_o travel_n of_o plautus_n the_o comical_a poet_n the_o one_o live_v with_o a_o baker_n the_o other_o with_o a_o brewer_n with_o much_o care_n and_o pain_n in_o the_o day_n time_n that_o they_o may_v study_v in_o the_o night_n time_n such_o be_v their_o poverty_n and_o necessity_n that_o they_o be_v urge_v to_o labour_v in_o the_o day_n such_o be_v their_o affection_n and_o desire_v unto_o learning_n that_o they_o be_v willing_a to_o study_v in_o the_o day_n time_n who_o will_v not_o extol_v euclides_n to_o take_v such_o pain_n and_o to_o incur_v such_o danger_n to_o go_v in_o the_o night_n time_n in_o the_o apparel_n of_o a_o woman_n because_o he_o may_v not_o be_v know_v to_o hear_v socrates_n read_v philosophy_n oh_o painful_a man_n oh_o worthy_a member_n of_o their_o country_n that_o so_o seek_v by_o diligence_n that_o so_o travel_v by_o study_n and_o industry_n and_o in_o fine_a so_o find_v by_o wit_n and_o reason_n the_o redress_n of_o thing_n to_o disperse_v that_o diffuse_a chaos_n which_o time_n say_v cicero_n have_v then_o scant_o open_v the_o door_n unto_o then_o after_o private_a pain_n and_o special_a study_n of_o sundry_a man_n in_o several_a country_n knowledge_n come_v to_o that_o perfection_n that_o from_o one_o man_n in_o one_o place_n divers_z grow_v learned_a and_o politic_a thus_o from_o romulus_n the_o first_o builder_n and_o king_n of_o the_o roman_n rome_n in_o short_a time_n have_v wise_a and_o discreet_a counselor_n to_o govern_v the_o city_n from_o solon_n the_o first_o lawgiver_n after_o draco_n among_o the_o athenian_n by_o and_o by_o learned_a and_o eloquent_a orator_n flourish_v in_o athens_n from_o lycurgus_n among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n straight_o grow_v modest_a and_o grave_a senator_n call_v ephori_fw-la and_o thus_o from_o one_o in_o the_o beginning_n divers_a proceed_v forth_o in_o the_o end_n thus_o the_o prophet_n begin_v among_o the_o egyptian_n the_o gimnosophiste_n among_o the_o indian_n the_o chaldaean_n among_o the_o babylonian_n the_o sage_n call_v magi_n among_o the_o persian_n and_o so_o of_o other_o in_o other_o country_n and_o thus_o by_o diligence_n be_v all_o man_n first_o commend_v by_o their_o pilgrimage_n and_o labour_n of_o life_n and_o be_v well_o record_v in_o memory_n for_o their_o service_n to_o their_o country_n prince_n and_o friend_n that_o so_o have_v finish_v their_o pilgrimage_n in_o this_o life_n the_o fame_n of_o their_o merit_n be_v a_o perpetual_a memory_n to_o they_o after_o death_n chap._n xiii_o of_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o art_n countenance_v by_o prince_n and_o of_o the_o use_n of_o southsay_v tthe_o world_n be_v raw_a and_o rude_a and_o barbarous_a without_o all_o civil_a policy_n nature_n of_o itself_o first_o move_v man_n to_o civilize_v their_o manner_n and_o instruct_v the_o ignorant_a to_o seek_v and_o search_v thing_n unknown_a this_o nature_n wrought_v in_o divers_a man_n in_o sundry_a country_n a_o desire_n to_o knowledge_n whereby_o man_n exercise_v their_o gift_n to_o the_o advancement_n and_o commendation_n of_o their_o country_n follow_v as_o cicero_n say_v nature_n as_o a_o good_a guide_n and_o a_o captain_n to_o find_v out_o that_o which_o be_v not_o know_v and_o because_o nature_n be_v always_o desirous_a to_o be_v acquaint_v with_o art_n as_o a_o thing_n to_o exornate_a and_o beautify_v herself_o she_o first_o invent_v letter_n as_o the_o foundation_n and_o the_o ground_n whence_o all_o learning_n do_v procee_v afterward_o letter_n be_v invent_v among_o the_o hebrew_n by_o phylo_n and_o bring_v unto_o gréece_n by_o cadmus_n and_o practise_v first_o in_o egypt_n by_o memnon_n from_o egypt_n unto_o phrygia_n bring_v by_o one_o name_v hercules_n a_o egyptian_a bear_v again_o among_o the_o hetruscan_o letter_n be_v first_o invent_v and_o write_v by_o demaratus_n a_o corinthian_a among_o the_o roman_n as_o both_o plutarch_n and_o solinus_n do_v affirm_v the_o pilagians_n invent_v letter_n and_o teach_v the_o use_n thereof_o and_o some_o author_n of_o great_a credit_n affirm_v that_o nicostrata_n the_o mother_n of_o evander_n the_o areadian_a invent_v letter_n first_o in_o rome_n so_o radamanthus_n in_o syria_n and_o so_o other_o in_o divers_a place_n of_o the_o world_n be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o search_v a_o way_n by_o reason_n to_o practice_v the_o same_o by_o wit_n and_o to_o disperse_v the_o lumpish_a chaos_n which_o yet_o for_o want_n of_o knowledge_n have_v no_o perfect_a form_n and_o now_o letter_n be_v invent_v grammar_n worthy_o come_v to_o claim_v the_o second_o seat_n of_o fame_n who_o beginning_n and_o entrance_n unto_o rome_n be_v celebrate_v by_o epicurus_n bring_v by_o one_o crates_n be_v send_v as_o ambassador_n from_o king_n attalus_n unto_o the_o senator_n at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o second_o war_n of_o carthage_n this_o be_v the_o well_o whence_o flow_v all_o other_o science_n for_o from_o the_o faculty_n of_o writing_n and_o the_o art_n of_o speak_v do_v the_o rest_n procee_v macrobius_n prefer_v dydimus_n for_o his_o excellency_n herein_o cicero_n commend_v one_o name_v antonius_n enipho_n who_o school_n and_o lecture_n cicero_n
with_o death_n some_o kill_v themselves_o other_o burning_z and_o some_o drown_v themselves_o and_o thus_o by_o death_n their_o life_n be_v know_v hippo_n a_o woman_n of_o gréece_n say_v valerius_n and_o travel_v to_o rhodes_n on_o the_o sea_n and_o perceive_v the_o mariner_n to_o be_v greedy_a and_o ready_a to_o spoil_v her_o honesty_n and_o to_o defile_v her_o temperate_a and_o chaste_a mind_n to_o avoid_v their_o purpose_n and_o filthy_a lust_n leap_v from_o board_n into_o the_o surge_a sea_n who_o terror_n she_o contemn_v less_o fear_v to_o die_v then_o willing_a to_o live_v as_o a_o woman_n stain_v and_o corrupt_v what_o way_n find_v not_o modesty_n of_o life_n to_o requite_v shame_n timociea_n a_o woman_n of_o thebes_n be_v violate_v by_o a_o certain_a prince_n of_o thracia_n against_o her_o will_n requite_v the_o prince_n and_o ease_v her_o mind_n after_o this_o sorâ—_n â—â—ith_o sabellicus_n she_o go_v in_o a_o evening_n to_o this_o thracian_a prince_n and_o tell_v he_o privy_o if_o he_o will_v follow_v timoclea_n she_o will_v bring_v he_o where_o such_o store_n of_o substance_n and_o such_o wealth_n be_v hide_v as_o will_v make_v he_o the_o rich_a prince_n in_o all_o asia_n to_o who_o he_o greedy_o consent_v and_o go_v willing_o and_o glad_o think_v to_o obtain_v it_o and_o be_v bring_v unto_o a_o deep_a well_o she_o say_v in_o this_o well_o there_o be_v infinite_a treasure_n but_o when_o he_o stoop_v to_o look_v unto_o the_o bottme_n of_o the_o well_o she_o throw_v he_o in_o headlong_a and_o a_o mighty_a huge_a stone_n she_o roll_v after_o he_o aâ—talaâ—tâ—_n be_v the_o mirror_n of_o all_o lady_n a_o second_o diana_n who_o refuse_v the_o company_n of_o man_n live_v in_o the_o wilderness_n abstain_v from_o worldly_a pleasure_n and_o end_v her_o life_n in_o pure_a virginity_n in_o the_o desert_n of_o arcadia_n but_o because_o i_o may_v better_o begin_v and_o soon_o end_n with_o allege_v kingdom_n and_o country_n for_o a_o proof_n of_o temperance_n it_o be_v impertinent_a in_o so_o large_a a_o scope_n in_o so_o ample_a a_o matter_n to_o deal_v with_o particular_a history_n therefore_o to_o begin_v with_o the_o woman_n of_o teutonica_n temperance_n be_v there_o so_o much_o esteem_v so_o well_o think_v off_o that_o the_o woman_n hear_v their_o husband_n to_o be_v slay_v and_o take_v captive_n by_o a_o valiant_a roman_a namede_o marius_n than_o captain_n for_o kome_a they_o come_v kneel_v before_o he_o and_o beseech_v he_o courteous_o and_o humble_o since_o their_o husband_n be_v slay_v be_v woman_n willing_a to_o lead_v a_o chaste_a life_n they_o may_v go_v and_o serve_v the_o vestal_a virgin_n in_o rome_n to_o avoid_v the_o greediness_n of_o marius_n soldier_n and_o there_o to_o end_v the_o rest_n of_o their_o life_n in_o the_o service_n of_o vesta_n but_o be_v deny_v of_o marius_n clean_a contrary_n unto_o a_o roman_a heart_n and_o to_o a_o noble_a gentleman_n the_o next_o night_n follow_v the_o woman_n of_o teunica_n hang_v themselves_o lest_o they_o may_v be_v a_o prey_n to_o the_o roman_a soldier_n to_o be_v defile_v by_o unchastnesse_n the_o like_a do_v the_o fifty_o virgin_n of_o sparta_n go_v a_o pilgrimage_n to_o messena_n and_o be_v court_v by_o the_o gentleman_n of_o messena_n for_o their_o virginity_n and_o now_o ready_a to_o be_v make_v woman_n that_o night_n they_o all_o prevent_v it_o with_o death_n choose_v rather_o to_o lose_v life_n honest_o then_o to_o live_v shameful_o know_v what_o a_o reproach_n and_o infamy_n it_o will_v be_v unto_o sparta_n and_o to_o all_o the_o country_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la if_o they_o esteem_v life_n more_o than_o honesty_n so_o they_o kill_v themselves_o to_o honour_v their_o country_n and_o to_o defame_v messena_n hence_o proceed_v terrible_a and_o long_a war_n betwixt_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o messenian_n to_o the_o confusion_n and_o utter_a destruction_n of_o the_o country_n of_o messena_n and_o these_o war_n continue_v ten_o long_a year_n wherein_o the_o messenian_n shameful_a intent_n be_v requite_v with_o a_o sharp_a revenge_n we_o read_v of_o a_o pass_a good_a history_n of_o alexander_n king_n amintas_n son_n brother_n to_o king_n philip_n of_o macedonia_n who_o when_o he_o perceive_v the_o ambassador_n of_o persia_n to_o wax_v wanton_a with_o his_o sister_n and_o desirous_a to_o do_v villainy_n unto_o the_o king_n his_o father_n he_o promise_v the_o ambassador_n that_o they_o shall_v accomplish_v their_o lust_n and_o pleasure_n with_o fair_a virgin_n than_o these_o be_v which_o the_o persian_a ambassador_n shall_v enjoy_v they_o be_v glad_a of_o the_o promise_n expect_v the_o time_n and_o their_o come_n be_v then_o in_o their_o bed_n ready_a for_o they_o alexander_z to_o chastise_v such_o villainy_n and_o to_o open_v the_o same_o unto_o other_o cause_v certain_a young_a man_n to_o array_n themselves_o like_o woman_n and_o such_o a_o night_n to_o go_v unto_o the_o persian_n as_o though_o they_o shall_v seem_v to_o be_v woman_n and_o to_o bring_v either_o of_o they_o a_o knife_n privy_o and_o be_v in_o bed_n they_o be_v command_v by_o alexander_n to_o kill_v the_o ambassador_n and_o their_o company_n magapyâ—us_n when_o he_o hear_v that_o his_o ambassador_n be_v slay_v in_o macedonia_n wax_v mad_a a_o long_a time_n and_o be_v ready_a to_o raise_v war_n until_o he_o have_v understand_v of_o the_o cause_n and_o order_n of_o their_o death_n and_o for_o alexander_n temperance_n therein_o he_o marry_v amintas_n daughter_n the_o sister_n of_o alexander_n this_o be_v the_o sacrifice_n that_o the_o priest_n of_o isis_n do_v use_v to_o abstain_v from_o flesh_n and_o wine_n this_o be_v the_o temperance_n that_o numa_n pompilius_n show_v most_o often_o in_o rome_n from_o woman_n and_o wine_n to_o abstain_v this_o abstinence_n use_v sarah_n the_o daughter_n of_o raguel_n this_o use_v judith_n to_o have_v holofernes_z head_n off_o and_o this_o use_a queen_n esther_n to_o king_n ahasuerus_n worthy_a example_n we_o read_v of_o king_n sometime_o that_o be_v most_o thirsty_a refuse_v to_o drink_v as_o alexander_n the_o great_a before_o he_o fall_v among_o the_o persian_n to_o drunkenness_n be_v so_o temperate_a that_o have_v a_o cup_n of_o water_n bring_v unto_o he_o in_o his_o extreme_a thirst_n he_o will_v not_o drink_v the_o same_o in_o sight_n of_o his_o soldier_n lest_o the_o sight_n thereof_o shall_v augment_v the_o thirst_n of_o his_o soldier_n be_v most_o thirsty_a already_o cato_n junior_n lead_v a_o great_a host_n of_o soldier_n over_o the_o hot_a sand_n of_o lybia_n have_v no_o drink_n nor_o water_n nigh_o they_o wax_v so_o thirsty_a that_o when_o one_o of_o his_o soldier_n bring_v he_o in_o his_o head-piece_n a_o draught_n of_o water_n by_o chance_n he_o will_v not_o drink_v himself_o and_o leave_v his_o soldier_n thirsty_a but_o throw_v the_o water_n upon_o the_o ground_n because_o he_o may_v partake_v of_o their_o thirst_n with_o abstinence_n which_o be_v much_o ease_n to_o his_o soldier_n to_o see_v his_o temperance_n one_o way_n and_o his_o humanity_n another_o way_n and_o they_o feel_v their_o thirst_n much_o thereby_o assuage_v king_n david_n be_v besiege_v by_o the_o philistine_n be_v desirous_a to_o drink_v of_o the_o water_n call_v bethlem_n same_o stout_a soldier_n of_o his_o name_n eleazarus_n jesebes_n and_o semera_n venture_v their_o life_n for_o the_o king_n sake_n through_o the_o enemy_n but_o when_o the_o water_n come_v david_n drink_v it_o not_o as_o one_o that_o can_v abstain_v from_o that_o he_o like_v best_o but_o because_o it_o be_v bring_v with_o great_a peril_n he_o offer_v that_o water_n as_o a_o sacrifice_n unto_o god_n for_o the_o three_o soldier_n that_o venture_v their_o life_n for_o it_o a_o great_a virtue_n to_o abstain_v from_o that_o which_o a_o man_n like_v best_o and_o great_a temperance_n there_o be_v in_o abstain_v romulus_n be_v bid_v to_o supper_n to_o a_o citizen_n of_o rome_n drink_v no_o wine_n all_o supper_n time_n but_o two_o or_o three_o drop_n after_o supper_n time_n unto_o who_o the_o host_n of_o the_o house_n speak_v merry_o romulus_n say_v he_o if_o all_o man_n will_v drink_v no_o more_o than_o you_o wine_n will_v be_v nothing_o esteem_v to_o who_o romulus_n answer_v sober_o and_o say_v wine_n will_v be_v more_o precious_a and_o dear_a if_o every_o man_n will_v drink_v as_o i_o do_v for_o i_o drink_v as_o much_o as_o i_o will_v and_o if_o all_o shall_v do_v so_o wine_n will_v be_v scant_o note_v his_o temperance_n in_o a_o little_a and_o the_o gluttony_n of_o the_o most_o part_n in_o drink_v hannibal_n scipio_n mithridates_n fabritius_n sempronius_n and_o papirius_n have_v no_o less_o praise_n for_o their_o temperance_n in_o abstain_v from_o offer_a pleasure_n than_o fame_n for_o their_o victory_n and_o triumph_n chap._n xvii_o of_o taciturnity_n and_o silence_n in_o prince_n and_o
