manner_n of_o god_n service_n and_o worship_n declare_v the_o same_o unto_o we_o after_o three_o sort_n the_o first_o natural_a the_o second_o fabulous_a and_o the_o three_o civil_a that_o be_v to_o say_v restify_v by_o the_o statute_n and_o ordinance_n of_o every_o city_n and_o state_n the_o natural_a be_v teach_v by_o philosopher_n the_o fabulous_a by_o poet_n the_o civil_a and_o legal_a by_o the_o custom_n of_o each_o city_n but_o all_o this_o doctrine_n and_o manner_n of_o teach_v be_v divide_v into_o seven_o sort_n the_o first_o consist_v in_o the_o celestial_a body_n appear_v aloft_o in_o heaven_n for_o man_n have_v a_o apprehension_n of_o god_n by_o star_n that_o show_v above_o see_v how_o they_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o great_a symphony_n and_o accord_n and_o that_o they_o keep_v a_o certain_a constant_a order_n of_o day_n and_o night_n of_o winter_n and_o summer_n of_o rise_v and_o set_v yea_o and_o among_o those_o live_a creature_n and_o fruit_n which_o the_o earth_n beneath_o bring_v forth_o whereupon_o it_o have_v be_v think_v that_o heaven_n be_v the_o father_n and_o earth_n the_o mother_n to_o these_o for_o that_o the_o pour_v down_o of_o shower_n and_o rain_n seem_v in_o stead_n of_o natural_a seed_n and_o the_o earth_n as_o a_o mother_n to_o conceive_v and_o bring_v the_o same_o forth_o man_n also_o see_v and_o consider_v the_o star_n always_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v hold_v on_o their_o course_n and_o that_o they_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o we_o do_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v behold_v and_o contemplate_v therefore_o they_o call_v the_o sun_n and_o moon_n etc._n etc._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v god_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o run_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o behold_v now_o they_o range_v the_o god_n into_o a_o second_o and_o three_o degree_n namely_o by_o divide_v they_o into_o those_o that_o be_v prositable_a and_o such_o as_o be_v hurtful_a call_v the_o good_a and_o profitable_a jupiter_n juno_n mercury_n and_o ceres_n but_o the_o noisome_a and_o hurtful_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v malign_a spirit_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v fury_n and_o ares_n that_o be_v to_o say_v mars_n who_o they_o detest_v as_o bad_a and_o violent_a yea_o and_o devise_v mean_n to_o appease_v and_o qualify_v their_o wrath_n moreover_o the_o four_o and_o five_o place_n and_o degree_n they_o attribute_v unto_o affair_n passion_n and_o affection_n namely_o love_n venus_n lust_n or_o desire_v and_o as_o for_o affair_n they_o have_v hope_n justice_n good_a policy_n and_o equity_n in_o the_o six_o place_n be_v those_o who_o the_o poet_n have_v feign_v for_o 〈◊〉_d be_v mind_v to_o set_v down_o a_o father_n for_o the_o god_n beget_v and_o engender_v devise_v and_o bring_v in_o such_o progenitor_n as_o these_o to_o wit_n 〈◊〉_d ceus_n and_o crius_n hyperion_n and_o japetus_n whereupon_o all_o this_o kind_n be_v name_v fabulous_a but_o in_o the_o seven_o place_n be_v those_o who_o be_v adorn_v with_o divine_a honour_n in_o regard_n of_o the_o great_a benefit_n and_o good_a deed_n do_v unto_o the_o common_a life_n of_o mankind_n although_o they_o be_v beget_v and_o bear_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o man_n and_o such_o be_v hercules_n