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A00698 A vvoorke of Ioannes Ferrarius Montanus, touchynge the good orderynge of a common weale wherein aswell magistrates, as priuate persones, bee put in remembraunce of their dueties, not as the philosophers in their vaine tradicions haue deuised, but according to the godlie institutions and sounde doctrine of christianitie. Englished by william Bauande.; De republica bene instituenda, paraenesis. English Ferrarius, Johannes, 1485 or 6-1558.; Bavand, William. 1559 (1559) STC 10831; ESTC S102013 301,803 438

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e._n ●r●cio_fw-mi 〈…〉_o o●●●n_v 〈…〉_o o●_n rebellion_n 〈…〉_o aeneidos_n 1._o egesippꝰ_n de_fw-fr excidio_fw-la hi●_n ro●olimae_fw-la lib._n 2._o cap._n ●_o sedition_n in_o the_o end_n have_v be_v always_o plague_v num._n 16._o et_fw-la josephus_n li._n ●iii_fw-la antiq._n capit_fw-la ●_o &_o 3._o cora●_n abiron_n chorah_n dath●_n and_o abiron_n we●_n destroy_v for_o move_v of_o sedition_n no_o cause_n ought_v to_o move_v we_o be_v rebellion_n the_o path_n way_n to_o hell_n be_v open_a ●nd_n plain_a what_o man_n must_v be_v receive_v into_o citee_n plato_n in_o 8._o ●e_v repub._n the_o golden_a world_n the_o silver_n world_n the_o b_o 〈…〉_o world_n the_o ●ro●_n world_n hesiodus_n in_o 1._o georgico_fw-la warrior_n lib._n 7._o polit_fw-la plutare_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la licurgi_n the_o spartianes_n favour_v not_o foreign_a custom_n ●lenes_n must_v not_o be_v suffer_v in_o a_o common_a ●●●●e_n loiterer_n and_o vagaboundes_a open_v begget●_n be_v privytheu●●_n beggar_n compare_v to_o drive_v 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be_v appoint_v governor_n ●●_o hospital_n fowee_v kind_n of_o quietness_n idleness_n cato_n de_fw-fr republi_n quietness_n ●●●●_o of_o man_n of_o ●●_o 〈…〉_o and_o wor●●●_n pro_fw-la p._n s_n pro_fw-la cn._n plancio_n quietness_n i●_n old_a age_n libr._n ●_o de_fw-fr orato●e_fw-fr slothfulness_n prou._n 12._o &_o ●8_o &_o 33._o i_o timo._n ●_o per_fw-la 〈…〉_o idleneo_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la 3●_n ezech._n x●●_n ●●●●_o 〈…〉_o i_o corin._n ix_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o root_v up_o all_o wicked_a weed_n out_o of_o the_o flock_n dr●coes_n law_n be_v write_v with_o blood_n the_o evil_a be_v ●_o precedent_n to_o the_o good_a punishement_n ought_v rather_o to_o be_v a_o terror_n to_o the_o good_a than_o a_o rigour_n to_o the_o evil_n the_o virtue_n of_o ●_o law_n there_o ●ard●●_n o●_n the_o good_a ●_o the_o p_o 〈…〉_o s_o of_o the_o 〈…〉_o esopes_n fable_n ●or●e_v good_a manner_n the_o fable_n o●_n poete_v be_v profitable_a tyrant_n we●●tensformed_v in_o to_o woul●es_n ▪_o l●b_n i_o ●●ta_fw-la dream_n do_v either_o warn_v we_o to_o do_v well_o or_o fear_v we_o to_o ●o_o ill_a gene._n 37._o gene._n 41._o ●an_v 2._o cap._n ●apien_fw-fr 18._o ●●●_o ●_o 〈…〉_o cicero_n in_o 6._o de_fw-la repub._n perillus_n de●●●sed_v a_o bull_n of_o brass_n into_o the_o which_o be_v glow_a hot_a man_n shall_v be_v put_v to_o be_v torment_v virgilius_n in_o 6._o aenei_fw-la herus_fw-la reviue_v 〈…〉_o death_n to_o life_n as_o plato_n declare_v in_o 10_o ▪_o de_fw-fr rep_v 〈…〉_o menedemus_n a_o espy_v of_o ●●●_o diogenes_n in_o 7._o de_fw-la vitis_fw-la philosoph_n christian_n d●_n instruct_v by_o the_o holy_a scripture_n firmicus_n libr._n viij_o prou._n xxi_o prince_n be_v call_v to_o government_n by_o god_n appoinct●ment_n