other_o and_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o commodity_n thereof_o socrates_n a_o famous_a philosopher_n and_o master_n unto_o that_o noble_a and_o divine_a plato_n be_v wont_a to_o charge_v his_o scholar_n to_o honour_n and_o to_o embrace_v these_o three_o excellent_a virtue_n silence_n of_o tongue_n shame_n fastness_n of_o countenance_n and_o wisdom_n of_o heart_n virtue_n appoint_v most_o fit_a for_o such_o noble_a person_n the_o wisdom_n of_o a_o fool_n lie_v in_o his_o tongue_n which_o be_v the_o key_n of_o his_o council_n &_o the_o tongue_n of_o the_o wise_a lie_v hide_v in_o his_o heart_n for_o of_o the_o abundance_n of_o the_o heart_n the_o tongue_n will_v speak_v so_o that_o silence_n in_o tongue_n be_v a_o proof_n of_o wisdom_n of_o heart_n wherefore_o that_o learned_a philosopher_n zeno_n say_v that_o nature_n appoint_v two_o ear_n to_o hear_v much_o and_o one_o tongue_n to_o talk_v little_a in_o ancient_a time_n the_o egyptian_n think_v silence_v such_o a_o virtue_n unto_o people_n that_o they_o cause_v a_o image_n to_o be_v make_v say_v pliny_n with_o her_o finger_n on_o her_o mouth_n and_o a_o table_n write_v on_o her_o breast_n with_o this_o sentence_n hear_v see_v and_o say_v nothing_o to_o represent_v silence_n the_o renown_a roman_n so_o esteem_v silence_n say_v the_o same_o pliny_n that_o she_o be_v sacrifice_v unto_o once_o a_o year_n in_o rome_n imitate_v the_o old_a egyptian_n erect_v a_o image_n and_o name_v it_o angerora_n as_o a_o great_a goddess_n to_o honour_n for_o silence_n sake_n the_o persian_n honour_v nothing_o so_o much_o as_o silence_n and_o hate_v nothing_o so_o much_o as_o inordinate_a spéeth_n the_o famous_a lacedaemonian_n have_v silence_n in_o such_o reverence_n that_o their_o wise_a man_n name_v ephori_fw-la at_o what_o time_n they_o meet_v in_o place_n to_o be_v merry_a fear_v in_o drink_n to_o forget_v silence_n the_o elder_n do_v speak_v to_o the_o company_n before_o they_o sit_v down_o at_o drink_v and_o point_v to_o the_o door_n with_o their_o finger_n let_v nothing_o do_v or_o speak_v at_o this_o table_n pass_v yonder_o door_n o_o worthy_a order_n and_o renown_a law_n to_o think_v of_o that_o before_o sit_v that_o shall_v do_v they_o no_o harm_n after_o rise_v up_o the_o lacedaemonian_n use_v such_o short_a speech_n that_o when_o one_o demand_v of_o charillus_n why_o do_v not_o lycurgus_n appoint_v more_o law_n than_o he_o do_v unto_o his_o country_n he_o answer_v to_o few_o word_n few_o law_n will_v serve_v the_o silence_n of_o mary_n magdalen_n and_o the_o woman_n find_v in_o adultery_n please_v god_n much_o for_o that_o they_o go_v not_o with_o word_n but_o with_o sob_n sigh_n and_o silence_n they_o come_v to_o christ_n better_a say_v zeno_n it_o it_o be_v to_o fail_v from_o foot_n or_o horse_n then_o to_o lie_v in_o tongue_n even_o so_o the_o learned_a athenian_n hold_v silence_n in_o such_o estimation_n that_o though_o athens_n be_v count_v the_o well_o of_o wisdom_n the_o flower_n of_o philosophy_n where_o all_o the_o world_n come_v to_o speak_v yet_o learn_v they_o silence_v also_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o worthy_a greek_a themistocles_n at_o that_o time_n he_o be_v banish_v athens_n and_o enforce_v to_o go_v into_o persia_n where_o he_o be_v much_o esteem_v and_o honourable_o receive_v be_v entreat_v of_o the_o king_n to_o show_v the_o state_n of_o the_o country_n he_o beseech_v the_o king_n to_o grant_v he_o one_o year_n to_o learn_v the_o persian_a tongue_n &_o then_o the_o king_n shall_v be_v certify_v in_o all_o point_n that_o he_o will_v demand_v of_o themistocles_n o_o famous_a greek_a though_o banish_v from_o athens_n yet_o observe_v he_o the_o law_n of_o athens_n forget_v not_o silence_n which_o be_v â—o_o honour_v in_o gréece_n but_o know_v he_o be_v in_o persia_n a_o place_n â—aith_o curtius_n where_o silence_n be_v so_o magnify_v that_o sharp_a punishment_n be_v provide_v for_o talkative_a person_n the_o people_n of_o sparta_n wece_n note_v as_o man_n give_v most_o unto_o silence_n hate_v so_o superfluous_a word_n that_o when_o the_o ambassador_n of_o the_o abderite_n as_o plutarch_n make_v mention_n have_v make_v a_o long_a and_o tedious_a oration_n before_o age_n king_n of_o sparta_n and_o after_o much_o time_n spend_v and_o many_o word_n in_o vain_a bestow_v as_o vain_a babbler_n do_v do_v take_v their_o leave_n of_o agis_n willing_a to_o have_v a_o answer_n to_o their_o king_n of_o abderit_n salute_v your_o king_n faith_n agis_n from_o i_o &_o tell_v he_o as_o long_o as_o you_o speak_v so_o long_o hold_v agis_n his_o peace_n let_v they_o to_o understand_v their_o much_o folly_n in_o babble_v the_o like_a answer_n receive_v the_o ambassador_n of_o samos_n after_o a_o long_a oration_n of_o cleomenes_n king_n of_o the_o lacedaemonian_n say_v the_o first_o part_n of_o your_o oration_n i_o have_v forget_v the_o second_o part_n i_o understand_v it_o not_o and_o the_o three_o part_n i_o do_v not_o well_o allow_v the_o tailor_n be_v not_o expert_a that_o make_v hercules_n hose_n to_o a_o child_n leg_n neither_o can_v that_o shoemaker_n be_v good_a say_v agâ—silaus_n that_o frame_v titormus_n shoe_n to_o little_a molons_n foot_n neither_o may_v he_o be_v count_v wise_a that_o speak_v much_o to_o none_o effect_n wherefore_o the_o first_o thing_n which_o that_o ancient_a and_o learned_a pythagoras_n teach_v his_o scholar_n be_v careful_o to_o keep_v silence_n it_o be_v pythagoras_n law_n that_o none_o of_o his_o scholar_n may_v speak_v any_o thing_n in_o five_o year_n space_n after_o their_o their_o first_o come_v unto_o school_n pythagoras_n be_v no_o less_o careful_a to_o teach_v they_o silence_n than_o it_o be_v painful_a for_o they_o to_o learn_v silence_n most_o hard_a and_o most_o difficult_a be_v that_o silence_n unto_o a_o young_a man_n that_o one_o messius_n use_v who_o pine_v and_o torment_v himself_o three_o year_n as_o plini_n say_v for_o silence_n sake_n but_o simonides_n say_v sometime_o to_o a_o silent_a man_n among_o a_o number_n of_o wiseman_n if_o thou_o be_v a_o fool_n say_v he_o thou_o do_v the_o part_n of_o a_o wiseman_n to_o hold_v thy_o peace_n but_o if_o thou_o be_v wise_a thou_o be_v a_o fool_n that_o thou_o do_v not_o speak_v to_o wiseman_n and_o so_o i_o end_v silence_n in_o a_o fool_n be_v great_a wisdom_n and_o silence_n in_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v mere_a folly_n cleanthes_n therefore_o be_v desire_v of_o a_o gentleman_n some_o short_a wise_a sentence_n to_o instruct_v his_o son_n withal_o say_v learn_v only_o this_o word_n to_o thy_o son_n sige_v that_o be_v silence_n that_o noble_a and_o renown_a philosopher_n zeno_n at_o what_o time_n he_o have_v prepare_v a_o banquet_n in_o athens_n to_o receive_v the_o ambassador_n of_o antigonus_n king_n of_o macedonia_n where_o certain_a learned_a philosopher_n and_o eloquent_a orator_n be_v present_a after_o many_o large_a and_o subtle_a disputation_n and_o great_a ostentation_n of_o rhetoric_n betwixt_o they_o have_v at_o supper_n zeno_n be_v demand_v of_o the_o ambassador_n why_o he_o keep_v silence_v all_o that_o while_n answer_v that_o to_o keep_v silence_n be_v great_a knowledge_n than_o to_o speak_v for_o silence_n say_v zeno_n be_v most_o difficult_a to_o obtain_v and_o most_o hard_a to_o keep_v and_o therefore_o most_o rare_a to_o be_v find_v a_o gentleman_n in_o that_o company_n than_o name_v agatho_n hear_v zeno_n so_o commend_v silence_n be_v no_o less_o desirous_a to_o learn_v silence_n then_o have_v learn_v it_o to_o keep_v it_o prepare_v a_o great_a stone_n and_o hold_v it_o in_o the_o roof_n of_o his_o mouth_n three_o year_n to_o avoid_v idle_a word_n and_o superfluous_a talk_n and_o to_o learn_v sober_a silence_n and_o virtuous_a taciturnity_n alexander_n the_o great_a when_o his_o mother_n olimpias_n do_v send_v letter_n from_o macedonia_n unto_o india_n where_o then_o he_o be_v at_o war_n wherein_o be_v write_v much_o concern_v the_o state_n of_o macedonia_n and_o great_a complaint_n make_v of_o artipater_n with_o divers_a more_o secret_a counsel_n seal_v he_o read_v this_o news_n his_o friend_n aephestion_n who_o know_v all_o the_o secret_n of_o alexander_n look_v and_o read_v the_o letter_n with_o the_o king_n unto_o the_o end_n alexander_n take_v his_o signet_n from_o his_o finger_n after_o peruse_v of_o those_o letter_n and_o join_v it_o close_o to_o aephestion_n mouth_n say_v since_o in_o friendship_n you_o fail_v not_o in_o silence_n break_v not_o thus_o be_v silence_n in_o alexander_n honour_v but_o ot_fw-mi prince_n which_o honour_a silence_n julius_n caesar_n most_o esteem_v the_o same_o he_o may_v just_o challenge_v for_o sobriety_n in_o drink_v and_o medesty_n in_o talk_v the_o garland_n of_o praise_n who_o after_o long_a war_n with_o pompeius_n the_o great_a sometime_o his_o special_a friend_n yea_o and_o who_o marry_v julia_n caesar_n daughter_n be_v
latter_a day_n have_v great_a care_n to_o his_o country_n when_o that_o no_o man_n dare_v refuse_v pisistratus_n come_v before_o his_o door_n in_o arm_n and_o call_v the_o citizen_n to_o withstand_v pisistratus_n for_o age_n say_v he_o move_v i_o to_o be_v so_o valiant_a and_o stout_a that_o i_o have_v rather_o lose_v my_o life_n than_o my_o country_n shall_v lose_v their_o liberty_n what_o virtue_n then_o see_v we_o to_o be_v in_o age_n what_o wisdom_n in_o time_n what_o courage_n in_o old_a man_n the_o example_n of_o these_o old_a man_n stir_v and_o provoke_v many_o to_o imitate_v their_o step_n insomuch_o that_o divers_a wish_v to_o be_v old_a when_o they_o be_v yet_o young_a to_o have_v that_o honour_n as_o age_n than_o have_v wherefore_o king_n alexander_n the_o great_a espy_v a_o young_a man_n colour_n his_o hair_n gray_a say_v it_o behoove_v thou_o to_o put_v thy_o wit_n in_o colour_n and_o to_o alter_v thy_o mind_n the_o lacedaemonian_n a_o people_n that_o past_o all_o nation_n in_o honour_v age_n make_v law_n in_o their_o city_n that_o the_o age_a man_n shall_v be_v so_o honour_v and_o esteem_v of_o the_o young_a man_n even_o as_o the_o parent_n be_v of_o the_o child_n so_o that_o when_o a_o stranger_n come_v unto_o lacedemonia_fw-la and_o see_v the_o obedience_n of_o youth_n towards_o age_n he_o say_v in_o this_o country_n i_o wish_v only_o to_o be_v old_a for_o happy_a be_v that_o man_n that_o wax_v old_a in_o lacedemonia_fw-la and_o in_o the_o great_a game_n of_o olympia_n a_o old_a man_n want_v a_o place_n go_v up_o and_o down_o to_o sit_v some_o where_o but_o no_o man_n receive_v he_o but_o among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n not_o only_o the_o young_a man_n but_o also_o the_o age_a give_v place_n unto_o his_o gray_a hair_n and_o also_o the_o ambassador_n of_o lacedemonia_fw-la be_v there_o present_a do_v reverence_v he_o and_o take_v he_o unto_o their_o seat_n which_o when_o he_o come_v in_o he_o speak_v aloud_o o_o you_o athenian_n you_o know_v what_o be_v good_a and_o what_o be_v bad_a for_o that_o which_o you_o people_n of_o athens_n say_v he_o do_v profess_v in_o knowledge_n the_o same_o do_v the_o lacedaemonian_n put_v in_o practice_n alexander_n be_v in_o his_o war_n with_o a_o great_a army_n in_o persia_n and_o meet_v a_o old_a man_n in_o the_o way_n in_o the_o cold_a weather_n in_o ragged_a and_o rend_a clothes_n light_v from_o his_o horse_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o mount_v up_o into_o a_o princess_n saddle_n which_o in_o persia_n be_v treason_n for_o a_o persian_a to_o do_v but_o in_o macedonia_n commendable_a give_v to_o understand_v how_o age_n be_v honour_v and_o old_a man_n esteem_v in_o macedonia_n and_o how_o of_o the_o contrary_a wealth_n and_o pride_n be_v foster_v in_o persia_n for_o where_o man_n of_o experience_n and_o age_a man_n be_v set_v nought_o by_o there_o it_o can_v be_v that_o wisdom_n bear_v rule_v how_o many_o in_o the_o empire_n of_o rome_n rule_v the_o city_n and_o govern_v the_o people_n of_o those_o that_o be_v very_o age_a man_n as_o fabius_n maximus_n who_o be_v threescore_o year_n and_o two_o in_o his_o last_o consulship_n valerius_n corvinus_n who_o be_v six_o time_n a_o consul_n in_o rome_n a_o very_a old_a man_n who_o live_v a_o hundred_o and_o odd_a year_n metellus_n of_o like_a age_n call_v to_o the_o like_a function_n and_o administration_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v a_o old_a man_n what_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o appius_n claudius_n of_o marcus_n perpenna_n of_o divers_a other_o noble_a roman_n who_o age_n and_o time_n be_v the_o only_a occasion_n of_o their_o advancement_n unto_o honour_n and_o dignity_n what_o shall_v i_o recite_v arganthonius_n who_o be_v threescore_o year_n before_o he_o come_v unto_o his_o kingdom_n and_o after_o rule_v his_o country_n fourscore_o year_n unto_o his_o great_a fame_n and_o great_a commendation_n of_o age_n to_o what_o end_n shall_v i_o repeat_v pollio_n who_o live_v in_o great_a credit_n with_o the_o people_n unto_o his_o last_o year_n a_o man_n of_o worthy_a praise_n of_o renown_a fame_n who_o live_v a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n in_o great_a authority_n and_o dignity_n what_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o epimenides_n who_o theompus_n affirm_v that_o he_o live_v a_o hundred_o and_o almost_o threescore_o year_n in_o great_a rule_n and_o estimation_n small_a be_v it_o to_o the_o purpose_n to_o make_v mention_n again_o of_o dandon_n among_o the_o illyrian_n which_o valerius_n write_v that_o he_o be_v five_o hundred_o year_n before_o he_o die_v and_o yet_o of_o great_a memory_n and_o noble_a fame_n or_o of_o nestor_n who_o live_v three_o hundred_o year_n of_o who_o homer_n do_v make_v much_o mention_n that_o from_o his_o mouth_n proceed_v sentence_n sweet_a than_o honey_n yea_o in_o his_o latter_a day_n almost_o his_o strength_n be_v correspondent_a to_o