castor_n pollux_n and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o these_o they_o say_v have_v a_o humane_a form_n for_o that_o as_o the_o most_o noble_a and_o excellent_a nature_n of_o all_o be_v that_o of_o god_n so_o of_o live_a creature_n the_o most_o beautiful_a be_v man_n as_o adorned_z with_o sundry_a virtue_n above_o the_o rest_n and_o simple_o the_o best_a consider_v the_o constitution_n of_o his_o mind_n and_o soul_n they_o think_v it_o therefore_o meet_a and_o reasonable_a that_o those_o who_o have_v do_v best_a and_o perform_v most_o noble_a act_n resemble_v that_o which_o be_v the_o most_o beautiful_a and_o excellent_a of_o all_o other_o chap._n vii_o what_o be_v god_n some_o of_o the_o philosopher_n and_o namely_o diagor_n as_o of_o the_o isle_n of_o melos_n theodorus_n the_o cyrenaean_a and_o euemerus_n of_o tegea_n hold_v resolute_o that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n and_o very_o as_o touch_v euemerus_n the_o poet_n callimachus_n of_o cyrene_n write_v covert_o in_o jambique_n verse_n after_o this_o manner_n all_o in_o a_o troop_n into_o that_o chapel_n go_v without_o the_o wall_n the_o city_n not_o far_o fro_o whereas_o sometime_o that_o old_a vainglorious_a ass_n when_o as_o he_o have_v the_o image_n cast_v in_o brass_n of_o jupiter_n proceed_v for_o to_o write_v those_o wicked_a book_n which_o shame_n be_v to_o indite_v and_o what_o book_n be_v they_o even_o those_o wherein_o he_o discourse_v that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n at_o all_o and_o euripides_n the_o tragedian_n poet_n although_o he_o dare_v not_o discover_v &_o set_v abroad_o in_o open_a 〈◊〉_d the_o same_o for_o fear_v of_o that_o high_a court_n and_o council_n of_o ariopaguse_n yet_o he_o signify_v as_o much_o in_o this_o manner_n for_o he_o bring_v in_o sisyphus_n as_o the_o principal_a author_n of_o this_o opinion_n and_o afterward_o favourize_v even_o that_o sentence_n of_o he_o himself_o for_o thus_o he_o say_v the_o time_n be_v when_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v rude_a and_o as_o wild_a beast_n with_o reason_n not_o endue_v disordinate_a when_o wrong_a be_v do_v always_o as_o might_n and_o force_n in_o each_o one_o bare_a the_o sway_n but_o afterward_o these_o enormity_n be_v lay_v away_o and_o put_v down_o by_o the_o bring_n in_o of_o law_n howbeit_o for_o that_o the_o law_n be_v able_a to_o repress_v injury_n and_o wicked_a deed_n which_o be_v notorious_a and_o evident_o see_v and_o yet_o many_o man_n notwithstanding_o offend_v and_o sin_v secret_o then_o some_o wise_a man_n there_o be_v who_o consider_v and_o think_v with_o himself_o that_o needful_a it_o be_v always_o to_o blindfold_v the_o truth_n with_o some_o devise_v and_o forge_a lie_n yea_o and_o to_o persuade_v man_n that_o a_o god_n there_o be_v who_o live_v immortal_o who_o hear_v who_o see_v and_o know_v all_o woondrous_o for_o away_o quoth_v he_o with_o vain_a dream_n and_o poetical_a fiction_n together_o with_o callimachus_n who_o say_v if_o god_n thou_o know_v wot_v well_o his_o power_n divine_a all_o thing_n can_v well_o perform_v and_o bring_v to_o fine_a for_o god_n be_v not_o able_a to_o effect_v all_o thing_n for_o say_v there_o be_v a_o god_n let_v he_o make_v snow_n black_a fire_n cold_a he_o that_o sit_v or_o lie_v to_o stand_v upright_o or_o the_o contrary_a at_o one_o instant_a and_o even_o plato_n himself_o that_o speak_v so_o big_a