traitor_n or_o the_o murderer_n hide_v his_o practice_n &_o wicked_a policy_n from_o the_o knowledge_n of_o god_n adam_n can_v not_o hide_v it_o in_o paradise_n nor_o lucifer_n in_o heaven_n nor_o jonas_n in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n where_o shall_v a_o man_n fly_v from_o the_o presence_n of_o god_n that_o be_v of_o a_o guilty_a conscience_n 1._o gen._n 4._o 〈◊〉_d 1._o it_o make_v cain_n to_o say_v omnis_fw-la qui_fw-la invenerit_fw-la i_o occidet_fw-la i_o it_o make_v jonas_n to_o say_v to_o the_o sailor_n to_o tharsis_n tollite_fw-la &_o mittite_fw-la i_o in_fw-la mare_fw-la and_o it_o make_v judas_n to_o say_v tradidi_fw-la sanguinem_fw-la iustum_fw-la and_o to_o hang_v himself_o it_o make_v a_o number_n to_o hang_v to_o drown_v and_o to_o kill_v themselves_o provoke_v thereto_o by_o a_o torment_a conscience_n for_o we_o read_v both_o in_o divine_a and_o profane_a history_n that_o more_o lewd_a and_o wicked_a man_n come_v from_o good_a man_n then_o good_a man_n from_o the_o 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misery_n captivity_n and_o want_n make_v king_n to_o know_v themselves_o it_o be_v a_o true_a say_n miseria_fw-la bona_fw-la mater_fw-la prudentiae_fw-la augustus_n caesar_n will_v know_v of_o his_o friend_n asinius_n pollio_n if_o he_o will_v come_v with_o he_o to_o the_o battle_n of_o actium_n between_o mar._n antonius_n and_o he_o he_o answer_v the_o emperor_n in_o civil_a war_n i_o will_v take_v no_o part_n but_o 11._o vell._n 11._o i_o will_v rest_v and_o be_v a_o pray_v to_o the_o conqueror_n tit._n atticus_n though_o pompey_n by_o a_o decree_n pronounce_v he_o a_o rebel_n that_o will_v forsake_v his_o senator_n the_o consul_n and_o the_o state_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n in_o so_o troublesome_a a_o time_n yet_o atticus_n be_v of_o the_o like_a opinion_n as_o q._n hortensius_n say_v hortensius_n say_v be_v who_o often_o use_v to_o brag_v that_o he_o have_v never_o be_v in_o any_o civil_a war_n cicero_n write_v his_o epistle_n to_o they_o be_v his_o dear_a friend_n that_o 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commonwealth_n shall_v prosper_v wise_a man_n in_o court_n with_o prince_n be_v as_o preseruative_n keep_v for_o a_o sick_a body_n that_o make_v solomon_n to_o ask_v for_o wisdom_n only_o to_o govern_v his_o people_n that_o make_v ulysses_n to_o cry_v out_o in_o homer_n to_o minerva_n si_fw-mi te_fw-mi diva_fw-mi minerva_n odyss_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n odyss_n utar_fw-la if_o i_o can_v have_v thy_o company_n o_o goddess_n i_o esteem_v not_o who_o will_v be_v against_o i_o that_o make_v pericles_n to_o forsake_v his_o youthful_a company_n &_o to_o have_v sage_a and_o wise_a man_n about_o he_o when_o he_o in_o athens_n succeed_v themistocles_n in_o public_a government_n of_o the_o athenian_n and_o that_o make_v dion_n to_o speak_v of_o plato_n have_v have_v proof_n of_o plato_n dions_n speech_n of_o plato_n plato_n wisdom_n &_o counsel_n mallem_fw-la unum_fw-la platonem_fw-la quam_fw-la mille_fw-la antimachos_n for_o plato_n give_v such_o counsel_n to_o dion_n not_o to_o please_v but_o to_o profit_n dion_n such_o counsel_n give_v solon_n to_o the_o athenian_n non_fw-la quae_fw-la suavissima_fw-la sed_fw-la quae_fw-la optima_fw-la but_o good_a counsel_n be_v often_o reject_v jeremy_n give_v good_a counsel_n 3._o reg._n cap._n 12._o good_a counsel_n counsel_n to_o king_n