the_o same_o that_o renown_a prince_n agamemnon_n general_n of_o all_o gréece_n wish_v no_o more_o in_o phrygia_n but_o five_o such_o as_o nestor_n be_v with_o who_o wisdom_n and_o courage_n he_o doubt_v not_o but_o in_o short_a time_n he_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o subdue_v troy_n sweet_a be_v the_o say_n of_o old_a man_n perfect_a be_v their_o counsel_n sound_a and_o sure_a their_o governance_n how_o frail_a and_o weak_a be_v youth_n how_o many_o city_n be_v perish_v by_o young_a counsel_n how_o much_o hurt_n from_o time_n to_o time_n have_v young_a man_n devise_v practise_v and_o bring_v to_o pass_v and_o again_o of_o age_n how_o full_a of_o experience_n knowledge_n and_o provision_n painful_a and_o studious_a be_v it_o unto_o the_o grave_n as_o we_o read_v of_o plato_n that_o noble_a philosopher_n who_o be_v busy_a and_o careful_a for_o his_o country_n write_v and_o make_v book_n the_o very_a year_n that_o he_o die_v be_v fourscore_o and_o two_o what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o isocrates_n who_o likewise_o be_v fourscore_o and_o fourtéen_a compile_v a_o book_n call_v panathenaicus_n of_o gorgias_n who_o be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o profit_v his_o country_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o year_n be_v altogether_o addict_v to_o his_o book_n and_o to_o his_o study_n so_o of_o zeno_n pythagoras_n and_o democritus_n it_o may_v be_v speak_v man_n of_o no_o less_o wit_n travel_n and_o exercise_n than_o of_o time_n and_o age_n for_o as_o cicero_n say_v the_o government_n and_o rule_n of_o comon-wealth_n consist_v not_o in_o strength_n of_o body_n but_o in_o the_o virtue_n of_o mind_n weighty_a and_o grave_a matter_n be_v not_o govern_v with_o the_o lightness_n of_o the_o body_n with_o swiftness_n of_o the_o foot_n with_o external_a quality_n but_o with_o authority_n counsel_n and_o knowledge_n for_o in_o the_o one_o say_v he_o there_o be_v rashness_n and_o wilfulness_n in_o the_o other_o gravity_n and_o prudence_n as_o themistocles_n and_o aristides_n who_o though_o not_o friend_n at_o athens_n be_v both_o ruler_n yet_o age_n teach_v they_o when_o they_o be_v send_v ambassador_n for_o the_o state_n of_o athens_n to_o become_v friend_n to_o profit_v their_o country_n which_o youth_n can_v never_o have_v do_v that_o sage_a solon_n be_v wont_v often_o to_o brag_v how_o that_o he_o daily_o by_o read_v learning_n and_o experience_n wax_v old_a apelles_n that_o approve_a painter_n and_o renown_a greek_a in_o his_o age_n and_o last_o time_n will_v have_v no_o man_n to_o pass_v the_o day_n idle_a without_o draw_v of_o one_o line_n socrates_n be_v a_o old_a man_n become_v a_o scholar_n to_o learn_v music_n and_o to_o play_v upon_o instrument_n cicero_n be_v old_a himself_o become_v a_o perfect_a greek_a with_o study_n cato_n be_v age_a in_o his_o last_o year_n go_v to_o school_v to_o ennius_n to_o learn_v the_o greek_a terentius_n varro_n be_v almost_o forty_o year_n old_a before_o he_o take_v a_o greek_a book_n in_o hand_n and_o yet_o prove_v excellent_a in_o the_o greek_a tongue_n clitomachus_n go_v from_o carthage_n to_o athens_n after_o forty_o year_n of_o age_n to_o hear_v carneades_n the_o philosopher_n lecture_n lucius_n as_o philostratus_n do_v write_v meeting_z marcus_z the_o old_a emperor_n with_o a_o book_n under_o his_o arm_n go_v to_o school_n demand_v of_o the_o emperor_n whither_o he_o go_v like_o a_o hâ—y_n with_o his_o book_n in_o his_o hand_n the_o age_a emperor_n answer_v i_o go_v to_o sextus_n the_o philosopher_n to_o learn_v those_o thing_n i_o know_v not_o o_o god_n say_v lucius_n thou_o be_v a_o old_a man_n go_v to_o school_v now_o like_o a_o boy_n and_o alexander_n the_o great_a die_v at_o thirty_o year_n of_o age_n alphonsus_n king_n of_o sicilia_n be_v not_o ashamed_a at_o fifty_o year_n old_a to_o learn_v and_o to_o travel_v for_o his_o knowledge_n and_o lest_o he_o shall_v lose_v the_o use_n of_o the_o latin_a tongue_n he_o occupy_v himself_o in_o
translate_n titus_n livius_n though_o he_o be_v a_o king_n i_o do_v not_o hold_v with_o age_n in_o divers_a man_n who_o for_o want_v of_o discretion_n and_o wit_n be_v childish_a again_o but_o of_o perfect_a man_n in_o who_o age_n seem_v rather_o a_o warrant_n of_o their_o do_n for_o even_o as_o he_o that_o play_v much_o upon_o instrument_n be_v not_o to_o be_v commend_v so_o well_o as_o he_o that_o play_v cunning_o and_o artificial_o so_o all_o man_n that_o live_v long_o be_v not_o to_o be_v praise_v so_o much_o as_o he_o that_o live_v well_o for_o as_o apple_n be_v green_a be_v yet_o sour_a until_o by_o time_n they_o wax_v sweet_a so_o young_a man_n without_o warrant_n of_o time_n and_o experience_n of_o thing_n be_v oftentimes_o to_o be_v mislike_v if_o fault_n be_v in_o old_a man_n say_v cicero_n as_o many_o there_o be_v it_o be_v not_o in_o age_n but_o in_o the_o life_n and_o manner_n of_o man_n some_o think_v age_n miserable_a because_o either_o the_o body_n be_v deprive_v from_o pleasure_n or_o that_o it_o bring_v imbecility_n or_o weakness_n or_o that_o it_o be_v not_o far_o from_o death_n or_o call_v from_o due_a administration_n of_o commonwealth_n these_o four_o cause_n say_v cicero_n make_v age_n seem_v miserable_a and_o loathsome_a what_o shall_v we_o say_v then_o of_o those_o that_o in_o their_o old_a age_n have_v defend_v their_o country_n save_v their_o city_n guide_v the_o people_n and_o valiant_o triumph_v over_o their_o enemy_n as_o l._n paulus_n scipio_n and_o fabius_n maximus_n man_n of_o wonderful_a credit_n in_o their_o old_a year_n what_o may_v be_v speak_v of_o fabritius_n curius_n and_o cornucanus_fw-la aged_a man_n of_o great_a agility_n of_o famous_a memory_n in_o their_o latter_a day_n how_o can_v appius_n claudius_n be_v forget_v who_o be_v both_o old_a and_o blind_a resist_v the_o senator_n to_o compound_v with_o king_n pyrrhus_n for_o peace_n though_o they_o all_o and_o the_o consul_n of_o rome_n hereunto_o be_v much_o incline_v if_o i_o shall_v pass_v from_o rome_n a_o place_n where_o age_n be_v much_o esteem_v unto_o athens_n among_o the_o sage_a philosopher_n if_o from_o athens_n to_o lacedemonia_fw-la where_o age_n altogether_o bare_a sway_n and_o rule_v if_o from_o thence_o unto_o the_o ethiopian_n and_o indian_n where_o all_o their_o life_n be_v rule_v and_o govern_v by_o old_a man_n if_o from_o thence_o to_o any_o part_n of_o the_o world_n i_o may_v be_v long_o occupy_v in_o recite_v the_o honour_n and_o estéemation_n of_o age_n herodotus_n do_v write_v that_o the_o aethiopian_n and_o indian_n do_v live_v most_o common_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n the_o people_n call_v epeii_n in_o the_o country_n of_o aetolia_n do_v live_v two_o hundred_o year_n natural_o and_o as_o it_o be_v by_o damiate_n report_v lictorius_n a_o man_n of_o that_o country_n live_v three_o hundred_o year_n the_o king_n of_o arcadia_n be_v wont_a to_o live_v three_o hundred_o year_n the_o people_n of_o hyperborii_n live_v a_o thousand_o year_n we_o read_v in_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o adam_n our_o first_o father_n live_v nine_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n and_o eve_n his_o wife_n as_o many_o seth_n nine_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o year_n seth_n his_o son_n call_v enos_n nine_o hundred_o and_o five_o cainan_n the_o son_n of_o enos_n nine_o hundred_o and_o ten_o mahalalehel_n the_o son_n of_o cainan_n eight_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o fifteen_o so_o enoch_n the_o son_n of_o jare_v live_v nine_o hundred_o threescore_o and_o five_o year_n enoch_n his_o son_n name_v mechuselah_n live_v nine_o hundred_o threescore_o and_o nine_o year_n with_o divers_a of_o the_o first_o age_n i_o mean_v till_o noah_n time_n who_o begin_v the_o second_o world_n after_o the_o flood_n who_o live_v as_o we_o read_v nine_o hundred_o and_o five_o his_o son_n sem_fw-mi six_o hundred_o year_n and_o so_o lineal_o from_o father_n to_o son_n as_o from_o sem_fw-mi to_o arphaxad_n from_o arphaxad_a to_o sala_n from_o sala_n to_o heber_n the_o least_o live_v above_o three_o hundred_o year_n this_o i_o think_v for_o better_a credit_n and_o great_a proof_n of_o old_a ago_o to_o draw_v out_o of_o the_o old_a testament_n that_o other_o profane_a authority_n may_v be_v believe_v as_o tithoniâ—s_n who_o the_o poet_n fain_o that_o he_o be_v so_o old_a that_o he_o desire_v to_o become_v a_o grasshopper_n but_o because_o age_n have_v no_o pleasure_n in_o the_o world_n frequent_v no_o banquet_n abhor_v lust_n love_v no_o wantonness_n which_o say_v plato_n be_v the_o only_a bait_n that_o deceive_v young_a man_n so_o much_o the_o happy_a age_n be_v that_o age_n do_v loath_a that_o in_o time_n which_o young_a man_n neither_o with_o knowledge_n with_o wisdom_n nor_o yet_o with_o counsel_n can_v avoid_v what_o harm_n have_v happen_v from_o time_n to_o time_n by_o young_a man_n over_o who_o lust_n so_o rule_v that_o there_o follow_v eversion_n of_o commonwealth_n treason_n to_o prince_n friend_n betray_v country_n overthrow_v and_o kingdom_n vanquish_v throughout_o the_o world_n therefore_o cicero_n say_v in_o his_o book_n entitle_v de_n senectate_v at_o what_o time_n he_o be_v in_o the_o city_n of_o tarentum_n be_v a_o young_a man_n with_o fabius_n maximus_n that_o he_o carry_v one_o lesson_n from_o tarentum_n unto_o the_o youth_n of_o rome_n where_o architas_n the_o tarentine_n say_v that_o nature_n bestow_v nothing_o upon_o man_n so_o hurtful_a to_o himself_o nor_o so_o dangerous_a to_o his_o country_n as_o lust_n or_o pleasure_n for_o when_o c._n fabricius_n be_v send_v as_o a_o ambassador_n from_o rome_n to_o pyrrhus_n king_n of_o epire_n be_v then_o the_o governor_n of_o the_o city_n of_o tarentum_n a_o certain_a man_n name_v cineas_n a_o thessalian_a by_o birth_n be_v in_o disputation_n with_o fabritius_n about_o pleasure_n affirm_v that_o he_o hear_v a_o philosopher_n of_o athens_n affirm_v that_o all_o which_o we_o do_v be_v to_o be_v refer_v to_o pleasure_n which_o when_o m._n curius_n and_o titus_n coruncanus_n hear_v they_o desire_v cineas_n to_o persuade_v king_n pyrrhus_n to_o yield_v to_o pleasure_n and_o make_v the_o samnite_n believe_v that_o pleasure_n ought_v to_o be_v esteem_v whereby_o they_o know_v that_o if_o king_n pyrrhus_n or_o the_o samnite_n be_v then_o great_a enemy_n to_o the_o roman_n be_v addict_v to_o lust_n or_o pleasure_n that_o then_o soon_o they_o may_v be_v subdue_v and_o destroy_v there_o be_v nothing_o that_o more_o hinder_v magnanimity_n or_o resist_v virtuous_a enterprise_n than_o pleasure_n as_o in_o the_o treatise_n of_o pleasure_n it_o shall_v more_o at_o large_a appear_v why_o then_o how_o happy_a be_v old_a age_n to_o despise_v and_o contemn_v that_o which_o youth_n by_o no_o mean_n can_v avoid_v yea_o to_o loath_a and_o abhor_v that_o which_o be_v most_o hurtful_a to_o itself_o for_o cecellius_fw-la contemn_v caesar_n with_o all_o his_o force_n say_v to_o the_o emperor_n that_o two_o thing_n make_v he_o nothing_o to_o estéem_v the_o power_n of_o the_o emperor_n age_n and_o wisdom_n by_o reason_n of_o age_n and_o wisdom_n castritius_n fear_v not_o at_o all_o the_o threaten_n of_o c._n carbo_n be_v then_o consul_n at_o rome_n who_o though_o he_o say_v he_o have_v many_o friend_n at_o commandment_n yet_o castriâ—iâ—â—_n answer_v and_o say_v that_o he_o have_v likewise_o many_o year_n that_o can_v not_o fear_v his_o friend_n therefore_o a_o wise_a man_n sometime_o weep_v for_o that_o man_n die_v within_o few_o year_n and_o have_v but_o little_a experience_n in_o his_o old_a age_n he_o be_v then_o deprive_v thereof_o for_o the_o crow_n live_v thrice_o so_o long_o as_o the_o man_n do_v the_o hart_n live_v four_o time_n so_o long_o as_o the_o crow_n the_o raven_n thrice_o so_o long_o as_o the_o hart_n and_o the_o phoenix_n nine_o time_n long_o than_o the_o raven_n and_o thus_o bird_n do_v live_v long_a time_n than_o man_n do_v in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o understanding_n of_o their_o year_n but_o man_n unto_o who_o reason_n be_v join_v before_o he_o come_v to_o any_o ground_n of_o experience_n when_o he_o begin_v to_o have_v knowledge_n in_o thing_n he_o die_v and_o thus_o end_v he_o his_o toil_a pilgrimage_n and_o travel_n in_o few_o year_n then_o divers_a beast_n or_o bird_n do_v chap._n xix_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o sundry_a people_n under_o sundry_a prince_n and_o of_o their_o strange_a life_n the_o sundry_a fashion_n and_o variety_n of_o manner_n the_o strange_a life_n of_o people_n every_o where_n through_o the_o world_n disperse_v be_v so_o character_v and_o set_v forth_o among_o the_o writer_n that_o in_o show_v the_o same_o by_o name_v the_o country_n and_o the_o people_n thereof_o orderly_o their_o custom_n their_o manner_n their_o kind_n of_o live_v be_v worthy_a of_o observation_n i_o think_v brief_o to_o touch_v and_o to_o note_v