when_o he_o say_v that_o god_n create_v and_o form_v the_o world_n to_o his_o own_o pattern_n and_o likeness_n smell_v herein_o very_o strong_o of_o some_o old_a libra_n dotard_n foolery_n to_o speak_v according_a to_o the_o poet_n of_o the_o old_a comedy_n for_o how_o can_v he_o look_v upon_o himself_o quoth_v he_o to_o frame_v the_o world_n according_a to_o his_o own_o similitude_n of_o how_o have_v he_o make_v it_o round_o in_o manner_n of_o a_o globe_n be_v himself_o lower_v than_o a_o man_n anaxagoras_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o first_o body_n in_o the_o beginning_n stand_v still_o and_o stir_v not_o but_o then_o the_o mind_n and_o understanding_n of_o god_n digest_v and_o arange_v they_o in_o order_n yea_o and_o effect_v the_o generation_n of_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o universal_a world_n plato_n be_v of_o a_o contrary_a mind_n say_v that_o those_o first_o body_n be_v not_o in_o repose_n but_o that_o they_o move_v confuse_o and_o without_o order_n whereupon_o god_n quoth_v he_o know_v that_o order_n be_v much_o better_a than_o disorder_n and_o confusion_n dispose_v all_o these_o thing_n but_o as_o well_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o have_v herein_o fault_v in_o common_a for_o that_o they_o imagine_v and_o devise_v that_o god_n be_v entangle_v and_o encumber_a with_o humane_a affair_n as_o also_o that_o he_o frame_v the_o world_n in_o regard_n of_o man_n and_o for_o the_o care_n that_o he_o have_v of_o he_o for_o sure_o live_v as_o he_o do_v happy_a &_o immortal_a accomplish_v with_o all_o sort_n of_o good_a thing_n and_o whole_o exempt_v from_o all_o evil_a as_o be_v altogether_o implore_v and_o give_v to_o prefer_v and_o maintain_v his_o own_o beatitude_n and_o immortality_n he_o intermeddle_v not_o in_o the_o affair_n and_o occasion_n of_o man_n for_o so_o he_o shall_v be_v as_o unhappy_a and_o 〈◊〉_d as_o some_o 〈◊〉_d mason_n or_o labour_a workman_n bear_v heavy_a burden_n travel_v and_o swete_v about_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o world_n again_o this_o god_n of_o who_o they_o
hundred_o and_o eight_o year_n say_v that_o four_o and_o fifty_o be_v the_o just_a moiety_n or_o one_o half_a of_o a_o man_n life_n which_o number_n be_v compose_v of_o a_o unity_n the_o two_o first_o plain_n two_o square_n and_o two_o cubiques_n which_o number_n plato_n also_o take_v to_o the_o procreation_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o he_o describe_v but_o it_o seem_v very_o that_o hesiodus_n by_o these_o word_n covert_o do_v signify_v that_o general_a conflagration_n of_o the_o world_n at_o what_o time_n it_o be_v very_o probable_a that_o the_o nymph_n together_o with_o all_o humour_n and_o liquid_a matter_n shall_v perish_v those_o nymph_n i_o mean_v which_o many_o a_o tree_n and_o plant_n in_o forest_n fair_a and_o goodly_a grove_n do_v haunt_v or_o near_o to_o spring_n and_o river_n stream_n be_v see_v or_o keep_v about_o the_o meadow_n gay_a and_o green_a then_o cleombrotus_n i_o have_v hear_v many_o quoth_v he_o talk_v hereof_o and_o i_o perceive_v very_o well_o how_o this_o conflagration_n which_o the_o stoic_n have_v devise_v as_o it_o have_v creep_v into_o the_o poem_n of_o heraclitus_n and_o orpheus_n and_o so_o pervert_v their_o verse_n so_o it_o have_v seize_v upon_o and_o catch_v hold_n of_o hesiodus_n and_o give_v a_o perverse_a interpretation_n of_o he_o