zedechias_n but_o he_o reject_v it_o lot_z give_v good_a counsel_n to_o the_o sodomite_n but_o they_o regard_v it_o not_o the_o elder_n of_o israel_n give_v good_a counsel_n to_o rehoboam_n but_o he_o esteem_v it_o not_o wisdom_n cry_v out_o in_o the_o street_n &_o offer_v her_o service_n free_a unto_o prince_n and_o yet_o some_o prince_n regard_v she_o not_o but_o true_o that_o prince_n be_v happy_a where_o wisdom_n may_v say_v habito_fw-la in_o consilijs_fw-la that_o wisdom_n guide_v noah_n in_o the_o ark_n that_o wisdom_n instruct_v the_o patriarch_n before_o the_o law_n to_o live_v under_o the_o law_n jephtha_n
show_v himself_o a_o wise_a man_n and_o give_v wise_a jephtha_n jephtha_n counsel_n to_o his_o captain_n how_o they_o may_v find_v out_o the_o false_a ephramite_n from_o the_o true_a israelite_n by_o pronounce_v of_o the_o letter_n shibole_v and_o that_o before_o the_o ephramite_n 12._o jud._n 12._o shall_v pass_v over_o jordan_z lest_o they_o shall_v gather_v head_n against_o the_o israelite_n again_o great_a wisdom_n it_o be_v to_o look_v in_o time_n to_o such_o and_o to_o cut_v off_o the_o head_n of_o they_o that_o will_v willing_o have_v many_o head_n like_o hydra_n i_o wish_v there_o be_v no_o head_n of_o hydra_n yet_o lurk_v in_o any_o english_a laerna_n thus_o be_v jephtha_n call_v from_o the_o land_n of_o tob_z and_o gedeon_n from_o the_o barne-threshing_a to_o kill_v and_o destroy_v gedeon_n gedeon_n these_o wicked_a madianites_fw-la and_o false_a ephramite_n which_o be_v scatter_v and_o disperse_v into_o all_o part_n of_o the_o world_n be_v not_o david_n call_v from_o a_o shepherd_n to_o be_v anoint_a shepherd_n david_n a_o shepherd_n king_n in_o israel_n by_o samuel_n while_o yet_o saul_n live_v for_o the_o sin_n of_o saul_n and_o to_o overthrow_v the_o house_n of_o saul_n for_o all_o the_o practice_n and_o policy_n of_o saul_n to_o the_o contrary_a be_v not_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o servant_n of_o solomon_n call_v &_o servant_n jeroboam_fw-la a_o servant_n anoint_a king_n in_o israel_n by_o the_o prophet_n ahias_n in_o the_o time_n of_o solomon_n &_o of_o his_o son_n rehoboam_n and_o to_o take_v ten_o of_o the_o twelve_o tribe_n from_o solomon_n and_o be_v not_o jehu_n from_o a_o soldier_n call_v and_o anoint_a king_n by_o elizeus_fw-la soldier_n jehu_n a_o soldier_n servant_n while_o achab_n yet_o reign_v in_o israel_n to_o destroy_v achab_n and_o all_o his_o posterity_n for_o the_o idolatry_n of_o achab_n the_o just_a judgement_n of_o god_n against_o wicked_a prince_n and_o so_o in_o other_o like_a practiser_n that_o seek_v by_o policy_n to_o overthrow_v kingdom_n saul_n with_o all_o his_o policy_n with_o his_o son_n his_o servant_n and_o his_o daughter_n that_o he_o marry_v to_o david_n only_o to_o deceive_v david_n can_v not_o prevent_v david_n of_o the_o kingdom_n it_o be_v the_o purpose_n of_o god_n solomon_n for_o all_o his_o wisdom_n and_o royalty_n and_o his_o friend_n can_v not_o hinder_v jeroboam_fw-la his_fw-la servant_n from_o the_o kingdom_n it_o be_v so_o determine_v achab_n with_o all_o his_o god_n and_o idol_n can_v not_o prevent_v jehu_n nor_o take_v revenge_n upon_o elizeus_fw-la no_o more_o they_o benhadad_o king_n of_o syria_n can_v feed_v his_o wrath_n upon_o elizeus_fw-la no_o policy_n no_o practice_n no_o counsel_n against_o the_o lord_n elizeus_fw-la look_v in_o the_o face_n of_o hazael_n say_v that_o he_o shall_v be_v king_n