delight_v in_o barber_n and_o next_o to_o he_o be_v augustus_n caesar_n successor_n of_o julius_n caesar_n beside_o these_o country_n and_o famous_a kingdom_n divers_a other_o there_o be_v that_o so_o make_v of_o their_o hair_n that_o to_o observe_v order_n and_o to_o avoid_v the_o danger_n in_o the_o war_n they_o do_v shave_v divers_a part_n of_o their_o head_n much_o against_o their_o will_n yet_o for_o custom_n sake_n the_o maxim_n a_o people_n in_o africa_n do_v use_n to_o shave_v the_o right_a side_n and_o let_v the_o hair_n grow_v on_o the_o left_a again_o the_o people_n which_o strabo_n call_v anases_n do_v shave_v their_o hair_n upon_o their_o forehead_n and_o yet_o they_o make_v much_o of_o the_o hinder_a part_n of_o the_o head_n where_o they_o suffer_v their_o hair_n to_o grow_v very_o long_o the_o macean_n shave_v little_a hair_n upon_o the_o crown_n of_o their_o head_n and_o yet_o suffer_v all_o their_o hair_n to_o hang_v down_o in_o order_n about_o their_o face_n herodotus_n in_o his_o four_o book_n do_v name_v a_o people_n who_o be_v call_v machleis_n and_o abantes_n which_o for_o that_o they_o be_v warrior_n and_o always_o in_o the_o field_n face_n to_o face_n with_o their_o enemy_n they_o shave_v their_o hair_n before_o and_o suffer_v it_o to_o grow_v behind_o the_o euboians_n likewise_o do_v let_v their_o hair_n grow_v behind_o upon_o their_o back_n very_o long_o and_o yet_o be_v enforce_v of_o necessity_n to_o cut_v it_o before_o for_o fear_n of_o the_o enemy_n it_o seem_v that_o either_o barber_n be_v scant_o or_o not_o know_v in_o those_o day_n or_o else_o long_a hair_n be_v much_o set_v by_o and_o esteem_v of_o all_o man_n for_o sueronius_n that_o write_v the_o life_n of_o the_o emperor_n do_v report_n that_o the_o emperor_n caligula_n be_v wont_a for_o envy_v to_o those_o he_o meet_v to_o shave_v their_o hair_n off_o behind_o know_v well_o that_o nothing_o may_v molest_v they_o so_o much_o as_o to_o have_v their_o hair_n off_o for_o he_o be_v so_o envious_a that_o if_o he_o see_v any_o that_o have_v fair_a golden_a hair_n he_o will_v have_v it_o off_o straight_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n beard_n be_v so_o much_o set_v by_o and_o so_o esteem_v be_v hair_n in_o those_o day_n that_o woman_n be_v forbid_v by_o the_o law_n of_o the_o twelve_o fable_n to_o shave_v any_o part_n of_o the_o face_n to_o prove_v whether_o hair_n may_v grow_v or_o no._n occasion_n be_v minister_v to_o they_o say_v they_o by_o their_o long_a hair_n and_o beard_n to_o know_v themselves_o and_o the_o state_n of_o their_o body_n for_o a_o old_a man_n in_o the_o city_n of_o sparta_n be_v ask_v why_o he_o do_v wear_v his_o beard_n so_o long_o he_o answer_v that_o in_o behold_v the_o gray_a hair_n in_o my_o beard_n i_o may_v do_v nothing_o unséem_o nor_o unworthy_a of_o such_o gray_a hair_n for_o a_o good_a man_n be_v always_o admonish_v to_o live_v virtuous_o demonax_n be_v know_v by_o his_o beard_n to_o be_v some_o grave_a philosopher_n by_o he_o that_o demand_v of_o he_o what_o kind_n of_o philosophy_n he_o profess_v not_o know_v he_o otherwise_o then_o by_o his_o beard_n the_o tyrant_n dionysius_n to_o spite_v the_o citizen_n of_o epidaurus_n take_v the_o golden_a beard_n of_o aesculapius_n away_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n to_o move_v they_o to_o great_a displeasure_n at_o what_o time_n aristippus_n be_v bring_v to_o simus_n house_n the_o phrygian_a which_o be_v so_o dress_v with_o cloth_n of_o arras_n and_o precious_a hang_n that_o the_o very_a floor_n so_o gorgeous_o shine_v that_o he_o can_v not_o find_v in_o the_o house_n a_o place_n to_o spit_v without_o some_o offence_n he_o spit_v in_o his_o handkerchief_n and_o throw_v it_o into_o simus_n face_n who_o be_v all_o beard_a he_o be_v angry_a therewith_o demand_v the_o cause_n why_o he_o so_o little_o esteem_v he_o because_o say_v aristippus_n i_o see_v not_o in_o all_o the_o house_n so_o fâ—ul_a a_o place_n as_o that_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v most_o clean_o mean_v his_o beard_n and_o though_o it_o be_v merry_o do_v of_o aristippus_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o so_o merry_o think_v of_o simus_n who_o more_o esteem_v his_o beard_n than_o aristippus_n esteem_v all_o his_o precious_a clothes_n and_o golden_a hang_n the_o like_a do_v jeronimus_n surname_v rhetris_fw-la make_v of_o his_o beard_n for_o when_o i_o see_v say_v he_o my_o beard_n than_o i_o know_v right_a well_o that_o i_o be_o a_o man_n and_o nor_o a_o woman_n and_o then_o know_v myself_o to_o be_v a_o man_n i_o be_o ashamed_a to_o do_v any_o thing_n like_o a_o woman_n either_o in_o word_n or_o deed_n much_o more_o may_v be_v here_o allege_v for_o the_o authority_n of_o beard_n and_o for_o esteem_v of_o long_a hair_n for_o there_o be_v no_o country_n be_v if_o ever_o so_o civil_a but_o it_o be_v addict_v to_o some_o peculiar_a quality_n neither_o be_v there_o any_o man_n be_v he_o ever_o so_o wise_a but_o do_v glory_n in_o one_o thing_n more_o than_o in_o another_o as_o the_o wise_a man_n in_o his_o wisdom_n the_o learned_a man_n in_o his_o knowledge_n the_o ignorant_a man_n in_o his_o folly_n the_o proud_a man_n in_o his_o person_n the_o self-lover_n in_o some_o part_n of_o his_o body_n more_o than_o in_o other_o either_o in_o his_o face_n body_z leg_n middle_a foot_n hand_n or_o hair_n and_o special_o many_o do_v make_v much_o account_n of_o their_o beard_n comb_v deck_v handle_v and_o set_v it_o in_o order_n always_o but_o because_o people_n be_v mutable_a and_o full_a of_o change_n and_o that_o time_n alter_v all_o thing_n we_o will_v no_o further_o procee_v in_o this_o though_o man_n may_v mis-judge_n of_o other_o concern_v their_o long_a hair_n and_o beard_n yet_o i_o say_v judgement_n be_v not_o safe_a in_o this_o point_n for_o it_o may_v be_v that_o they_o prefer_v the_o country_n poet_n hesiodus_n before_o the_o warlike_a and_o eloquent_a homer_n as_o panis_n king_n of_o calcides_n or_o as_o midas_n do_v judge_v pan_n the_o piper_n before_o apollo_n the_o god_n of_o music_n hard_o it_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o man_n whether_o the_o beard_a man_n or_o the_o beardless_a man_n be_v to_o be_v prefer_v whether_o the_o long_a hair_n or_o the_o short_a hair_n most_o to_o be_v esteem_v for_o under_o strange_a habit_n be_v conceal_v hide_a quality_n and_o under_o a_o ragged_a cloak_n as_o the_o greek_a proverb_n be_v lie_v wisdom_n as_o secret_o as_o under_o a_o velvet_n gown_n chap._n xxiiii_o of_o divers_a and_o sundry_a fashion_n of_o burial_n among_o the_o gentile_n the_o ancient_a egyptian_n weigh_v the_o shortness_n of_o man_n life_n little_o esteem_v the_o time_n do_v provide_v such_o sepulcher_n against_o they_o die_v that_o they_o account_v their_o grave_n a_o everlasting_a habitation_n wherefore_o in_o life_n time_n they_o study_v how_o to_o make_v such_o gorgeous_a grave_n as_o shall_v be_v perpetual_a monument_n after_o death_n insomuch_o that_o three_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o thousand_o workman_n be_v twenty_o year_n in_o build_v a_o huge_a and_o stupendous_a work_n to_o bury_v their_o body_n which_o for_o the_o bigness_n thereof_o be_v count_v one_o of_o the_o seven_o wonder_n name_v at_o this_o day_n the_o pyramid_n of_o egypt_n pliny_n say_v that_o three_o pyramid_n be_v make_v in_o egypt_n betwixt_o the_o city_n of_o memphis_n and_o delta_n and_o king_n ceopes_n as_o herodotus_n affirm_v begin_v to_o make_v the_o first_o and_o as_o diodorus_n say_v his_o brother_n cephus_n begin_v the_o second_o and_o the_o three_o king_n mycerinus_n as_o both_o herodotus_n and_o diodorus_n do_v affirm_v some_o say_v that_o rhodope_n a_o harlot_n be_v marry_v to_o king_n psamneticus_n and_o leave_v a_o widow_n do_v make_v three_o pyramid_n but_o to_o this_o effect_n they_o be_v make_v as_o common_a sepulcher_n to_o receive_v dead_a man_n as_o guest_n to_o dwell_v always_o therein_o with_o such_o ceremony_n first_o that_o be_v dead_a they_o fill_v the_o scull_n of_o his_o head_n with_o sweet_a odour_n and_o then_o they_o open_v his_o body_n with_o a_o sharp_a stone_n of_o aethiopia_n which_o the_o egyptian_n have_v for_o the_o purpose_n and_o purge_v it_o and_o then_o have_v embalm_v it_o with_o fragrant_a odour_n and_o sweet_a spice_n they_o sow_v up_o the_o body_n which_o be_v do_v they_o do_v put_v it_o in_o fine_a sindon_v cloth_n have_v the_o likeness_n thereof_o make_v upon_o a_o hollow_a work_n wherein_o they_o put_v the_o body_n with_o many_o other_o such_o ceremony_n only_o to_o save_v the_o body_n from_o any_o putrefaction_n for_o they_o think_v as_o the_o stoic_n so_o long_o say_v they_o shall_v the_o soul_n flourish_v and_o live_v as_o the_o body_n be_v unputrify_v and_o as_o the_o body_n perish_v so_o do_v the_o egyptian_n believe_v that_o the_o soul_n
venus_n only_o exercise_v music_n in_o chamber_n this_o be_v that_o kind_n of_o gentle_a and_o soft_a music_n the_o egyptian_n forbid_v the_o youth_n to_o be_v teach_v lest_o from_o man_n they_o will_v become_v again_o woman_n but_o shall_v we_o join_v the_o old_a ancient_a game_n the_o mirth_n the_o solace_n and_o the_o play_n that_o they_o use_v in_o those_o day_n together_o with_o their_o music_n to_o prove_v the_o agility_n of_o that_o time_n and_o the_o activity_n of_o that_o age_n to_o be_v much_o esteem_v among_o the_o greek_n and_o gentile_n the_o greek_n have_v four_o great_a game_n appoint_v the_o first_o in_o mount_n olimpia_n in_o arcadia_n hard_o by_o the_o city_n pisa_n which_o hercules_n invent_v first_o to_o honour_n jupiter_n this_o be_v so_o famous_a among_o the_o greek_n that_o even_o as_o the_o roman_n use_v to_o account_v their_o time_n by_o their_o consul_n so_o do_v the_o greek_n use_v to_o number_v by_o the_o game_n of_o olimpia_n which_o be_v appoint_v every_o five_o year_n unto_o this_o game_n come_v all_o the_o youth_n of_o the_o world_n both_o on_o horseback_n and_o on_o foot_n to_o do_v mastery_n the_o reward_n be_v appoint_v for_o the_o victor_n a_o garland_n make_v of_o olive_n leave_v for_o they_o come_v not_o there_o for_o money_n but_o for_o mirth_n and_o exercise_n '_o insomuch_o that_o when_o tigranes_n king_n artabanus_n son_n hear_v of_o the_o fame_n thereof_o and_o of_o the_o garland_n of_o olive_n he_o say_v well_o worthy_a be_v the_o greek_n to_o be_v speak_v of_o that_o so_o little_o esteem_v money_n the_o olive_n be_v prefer_v for_o the_o chief_a reward_n in_o olympia_n this_o same_o move_v first_o king_n xerxes_n to_o wax_v against_o the_o greek_n to_o his_o loss_n and_o decay_n the_o second_o game_n be_v call_v pithii_fw-la and_o invent_v of_o apollo_n in_o memory_n that_o he_o kill_v the_o great_a serpent_n python_n which_o be_v of_o juno_n send_v to_o kill_v latona_n apollo_n his_o mother_n here_o be_v appoint_v for_o the_o victor_n either_o on_o foot_n or_o on_o horseback_n a_o garland_n make_v of_o oaken_a leaf_n here_o likewise_o all_o the_o youth_n of_o greece_n exercise_v feat_n practise_a policy_n use_v mastery_n and_o prove_v themselves_o in_o any_o thing_n that_o they_o feel_v themselves_o apt_a to_o perform_v as_o in_o run_v leap_v wrestle_a ride_a swim_v or_o such_o like_a as_o then_o be_v use_v the_o three_o be_v call_v isthmia_n invent_v of_o theseus_n in_o the_o honour_n of_o neptune_n in_o this_o play_n be_v appoint_v for_o the_o victor_n certain_a garland_n make_v of_o pine_n leave_v have_v the_o name_n of_o isthmos_n a_o place_n in_o achaia_n where_o neptune_n be_v worship_v the_o four_o game_n be_v call_v nemea_n which_o the_o argive_n make_v in_o memory_n of_o hercules_n for_o that_o he_o kill_v a_o great_a fierce_a lion_n in_o the_o wood_n of_o nemea_n according_a to_o the_o name_n of_o the_o play_n here_o do_v likewise_o the_o argive_n come_v to_o exercise_v youth_n and_o practice_v feat_n as_o the_o rest_n do_v these_o four_o play_n be_v long_o in_o greece_n observe_v as_o cause_n and_o occasion_n for_o man_n to_o come_v together_o to_o show_v feat_n and_o to_o try_v quality_n the_o first_o in_o olympus_n for_o jupiter_n the_o second_o in_o delos_n for_o apollo_n the_o three_o in_o isthmos_n a_o place_n in_o achaia_n for_o neptune_n the_o four_o among_o the_o argive_n to_o hercules_n in_o the_o first_o play_v the_o garland_n of_o victory_n be_v make_v of_o olive_n in_o the_o second_o play_v the_o garland_n of_o victory_n be_v of_o oak_n in_o the_o three_o play_n they_o have_v their_o garland_n of_o pine_n in_o the_o four_o play_n of_o poplar_n and_o thus_o then_o they_o triumph_v in_o their_o mirth_n they_o joy_v in_o their_o victory_n they_o glory_v in_o their_o garland_n while_o the_o laurel_n as_o ovid_n say_v be_v not_o know_v beside_o these_o four_o famous_a play_n there_o be_v divers_a other_o as_o pyrrhus_n play_v which_o he_o invent_v in_o crect_n for_o the_o soldier_n to_o exercise_v themselves_o in_o arm_n wherein_o he_o teach_v divers_a gesture_n and_o sundry_a posture_n whence_o first_o proceed_v the_o use_n of_o war_n this_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o dance_v in_o arm_n as_o dionysius_n hali_n in_o his_o seven_o book_n say_v which_o be_v by_o the_o people_n call_v curetes_n maintain_v in_o the_o memory_n of_o pyrrhus_n lycaon_n likewise_o invent_v other_o kind_n of_o play_n where_o naked_a man_n contrary_a to_o pyrrhus_n game_n do_v use_v feat_n of_o activity_n divers_a other_o game_n be_v have_v in_o great_a estimation_n in_o greece_n be_v make_v and_o invent_v of_o man_n but_o the_o first_o inventeur_n of_o mirth_n be_v as_o diodorus_n say_v mercurius_n which_o only_o be_v invent_v to_o recreate_v the_o people_n and_o to_o practice_v agility_n and_o feat_n of_o body_n other_o there_o be_v of_o less_o name_n but_o of_o as_o great_a mirth_n as_o divers_a kind_n of_o play_v at_o the_o ball_n which_o be_v a_o ancient_a game_n as_o it_o seem_v in_o virgil_n and_o it_o be_v much_o use_v sometime_o among_o the_o trojan_n for_o when_o aeneas_n immediate_o after_o the_o destruction_n of_o troy_n come_v unto_o italy_n he_o teach_v the_o exercise_n of_o the_o ball_n before_o he_o marry_v lavinia_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n and_o at_o this_o day_n it_o be_v much_o use_v in_o divers_a country_n again_o for_o further_a recreation_n they_o use_v sundry_a kind_n of_o play_v at_o dice._n herodotus_n do_v witness_v that_o the_o old_a and_o ancient_a lydian_n do_v first_o find_v out_o the_o die_n and_o ball_n though_o plini_n do_v report_v that_o one_o name_v pythus_n first_o find_v the_o play_n at_o the_o ball_n but_o for_o the_o certainty_n thereof_o since_o so_o many_o ball_n there_o be_v and_o the_o play_v likewise_o be_v so_o variable_a both_o plini_n and_o herodotus_n may_v well_o agree_v for_o the_o people_n of_o lydia_n at_o a_o certain_a time_n be_v oppress_v with_o great_a dearth_n and_o so_o plague_v with_o hunger_n they_o invent_v then_o divers_a kind_n of_o game_n at_o dice_n as_o herodotus_n affirm_v to_o pass_v the_o time_n in_o play_v &_o to_o forget_v hunger_n for_o they_o feed_v one_o day_n &_o they_o come_v together_o the_o second_o day_n to_o play_v thus_o eat_v a_o little_a one_o day_n to_o satisfy_v nature_n they_o play_v the_o second_o day_n to_o forget_v hunger_n again_o there_o be_v among_o the_o ancient_a greek_n a_o play_v much_o like_a unto_o our_o chess_n play_v which_o one_o xerxes_n a_o wise_a man_n first_o invent_v to_o warn_v a_o tyrannous_a prince_n which_o he_o their_o serve_v to_o forsake_v his_o tyranny_n and_o to_o let_v he_o understand_v by_o his_o play_n that_o a_o prince_n ought_v to_o be_v vigilant_a and_o to_o use_v his_o subject_n as_o his_o force_n and_o strength_n even_o as_o the_o play_n be_v in_o move_v the_o pawn_n the_o knight_n the_o bishop_n for_o the_o defence_n and_o bulwark_n of_o the_o king_n thus_o as_o the_o player_n i_o mean_v xerxes_n do_v show_v his_o master_n the_o king_n the_o effect_n of_o the_o play_n how_o the_o king_n be_v preserve_v by_o play_v wise_o of_o the_o man_n lest_o they_o be_v lose_v so_o the_o tyrant_n himself_o understand_v by_o the_o play_n of_o xerxes_n how_o dangerous_a that_o prince_n state_n be_v that_o use_v not_o well_o his_o subject_n nor_o discreet_o see_v and_o watch_v for_o their_o commodity_n which_o be_v the_o prince_n safety_n another_o play_n be_v use_v then_o in_o gréece_n either_o upon_o the_o dice_n or_o else_o close_o in_o hand_n call_v even_o and_o odd_a this_o play_n come_v from_o greece_n unto_o rome_n in_o the_o time_n of_o augustus_n caesar_n the_o second_o emperor_n of_o rome_n as_o suetonius_n do_v write_v in_o the_o life_n of_o augustus_n write_v a_o letter_n unto_o his_o daughter_n in_o rome_n after_o this_o sort_n daughter_n i_o send_v thou_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o sestercij_n which_o i_o give_v among_o thy_o guest_n to_o play_v after_o supper_n the_o greek_a play_n call_v even_o and_o odd_a whether_o it_o be_v at_o dice_n or_o close_o in_o hand_n let_v we_o likewise_o be_v much_o use_v for_o recreation_n and_o mirth_n with_o divers_a other_o sundry_a game_n and_o play_n to_o recreate_v the_o mind_n of_o man_n which_o both_o the_o greek_n and_o gentile_n do_v practice_v as_o well_o to_o try_v their_o wit_n as_o also_o to_o use_v pastime_n and_o mirth_n to_o draw_v company_n together_o to_o be_v merry_a i_o leave_v the_o greek_n a_o while_n and_o will_v speak_v something_o of_o the_o roman_a pastime_n and_o sport_n which_o in_o nothing_o be_v inferior_a to_o the_o greek_n but_o rather_o excel_v gréece_n and_o all_o the_o world_n in_o all_o quality_n and_o lest_o i_o shall_v seem_v tedious_a i_o will_v speak_v of_o no_o
forget_v what_o i_o will_v and_o i_o have_v thing_n in_o memory_n which_o feign_v i_o will_v they_o be_v out_o of_o memory_n seneca_n do_v so_o report_v of_o himself_o that_o he_o be_v of_o such_o a_o perfect_a memory_n that_o he_o can_v rehearse_v after_o one_o by_o hear_v two_o hundred_o verse_n yea_o to_o a_o great_a marvel_n of_o his_o memory_n he_o can_v recite_v two_o thousand_o name_n of_o man_n be_v repeat_v once_o before_o he_o with_o as_o good_a a_o memory_n as_o he_o that_o first_o name_v they_o the_o like_a we_o read_v of_o aelius_n adrianus_n a_o captain_n that_o have_v a_o great_a army_n of_o soldier_n under_o he_o if_o any_o be_v absent_a in_o any_o place_n about_o any_o business_n he_o have_v in_o memory_n the_o name_n of_o the_o person_n the_o name_n of_o the_o place_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o business_n of_o this_o excellent_a memory_n to_o their_o perpetual_a fame_n be_v king_n cyrus_n and_o scipio_n the_o one_o a_o persian_a the_o other_o a_o roman_a which_o have_v this_o fame_n by_o memory_n that_o either_o of_o they_o can_v several_o call_v their_o soldier_n by_o name_n every_o one_o after_o another_o which_o be_v most_o rare_a yea_o most_o marvellous_a have_v so_o many_o always_o under_o they_o as_o both_o rome_n and_o persia_n be_v chief_o in_o their_o day_n by_o they_o defend_v to_o be_v able_a to_o name_v so_o many_o soldier_n as_o either_o of_o they_o both_o have_v in_o their_o army_n their_o memory_n be_v such_o than_o that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v forget_v now_o julius_n caesar_n be_v much_o renown_v for_o that_o pliny_n report_v that_o he_o can_v do_v such_o thing_n by_o memory_n as_o in_o read_v in_o talk_v in_o hear_v and_o in_o answer_v at_o one_o time_n that_o no_o fault_n can_v be_v find_v in_o either_o of_o these_o four_o quality_n at_o one_o time_n practise_v whereby_o he_o deserve_v no_o less_o praise_n by_o his_o memory_n than_o fame_n by_o his_o act_n divers_a excel_v in_o time_n pass_v in_o memory_n as_o hortensius_n a_o noble_a orator_n of_o rome_n be_v able_a to_o speak_v in_o any_o place_n any_o thing_n which_o he_o premeditate_v private_o without_o study_n open_o he_o have_v more_o trust_n in_o his_o memory_n then_o in_o book_n carmides_n of_o greece_n be_v so_o famous_a for_o that_o faculty_n that_o he_o never_o hear_v any_o read_n but_o he_o can_v repeat_v it_o word_n by_o word_n without_o writing_n be_v the_o writing_n or_o read_v never_o so_o long_o he_o will_v not_o miss_v a_o syllable_n cineas_n a_o noble_a and_o a_o famous_a orator_n one_o of_o the_o counselor_n of_o king_n pyrrhus_n be_v send_v from_o epire_n unto_o the_o senator_n of_o rome_n as_o a_o ambassador_n he_o but_o once_o hear_v the_o name_n of_o the_o senator_n before_o he_o come_v unto_o the_o senate_n house_n he_o name_v they_o orderly_o by_o name_n every_o one_o after_o another_o that_o all_o the_o senator_n be_v in_o a_o great_a admiration_n of_o his_o memory_n in_o repeat_v so_o many_o name_n in_o open_v so_o many_o matter_n in_o conclude_v so_o many_o thing_n which_o when_o he_o come_v unto_o king_n pyrrhus_n he_o recite_v not_o only_o his_o do_n and_o oration_n but_o also_o their_o answer_n and_o reply_n every_o word_n by_o word_n as_o then_o be_v speak_v do_v or_o write_v by_o the_o senator_n this_o cineas_n be_v not_o so_o excellent_a of_o memory_n but_o also_o of_o pass_a eloquence_n of_o who_o king_n pyrrhus_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o he_o get_v more_o city_n town_n and_o kingdom_n by_o the_o eloquence_n of_o cineas_n then_o with_o all_o the_o force_n and_o strength_n of_o the_o epirot_n beside_o it_o be_v write_v in_o laertius_n in_o his_o eight_o book_n that_o pythagoras_n have_v charge_n of_o god_n mercury_n to_o ask_v what_o he_o will_v save_v immortality_n and_o he_o shall_v have_v have_v it_o and_o he_o will_v to_o keep_v in_o memory_n all_o thing_n that_o he_o hear_v and_o see_v and_o to_o forget_v nothing_o be_v dead_a of_o that_o which_o he_o see_v be_v alive_a which_o be_v grant_v the_o soul_n of_o athalides_n be_v slay_v by_o menelaus_n enter_v in_o euphorbus_n second_o take_v place_n in_o hermonius_fw-la three_o in_o pyrrhus_n &_o fourthly_a into_o pythagoras_n which_o have_v such_o memorâ—_n thereby_o that_o he_o can_v describe_v the_o state_n of_o the_o live_n &_o the_o dead_a divers_a be_v famous_a for_o memory_n among_o the_o greek_n as_o archippus_n lysiades_n metrodorus_n carneades_n theodectes_n and_o other_o many_o among_o the_o roman_n be_v renown_v for_o their_o memory_n as_o julius_n caesar_n l._n scipio_n portius_n claudius_n hortensius_n with_o infinite_a number_n what_o great_a fame_n have_v mithridâ—tes_n king_n of_o pontus_n that_o have_v as_o pliny_n and_o gellius_n both_o report_n xxii_o strange_a nation_n that_o be_v soldier_n always_o in_o war_n under_o he_o against_o the_o roman_n he_o can_v speak_v xxii_o language_n without_o interpreter_n to_o open_v his_o mind_n unto_o they_o a_o strange_a thing_n it_o be_v now_o to_o find_v a_o man_n in_o this_o our_o ripe_a year_n that_o can_v speak_v half_o a_o dozen_o language_n if_o a_o man_n can_v but_o smatter_v in_o six_o or_o seven_o language_n he_o be_v note_v to_o be_v a_o rare_a fellow_n and_o yet_o king_n mithridates_n have_v xxii_o a_o note_n of_o great_a memory_n for_o some_o there_o be_v in_o learning_n for_o one_o language_n that_o they_o hardly_o know_v they_o forget_v another_o that_o they_o know_v that_o worthy_a man_n lucullus_n be_v remember_v of_o cicero_n in_o his_o four_o book_n of_o academical_a question_n for_o his_o pass_v and_o noble_a memory_n the_o egyptian_n use_v note_n and_o figure_n for_o their_o memory_n insomuch_o that_o they_o note_v the_o well_o memoried_a man_n with_o a_o for_o or_o a_o hare_n for_o that_o the_o hare_n hear_v best_a and_o the_o for_o be_v of_o great_a memory_n and_o if_o any_o want_a memory_n they_o compare_v he_o to_o the_o crocodile_n we_o read_v of_o esdras_n a_o priest_n that_o he_o have_v all_o the_o law_n of_o the_o hebrew_n upon_o his_o finger_n end_n we_o read_v of_o portius_n that_o he_o never_o forget_v any_o thing_n that_o he_o once_o read_v before_o he_o again_o will_v never_o read_v that_o which_o once_o he_o write_v but_o straight_o out_o of_o hand_n his_o memory_n be_v such_o he_o will_v speak_v it_o and_o pronounce_v it_o in_o order_n even_o as_o he_o write_v it_o before_o memory_n therefore_o be_v liken_v to_o a_o net_n which_o take_v and_o stay_v great_a fish_n and_o let_v through_o the_o little_a fish_n and_o even_o as_o book_n that_o be_v not_o occupy_v wax_v rusty_a and_o do_v cleave_v together_o so_o memory_n that_o be_v not_o occupy_v say_v seneca_n wax_v dull_a and_o oblivious_a as_o we_o oftentimes_o see_v how_o forgetful_a man_n wax_v either_o with_o sickness_n age_n or_o such_o like_a that_o let_v the_o memory_n of_o man_n as_o orbilius_n by_o extremity_n of_o age_n forget_v his_o alphabet_n and_o letter_n hermolaus_n have_v a_o friend_n which_o in_o his_o youth_n be_v a_o perfect_a grecian_a and_o yet_o in_o his_o latter_a year_n wax_v so_o oblivious_a that_o he_o can_v not_o read_v greek_a plini_n say_v messala_n surname_v corvius_fw-la wax_v so_o forgetful_a by_o long_a sickness_n that_o he_o forget_v his_o own_o name_n and_o seneca_n do_v write_v of_o one_o calvisius_n that_o be_v so_o weak_a of_o memory_n that_o he_o do_v forget_v the_o name_n of_o those_o that_o he_o be_v daily_o in_o company_n with_o as_o achilles_z ulysses_n and_o priamus_n who_o he_o know_v very_o well_o what_o be_v it_o else_o for_o a_o man_n to_o want_v memory_n but_o to_o want_v the_o name_n of_o his_o know_a friend_n for_o he_o be_v no_o man_n that_o know_v not_o that_o man_n as_o augustus_n caesar_n sometime_o emperor_n of_o rome_n his_o beadel_n have_v forget_v when_o he_o shall_v come_v unto_o the_o senate_n demand_v of_o the_o emperor_n whether_o he_o will_v command_v he_o to_o do_v any_o thing_n that_o he_o can_v do_v why_o say_v the_o emperor_n take_v this_o letter_n with_o thou_o that_o man_n may_v know_v thou_o for_o thou_o know_v no_o man_n for_o thou_o want_v memory_n cicero_n do_v make_v mention_n of_o curio_n that_o be_v so_o oblivious_a be_v a_o judge_n that_o he_o forget_v the_o cause_n which_o he_o shall_v give_v judgement_n upon_o likewise_o articus_n the_o son_n of_o sophista_fw-la be_v of_o so_o frail_a memory_n that_o he_o can_v never_o keep_v in_o mind_n the_o name_n of_o the_o four_o element_n bamba_n a_o certain_a king_n of_o the_o goth_n by_o a_o draught_n of_o drink_n give_v by_o heringeus_fw-la his_o successor_n lose_v his_o memory_n it_o may_v well_o be_v that_o drink_n cut_v off_o memory_n for_o the_o poet_n fain_o that_o there_o be_v a_o river_n name_v lethe_n
he_o he_o answer_v not_o one_o word_n but_o bid_v he_o good_a night_n when_o he_o come_v to_o his_o own_o door_n which_o when_o the_o enemy_n see_v and_o that_o he_o will_v not_o be_v move_v to_o anger_n to_o take_v any_o advantage_n on_o he_o he_o go_v to_o the_o next_o tree_n and_o hang_v himself_o thus_o do_v socrates_n who_o be_v blame_v by_o his_o friend_n for_o his_o silence_n in_o that_o he_o be_v injurious_o handle_v by_o his_o foe_n answer_v that_o his_o enemy_n can_v not_o endamage_v he_o since_o he_o be_v not_o that_o man_n who_o his_o word_n do_v import_v to_o be_v and_o be_v strike_v &_o spurn_v by_o the_o same_o man_n socrates_n be_v counsel_v to_o call_v the_o same_o to_o the_o law_n before_o the_o judge_n to_o the_o which_o he_o answer_v which_o of_o you_o if_o a_o ass_n strike_v he_o will_v call_v that_o ass_n before_o any_o judge_n since_o he_o be_v no_o better_a that_o use_v i_o this_o for_o by_o this_o be_o i_o know_v to_o be_v socrates_n and_o he_o to_o be_v a_o ass_n the_o great_a revenge_n to_o a_o fool_n be_v to_o let_v every_o man_n know_v his_o folly_n and_o the_o great_a hurt_n to_o a_o wise_a man_n be_v to_o revenge_v folly_n for_o it_o be_v all_o the_o revenge_n of_o socrates_n when_o any_o man_n speak_v ill_a of_o he_o to_o say_v thus_o the_o man_n never_o be_v teach_v to_o speak_v well_o so_o courteous_a be_v fabius_n maximus_n that_o when_o he_o have_v hear_v that_o one_o of_o his_o chief_a soldier_n be_v about_o to_o betray_v he_o to_o his_o enemy_n he_o call_v the_o party_n before_o he_o not_o make_v he_o privy_a that_o he_o know_v of_o it_o and_o demand_v of_o he_o what_o he_o want_v he_o command_v he_o to_o ask_v any_o thing_n he_o will_v have_v and_o make_v he_o chief_a captain_n of_o his_o army_n by_o this_o mean_n he_o become_v most_o true_a to_o fabius_n be_v before_o most_o false_a this_o be_v far_o from_o such_o revenge_n as_o alexander_n the_o great_a use_v who_o after_o he_o have_v subdue_v divers_a kingdom_n and_o country_n he_o go_v to_o the_o temple_n of_o ammon_n to_o know_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o jupiter_n whether_o yet_o any_o be_v alive_a that_o fly_v his_o father_n king_n philip_n whereby_o he_o may_v show_v more_o tyranny_n and_o practice_v great_a murder_n this_o be_v far_o from_o m._n brutus_n rage_n who_o be_v not_o content_a to_o conspire_v against_o caesar_n and_o to_o kill_v he_o in_o the_o senate-house_n but_o also_o when_o power_n fail_v when_o soldier_n decay_v and_o he_o be_v almost_o vanquish_v he_o make_v his_o prayer_n to_o jupiter_n and_o to_o the_o host_n of_o