aswell_o as_o of_o other_o but_o neither_o can_v i_o endure_v to_o admit_v this_o consummation_n and_o end_n of_o the_o world_n which_o they_o talk_v of_o nor_o any_o such_o impossible_a matter_n and_o namely_o those_o speech_n as_o touch_v the_o life_n of_o the_o crow_n and_o the_o stag_n or_o hind_n which_o year_n if_o they_o be_v sum_v together_o will_v grow_v to_o a_o excessive_a number_n moreover_o a_o year_n contain_v in_o it_o the_o beginning_n and_o the_o end_n of_o all_o thing_n which_o the_o season_n thereof_o do_v produce_v and_o the_o earth_n bring_v forth_o may_v in_o my_o opinion_n not_o impertinent_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o age_n of_o man_n for_o even_o yourselves_o confess_v that_o hesiodus_n in_o one_o passage_n call_v man_n life_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d how_o say_v you_o be_v it_o not_o so_o then_o demetrius_n avow_v as_o much_o this_o also_o quoth_v cleombrotus_n be_v as_o certain_a that_o both_o the_o measure_n and_o also_o the_o thing_n which_o be_v measure_v be_v call_v by_o one_o and_o the_o same_o name_n as_o it_o appear_v by_o cotyla_n chaenix_n amphora_n and_o medimnus_n like_a as_o therefore_o we_o name_v unity_n a_o number_n which_o indeed_o of_o all_o number_n be_v the_o least_o measure_n and_o beginning_n only_o of_o they_o semblable_o hesiodus_n term_v year_n the_o age_n of_o man_n for_o that_o with_o it_o principal_o we_o measure_v his_o age_n and_o so_o communicate_v that_o word_n with_o the_o thing_n that_o it_o measure_v as_o for_o those_o number_n which_o they_o make_v there_o be_v no_o singularity_n at_o all_o or_o matter_n of_o importance_n in_o they_o as_o touch_v the_o renown_a number_n indeed_o but_o the_o number_n of_o 9720_o have_v a_o special_a ground_n and_o beginning_n as_o be_v compose_v of_o the_o four_o first_o number_n arise_v in_o order_n from_o one_o and_o the_o same_o add_v together_o or_o multiply_v by_o four_o every_o way_n arise_v to_o forty_o now_o if_o it_o these_o be_v reduce_v into_o triangle_n five_o time_n they_o make_v the_o just_a sum_n of_o the_o number_n before_o name_v but_o as_o touch_v these_o matter_n what_o need_v i_o to_o contend_v with_o demetrius_n for_o whether_o there_o be_v mean_v thereby_o a_o long_a time_n or_o a_o short_a a_o certain_a or_o uncerteine_a wherein_o hesiodus_n will_v have_v the_o soul_n of_o a_o daemon_n to_o change_v or_o the_o life_n of_o a_o demi_fw-fr god_n or_o heros_n to_o end_v it_o skill_v not_o for_o he_o prove_v nevertheless_o that_o which_o he_o will_v and_o that_o by_o the_o evidence_n of_o most_o ancient_a and_o wise_a witness_n that_o there_o be_v certain_a nature_n neuter_n and_o mean_a as_o it_o be_v situate_v in_o the_o confine_n between_o god_n and_o man_n and_o the_o same_o subject_n to_o mortal_a passion_n and_o apt_a to_o receive_v necessary_a change_n and_o mutation_n which_o nature_n according_a to_o the_o tradition_n &_o example_n of_o our_o forefather_n meet_v it_o be_v that_o we_o call_v daemon_n and_o honour_v they_o according_o and_o to_o this_o purpose_n xenocrates_n one_o of_o the_o familiar_a friend_n of_o plato_n be_v wont_n to_o bring_v in_o the_o demonstration_n and_o example_n of_o triangle_n which_o agree_v very_o well_o to_o the_o present_a matter_n in_o hand_n for_o that_o triangle_n which_o have_v 〈◊〉_d three_o side_n and_o angle_n equal_a he_o compare_v unto_o the_o nature_n divine_a and_o