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sweetness_n in_o fine_a for_o all_o those_o other_o many_o contrariety_n yet_o nevertheless_o since_o the_o rose_n if_o well_o consider_v appear_v to_o be_v a_o little_a paradise_n to_o the_o eye_n honey_n to_o the_o taste_n and_o a_o cordial_n to_o the_o heart_n i_o think_v i_o may_v safe_o conclude_v that_o it_o do_v real_o presage_v future_a happiness_n and_o felicity_n to_o lover_n but_o whilst_o i_o have_v so_o long_o discourse_v of_o the_o rose_n i_o seem_v to_o have_v forget_v that_o i_o make_v you_o feel_v the_o prickle_n and_o sit_v on_o thorn_n by_o my_o too_o prolix_a harangue_n which_o yet_o your_o noble_a sweetness_n with_o a_o abundant_a benignity_n and_o favour_n have_v vouchsafe_v to_o applaud_v and_o approve_v by_o your_o silence_n and_o attention_n though_o utter_v with_o much_o weakness_n vi_o wherefore_o in_o cyprus_n they_o portray_v venus_n with_o a_o beard_n maerobius_n in_o his_o saturnalius_fw-la book_n affirm_v that_o in_o cyprus_n they_o portray_v and_o adore_v venus_n with_o a_o beard_n perhaps_o that_o man_n see_v that_o a_o beard_n on_o a_o woman_n face_n be_v monstrous_a may_v learn_v that_o if_o they_o suffer_v their_o venereaâ—_n affection_n to_o grow_v old_a and_o beard_n their_o sense_n they_o will_v be_v monstrous_a and_o deform_v and_o therefore_o ariosto_n sing_v 2._o in_o who_o fond_a love_n shall_v carry_v long_o the_o sway_n i_o wish_v for_o due_a reward_n those_o monstrous_a dolt_n and_o wilful_a prisoner_n store_n of_o iron_n bolt_n perhaps_o to_o hide_v the_o blush_n of_o their_o face_n who_o be_v ashamed_a of_o their_o own_o weak_a submission_n to_o the_o command_v of_o a_o woman_n the_o beard_n be_v a_o sign_n of_o virility_n perhaps_o they_o will_v let_v we_o thereby_o understand_v that_o venus_n be_v not_o a_o new_a deity_n but_o ancient_a and_o have_v be_v worship_v by_o the_o first_o man_n that_o ever_o be_v in_o the_o world_n or_o else_o the_o beard_n be_v a_o token_n of_o prudence_n they_o mean_v to_o signify_v that_o venus_n or_o venery_n without_o the_o curb_n of_o prudence_n be_v a_o fury_n not_o a_o deity_n and_o therefore_o they_o assign_v the_o goddess_n venus_n a_o beard_n to_o distinguish_v she_o from_o venus_n the_o fury_n but_o thus_o max._n tyr_n speak_v of_o venus_n dissert_n praesertim_fw-la si_fw-la furiis_fw-la quibusdam_fw-la agitata_fw-la quam_fw-la proxime_fw-la ad_fw-la furorem_fw-la accedat_fw-la these_o be_v all_o the_o observation_n of_o my_o excellent_a friend_n the_o noble_a s._n g._n d._n a_o man_n of_o exquisite_a ingenuity_n and_o singular_a erudition_n to_o which_o i_o shall_v make_v no_o addition_n of_o my_o own_o be_v it_o not_o natural_a for_o such_o great_a light_n to_o be_v attend_v on_o by_o shadow_n i_o suppose_v therefore_o also_o that_o the_o cypriot_n picture_v venus_n with_o a_o beard_n to_o demonstrate_v the_o power_n and_o virility_n which_o be_v in_o a_o beautiful_a woman_n face_n and_o therefore_o socrates_n call_v beauty_n a_o short_a tyranny_n or_o else_o to_o let_v we_o know_v that_o the_o grave_a old_a and_o wise_a man_n be_v not_o thereby_o exempt_v or_o free_v from_o amorous_a affection_n since_o venus_n do_v make_v use_n even_o of_o their_o beard_n though_o sage_a philosopher_n to_o