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mildness_n and_o equity_n and_o without_o care_n keep_v just_a dominion_n within_o her_o proper_a bound_n and_o a_o happiness_n to_o obey_v without_o disorder_n tumult_n and_o contention_n while_o astrea_n herself_o hold_v the_o balance_n of_o authority_n and_o subjection_n in_o a_o equal_a poise_n which_o reverence_n of_o law_n and_o justice_n be_v not_o then_o commit_v to_o parchment_n nor_o cut_v in_o brass_n but_o imprint_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n according_a to_o that_o of_o virgil_n neve_n ignorate_v latimos_n saturni_n gentem_fw-la haud_fw-la vinclo_fw-la neclegibus_fw-la aequam_fw-la sponte_fw-la sva_fw-la veterisque_fw-la dei_fw-la se_fw-la more_fw-it tenentem_fw-la and_o hesiod_n also_o describe_v the_o golden_a age_n say_v that_o they_o live_v like_o the_o god_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o without_o care_n or_o fear_n for_o most_o certain_o they_o who_o be_v constrain_v through_o fear_n of_o punishment_n to_o live_v according_a to_o the_o integrity_n of_o write_a law_n not_o out_o of_o a_o spontaneous_a probity_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v good_a or_o virtuous_a man_n see_v that_o they_o who_o forbear_v to_o commit_v evil_a through_o fear_n of_o punishment_n can_v be_v say_v to_o be_v real_o good_a but_o only_o not_o to_o be_v evil_a they_o be_v only_o say_v to_o be_v good_a man_n who_o by_o the_o conduct_n of_o nature_n and_o not_o to_o avoid_v the_o lash_n of_o human_a provision_n against_o vice_n bend_v their_o mind_n to_o practice_n honesty_n virtue_n and_o justice_n and_o thus_o this_o golden_a age_n continue_v till_o jupiter_n ambitious_a of_o empire_n overturn_v this_o harmonious_a frame_n of_o nature_n law_n and_o expel_v his_o father_n from_o his_o kingdom_n tunc_fw-la jove_n sub_fw-la domino_fw-la caedes_fw-la &_o vulnera_fw-la semper_fw-la 1._o yibul_n l._n 1._o tunc_fw-la lethi_fw-la mille_fw-la repent_v viae_fw-la which_o be_v no_o more_o than_o this_o that_o 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