after_o benhadad_n in_o syria_n &_o withal_o weep_v know_v how_o he_o will_v strangle_v his_o master_n benhadad_n the_o king_n and_o how_o tyrantlike_o he_o will_v plague_v israel_n during_o the_o time_n of_o his_o cruel_a government_n many_o have_v cause_n to_o weep_v if_o man_n know_v as_o elizeus_fw-la do_v what_o policy_n be_v practise_v in_o many_o man_n heart_n and_o therefore_o have_v old_a osiris_n king_n of_o egypt_n the_o sceptre_n osiris_n his_o sceptre_n likeness_n of_o a_o man_n eye_n in_o the_o upper_a end_n of_o his_o sceptre_n to_o signify_v that_o king_n shall_v be_v circumspect_a and_o wise_a to_o see_v unto_o the_o policy_n and_o practice_n of_o wicked_a man_n for_o against_o such_o wise_a and_o godly_a prince_n no_o policy_n can_v prevail_v no_o more_o than_o a_o little_a cloud_n can_v darken_v the_o brightness_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o as_o the_o sun_n with_o his_o brightness_n lighten_v all_o the_o sky_n so_o do_v a_o virtuous_a prince_n with_o his_o wisdom_n his_o subject_n for_o so_o aristotle_n say_v vnica_fw-la polit._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o polit._n &_o sola_fw-la virtus_fw-la principis_fw-la prudentia_fw-la the_o only_a virtue_n of_o a_o prince_n be_v to_o become_v wise_a &_o to_o choose_v such_o wise_a counsellor_n as_o moses_n do_v of_o grave_n &_o godly_a wise_a man_n which_o counsel_n be_v call_v synadrion_fw-mi to_o help_v &_o to_o aid_v he_o in_o the_o government_n of_o 600000._o man_n &_o that_o in_o a_o wilderness_n by_o counsel_n commonwealth_n &_o kingdom_n stand_v so_o in_o sallust_n it_o be_v say_v unto_o caesar_n quò_fw-la magis_fw-la imperium_fw-la cò_fw-la maior_fw-la cura_fw-la so_o long_o shall_v kingdom_n prosper_v while_o good_a counsel_n govern_v dum_fw-la apud_fw-la eos_fw-la vera_fw-la consilia_fw-la valuerunt_fw-la for_o say_v plato_n all_o good_a and_o godly_a counsel_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sacred_a according_a to_o that_o which_o christ_n say_v where_o two_o or_o three_o be_v gather_v in_o my_o name_n there_o be_o i_o among_o they_o it_o be_v neither_o say_v scipio_n to_o micipsa_n strong_a army_n treasure_n nor_o golden_a sceptre_n that_o uphold_v kingdom_n but_o truth_n wisdom_n and_o counsel_n so_o aristotle_n 20._o pro._n 20._o say_v unto_o the_o great_a alexander_n that_o counsel_n be_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n rhet._n ad_fw-la alex._n suet._n cap._n 25._o augustus_n say_v most_o divine_a in_o matter_n of_o state_n for_o that_o he_o be_v ever_o careful_a to_o have_v alexander_n govern_v by_o counsel_n know_v well_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o mind_n &_o the_o conquest_n which_o he_o take_v in_o hand_n many_o perish_v for_o want_v of_o counsel_n and_o many_o more_o for_o not_o accept_v of_o counsel_n wise_a counsel_n and_o the_o reward_n thereof_o be_v more_o give_v in_o sparta_n to_o the_o captain_n that_o subdue_v the_o enemy_n by_o policy_n and_o counsel_n then_o by_o the_o sword_n for_o that_o attempt_n say_v augustus_n be_v not_o to_o be_v enterprise_v where_o more_o fear_n be_v in_o lose_v then_o hope_v in_o get_v the_o victory_n the_o carthaginian_n so_o esteem_v wise_a counsel_n that_o if_o any_o of_o their_o captain_n have_v do_v any_o thing_n but_o by_o wise_a counsel_n though_o they_o have_v obtain_v great_a victory_n the_o law_n in_o carthage_n be_v that_o they_o shall_v die_v great_a captain_n