adorn_v she_o own_o face_n or_o else_o to_o teach_v we_o that_o such_o as_o daily_o frequent_v the_o temple_n or_o use_v of_o venus_n do_v sudden_o become_v old_a and_o decrepit_a the_o beard_n beget_v respect_n and_o veneration_n barbaepilli_n say_v clement_n alexandrinus_n non_fw-la sunt_fw-la vexandi_fw-la ut_fw-la qui_fw-la vultui_fw-la gravitatem_fw-la &_o quendum_fw-la patternum_fw-la terrorem_fw-la incutiata_fw-la and_o therefore_o perhaps_o those_o of_o cyprus_n to_o add_v the_o great_a veneration_n to_o their_o goddess_n portray_v she_o with_o a_o beard_n the_o beard_n signify_v sorrow_n repentance_n and_o dolour_n according_a to_o pliny_n 27._o
power_n to_o stir_v up_o our_o affection_n how_o shall_v that_o person_n contain_v himself_o that_o kiss_v actual_o socrates_n say_v that_o see_v other_o kiss_v and_o hear_v the_o smack_n of_o those_o unite_a lip_n be_v able_a to_o move_v and_o tempt_v the_o cold_a heart_n an_fw-mi nescis_fw-la hoc_fw-la viro_fw-la say_v one_o nec_fw-la quidem_fw-la tangens_fw-la si_fw-la modo_fw-la spectetur_fw-la infigat_fw-la etiam_fw-la longo_fw-la ex_fw-la intâ—rvallo_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ejusmodi_fw-la quod_fw-la insanire_fw-la faciat_fw-la 13._o horace_n in_o a_o ode_n will_v needs_o have_v it_o think_v that_o venus_n sweeten_v her_o kiss_n with_o nectar_n dulcia_fw-la barbare_v laedentem_fw-la oscula_fw-la quae_fw-la venus_n quinta_fw-la parta_fw-la svi_fw-la nectoeris_n imbuit_fw-la and_o lucan_n affirm_v ganymede_n osculationem_fw-la nectare_fw-la sibi_fw-la esse_fw-la dulciorem_fw-la now_o who_o can_v kiss_v they_o without_o temptation_n or_o without_o sensuality_n relish_v such_o heavenly_a sweetness_n hear_v myrtillo_n discourse_v of_o his_o lady_n kiss_v fide_fw-la o_o my_o ergast_n that_o i_o can_v tell_v the_o pleasure_n of_o those_o sweet_a kiss_n but_o do_v thou_o hence_o guess_v it_o those_o lip_n that_o taste_v it_o can_v express_v it_o extract_v then_o all_o the_o sweetness_n that_o remain_v in_o hybla-comes_a in_o cyprian_a sugarcane_n it_o will_v be_v nothing_o to_o that_o world_n of_o bliss_n i_o suck_v from_o hence_o so_o a_o modern_a poet_n be_v by_o his_o mistress_n conjure_v he_o shall_v not_o declare_v that_o she_o have_v vouchsafe_v he_o a_o kiss_n reply_v there_o be_v no_o fear_n or_o danger_n i_o shall_v tell_v this_o joy_n which_o be_v to_o i_o unspeakable_a some_o nation_n deprive_v that_o woman_n of_o her_o dowry_n yea_o proclaim_v she_o a_o adulteress_n that_o be_v convict_v of_o bestow_v or_o receive_v a_o kiss_n from_o any_o stranger_n this_o be_v therefore_o a_o argument_n that_o none_o can_v give_v a_o kiss_n without_o lasciviousness_n or_o sensuality_n among_o lover_n the_o question_n be_v propound_v whether_o he_o that_o give_v or_o receive_v a_o kiss_n from_o the_o belove_a be_v most_o favour_v the_o generality_n conclude_v it_o be_v better_a to_o receive_v then_o give_v one_o because_o they_o think_v it_o impossible_a that_o a_o mistress_n can_v kiss_v without_o she_o have_v a_o extraordinary_a affection_n and_o sensuality_n brief_o kiss_v be_v the_o great_a incentives_n to_o love_n nihil_fw-la est_fw-la ses_fw-fr socrates_n aâ—_n amorem_fw-la incendendum_fw-la acrius_fw-la osâ—ulo_fw-la oscula_fw-la si_fw-la dederis_fw-la