os●●_n ▪_o xiii_o plato_n in_o vi_fw-la de_fw-fr repub._n a_o 〈…〉_o prince_n the_o common_a weal_n depend_v upon_o the_o gowernour_n cicero_z in_z 3._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la a_o head_n officer_n be_v most_o necessary_a spartian_a in_o adriano_n the_o law_n touch_v aswell_o the_o officer_n as_o the_o private_a person_n titane_n the_o virtue_n of_o the_o law_n de●t_fw-la xvii_o josuae_fw-la i._o ●●unes_n constitution_n must_v not_o disagre_a fron●●ord_n pounce_n of_o god_n i._o co●●_n ●●●_o no_o common_a weal_n can_v long_o continue_v without_o law_n godly_a magistrate_n make_v 〈…〉_o d_o subject_n cicero_n 3._o de_fw-la legibus_fw-la law_n have_v their_o beginning_n from_o god_n plato_n in_o mince_n svo_fw-la a_o good_a prince_n live_v according_a to_o the_o law_n evil_a magistrate_n be_v transform_v into_o woulue_n plato_n in_o 7._o de_fw-fr repub._n caesar_n wicked_a wish_n tirauntes_n arise_v also_o of_o the_o commons_n apud_fw-la paulum_fw-la jovium_fw-la frederick_n ●●_o surped_a the_o empire_n titanni●_n be_v always_o mischevous_a now_o 〈…〉_o ●●●_o go_v 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o he_o be_v a_o tiraune_n that_o forcible_o ove●_n charge_v his_o subject_n plato_n in_o 8._o de_fw-fr repu_n &_o arist_n in_o v._o politi_fw-la the_o people_n favour_n to_o dangerous_a 〈…〉_o proceadetg_v of_o impiety_n cicero_n in_o lelio_n in._n 2._o de_fw-la officiis_fw-la the_o con_v 〈…〉_o pt_v of_o godly_a 〈…〉_o cause_v in_o 〈…〉_o pri_fw-la 〈…〉_o flattery_n ●o_o a_o pestilent_a poison_n to_o noble_a m●nut_n ●aine_a pro●●sers_n cicero_z in_z 2._o de_o off_o i_o tiraunt_v be_v never_o in_o safeguard_n a_o tiraunt_n have_v a_o ill_a name_n even_o after_o he_o death_n arist_n ●_o polity_n a_o tiraunt_n atten●teth_v all_o way_n of_o cruelty_n a_o brazen_a bull_n be_v devise_v ●●_o p●●laris_n into_o the_o which_o man_n be_v put_v to_o be_v torment_v ensample_n of_o 〈…〉_o no_o 〈…〉_o of_o long_o co●t_v 〈…〉_o josephus_n 17._o antiq_n libr._n cap._n 9_o &_o de_fw-la bello_fw-la iudaico_fw-la libr._n 1._o cap._n 2._o cicero_n pro_fw-la m●lone_n ▪_o it_o 〈…〉_o the_o 〈…〉_o to_o 〈…〉_o lib._n ●_o d●_n off_o a_o st●●●●_n stomach_n of_o brutus_n ezechiel_n 2d_o neemie_n 9_o esaiae_n ●_o oseae_n 1●_n attila_n call_v himself_o the_o scourge_n of_o god_n tamerlanes_n genesis_n 12._o 4_o regum_fw-la 19_o esaie_n 37._o josue_n 10._o 1._o regum_fw-la 15._o 1._o petri._n 2._o a_o woman_n pr●●●d_v for_o the_o long_a continuance_n of_o dionysius_n the_o ●●●ant_n valerius_n max._n libr._n 6._o ecclesi_n 48._o ecclesia_fw-la 11._o oleae_fw-la 13._o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o ▪_o ●●●_o ●●●_o procurer_n of_o ●●●●●s_n be_v ●●●_o author_n of_o ●●●●dnes_n 2._o regum_fw-la ca._n 7_o ●_o paralip_v ca._n 1●_n &_o 28._o rom._n 5._o 1._o cor._n 14._o baruch_n 3._o philipp_n 13._o galath_n 5._o the_o impiety_n ●●_o soldier_n odiss_n ad_fw-la a●ti●●_n w_o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o the_o unfaithfulnes_n ●●_o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o 〈…〉_o their_o c●p●t_o 〈…〉_o es_fw-ge a_o example_n of_o disloyalty_n at_o vienna_n the_o law_n of_o arm_n ●●_o not_o keep_v in_o the_o war_n ▪_o cicero_n de_fw-fr o●●icus_fw-la in._n 5._o delegibus_fw-la thing_n 〈…〉_o get_v never_o have_v good_a success_n ●l●●●●cie_o ●●●●●●et●●_n prince_n the_o emperor_n alexander_n ●as_v no_o blood_n ●●●●●●_o a_o prince_n must_v be_v a_o mentainer_n of_o quietness_n in._n 9_o iliado_n