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word_n of_o holy_a scripture_n to_o sly_a the_o devil_n and_o to_o destroy_v his_o power_n we_o must_v all_o cry_n with_o a_o high_a voice_n as_o do_v this_o maiden_n knowledge_v our_o sin_n and_o than_o shall_v we_o be_v deiliver_v from_o the_o devil_n and_o nourish_v with_o virtuous_a exercise_n the_o emperor_n show_v this_o maiden_n three_o vessel_n that_o be_v to_o say_v god_n put_v before_o man_n life_n &_o death_n good_a and_o evil_a &_o which_o of_o these_o that_o he_o choose_v he_o shall_v obtain_v therefore_o say_v samson_n ante_fw-la hominem_fw-la mors_fw-la &_o vita_fw-la death_n and_o life_n be_v set_v before_o man_n choose_v which_o he_o list_v and_o yet_o man_n be_v uncertain_a whether_o he_o be_v worthy_a to_o choose_v life_n béefore_o death_n by_o the_o first_o vessel_n of_o gold_n full_a of_o dead_a man_n bone_n we_o shall_v understand_v some_o worldly_a man_n both_o mighty_a man_n &_o scotfree_a which_o outward_o shine_v as_o gold_n in_o riches_n and_o pomp_n of_o 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man_n by_o baptism_n promise_v to_o live_v in_o the_o fear_n of_o god_n and_o forsake_v the_o devil_n christ_n sorrow_v for_o our_o sin_n he_o require_v dutiful_a service_n of_o we_o at_o vi_o several_a age_n but_o we_o be_v always_o unready_a for_o he_o yet_o the_o mercy_n of_o god_n be_v so_o favourable_a towards_o we_o that_o he_o spare_v we_o even_o till_o the_o last_o age_n of_o man_n vouchsafe_v if_o than_o we_o repent_v we_o and_o call_v for_o grace_n beleve_v in_o his_o mercy_n he_o will_v receive_v we_o into_o the_o throne_n of_o his_o heavenlye_a grace_n etc._n etc._n the_o 33._o history_n sometime_o in_o rome_n there_o dwell_v a_o mighty_a emperor_n name_v calopo_n du_fw-fr which_o take_v a_o fair_a lady_n to_o his_o wife_n they_o be_v not_o long_o together_o but_o that_o this_o empress_n conceive_v &_o bear_v he_o a_o son_n a_o goodly_a child_n and_o a_o fair_a when_o he_o be_v of_o age_n he_o be_v set_v to_o school_n and_o when_o he_o come_v to_o twenty_o year_n of_o age_n he_o desire_v his_o father_n heritage_n say_v dear_a father_n you_o be_v a_o old_a man_n &_o may_v not_o govern_v your_o empire_n therefore_o if_o it_o please_v you_o to_o give_v it_o i_o it_o shall_v be_v to_o your_o profit_n then_o answer_v the_o emperor_n and_o say_v dear_a son_n i_o dread_v i_o sore_o that_o when_o the_o empire_n be_v in_o thy_o power_n thou_o will_v not_o fulfil_v my_o will_n ne_o my_o desire_n then_o answer_v the_o empress_n for_o so_o much_o as_o she_o love_v her_o son_n better_o than_o her_o husband_n and_o say_v my_o lord_n quoth_v she_o that_o may_v not_o be_v for_o thou_o have_v but_o one_o son_n therefore_o as_o i_o believe_v he_o will_v fulfil_v thy_o intent_n in_o all_o thing_n this_o empire_n may_v help_v he_o well_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v not_o best_o to_o grant_v he_o the_o empire_n then_o answer_v the_o emperor_n &_o say_v i_o will_v first_o have_v of_o he_o a_o letter_n obligatory_a that_o when_o so_o ever_o he_o do_v any_o thing_n against_o my_o will_n that_o than_o i_o shall_v deprive_v he_o of_o the_o empire_n without_o any_o withstand_v the_o son_n grant_v to_o this_o and_o let_v make_v the_o obligation_n and_o seal_v it_o and_o when_o this_o be_v do_v this_o young_a emperor_n wax_v so_o proud_a that_o he_o fear_v neither_o god_n nor_o man_n and_o do_v very_o much_o harm_n but_o ever_o his_o father_n suffer_v it_o patient_o for_o he_o will_v not_o be_v correct_v by_o no_o man_n till_n at_o the_o last_o there_o fall_v a_o great_a dearth_n in_o the_o empire_n so_o that_o many_o man_n die_v for_o want_v of_o food_n this_o old_a emperor_n be_v all_o alone_a himself_o and_o begin_v to_o have_v need_n wherefore_o he_o go_v to_o his_o son_n for_o to_o have_v some_o substance_n which_o his_o son_n grant_v and_o suffer_v for_o a_o tyme._n but_o within_o short_a time_n his_o father_n begin_v to_o wax_v sick_a wherefore_o he_o call_v his_o son_n and_o pray_v to_o he_o to_o give_v he_o â—_o draught_n of_o must_v his_o son_n answer_v and_o say_v that_o will_v i_o not_o do_v for_o my_o must_v be_v not_o good_a for_o your_o complexion_n than_o say_v the_o emperor_n i_o pray_v thou_o son_n give_v i_o a_o draught_n of_o thy_o wine_n his_o son_n answer_v and_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v have_v none_o