fiam_fw-la manifestus_fw-la amator_fw-la we_o read_v in_o cicero_n that_o who_o ever_o will_v keep_v himself_o chaste_a must_v above_o all_o thing_n avoid_v kiss_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n be_v socrates_n quamobrem_fw-la ait_fw-la equidem_fw-la abstineudum_fw-la esse_fw-la a_o formosorum_fw-la osculis_fw-la illi_fw-la qui_fw-la pudice_fw-la ut_fw-la vivere_fw-la possit_fw-la expetit_fw-la because_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a to_o kiss_v without_o lasciviousness_n or_o sensuality_n inest_fw-la etiam_fw-la inanibus_fw-la osculis_fw-la suavis_fw-la voluptas_fw-la say_v theoc._n i_o conclude_v therefore_o with_o austin_n that_o osculari_fw-la nihil_fw-la sit_fw-la aliud_fw-la quam_fw-la adulterari_fw-la xii_o wherefore_o it_o be_v say_v that_o achilles_n sphere_n do_v both_o wound_n and_o heal_v it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o achilles_n sphere_n or_o lance_n do_v both_o wound_n and_o heal_v because_o be_v manage_v by_o his_o strong_a arm_n it_o do_v at_o the_o same_o time_n both_o wound_n and_o kill_v and_o who_o know_v not_o that_o death_n be_v the_o cure_n of_o all_o thing_n our_o humanity_n be_v circumscribe_v with_o such_o infelicity_n that_o death_n alone_o can_v put_v a_o end_n to_o our_o trouble_n and_o begin_v our_o real_a happiness_n 727._o mors_fw-la est_fw-la malorum_fw-la liberatrix_fw-la it_o be_v observable_a that_o two_o deity_n employ_v themselves_o for_o the_o make_n of_o achilleâ—'s_n lance._n minerva_n fit_v the_o stock_n and_o vulcan_n the_o head_n or_o spear_n minerva_n be_v the_o hieroglyphic_n of_o peace_n to_o who_o the_o olive_n be_v therefore_o dedicate_v vulcan_n may_v be_v take_v to_o signify_v war_n since_o he_o provide_v weapon_n for_o all_o the_o other_o god_n and_o arm_n the_o very_a hand_n of_o jove_n with_o thunderbolt_n therefore_o it_o be_v not_o unlikely_a that_o the_o ancient_n by_o achilles_n lance_n do_v signify_v both_o war_n and_o peace_n war_n which_o wound_v man_n in_o their_o estate_n peace_n &c_n &c_n which_o heal_v all_o the_o breach_n and_o disorder_n cause_v by_o war._n achilles_n be_v a_o physician_n be_v teach_v that_o art_n by_o chiron_n who_o give_v the_o name_n to_o chirurgery_n therefore_o who_o knâ—w_v but_o he_o have_v learn_v by_o his_o study_n of_o physic_n &_o chirurgery_n the_o art_n to_o cure_v the_o wound_n by_o drese_v the_o weapon_n a_o thing_n ordinary_o practise_v in_o our_o day_n though_o not_o without_o some_o superstition_n from_o thence_o this_o spear_n may_v be_v think_v both_o to_o wound_v and_o heal_v or_o it_o may_v be_v from_o this_o consideration_n that_o chirurgery_n must_v hurt_v before_o it_o can_v heal_v 4._o achilles_n be_v adore_v by_o the_o spear-man_n or_o lancier_n as_o alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n assert_n in_o epirus_n as_o plutarch_n say_v pyrro_n in_o pontus_n according_a to_o pliny_n 29._o in_o arcadia_n 3._o by_o pausanias_n testimony_n in_o fine_a his_o name_n be_v venerate_v in_o two_o and_o twenty_o temple_n where_o they_o burn_v incense_v and_o offer_v victimes_o to_o his_o fame_n and_o glory_n his_o lance_n also_o merit_v attribute_n of_o divinity_n primos_n 26._o say_v alex._n ab_fw-la alex._n qui_fw-la antiquissimi_fw-la â—uerunt_fw-la