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A02806 The line of liberalitie dulie directinge the wel bestowing of benefites and reprehending the comonly vsed vice of ingratitude. Anno. 1569.; De beneficiis. Book 1-3. English Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.; Haward, Nicholas. 1569 (1569) STC 12939; ESTC S103875 92,810 272

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of_o the_o mersians_n be_v take_v and_o lead_v prisoner_n towards_o the_o emperor_n of_o rome_n by_o the_o way_n as_o he_o go_v one_o of_o his_o servant_n sing_v his_o master_n be_v fall_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o his_o enemy_n and_o like_a to_o be_v use_v with_o great_a rigour_n and_o cruelty_n sudden_o step_v to_o one_o of_o they_o that_o lead_v he_o pluck_v forth_o his_o sword_n and_o run_v his_o master_n through_o therewith_o rather_o than_o his_o enemy_n shall_v glory_v or_o triumph_n over_o he_o have_v so_o do_v now_o quoth_v he_o that_o i_o have_v deliver_v my_o master_n time_n be_v it_o that_o i_o provide_v for_o myself_o also_o and_o therewithal_o thrust_v himself_o in_o with_o the_o same_o sword_n chap._n 22._o cesar_n after_o that_o he_o have_v lay_v siege_n long_o time_n to_o the_o city_n of_o corfewe_n at_o last_o win_v it_o boundman_n and_o take_v domisius_fw-la prisoner_n but_o domisius_fw-la take_v that_o dishonour_n of_o imprisonment_n so_o grevouslie_o charge_v a_o 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of_o his_o misery_n which_o when_o the_o physician_n see_v although_o he_o assure_o know_v that_o that_o he_o give_v he_o be_v not_o hurtful_a yet_o the_o tender_a heart_n and_o faithful_a allegiance_n he_o owe_v to_o his_o master_n not_o suffringe_v he_o to_o be_v so_o thoroughlye_o persuade_v ●art_n with_o great_a speed_n get_v he_o to_o domitius_n his_o master_n son_n and_o besowght_fw-mi he_o that_o he_o will_v commit_v he_o to_o ward_v until_o such_o time_n the_o truth_n be_v know_v whether_o that_o which_o he_o give_v his_o father_n be_v poison_n or_o no._n but_o domitius_n live_v and_o do_v well_o and_o cesar_n pardon_v he_o his_o life_n but_o his_o servant_n save_v it_o afore_o chap._n 23._o in_o a_o civil_a war_n that_o be_v at_o rome_n proclamation_n be_v mad_a against_o one_o that_o who_o that_o can_v lay_v hold_n on_o he_o boundman_n may_v lawfullye_o kill_v he_o which_o when_o it_o be_v public_o notify_v a_o boundman_n of_o he_o against_o who_o this_o sentence_n be_v 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hand_n but_o put_v myself_o whole_o in_o your_o grace_n use_v i_o as_o you_o shall_v think_v good_a and_o with_o that_o lay_v down_o his_o head_n to_o they_o to_o be_v smytten_v of_o o_o what_o a_o noble_a courage_n be_v he_o of_o that_o willing_o without_o constraint_n offer_v himself_o to_o dye_v to_o save_v his_o master_n and_o that_o at_o such_o time_n when_o faithfulness_n be_v almost_o quite_o exile_v forth_o of_o the_o city_n and_o be_v it_o not_o more_o strange_a at_o that_o time_n to_o find_v such_o loyalty_n in_o such_o one_o when_o nothing_o reign_v among_o the_o very_o best_a but_o cruelty_n and_o treason_n and_o what_o gretter_n punishment_n can_v there_o be_v devise_v against_o the_o rank_a traitor_n that_o ever_o be_v but_o death_n with_o which_o he_o choose_v to_o be_v reward_v for_o his_o most_o trustiness_n chap._n 24._o i_o will_v not_o pass_v over_o with_o silence_n what_o chance_v in_o rome_n of_o late_a time_n bondman_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o tiberius_n cesar_n 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