immortal_a that_o which_o have_v 〈◊〉_d all_o side_n unequal_a unto_o the_o humane_a and_o mortal_a nature_n and_o that_o which_o have_v 〈◊〉_d two_o equal_a and_o one_o unequal_a unto_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o daemon_n for_o the_o first_o be_v every_o way_n equal_a the_o second_o on_o every_o side_n unequal_a and_o the_o last_o in_o some_o sort_n equal_a and_o in_o other_o unequal_a like_v unto_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o daemon_n have_v humane_a passion_n and_o affection_n yet_o withal_o the_o divine_a power_n of_o some_o god_n but_o nature_n herself_o have_v propose_v unto_o we_o sensible_a figure_n and_o similitude_n visible_a above_o of_o god_n vety_o the_o sun_n and_o other_o star_n but_o of_o mortal_a man_n sudden_a light_n and_o flash_n in_o the_o night_n blaze_a comet_n and_o shoot_v of_o star_n for_o unto_o such_o euripides_n compare_v they_o when_o he_o say_v who_o be_v ere_o while_n and_o late_o in_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o fresh_a youth_n at_o sudden_a in_o a_o hour_n become_v extinct_a as_o star_n which_o seem_v to_o fall_v from_o sky_n and_o into_o air_n send_v breath_n and_o all_o now_o for_o a_o mix_a body_n represent_v the_o nature_n of_o daemon_n or_o angel_n there_o be_v the_o moon_n which_o they_o see_v to_o be_v so_o subject_a to_o grow_v and_o decrease_v yea_o and_o to_o perish_v altogether_o and_o depart_v out_o of_o sight_n think_v to_o accord_v very_o well_o and_o to_o be_v sortable_a unto_o the_o mutability_n of_o the_o daemon_n kind_n for_o which_o cause_n some_o have_v call_v she_o a_o terrestrial_a star_n other_o a_o olympian_a or_o celestial_a earth_n and_o there_o be_v again_o who_o have_v name_v she_o the_o heritage_n and_o possession_n of_o proserpina_n both_o heavenly_a and_o earthly_a like_a as_o therefore_o if_o one_o take_v the_o air_n out_o of_o the_o world_n and_o remoove_v it_o from_o between_o the_o moon_n and_o the_o earth_n he_o shall_v dissolve_v the_o continuation_n coherence_n and_o composition_n of_o the_o whole_a universal_a frame_n by_o leave_v a_o void_a and_o empty_a place_n in_o the_o mid_n without_o any_o bond_n to_o join_v and_o link_v the_o extreme_n together_o even_o so_o they_o who_o admit_v not_o the_o nation_n and_o kind_n of_o the_o daemon_n abolish_v all_o communication_n conver_n and_o conference_n between_o god_n and_o man_n consider_v they_o take_v away_o that_o nature_n which_o serve_v as_o a_o hanchman_n interpreter_n and_o minister_v between_o both_o as_o plato_n say_v or_o rather_o they_o will_v drive_v we_o to_o confound_v and_o huddle_n together_o yea_o and_o to_o jumble_v all_o in_o one_o if_o we_o come_v to_o interningle_v the_o divine_a nature_n and_o deity_n among_o humane_a passion_n and_o action_n and_o so_o pluck_v it_o out_o of_o heaven_n for_o to_o make_v it_o intermeddle_v in_o the_o negocy_n and_o affair_n of_o man_n like_a as_o they_o faith_n the_o wife_n of_o thessaly_n draw_v down_o the_o moon_n from_o heaven_n which_o devise_n &_o fiction_n have_v take_v root_n and_o be_v believe_v among_o woman_n by_o reason_n that_o aglaonica_fw-la the_o daughter_n of_o agetor_n by_o report_n be_v a_o wise_a dame_n and_o well_o see_v in_o astrology_n make_v semblance_n and_o persuade_v the_o vulgar_a sort_n that_o in_o every_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n she_o use_v always_o some_o charm_n and_o