heaven_n to_o plague_n caesar_n and_o his_o posterity_n this_o i_o say_v be_v far_o from_o livius_n salinator_n who_o be_v warn_v of_o fabius_n maximus_n not_o to_o revenge_v malice_n upon_o hasdâ—ubal_n before_o he_o know_v the_o state_n of_o the_o matter_n the_o power_n of_o the_o field_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o victory_n where_o it_o shall_v happen_v yet_o be_v more_o rash_a to_o revenge_v then_o wise_a in_o forbear_v he_o say_v that_o either_o out_o of_o hand_n he_o will_v kill_v or_o be_v kill_v and_o in_o this_o place_n i_o will_v recite_v three_o or_o four_o history_n fit_a for_o this_o purpose_n phobius_n wife_n fall_v in_o love_n with_o antheus_n a_o noble_a gentleman_n of_o halicarnassus_n be_v leave_v in_o pledge_n with_o phobius_n chief_a ruler_n then_o of_o milesia_n and_o use_v all_o mean_n possible_a to_o allure_v antheus_n to_o requite_v her_o love_n but_o he_o partly_o for_o fear_n and_o partly_o for_o love_v of_o phobius_n her_o husband_n in_o no_o wise_a will_v consent_v to_o any_o filthy_a desire_n cleoboea_n phobius_n wife_n take_v the_o same_o in_o so_o evil_a part_n that_o she_o begin_v mortal_o to_o hate_v he_o invent_v what_o way_n best_o she_o may_v revenge_v his_o discourtesy_n in_o refuse_v her_o love_n she_o feign_v on_o a_o time_n that_o she_o have_v quite_o forget_v her_o old_a love_n towards_o he_o and_o thank_v antheus_n very_o much_o for_o the_o love_n and_o great_a zeal_n that_o he_o do_v bear_v to_o her_o husband_n phobius_n in_o not_o consent_v to_o her_o folly_n then_o when_o she_o be_v in_o love_n with_o he_o thus_o talk_v with_o he_o cleoboea_n bring_v her_o old_a lover_n antheus_n over_o a_o well_o where_o for_o that_o purpose_n only_o she_o throw_v a_o tame_a partridge_n desire_v he_o to_o aid_v she_o to_o have_v her_o partridge_n out_o of_o the_o well_o the_o young_a gentleman_n misdoubt_v she_o in_o nothing_o as_o one_o willing_a to_o pleasure_v his_o friend_n and_o old_a lover_n go_v down_o into_o the_o well_o to_o have_v the_o partridge_n out_o but_o she_o revenge_v her_o old_a love_n and_o requite_v his_o service_n after_o this_o sort_n she_o throw_v a_o great_a stone_n after_o he_o and_o there_o kill_v he_o and_o straight_o for_o sorrow_n cal_v to_o mind_n the_o old_a amity_n and_o hide_a love_n between_o they_o she_o hang_v herself_o this_o revenge_n that_o noble_a and_o famous_a lacedaemonian_a use_v who_o have_v his_o own_o wife_n in_o such_o admiration_n and_o be_v so_o impatient_a in_o love_n that_o he_o be_v as_o much_o hate_v of_o she_o as_o she_o of_o he_o be_v honour_v and_o esteem_v for_o she_o love_v king_n acrotatus_n son_n so_o dear_a that_o her_o husband_n cleonimus_n understand_v the_o same_o go_v to_o epire_n to_o king_n pyrrhus_n persuade_v he_o earnest_o to_o go_v unto_o peloponesus_fw-la and_o to_o move_v war_n against_o king_n acrotatus_n whereby_o he_o may_v revenge_v the_o injury_n do_v by_o his_o wife_n in_o kill_v he_o who_o she_o love_v best_a think_v it_o a_o great_a revenge_n to_o kill_v he_o who_o she_o love_v better_a than_o herself_o then_o to_o revenge_v it_o upon_o her_o own_o person_n valerius_n torquatus_n for_o that_o he_o may_v not_o have_v tuscus_n daughter_n in_o marriage_n move_v war_n immediate_o and_o revenge_v the_o same_o with_o blood_n for_o what_o cause_n do_v progne_n king_n pandions_n daughter_n of_o athens_n kill_v she_o own_o son_n iâ—is_fw-la and_o give_v he_o to_o be_v eat_v unto_o his_o father_n and_o her_o husband_n king_n pereus_n of_o thrace_n for_o nothing_o but_o to_o revenge_v her_o sister_n phylomela_n who_o her_o husband_n deflower_v why_o do_v nero_n that_o cruel_a emperor_n kill_v seneca_n his_o master_n and_o teacher_n in_o all_o his_o youth_n for_o nothing_o but_o to_o revenge_v old_a stripe_n which_o he_o receive_v at_o his_o master_n be_v a_o boy_n for_o what_o purpose_n do_v catiline_n silla_n damasippus_n marius_n and_o other_o make_v quarrel_n to_o plague_n rome_n to_o punish_v all_o italy_n to_o destroy_v the_o country_n for_o nothing_o but_o for_o that_o they_o can_v not_o abide_v the_o one_o to_o be_v above_o the_o other_o darius_n after_o that_o he_o have_v take_v the_o city_n of_o babylon_n he_o revenge_v his_o old_a malice_n after_o this_o sort_n as_o herodotus_n in_o his_o three_o book_n affirm_v he_o cause_v three_o thousand_o of_o the_o best_a within_o the_o city_n to_o be_v hang_v attilla_fw-la king_n of_o panonia_n slay_v eleven_o thousand_o virgin_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o colonia_n so_o several_a be_v revenge_n among_o man_n so_o cruel_a yea_o so_o foolish_a that_o xerxes_n and_o cyrus_n two_o great_a king_n of_o persia_n when_o the_o water_n of_o hellespont_n trouble_v xerxes_n and_o molest_v his_o soldier_n he_o forthwith_o command_v that_o the_o sea_n of_o hellespont_n shall_v have_v three_o hundred_o stripe_n and_o will_v three_o hundred_o pair_n of_o fetter_n to_o be_v throw_v into_o hellespont_n to_o bind_v the_o sea_n even_o so_o do_v cyrus_n because_o the_o river_n ginde_n do_v drown_v one_o of_o his_o best_a gelding_n he_o make_v his_o soldier_n to_o divide_v the_o river_n into_o a_o hundred_o and_o fourscore_o small_a part_n to_o revenge_v the_o rage_n of_o the_o river_n towards_o he_o think_v that_o by_o break_v of_o the_o great_a rage_n of_o so_o great_a a_o stream_n he_o well_o and_o worthy_o requite_v the_o injury_n of_o ginge_n these_o be_v cruel_a revenge_n too_o many_o be_v of_o these_o insomuch_o that_o woman_n revenge_v their_o malice_n after_o this_o sort_n so_o tomyris_n queen_n of_o scythia_n to_o revenge_v her_o son_n margapite_v death_n slay_v king_n cyrus_n and_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o his_o soldier_n too_o great_a a_o slaughter_n for_o one_o man_n death_n and_o not_o yet_o satisfy_v till_o she_o bathe_v cyrus_n head_n in_o a_o great_a vessel_n of_o blood_n this_o bâ—ronice_n pollia_n and_o divers_a cruel_a woman_n have_v perform_v prince_n ought_v to_o use_v advisement_n in_o revenge_v and_o wisdom_n in_o sufferance_n for_o as_o frederick_n the_o emperor_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v prince_n that_o revenge_v hasty_o and_o especial_o wrongful_o be_v like_o fair_a mark_n for_o
good_a archer_n to_o shoot_v at_o high_a tower_n and_o lofty_a building_n be_v soon_o fire_v with_o lightning_n then_o low_a house_n and_o small_a cottage_n tiberius_n caesar_n emperor_n of_o rome_n be_v in_o the_o senate_n house_n to_o punish_v those_o evil_n and_o to_o revenge_v those_o harm_n that_o be_v by_o same_o of_o the_o city_n threaten_v to_o his_o estate_n god_n forbid_v say_v he_o that_o tibâ—rius_n shall_v have_v so_o much_o idle_a time_n to_o hear_v evil_a speak_v much_o less_o to_o revenge_v evil_a do_v antâ—gonus_n king_n of_o macedonia_n besiege_v a_o castle_n in_o gréece_n wherein_o a_o number_n of_o hold_v greek_n use_v for_o their_o pastime_n and_o sport_n to_o scoff_n at_o this_o king_n know_v the_o situation_n of_o the_o castle_n to_o be_v in_o such_o a_o place_n that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v subdue_v they_o therefore_o laugh_v he_o to_o scorn_v as_o well_o for_o his_o enterprise_n therein_o as_o also_o for_o his_o slender_a person_n and_o crooked_a nose_n which_o king_n antigonus_n perceive_v say_v he_o will_v revenge_v all_o their_o do_n by_o sufferance_n and_o hope_v thereby_o to_o molest_v the_o enemy_n double_v divers_a heathen_a prince_n be_v acquaint_v with_o this_o revenge_n as_o lysander_n agesilaus_n and_o other_o for_o to_o god_n only_o belong_v vengeance_n i_o will_v not_o speak_v here_o of_o such_o revenge_a of_o prince_n of_o country_n of_o friend_n that_o all_o man_n know_v but_o of_o rare_a revenge_n which_o philosophy_n teach_v unto_o socrates_n towards_o xantippe_n who_o be_v at_o supper_n have_v a_o strange_a guest_n name_v enthidemus_n his_o wife_n xantippe_n begin_v to_o take_v her_o husband_n up_o with_o taunt_a and_o opprobrious_a word_n which_o because_o he_o will_v not_o answer_v and_o be_v move_v by_o her_o chide_n she_o overthrow_v the_o table_n with_o all_o the_o meat_n and_o the_o cup_n which_o when_o enthidemus_n see_v he_o be_v amaze_v at_o the_o rage_a of_o xantippe_n and_o behold_v socrates_n in_o the_o face_n to_o see_v how_o he_o think_v of_o the_o matter_n but_o socrates_n understand_v that_o his_o guest_n do_v marvel_n at_o his_o wife_n say_v have_v not_o you_o sometime_o at_o home_o a_o hen_n that_o will_v after_o long_o clock_v with_o a_o sudden_a flight_n throw_v down_o your_o cup_n with_o her_o wing_n wherewith_o enthidemus_n be_v full_o satisfy_v with_o the_o wise_a answer_n of_o socrates_n in_o not_o revenge_v so_o great_a a_o fault_n photion_n a_o learned_a man_n of_o athens_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o he_o have_v rather_o suffer_v injury_n wrongful_o then_o to_o revenge_v injury_n sometime_o rightful_o this_o man_n photion_n by_o who_o athens_n long_o flourish_v at_o what_o time_n he_o be_v put_v to_o death_n most_o wrongful_o of_o the_o athenian_n even_o a_o little_a before_o he_o shall_v die_v be_v demand_v whether_o he_o will_v command_v any_o thing_n to_o his_o son_n stand_v hard_o by_o to_o see_v his_o father_n end_n do_v speak_v to_o his_o son_n after_o this_o sort_n my_o son_n say_v he_o this_o i_o charge_v and_o require_v thou_o and_o moreover_o beseech_v thou_o that_o thou_o will_v never_o revenge_v the_o wrongful_a death_n of_o thy_o father_n photion_n on_o the_o athenian_n solon_n that_o noble_a and_o learned_a athenian_a be_v wont_a to_o revenge_v his_o wrong_n with_o these_o word_n if_o the_o fisherman_n do_v suffer_v the_o salt_n water_n of_o the_o sea_n to_o sprinkle_v upon_o his_o face_n and_o upon_o his_o clothes_n and_o to_o wet_v he_o when_o he_o take_v fish_n how_o much_o more_o ought_v solon_n to_o forbear_v to_o speak_v to_o win_v man_n to_o be_v friend_n unto_o he_o sure_o these_o three_o philosopher_n deserve_v more_o praise_n and_o commendation_n i_o mean_v socrates_n photion_n and_o solon_n for_o the_o revenge_a of_o the_o evil_a with_o goodness_n and_o virtue_n than_o ever_o alexander_n or_o julius_n caesar_n or_o theseus_n which_o revenge_v evil_a with_o evil_n wherefore_o chilon_n the_o lacedaemonian_a be_v one_o of_o the_o officer_n call_v ephoti_n in_o the_o city_n of_o sparta_n his_o brother_n demand_v why_o he_o may_v not_o be_v likewise_o one_o of_o the_o five_o ephoti_n as_o well_o as_o his_o brother_n say_v unto_o his_o brother_n because_o i_o can_v suffer_v wrong_a and_o thou_o can_v not_o therefore_o prince_n ought_v not_o to_o do_v wrong_n nor_o yet_o revenge_v wrong_a with_o wrong_n but_o with_o patience_n sufferance_n and_o goodness_n and_o by_o do_v good_a for_o evil_n for_o thus_o they_o shall_v make_v foe_n to_o become_v friend_n evil_a man_n to_o become_v good_a by_o prevent_v evil_a with_o lenity_n and_o gentleness_n it_o behove_v not_o a_o wise_a man_n to_o revenge_v injury_n neither_o do_v it_o become_v a_o prince_n to_o requite_v evil_a with_o the_o like_a but_o to_o overcome_v rather_o evil_a with_o good_a therefore_o be_v it_o true_o speak_v of_o the_o wiseman_n sapit_fw-la qui_fw-la sustinet_fw-la he_o that_o can_v suffer_v he_o be_v wise_a chap._n xxxvi_o of_o theft_n and_o sacrilege_n after_o that_o greedy_a desire_n unto_o wealth_n have_v possess_v a_o place_n in_o man_n heart_n and_o after_o that_o the_o world_n be_v alter_v from_o a_o wealth_n in_o common_a unto_o a_o private_a wealth_n every_o man_n go_v about_o with_o study_n and_o industry_n to_o augment_v his_o own_o with_o the_o spoil_n of_o other_o for_o this_o cause_n prince_n begin_v one_o to_o suppress_v a_o other_o to_o spoil_v and_o destroy_v either_o other_o dominion_n move_v first_o noble_a man_n to_o imitate_v they_o in_o steal_v and_o take_v away_o perforce_o other_o wealth_n and_o though_o it_o be_v not_o a_o apt_a epithet_n for_o prince_n to_o be_v call_v thief_n and_o spoiler_n yet_o true_o by_o prince_n it_o begin_v by_o noble_n imitate_v and_o by_o all_o the_o world_n at_o length_n practise_v that_o some_o become_v pirate_n upon_o the_o sea_n some_o sacriledger_n of_o temple_n and_o some_o grand_a théeve_n of_o country_n and_o kingdom_n for_o after_o the_o deluge_n of_o noah_n there_o be_v neither_o theft_n nor_o sacrilege_n know_v almost_o 300._o year_n till_o ninus_n the_o three_o king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n who_o first_o begin_v to_o play_v the_o thief_n in_o asia_n dionysius_n king_n of_o sicilia_n and_o tyrant_n of_o all_o the_o world_n the_o great_a robber_n that_o reign_v upon_o earth_n be_v not_o satisfy_v with_o spoil_n and_o theft_n on_o land_n and_o sea_n become_v also_o a_o sacriledger_n in_o the_o temple_n of_o the_o god_n which_o he_o so_o practise_v that_o after_o he_o rob_v the_o temple_n of_o jupiter_n in_o olimpia_n he_o pass_v forth_o to_o locris_n to_o spoil_v the_o temple_n of_o proserpina_n and_o from_o thence_o unto_o epidaurus_n to_o steal_v the_o golden_a beard_n of_o aesculapius_n the_o tyrant_n king_n can_v not_o satisfy_v himself_o till_o worthy_o he_o have_v merit_v the_o name_n of_o a_o thief_n a_o pirate_n and_o a_o sacriledger_n xerxes_n spare_v not_o among_o other_o wilful_a robbery_n to_o send_v four_o thousand_o of_o his_o soldier_n to_o delphos_n to_o rob_v the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n spartacus_n a_o great_a prince_n and_o a_o maintainer_n of_o thief_n gather_v a_o whole_a army_n of_o fugitive_a person_n vagabond_n thief_n and_o robber_n and_o march_v towards_o rome_n with_o a_o resolution_n either_o to_o conquer_v rome_n or_o to_o be_v conquer_v by_o rome_n but_o there_o be_v he_o and_o all_o his_o rogue_n vanquish_v by_o pu._n crassus_n the_o city_n of_o rome_n be_v often_o in_o peril_n by_o théeve_n and_o robber_n as_o by_o silla_n catelin_n and_o marius_n famous_a spoiler_n of_o italy_n and_o as_o certion_n do_v rob_v and_o spoil_v the_o country_n of_o athens_n so_o tiâ—â—gias_n in_o arcadia_n be_v renown_v for_o theft_n i_o may_v in_o this_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o robbery_n of_o the_o emperor_n nero_n of_o the_o spoil_n and_o waste_v of_o that_o beastly_a emperor_n heliogabalus_n and_o of_o the_o sacrilege_n and_o theft_n of_o caligula_n these_o three_o emperor_n do_v steal_v spoil_n and_o take_v from_o rome_n more_o than_o ever_o they_o give_v to_o rome_n marcellinus_n write_v that_o there_o be_v sometime_o a_o king_n of_o the_o parthian_n name_v arsaces_n which_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v then_o name_v the_o master_n of_o thief_n a_o teacher_n and_o a_o schoolmaster_n unto_o all_o robber_n and_o spoiler_n but_o after_o that_o he_o have_v subdue_v seleucus_n alexander_n successor_n he_o become_v famous_a and_o renown_a in_o martial_a feat_n and_o civil_a policy_n herodotus_n likewise_o do_v report_n of_o one_o amazis_n a_o king_n of_o egypt_n when_o at_o any_o time_n money_n want_v he_o be_v wont_a to_o spoil_v waist_n and_o take_v away_o all_o that_o ever_o he_o may_v either_o by_o stealth_n or_o force_n thus_o the_o name_n of_o prince_n be_v first_o corrupt_v that_o the_o poet_n judge_v well_o and_o worthy_o mercury_n to_o be_v