win_v more_o by_o counsel_n then_o by_o the_o sword_n pluraconsilio_fw-la quà m_fw-la vi_fw-la magnos_fw-la deuce_n perfecisse_fw-la wise_a prince_n must_v be_v like_o janus_n look_v backward_o as_o well_o as_o 〈◊〉_d tacit._n 11._o ann._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d forward_o it_o be_v sertorius_n say_v to_o pompey_n the_o great_a quod_fw-la respicere_fw-la magis_fw-la quà m_fw-la prospicere_fw-la oporteat_fw-la ducem_fw-la that_o a_o wise_a governor_n look_v backward_o as_o well_o as_o forward_o but_o ambition_n say_v seneca_n never_o look_v back_o but_o forward_o serto._n plut._n in_o serto._n how_o he_o may_v enterteyne_a factious_a and_o seditious_a man_n to_o hold_v he_o up_o they_o never_o think_v of_o their_o own_o life_n when_o they_o imagine_v to_o prevent_v other_o of_o their_o life_n sedition_n therefore_o be_v as_o dangerous_a to_o king_n in_o their_o kingdom_n as_o to_o commander_n in_o field_n in_o the_o army_n for_o so_o seneca_n say_v idem_fw-la ius_fw-la habet_fw-la adversus_fw-la imperia_fw-la atque_fw-la adversus_fw-la imperantes_fw-la sectio_fw-la 2._o servius_n galba_n under_o pretence_n 21._o oros_n lib._n 5_o cap._n 21._o of_o do_v of_o some_o great_a good_a unto_o the_o lusitanian_o assemble_v the_o chief_a man_n &_o the_o gallant_a youth_n of_o three_o great_a city_n to_o the_o number_n of_o seven_o thousand_o who_o he_o most_o treacherous_o and_o false_o slay_v which_o move_v great_a sedition_n and_o tumult_n in_o spain_n against_o the_o roman_n hastrubal_n intend_v under_o the_o colour_n of_o hunt_v to_o invade_v numidia_n be_v resist_v by_o the_o numidian_n tell_v they_o he_o come_v but_o to_o hunt_v elephant_n by_o the_o like_a policy_n of_o hunt_v hannibal_n get_v tarentum_n such_o a_o hunter_n be_v nymrod_n that_o hunt_v king_n and_o kingdom_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v call_v the_o mighty_a 10._o gen._n 10._o hunter_n ninus_n be_v a_o great_a hunter_n of_o kingdom_n &_o country_n so_o may_v it_o be_v say_v of_o cyrus_n and_o of_o alexander_n so_o great_a hunter_n be_v they_o that_o they_o die_v in_o their_o hunt_n out_o of_o their_o kingdom_n hunt_v be_v a_o military_a exercise_n which_o make_v sertorius_n serto._n plut._n in_o serto._n to_o use_v hunt_v and_o to_o travail_v the_o hard_a rock_n of_o africa_n and_o that_o he_o and_o his_o soldier_n thereby_o may_v better_a endure_v labour_n and_o pain_n against_o the_o roman_n he_o acquaint_v they_o so_o much_o with_o hunt_v that_o they_o be_v able_a to_o sustain_v any_o hardness_n the_o cause_n therefore_o why_o brasidas_n compare_v hunt_v to_o war_n be_v for_o that_o the_o like_a stratagem_n be_v often_o invent_v and_o execute_v in_o war_n against_o soldier_n as_o the_o hunter_n do_v against_o diverse_a kind_n of_o beast_n special_o
give_v achilles_n armour_n to_o ulysses_n that_o wise_a and_o politic_a man_n may_v be_v esteem_v as_o well_o for_o counsel_n as_o valiant_a man_n for_o valour_n augustus_n the_o emperor_n be_v write_v unto_o by_o his_o dear_a friend_n maecenas_n that_o if_o he_o will_v have_v a_o quiet_a empire_n and_o his_o subject_n to_o love_v he_o he_o shall_v cut_v off_o faction_n the_o chief_a cause_n of_o sedition_n and_o that_o the_o name_n of_o faction_n or_o any_o other_o new_a name_n tend_v to_o move_v quarrel_n and_o debate_n may_v be_v quite_o exclude_v out_o of_o rome_n and_o so_o do_v aristotle_n exhort_v that_o magistratuum_fw-la &_o potentum_fw-la