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A68475 Essays vvritten in French by Michael Lord of Montaigne, Knight of the Order of S. Michael, gentleman of the French Kings chamber: done into English, according to the last French edition, by Iohn Florio reader of the Italian tongue vnto the Soueraigne Maiestie of Anna, Queene of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. And one of the gentlemen of hir royall priuie chamber; Essais. English Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.; Florio, John, 1553?-1625.; Hole, William, d. 1624, engraver. 1613 (1613) STC 18042; ESTC S111840 1,002,565 644

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regular_a a_o course_n cum_fw-la suspicimus_fw-la magni_fw-la coelestia_fw-la mundi_fw-la 1214._o templa_fw-la super_fw-la stellisque_n micantibus_fw-la aethera_fw-la fixum_fw-la et_fw-la venit_fw-la in_o mentem_fw-la lune_fw-fr solisque_fw-la viarum_fw-la when_o we_o of_o this_o great_a world_n the_o heavenly-temple_n see_v above_o we_o and_o the_o sky_n with_o shine-starre_n fix_v to_o be_v and_o mark_v in_o our_o discourse_n of_o sun_n and_o moon_n the_o course_n to_o consider_v the_o power_n and_o domination_n these_o body_n have_v not_o only_o upon_o our_o life_n and_o condition_n of_o our_o fortune_n facta_fw-la et●nim_fw-la &_o vitas_fw-la hominum_fw-la suspendit_fw-la ab_fw-la astris_fw-la 58._o for_o on_o the_o star_n he_o do_v suspend_v of_o man_n the_o deed_n the_o life_n and_o end_n but_o also_o over_o our_o disposition_n and_o inclination_n our_o discourse_n and_o will_n which_o they_o rule_v provoke_v and_o move_v at_o the_o pleasure_n of_o their_o influence_n as_o our_o 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