be_v as_o justine_n say_v five_o and_o twenty_o day_n journey_n in_o great_a danger_n and_o peril_n of_o life_n as_o well_o by_o wild_a beast_n water_n as_o also_o by_o foreign_a foe_n she_o have_v three_o hundred_o thousand_o woman_n of_o scythia_n in_o company_n with_o she_o for_o the_o fame_n she_o have_v hear_v of_o this_o great_a prince_n she_o come_v from_o her_o country_n where_o she_o be_v a_o queen_n to_o lie_v with_o a_o stranger_n to_o satisfy_v her_o lust_n and_o when_o she_o have_v accomplish_v her_o mind_n after_o thirty_o night_n lie_v with_o he_o she_o return_v unto_o she_o own_o country_n again_o cicero_n do_v write_v that_o we_o be_v more_o move_v by_o report_n oftentimes_o to_o love_n then_o by_o sight_n for_o as_o by_o report_n queen_n thalestris_n come_v to_o lie_v with_o alexander_n from_o scythia_n unto_o hyrcania_n for_o his_o magnanimity_n victory_n and_o courage_n so_o by_o report_n come_v the_o queen_n of_o sheba_n from_o ethiopia_n unto_o solomon_n to_o hear_v and_o to_o learn_v wisdom_n o_o golden_a world_n oh_o happy_a age_n when_o either_o for_o simplicity_n man_n can_v not_o speak_v or_o for_o temperance_n man_n will_v not_o speak_v the_o innocence_n of_o they_o then_o and_o the_o subtlety_n of_o we_o now_o the_o temperancy_n of_o their_o age_n and_o the_o lust_n of_o our_o age_n be_v well_o weigh_v and_o thorough_o examine_v it_o be_v easy_o to_o be_v see_v how_o virtuous_o they_o live_v in_o ignorance_n and_o how_o vicious_o we_o live_v in_o knowledge_n before_o aruntius_n proud_a tarquin_n son_n be_v by_o lust_n move_v towards_o collatine_n wife_n there_o be_v no_o alteration_n of_o state_n nor_o change_v of_o commonwealth_n no_o banishment_n of_o prince_n in_o rome_n and_o rome_n be_v change_v for_o this_o man_n lust_n only_o from_o a_o monarchy_n unto_o another_o state_n call_v aristocracy_n it_o continue_v so_o long_o in_o that_o form_n until_o appius_n claudius_n ravish_v virginius_n daughter_n which_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o the_o second_o change_n and_o the_o popular_a state_n which_o have_v the_o chief_a rule_n always_o in_o rome_n change_v the_o state_n of_o the_o city_n for_o that_o lust_n so_o reign_v thus_o may_v i_o speak_v of_o divers_a other_o country_n where_o lust_n be_v the_o just_a cause_n of_o the_o subversion_n of_o they_o for_o by_o one_o venus_n a_o strumpet_n in_o cyprus_n all_o cyprus_n be_v full_a of_o whore_n by_o one_o semiramis_n in_o babylon_n all_o persia_n at_o length_n grow_v full_a of_o quean_n by_o one_o rhodope_n in_o egypt_n at_o the_o beginning_n all_o the_o country_n become_v full_a of_o strumpet_n in_o rome_n flora_n be_v honour_v like_o a_o goddess_n have_v such_o solemnity_n and_o on_o theater_n which_o be_v call_v according_a to_o her_o own_o name_n floralia_fw-la in_o thebes_n be_v phrine_n so_o magnify_v that_o her_o name_n be_v put_v in_o print_n upon_o every_o gate_n of_o the_o city_n as_o for_o lais_n in_o corinth_n and_o lamia_n in_o athens_n their_o fame_n be_v more_o hear_v than_o their_o honesty_n know_v it_o grow_v in_o fine_a to_o that_o strength_n that_o all_o the_o prince_n of_o the_o world_n be_v as_o bulwark_n and_o defender_n of_o lust_n yea_o learned_a philosopher_n and_o wise_a lawgiver_n seem_v to_o defend_v the_o same_o in_o writing_n as_o lycurgus_n and_o solon_n two_o famous_a wise_a man_n the_o one_o a_o lawgiver_n among_o the_o lacedaemonian_n people_n in_o the_o beginning_n more_o expert_a in_o the_o banner_n and_o flag_n of_o mars_n then_o studious_a or_o desirous_a to_o haunt_v the_o palace_n of_o venus_n the_o other_o a_o lawgiver_n in_o athens_n people_n likewise_o more_o frequent_v at_o the_o first_o the_o school_n of_o minerva_n than_o the_o lurk_a den_n and_o secret_a snare_n of_o cupid_n these_o two_o famous_a man_n make_v law_n to_o maintain_v lust_n under_o the_o colour_n and_o pretext_n of_o issue_n every_o young_a woman_n be_v marry_v to_o a_o old_a man_n may_v for_o child_n take_v choice_n what_o young_a man_n she_o will_v of_o her_o husband_n name_n so_o likewise_o may_v any_o young_a man_n choose_v a_o young_a woman_n be_v marry_v to_o a_o old_a woman_n aristotle_n seem_v to_o defend_v this_o law_n after_o a_o sort_n so_o abraham_n wife_n sara_n after_o a_o sort_n will_v her_o husband_n to_o accompany_v with_o a_o young_a maid_n for_o that_o he_o may_v have_v child_n and_o sempronia_n a_o woman_n excellent_o well_o learn_v in_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a and_o sappho_n a_o woman_n of_o no_o less_o fame_n than_o of_o learning_n deafen_a lust_n by_o their_o write_n i_o may_v have_v large_a scope_n herein_o to_o prove_v lust_n as_o a_o lord_n to_o rule_v and_o govern_v every_o where_n i_o have_v sufficient_o i_o hope_v declare_v the_o effect_n of_o lust_n for_o as_o prince_n wise_a stout_a and_o learned_a have_v be_v hereto_o subject_a so_o the_o poet_n fain_o that_o the_o god_n themselves_o have_v yield_v to_o the_o might_n of_o lust_n what_o i_o pray_v you_o translate_v jupiter_n to_o a_o bull_n neptune_n unto_o a_o horse_n mercury_n unto_o a_o goat_n lust_n what_o move_v apollo_n to_o be_v in_o love_n with_o daphne_n what_o cause_v bacchus_n to_o favour_n gnosida_n what_o make_v pan_n to_o yield_v unto_o sirinx_n lust_n what_o move_v wise_a learned_a stout_a and_o strong_a as_o well_o as_o the_o foolish_a the_o ignorant_a the_o weak_a and_o the_o simple_a but_o only_o that_o corruption_n of_o nature_n that_o seed_n and_o dregs_o of_o adam_n which_o equal_o without_o grace_n move_v all_o man_n to_o sin_n for_o there_o be_v no_o man_n but_o he_o be_v privy_a to_o lust_n move_v by_o lust_n and_o sore_o assault_v by_o it_o yet_o there_o be_v some_o that_o subdue_v lust_n some_o that_o rule_n lust_n but_o none_o that_o vanquish_v lust_n for_o as_o some_o be_v bear_v chaste_a so_o some_o do_v make_v themselves_o chaste_a and_o some_o who_o be_v thus_o make_v chaste_a be_v yet_o not_o without_o some_o spice_n of_o lust_n i_o speak_v not_o of_o proculus_n the_o emperor_n who_o keep_v at_o his_o pleasure_n a_o hundred_o maid_n of_o sarmatia_n neither_o do_v i_o think_v herein_o of_o sardanapalus_n king_n of_o assyria_n who_o be_v always_o weary_v but_o never_o satisfy_v with_o venus_n but_o i_o speak_v of_o those_o that_o fight_n and_o wrestle_v against_o nature_n of_o those_o i_o say_v that_o be_v in_o common_a combat_n with_o the_o world_n the_o flesh_n and_o the_o devil_n for_o lust_n say_v oviâ—_n be_v i_o wot_v not_o what_o and_o come_v i_o wot_v not_o whence_o it_o take_v root_n without_o break_v of_o flesh_n and_o pierce_v the_o very_a entrails_n of_o the_o heart_n without_o any_o cut_n of_o the_o vein_n it_o be_v the_o only_a business_n and_o travel_n of_o idle_a man_n the_o young_a roman_a estrasco_n at_o mount_n celio_n behold_v the_o beauty_n of_o a_o lady_n call_v verrona_n either_o of_o they_o by_o nature_n be_v dumb_a one_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o the_o other_o so_o sore_o that_o estrasco_n will_v often_o go_v from_o rome_n to_o salon_n and_o verrona_n will_v as_o oft_o travel_v from_o salon_n to_o rome_n the_o one_o to_o see_v the_o other_o and_o this_o dumb_a love_n continue_v thus_o thirty_o year_n till_o it_o fortune_v that_o the_o wife_n of_o estrasco_n die_v and_o the_o husband_n of_o lady_n verrona_n die_v also_o whereby_o these_o lover_n thirty_o year_n without_o word_n do_v both_o manifest_a their_o long_a desire_n by_o a_o marriage_n so_o be_v masinissa_n k._n of_o numidia_n &_o sophronisba_n a_o lady_n of_o carthage_n the_o one_o inflame_v with_o the_o other_o only_o by_o a_o sight_n that_o king_n masinissa_n have_v of_o sophronisba_n the_o like_a be_v write_v of_o that_o most_o valiant_a captain_n pyrrhus_n the_o long_a defendor_n of_o the_o tarentines_n and_o king_n of_o epirot_n when_o he_o come_v from_o italy_n unto_o neapolis_n be_v but_o one_o day_n there_o he_o fall_v in_o love_n with_o a_o fair_a lady_n call_v gamalice_n to_o the_o great_a infamy_n of_o so_o famous_a a_o prince_n and_o to_o the_o great_a shame_n of_o so_o noble_a a_o lady_n the_o like_a lust_n arrest_v that_o noble_a and_o renown_a conqueror_n alexander_n so_o that_o when_o he_o think_v to_o give_v battle_n to_o the_o queen_n of_o amazon_n have_v a_o sight_n of_o she_o at_o a_o river_n side_n where_o they_o both_o have_v appoint_v to_o come_v to_o talk_v concern_v their_o war_n their_o fury_n and_o rage_n before_o bent_n to_o fight_v and_o murder_n be_v by_o a_o sight_n change_v into_o a_o wanton_a pastime_n and_o sport_n we_o do_v read_v also_o that_o queen_n cleopatra_n make_v a_o banquet_n for_o anthony_n her_o lover_n in_o the_o province_n of_o bithynia_n in_o the_o wood_n sechin_n where_o the_o young_a virgin_n be_v not_o so_o cunning_a to_o hide_v they_o in_o the_o thick_a bush_n but_o the_o
be_v envy_v at_o by_o the_o jew_n and_o gentile_n insomuch_o that_o tyranny_n and_o murder_n be_v the_o sequel_n of_o envy_n as_o from_o time_n to_o time_n have_v be_v try_v from_o age_n to_o age_n see_v and_o from_o man_n to_o man_n practise_v nay_o even_o to_o dead_a man_n it_o have_v be_v show_v as_o achilles_n do_v to_o hector_n by_o hale_v and_o draw_v his_o body_n about_o the_o field_n of_o troy_n in_o the_o open_a sight_n of_o king_n priam_n his_o father_n so_o m._n antonius_n do_v to_o cicero_n have_v the_o head_n of_o cicero_n set_v before_o he_o to_o ease_v his_o tygerish_a mind_n permit_v his_o wife_n fulvin_n to_o wear_v the_o tongue_n of_o cicero_n on_o her_o coyf_n this_o cambyses_n show_v to_o the_o judge_n sâ—samenes_n who_o be_v dead_a flay_v he_o &_o be_v flay_v do_v cut_v he_o in_o piece_n and_o be_v cut_v in_o piece_n do_v give_v he_o to_o be_v devour_v by_o beast_n and_o bird_n i_o may_v well_o declare_v the_o tyranny_n of_o tullia_n show_v towards_o her_o father_n king_n servius_n tullius_n be_v dead_a who_o cause_v her_o chariot_n and_o horse_n to_o tread_v on_o her_o father_n body_n in_o the_o open_a street_n i_o may_v speak_v of_o tomyris_n queen_n of_o scythia_n towards_o king_n cyrus_n be_v dead_a who_o do_v strike_v off_o his_o head_n and_o do_v bathe_v it_o in_o blood_n i_o may_v make_v mention_n of_o the_o tyranny_n of_o alexander_n in_o thessaly_n and_o of_o busiris_n in_o egypt_n i_o may_v open_v the_o wicked_a life_n and_o state_n of_o dionysius_n in_o syracuse_n of_o cruel_a creon_n in_o thebes_n of_o periander_n in_o corinth_n and_o of_o pisistratus_n in_o athens_n but_o i_o shall_v be_v tedious_a to_o amplify_v that_o which_o may_v be_v brief_o examine_v and_o this_o we_o read_v and_o see_v daily_o by_o experience_n that_o the_o end_n of_o tyrant_n be_v to_o die_v in_o tyranny_n and_o as_o they_o deal_v with_o other_o so_o be_v they_o deal_v withal_o themselves_o as_o diomedes_z and_o busiris_n be_v wont_a to_o feed_v their_o horse_n with_o man_n flesh_n and_o to_o quench_v their_o thirst_n with_o man_n blood_n so_o be_v they_o themselves_o vanquish_v by_o hercules_n and_o make_v food_n to_o be_v eat_v and_o devour_v by_o their_o own_o horse_n which_o they_o before_o feed_v with_o other_o man_n flesh_n likewise_o the_o great_a tyrant_n phalaris_n and_o that_o cruel_a perillus_n be_v both_o destroy_v with_o those_o new_a invent_a torment_n that_o they_o make_v for_o other_o i_o mean_v the_o brazen_a bull_n which_o perillus_n make_v to_o satisfy_v the_o tyranny_n of_o phalaris_n thrasillus_n and_o scyron_n the_o one_o teach_v the_o way_n of_o tyranny_n be_v first_o of_o all_o in_o that_o which_o he_o teach_v unto_o other_o torment_v and_o slay_v the_o other_o throw_v headlong_o into_o the_o sea_n by_o theleus_n even_o so_o as_o he_o be_v wont_a to_o do_v unto_o other_o what_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o the_o great_a cruelty_n of_o aemilius_n who_o as_o aristides_n in_o plutarch_n do_v testify_v use_v to_o recompense_v any_o man_n that_o will_v and_o can_v invent_v new_a torment_n to_o punish_v the_o innocent_a and_o to_o pleasure_v his_o devilish_a mind_n he_o i_o say_v dwell_v in_o agesta_n a_o city_n of_o sicilia_n make_v a_o brazen_a horse_n to_o vex_v and_o torment_v the_o people_n wherein_o through_o the_o commandment_n of_o armmius_n paterculus_n chief_a magistrate_n of_o the_o city_n he_o first_o suffer_v the_o assay_n of_o his_o new_a invent_a work_n we_o read_v again_o of_o king_n danaus_n fifty_o daughter_n call_v belide_n which_o be_v marry_v to_o the_o fifty_o son_n of_o aegistus_n slay_v all_o their_o husband_n the_o first_o night_n except_o lynceus_n who_o be_v preserve_v by_o hypermenestra_n his_o wife_n the_o like_a we_o read_v of_o the_o thirty_o sister_n of_o albina_n who_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n make_v a_o end_n of_o thirty_o husband_n in_o one_o night_n the_o sequel_n of_o tyranny_n be_v such_o that_o what_o