for_o my_o wine_n be_v not_o yet_o fine_v &_o if_o i_o touch_v it_o it_o will_v trouble_v &_o therefore_o i_o will_v not_o broach_v it_o till_o it_o be_v clear_a and_o fine_v then_o say_v his_o father_n give_v i_o some_o of_o the_o second_o ton_n that_o will_v i_o not_o do_v quoth_v he_o for_o the_o wine_n be_v pass_o mighty_a &_o strong_a &_o such_o wine_n be_v not_o good_a for_o a_o sick_a man_n than_o his_o father_n pray_v he_o hearty_o for_o a_o draught_n of_o the_o four_o ton_n than_o answer_v he_o and_o say_v thereof_o get_v you_o none_o for_o it_o be_v feeble_a and_o without_o any_o sustentation_n &_o such_o wine_n be_v not_o good_a for_o you_o for_o it_o be_v not_o comfortable_a than_o say_v his_o father_n now_o good_a son_n give_v i_o than_o of_o the_o five_o ton_n that_o will_v i_o not_o quoth_v he_o for_o that_o ton_n be_v full_a of_o â—ées_n or_o dregs_n and_o such_o be_v not_o for_o man_n nor_o unnethe_n for_o hog_n when_o his_o father_n see_v he_o may_v get_v nothing_o of_o he_o &_o after_o be_v as_o whole_a as_o ever_o he_o be_v than_o go_v he_o to_o the_o king_n of_o jerusalem_n and_o make_v his_o complaint_n of_o his_o son_n &_o show_v he_o the_o letter_n obligatory_a which_o his_o son_n have_v make_v wherefore_o his_o father_n may_v put_v he_o out_o of_o the_o empire_n without_o any_o withsay_a when_o the_o king_n hear_v this_o he_o called_z the_o emperor_n son_n to_o answer_v his_o father_n and_o when_o he_o come_v he_o can_v not_o answer_v to_o his_o father_n with_o no_o reason_n wherefore_o the_o king_n put_v he_o from_o his_o empire_n &_o season_v his_o father_n therein_o again_o and_o so_o he_o contineve_v all_o the_o day_n of_o his_o life_n the_o moral_a this_o emperor_n 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a_o draught_n of_o the_o first_o ton_n that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o ask_v of_o man_n his_o first_o age_n of_o his_o childhood_n to_o be_v spend_v in_o his_o service_n but_o incontment_n the_o wicked_a man_n answer_v and_o say_v i_o may_v not_o do_v so_o for_o my_o childhood_n be_v musty_a that_o be_v to_o say_v it_o be_v so_o tender_a and_o so_o young_a that_o it_o may_v not_o attempt_v so_o soon_o to_o serve_v god_n which_o be_v manifest_o against_o the_o truth_n for_o the_o child_n of_o one_o day_n be_v not_o without_o sin_n for_o saint_n gregory_n in_o his_o dialogue_n say_v the_o child_n of_o v._o year_n of_o age_n put_v out_o find_v from_o the_o bosom_n of_o their_o father_n and_o when_o god_n see_v that_o he_o may_v not_o have_v of_o the_o must_v of_o his_o childhood_n then_o desire_v he_o the_o wine_n of_o the_o second_o ton_n then_o answer_v the_o wicked_a man_n and_o say_v that_o his_o wine_n be_v not_o yet_o clear_a enough_o that_o be_v to_o say_v he_o be_v not_o apt_a to_o 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â—xcuseth_v himself_o and_o say_v that_o this_o wine_n be_v feeble_a to_o give_v such_o a_o feeble_a man_n for_o if_o he_o shall_v fast_v one_o day_n it_o be_v time_n on_o the_o morrow_n to_o make_v his_o grave_n and_o when_o our_o lord_n see_v that_o he_o may_v not_o have_v of_o the_o â—ift_a ton_n then_o ask_v he_o of_o the_o sirt_n ton_n that_o be_v to_o say_v when_o a_o man_n be_v blind_a â—_o may_v not_o go_v to_o sin_n no_o more_o yet_o desire_v he_o of_o such_o a_o man_n drink_v that_o be_v to_o say_v
the_o emperor_n hear_v this_o anon_o he_o exile_v he_o and_o all_o those_o that_o be_v consent_v to_o he_o so_o that_o they_o live_v abject_n in_o great_a wretchedness_n and_o srrow_n and_o then_o the_o emperor_n ordain_v other_o man_n in_o their_o stéede_n and_o give_v they_o all_o the_o possession_n of_o the_o traitor_n and_o when_o the_o banish_a man_n hear_v that_o stranger_n have_v take_v possession_n of_o their_o land_n and_o good_n anon_o they_o conspire_v against_o they_o and_o through_o treason_n request_v they_o to_o a_o banquet_n and_o they_o as_o 〈◊〉_d think_v upon_o no_o such_o treason_n come_v at_o the_o day_n assign_v and_o be_v serve_v with_o â—iuâ—â—â—â—sâ—s_n which_o be_v poison_v wherefore_o as_o many_o as_o taste_v of_o that_o vice_n die_v incontinent_a when_o the_o emperor_n hear_v this_o he_o be_v great_o move_v and_o assemble_v his_o counsel_n to_o wit_v what_o be_v best_a to_o be_v do_v of_o this_o treason_n &_o of_o their_o death_n then_o say_v the_o emperor_n 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