hastos_fw-la coluere_fw-la caepisse_v and_o therefore_o it_o may_v be_v that_o the_o ancient_n to_o make_v we_o understand_v that_o the_o chastizement_n of_o the_o god_n be_v the_o mean_n to_o correct_v and_o make_v we_o good_a say_v that_o achilles_n lance_n do_v both_o wound_n and_o heal_v it_o be_v beyond_o the_o reach_n of_o doubt_n that_o there_o be_v no_o sure_a or_o more_o infallible_a remedy_n to_o heal_v the_o sickness_n and_o disease_n of_o the_o soul_n than_o the_o wholesome_a physic_n of_o affection_n when_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n apply_v the_o wound_a corrosive_n which_o he_o after_o heal_v with_o balm_n of_o mercy_n and_o peace_n it_o be_v a_o custom_n among_o the_o ancient_n 42._o to_o ingarlondize_n and_o crown_v their_o lance_n who_o know_v therefore_o but_o achilles_n adorn_v his_o and_o that_o perhaps_o with_o some_o herb_n which_o he_o know_v by_o his_o experience_n to_o be_v most_o effectual_a to_o heal_v wound_n from_o whence_o this_o say_n may_v have_v its_o original_a and_o the_o people_n afterward_o see_v the_o iron_n which_o wound_v and_o the_o herb_n that_o heal_v may_v therefore_o say_v it_o do_v both_o wound_n and_o heal_v here_o what_o apuleus_n say_v of_o this_o herb_n vert._n hanc_fw-la herbam_fw-la achilles_n invenit_fw-la unde_fw-la vulnere_fw-la far_o facta_fw-la sanat_fw-la &_o ob_fw-la id_fw-la achilleos_n voco_fw-la therefore_o claudian_n perhaps_o conformable_a to_o my_o opinion_n claudianus_n sanâ—s_v achilleis_n remeavit_fw-la thelephus_n herbis_fw-la cujus_fw-la pertuler_n at_o viris_fw-la &_o sensit_fw-la in_o imo_fw-la lethalem_fw-la placidamque_fw-la manum_fw-la medicina_fw-la per_fw-la bassam_fw-la contigit_fw-la &_o populit_fw-la quos_fw-la fecerat_fw-la ipse_fw-la dolores_fw-la but_o to_o what_o purpose_n do_v i_o heap_v up_o so_o many_o fancy_n and_o imagination_n of_o my_o own_o since_o the_o ascersion_n that_o achilles_n lance_n do_v both_o wound_n and_o heal_v be_v no_o poetical_a fiction_n or_o curiosity_n of_o the_o ancient_n but_o a_o historical_a truth_n authenticated_a by_o the_o arcany_n of_o nature_n you_o may_v read_v in_o higinius_n higinius_n and_o chain_n 12._o how_o the_o king_n of_o missia_n be_v wound_v by_o achilles_n and_o the_o wound_n prove_v incurable_a he_o address_v himself_o to_o the_o oracle_n where_o answer_n be_v return_v that_o to_o cure_v his_o wound_n he_o must_v make_v use_n of_o the_o same_o weapon_n that_o hurt_v he_o telephus_n go_v to_o the_o graecian_a camp_n and_o there_o be_v joyful_o receive_v because_o the_o oracle_n have_v foretell_v that_o without_o the_o assistance_n of_o telephus_n troy_n can_v not_o be_v take_v he_o be_v heal_v by_o achilles_n who_o scrape_v the_o rust_n of_o the_o head_n of_o the_o lance_n and_o apply_v it_o to_o the_o wound_n cure_v he_o and_o therefore_o thus_o in_o ovid._n metham_n ego_fw-la telephom_n hasta_fw-la pugnantem_fw-la domui_fw-la vinctum_fw-la orantemque_fw-la refeci_fw-la wherefore_o pliny_n affirm_v history_n rust_n to_o â—e_v a_o remedy_n for_o wound_n figure_v achilles_n in_o the_o posture_n of_o scrape_v the_o rust_n from_o his_o spear_n and_o from_o hence_o therefore_o come_v the_o say_n that_o achilles_n spear_n do_v 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