contentiones_fw-la the_o beginning_n of_o brawl_n 5._o arist_n pol._n 5._o and_o contention_n shall_v be_v stay_v and_o stop_v by_o law_n if_o not_o by_o law_n by_o the_o sword_n adulta_fw-la seditio_fw-la melioribus_fw-la consilijs_fw-la flectetur_fw-la say_v cicero_n what_o slaughter_n come_v of_o the_o cinder_n and_o ash_n of_o pompey_n the_o great_a of_o cato_n of_o scipio_n and_o of_o other_o to_o revenge_v their_o death_n upon_o caesar_n and_o his_o friend_n what_o murder_n what_o war_n be_v to_o revenge_v the_o murder_n of_o caesar_n upon_o brutus_n cassius_n and_o other_o the_o law_n of_o thrasybulus_n which_o curb_v the_o thirty_o tyrant_n in_o athens_n can_v do_v no_o good_a in_o rome_n though_o cicero_n do_v what_o he_o can_v in_o persuade_v thrasybulus_n law_n to_o take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d place_n with_o the_o people_n for_o then_o every_o man_n in_o rome_n seem_v as_o a_o serpent_n one_o to_o another_o ready_a in_o arm_n one_o to_o kill_v another_o orosius_n hereupon_o induce_v a_o fable_n of_o medea_n of_o a_o serpent_n slay_v of_o who_o tooth_n set_v in_o 17._o oros_n li._n 6._o cap._n 17._o the_o ground_n by_o medea_n grow_v so_o many_o arm_a man_n who_o present_o fight_v so_o within_o themselves_o that_o one_o destroy_v another_o such_o be_v the_o slaughter_n by_o the_o civil_a war_n at_o rome_n sectio_fw-la 7._o theopompus_n be_v demand_v why_o do_v sparta_n flourish_v be_v it_o for_o that_o their_o king_n govern_v their_o subject_n wise_o or_o that_o their_o subject_n obey_v their_o king_n faithful_o theopompus_n answer_v we_o practise_v in_o sparta_n but_o to_o endure_v labour_n sparta_n theopom_n say_v of_o sparta_n no_o sedition_n in_o sparta_n to_o overcome_v our_o enemy_n and_o to_o obey_v our_o king_n howsoever_o king_n govern_v the_o commandment_n be_v give_v to_o subject_n from_o god_n to_o use_v their_o shield_n &_o not_o the_o sword_n the_o law_n in_o sparta_n be_v therefore_o that_o the_o soldier_n that_o lose_v his_o shield_n in_o the_o field_n among_o the_o enemy_n shall_v die_v for_o it_o the_o sword_n be_v put_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o prince_n to_o punish_v offender_n and_o to_o cut_v off_o disobedient_a and_o seditious_a subject_n chirurgeon_n cut_v off_o rot_v &_o putrify_a member_n from_o the_o sound_a member_n which_o may_v be_v well_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d commonwealth_n in_o who_o there_o be_v no_o faith_n find_v nor_o oath_n to_o be_v believe_v as_o aristophanes_n say_v augustus_n caesar_n hear_v that_o a_o slanderous_a fellow_n one_o elianus_n speak_v unreverent_a word_n of_o the_o emperor_n the_o magistrate_n willing_a to_o punish_v he_o augustus_n command_v aug._n suet._n in_o aug._n those_o that_o accuse_v he_o to_o go_v and_o tell_v elianus_n sciat_fw-la elianus_n augustum_fw-la habere_fw-la linguam_fw-la that_o augustus_n have_v also_o a_o tongue_n both_o to_o punish_v and_o to_o pardon_v philip_n of_o macedon_n in_o like_a sort_n to_o his_o friend_n that_o persuade_v he_o to_o banish_v the_o like_a lewd_a fellow_n for_o their_o speech_n out_o of_o his_o court_n and_o country_n say_v god_n apotheg_n plut._n in_o apotheg_n forbid_v lest_o they_o shall_v speak_v of_o i_o more_o in_o another_o country_n then_o in_o macedonia_n but_o these_o be_v dilatory_a plea_n to_o look_v further_o unto_o they_o &_o to_o 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