want_v in_o the_o father_n wâ—s_v full_o supply_v in_o the_o son_n for_o amendment_n be_v seldom_o see_v and_o that_o be_v very_o well_o consider_v of_o a_o simple_a woman_n name_v ihera_n who_o when_o she_o perceive_v that_o the_o people_n of_o syracuse_n do_v wish_v the_o death_n of_o dionysius_n the_o tyrant_n she_o straight_o knéele_v upon_o her_o knee_n and_o beseech_v the_o god_n that_o he_o may_v live_v and_o be_v demand_v why_o she_o pray_v for_o such_o a_o tyrant_n she_o say_v i_o know_v three_o king_n in_o siracusa_n every_o one_o a_o tyrant_n the_o second_o worse_o than_o the_o first_o the_o the_o three_o worse_o than_o the_o second_o and_o now_o dionysius_n be_v the_o four_o be_v worse_o than_o the_o three_o and_o i_o be_o doubtful_a if_o a_o four_o shall_v come_v it_o will_v be_v the_o devil_n himself_o who_o be_v worse_o than_o dionysius_n and_o therefore_o i_o pray_v the_o god_n he_o may_v live_v for_o of_o two_o evil_n the_o least_o be_v to_o be_v choose_v mark_v how_o in_o a_o simple_a woman_n a_o silly_a person_n truth_n do_v often_o sojourn_v the_o like_a we_o read_v of_o a_o certain_a husbandman_n that_o dig_v in_o the_o ground_n when_o the_o murderer_n that_o slay_v king_n antigonus_n pass_v in_o haste_n take_v their_o flight_n into_o phrygia_n demand_v of_o the_o husbandman_n why_o he_o dig_v so_o deep_o i_o dig_v up_o say_v he_o another_o king_n antigonus_n to_o rule_v in_o macedonia_n let_v they_o to_o understand_v the_o true_a proverb_n that_o seldom_o come_v the_o better_a that_o he_o that_o will_v come_v after_o shall_v be_v far_o worse_o than_o king_n antigonus_n o_o happy_a age_n o_o golden_a world_n while_o tyranny_n be_v not_o know_v the_o great_a monarchy_n of_o the_o world_n be_v get_v with_o tyranny_n and_o likewise_o through_o tyranny_n lose_v the_o first_o monarchy_n after_o the_o great_a deluge_n be_v that_o of_o the_o assyrian_n which_o begin_v under_o ninus_n the_o three_o king_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o continue_v in_o slaughter_n and_o tyranny_n till_o sardanapalus_n time_n who_o be_v the_o last_o king_n which_o be_v a_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o nine_o and_o thirty_o year_n from_o the_o assyrian_n it_o be_v win_v with_o the_o sword_n and_o bring_v with_o violence_n and_o tyranny_n by_o that_o cruel_a and_o bloody_a arbactus_fw-la to_o the_o mede_n and_o remain_v there_o till_o the_o time_n of_o king_n astyages_n who_o be_v the_o nine_o and_o last_o king_n of_o the_o mede_n two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n from_o the_o mede_n it_o be_v have_v away_o by_o tyranny_n to_o persia_n by_o king_n cyrus_n and_o there_o stay_v until_o the_o time_n of_o king_n darius_n which_o be_v two_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n from_o the_o persian_n it_o be_v with_o blood_n and_o great_a slaughter_n take_v away_o by_o alexander_n the_o great_a unto_o macedonia_n and_o there_o maintain_v till_o perseus_n time_n which_o be_v a_o hundred_o and_o seven_o and_o fifty_o year_n from_o the_o macedonian_n it_o be_v post_v to_o rome_n where_o under_o julius_n caesar_n the_o proud_a monarch_n in_o all_o the_o world_n it_o foam_v in_o blood_n flourish_v in_o tyranny_n a_o long_a time_n thus_o tyranny_n be_v feed_v and_o foster_v from_o one_o country_n to_o another_o till_o almost_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v destroy_v the_o murder_n and_o tyranny_n that_o long_o flourish_v in_o gréece_n between_o the_o theban_n and_o the_o lacedaemonian_n again_o betwixt_o the_o lacedaemonian_n and_o the_o athenian_n betwixt_o the_o athenian_n and_o all_o greece_n who_o read_v it_o not_o in_o thucydides_n tamberlan_n the_o great_a murderer_n king_n sometime_o in_o scythia_n get_v through_o tyranny_n medea_n albania_n mesopotamia_n persia_n and_o armenia_n he_o pass_v over_o euphrates_n subdue_v asia_n the_o less_o and_o take_v bajazet_n king_n of_o the_o turk_n call_v all_o the_o prince_n of_o asia_n in_o his_o voyage_n towards_o gréece_n where_o such_o tyranny_n be_v use_v that_o not_o only_a city_n and_o country_n be_v destroy_v but_o also_o their_o temple_n and_o their_o god_n neglect_v and_o spoil_v great_a be_v the_o tyranny_n betwixt_o king_n darius_n of_o persia_n and_o miltiades_n prince_n of_o athens_n who_o slay_v a_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o darius_n man_n how_o great_a be_v the_o slaughter_n of_o king_n cyrus_n after_o he_o have_v exile_v his_o grandfather_n king_n astrage_n from_o persia_n vanquish_v the_o babylonian_n and_o overthrow_v croesus_n king_n of_o lydia_n and_o after_o he_o have_v subdue_v the_o most_o part_n of_o asia_n he_o cease_v not_o his_o tyranny_n until_o he_o come_v to_o scythia_n where_o he_o and_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o be_v slay_v by_o one_o woman_n tomyris_n queen_n scythia_n who_o after_o she_o have_v slay_v he_o she_o cause_v his_o head_n to_o be_v cut_v off_o and_o make_v it_o to_o be_v bathe_v in_o a_o great_a tun_n of_o
in_o fine_a whatsoever_o philip_n take_v in_o hand_n the_o same_o clisophus_n do_v imitate_v aristippus_n the_o philosopher_n can_v better_o please_v king_n dionysius_n with_o adulation_n the_o dion_n the_o syracusan_a can_v pleasure_v he_o with_o truth_n cleo_n can_v better_o accomplish_v the_o desire_n and_o lust_n of_o alexander_n with_o forge_a flattery_n than_o calisthenes_n his_o counsellor_n can_v satisfy_v he_o with_o philosophy_n who_o may_v move_v caesar_n to_o do_v any_o thing_n so_o much_o as_o curio_n his_o parasite_n not_o pompey_n his_o son_n in_o law_n nor_o yet_o his_o only_a daughter_n julia_n nor_o all_o the_o senator_n of_o rome_n flatterer_n be_v dangerous_a to_o the_o most_o part_n hurtful_a to_o all_o profitable_a to_o none_o and_o yet_o of_o prince_n most_o accept_v under_o the_o shape_n of_o humanity_n they_o sway_v and_o rule_v in_o court_n like_o furious_a centaur_n deform_v scylla_n huge_a cyclops_n grim_a gorgon_n fret_a fury_n and_o monstrous_a harpy_n yea_o with_o a_o thousand_o more_o deformity_n for_o who_o be_v more_o make_v of_o then_o he_o that_o aught_o lest_o to_o be_v esteem_v who_o be_v trust_v more_o than_o he_o that_o deceive_v soon_o who_o be_v hear_v more_o at_o all_o time_n than_o he_o that_o aught_o lest_o to_o come_v in_o sight_n at_o any_o time_n who_o have_v more_o of_o all_o man_n than_o he_o that_o deserve_v least_o of_o all_o man_n in_o fine_a who_o be_v more_o belove_v any_o where_o then_o he_o that_o ought_v most_o to_o be_v hate_v every_o where_o the_o common_a people_n of_o the_o mede_n and_o persian_n for_o that_o they_o knéele_v to_o alexander_n and_o make_v he_o the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n be_v more_o esteem_v for_o their_o flattery_n therein_o than_o the_o noble_n of_o macedonia_n for_o their_o truth_n and_o plain_a deal_n what_o be_v it_o but_o flattery_n bring_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o which_o that_o famous_a and_o renown_a prince_n agamemnon_n with_o all_o the_o force_n and_o power_n of_o gréece_n can_v not_o with_o ten_o year_n siege_n subdue_v one_o subtle_a sinon_n a_o simple_a and_o a_o silly_a greek_a allure_v the_o mind_n of_o king_n priam_n unto_o and_o deceive_v with_o flattery_n his_o noble_n and_o entice_v the_o citizen_n through_o adulation_n to_o their_o utter_a destruction_n and_o last_o confusion_n that_o ancient_a and_o renown_a city_n of_o babylon_n which_o king_n darius_n with_o all_o the_o power_n of_o persia_n be_v never_o able_a to_o vanquish_v one_o zopyrus_n a_o citizen_n bear_v in_o babylon_n through_o forge_a faith_n and_o file_a flattery_n i_o say_v betray_v it_o unto_o king_n darius_n what_o shall_v i_o speak_v of_o the_o ancient_a lacedaemonian_n the_o most_o famous_a and_o worthy_a people_n in_o the_o whole_a world_n for_o their_o war_n who_o neither_o mede_n persian_n macedonian_n nor_o all_o greece_n can_v vanquish_v phrinicus_fw-la with_o his_o flattery_n deceive_v they_o the_o people_n of_o samb_n be_v deceive_v by_o false_a apollonius_n menelaus_n be_v beguile_v with_o the_o flattery_n of_o paris_n dion_z of_o syracuse_n be_v slay_v by_o his_o flatter_a friend_n galicrates_n o_o suck_a serpent_n of_o malice_n who_o fruit_n be_v death_n if_o king_n antigonus_n have_v know_v the_o flattery_n of_o his_o feign_a friend_n apollophanes_n he_o have_v not_o be_v deceive_v as_o he_o be_v if_o king_n astyages_n have_v thorough_o know_v harpagus_n his_o servant_n he_o have_v not_o be_v slay_v by_o king_n cyrus_n if_o that_o noble_a and_o famous_a roman_a crassus_n have_v weigh_v the_o flattery_n of_o carenus_n he_o have_v not_o be_v so_o shameful_o murder_v among_o the_o parthian_n what_o flattery_n be_v between_o jason_n and_o medea_n what_o deceit_n follow_v what_o adulation_n be_v betwixt_o theseus_n and_o ariadne_n what_o falsehood_n ensue_v the_o one_o help_v jason_n to_o the_o golden_a fleece_n the_o other_o deliver_v theseus_n out_o of_o the_o dreadful_a labyrinth_n from_o the_o monster_n minotantus_n be_v deceive_v by_o flattery_n but_o pass_v we_o forward_o in_o the_o pilgrimage_n and_o affair_n of_o prince_n who_o murder_v caesar_n that_o worthy_a emperor_n in_o the_o senate_n house_n of_o rome_n brutus_n and_o cassius_n those_o flatterer_n that_o caesar_n love_v most_o who_o poison_v that_o mighty_a conqueror_n alexander_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o his_o triumph_n at_o babylon_n those_o that_o flatter_v he_o most_o his_o own_o cup-taster_n lola_o and_o his_o kinsman_n antipater_n who_o betray_v that_o famous_a roman_a cicero_n to_o his_o mere_a enemy_n marcus_n antonius_n even_o he_o who_o cicero_n before_o defend_v and_o save_v from_o death_n popilius_n final_o who_o betray_v christ_n both_o god_n and_o man_n to_o the_o scribe_n and_o pharisee_n his_o purse-bearer_n that_o flatter_a judas_n with_o fair_a speech_n say_v avi_fw-la rabbi_n embrace_v and_o kiss_v he_o as_o flatterer_n use_v to_o do_v where_o be_v there_o great_a tyranny_n show_v then_o where_o flattery_n be_v most_o use_v where_o be_v there_o great_a deceit_n practise_v then_o where_o courtesy_n be_v most_o tender_v where_o be_v more_o falsehood_n then_o where_o trust_n be_v most_o repose_a the_o first_o thing_n that_o deceive_v man_n be_v flattery_n which_o the_o devil_n though_o serpent_n put_v in_o ure_n to_o deceive_v eve_n flatter_v she_o say_v if_o thou_o eat_v of_o this_o fruit_n thou_o shall_v know_v good_a and_o evil_n and_o you_o shall_v be_v as_o god_n on_o earth_n as_o the_o devil_n be_v the_o only_a author_n of_o all_o lie_v so_o be_v he_o the_o only_a father_n of_o flattery_n attempt_v always_o the_o best_a and_o not_o the_o worst_a accompany_v the_o high_a and_o not_o the_o low_a frequent_v the_o court_n more_o than_o the_o country_n and_o approach_v near_o to_o prince_n and_o not_o to_o beggar_n when_o christ_n be_v assault_v with_o the_o flattery_n of_o the_o devil_n promise_v he_o all_o the_o world_n if_o he_o will_v knéel_n and_o flatter_v he_o i_o will_v to_o god_n that_o all_o prince_n will_v speak_v to_o flatterer_n as_o christ_n speak_v to_o the_o devil_n avoid_v satan_n away_o flatterer_n or_o else_o i_o wish_v that_o wise_a man_n who_o be_v soon_a of_o all_o by_o flattery_n allure_v will_v imitate_v the_o example_n of_o a_o noble_a man_n of_o thebes_n name_v itmenius_n who_o be_v send_v ambassador_n from_o thebes_n to_o persia_n understand_v the_o manner_n &_o fashion_n of_o the_o proud_a persian_n and_o that_o nothing_o can_v be_v get_v without_o flattery_n nor_o hear_v without_o kneel_v he_o do_v let_v fall_v his_o ring_n on_o the_o ground_n whereby_o he_o may_v stoop_v before_o the_o king_n not_o to_o the_o king_n but_o to_o take_v up_o his_o ring_n or_o else_o i_o will_v wish_v all_o man_n to_o answer_v flatterer_n as_o diogenes_n answer_v aristippus_n who_o speak_v to_o diogenes_n that_o if_o diogenes_n can_v be_v content_a to_o flatter_v dionysius_n the_o king_n he_o need_v not_o to_o lick_v dish_n or_o to_o live_v poor_o in_o athens_n diogenes_n make_v answer_v if_o aristippus_n can_v be_v content_a to_o lick_v dish_n or_o to_o live_v poor_o in_o athens_n he_o need_v not_o to_o flatter_v dionysius_n it_o be_v read_v in_o caelius_n that_o the_o maidservant_n of_o cyprus_n be_v so_o give_v to_o flattery_n that_o they_o knéele_v down_o to_o bow_v and_o bend_v their_o shoulder_n as_o a_o footstool_n to_o their_o lady_n to_o mount_v into_o their_o chariot_n sure_o the_o man_n of_o persia_n and_o the_o woman_n of_o cyprus_n engender_v such_o number_n of_o flatter_a parasite_n that_o glorious_a master_n now_o never_o want_v flatter_a servant_n the_o scholar_n of_o gnato_n frequent_v always_o thrasonical_a place_n have_v we_o not_o many_o now_o a_o day_n that_o will_v speak_v to_o their_o friend_n as_o nicesias_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v to_o alexander_n the_o great_a be_v wound_v and_o his_o blood_n spin_v out_o o_o what_o noble_a blood_n be_v this_o this_o blood_n come_v from_o some_o god_n and_o not_o from_o man_n the_o wise_a man_n say_v that_o five_o thing_n ought_v of_o all_o man_n to_o be_v mistrust_v a_o strange_a dog_n a_o unknown_a horse_n a_o hollow_a bank_n a_o talkative_a woman_n and_o a_o flatter_a servant_n fair_a word_n make_v fool_n glad_a yea_o flatter_a speech_n overcom_v wise_a man_n demetrius_n have_v obtain_v victory_n in_o the_o war_n at_o salamina_n be_v so_o joyful_a of_o his_o fortune_n that_o he_o do_v send_v aristodemus_n a_o very_a sublil_n and_o a_o cunning_a flatterer_n to_o certify_v his_o father_n king_n antigonus_n of_o his_o prosperous_a success_n give_v in_o charge_n unto_o he_o to_o show_v the_o king_n his_o father_n orderly_o the_o triumph_n and_o victory_n in_o the_o large_a manner_n aristodemus_n no_o less_o joyful_a of_o the_o message_n then_o skilful_a in_o flattery_n leave_v his_o navy_n and_o his_o company_n in_o cyprus_n go_v on_o land_n towards_o king_n antigonus_n who_o have_v understand_v that_o aristodemus_n be_v