enchantment_n by_o virtue_n whereof_o she_o fetch_v the_o moon_n out_o of_o heaven_n as_o for_o we_o give_v we_o no_o ear_n and_o credit_n unto_o they_o who_o say_v there_o be_v some_o oracle_n and_o divination_n without_o a_o deity_n or_o that_o the_o god_n regard_v not_o sacrifice_n divine_a service_n and_o other_o sacred_a ceremony_n exhibit_v 〈◊〉_d they_o neither_o on_o the_o other_o side_n let_v we_o believe_v that_o god_n be_v present_a to_o intermeddle_v or_o employ_v himself_o in_o person_n but_o betake_v and_o refer_v that_o charge_n unto_o the_o minister_n of_o the_o god_n as_o it_o be_v meet_v and_o just_a like_a as_o if_o they_o be_v deputy_n officer_n and_o secretary_n let_v we_o constant_o hold_v that_o those_o be_v the_o daemon_n which_o be_v
receive_v fancy_n affection_n and_o presension_n without_o any_o discourse_n of_o reason_n or_o ratiocination_n hit_v upon_o that_o which_o be_v to_o come_v at_o what_o time_n as_o it_o be_v most_o remooved_a from_o that_o which_o be_v present_a and_o in_o this_o ecstasy_n be_v it_o transmute_v by_o a_o certain_a temperature_n and_o disposition_n of_o the_o body_n which_o we_o call_v enthusiasm_n or_o inspiration_n now_o such_o a_o disposition_n as_o this_o many_o time_n the_o body_n of_o itself_o have_v but_o the_o earth_n put_v forth_o and_o yield_v unto_o man_n the_o source_n and_o fountain_n of_o many_o other_o power_n and_o faculty_n some_o of_o which_o transport_v they_o out_o of_o their_o wit_n bring_v malady_n contagion_n and_o mortality_n other_o again_o be_v sometime_o good_a kind_a and_o profitable_a as_o they_o know_v full_a well_o who_o make_v experience_n thereof_o but_o this_o spring_n this_o wind_n or_o prophetical_a spirit_n of_o divination_n be_v most_o divine_a and_o holy_a whether_o it_o arise_v and_o breathe_v up_o alone_o by_o itself_o through_o the_o air_n or_o be_v draw_v up_o with_o some_o liquid_a humour_n for_o come_v once_o to_o be_v infuse_v and_o mix_v within_o the_o body_n it_o cause_v a_o strange_a temperature_n and_o unusual_a disposition_n in_o the_o soul_n the_o property_n whereof_o a_o right_a hard_a matter_n it_o be_v to_o declare_v exact_o and_o express_v certain_o but_o a_o man_n in_o reason_n may_v attain_v thereto_o by_o conjecture_n sundry_a way_n for_o by_o heat_n and_o dilatation_n it_o open_v i_o wot_v not_o what_o little_a hole_n by_o which_o in_o all_o likelihood_n the_o imaginative_a faculty_n be_v set_v on_o work_n about_o future_a thing_n much_o like_a as_o wine_n which_o work_v and_o boil_v in_o the_o body_n fume_v up_o and_o among_o other_o motion_n it_o reveal_v and_o discover_v many_o hide_a secret_n for_o the_o fury_n of_o bacchus_n and_o of_o drunkenness_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v euripides_n contain_v much_o divination_n when_o the_o soul_n be_v enchase_v and_o inflame_v expel_v all_o fear_n which_o humane_a wisdom_n bring_v in_o and_o by_o that_o mean_v many_o time_n avert_v and_o quench_v the_o divine_a inspiration_n and_o heerewithall_o a_o man_n may_v allege_v very_o well_o and_o not_o without_o great_a reason_n that_o siccity_n come_v intermingle_v with_o heat_n subtilize_v the_o spirit_n and_o make_v it_o pure_a and_o of_o the_o nature_n of_o fire_n for_o according_a to_o heraclitus_n the_o soul_n itself_o be_v of_o a_o dry_a constitution_n whereas_o humidity_n do_v not_o only_o dim_v the_o sight_n and_o dull_a the_o hear_n but_o also_o be_v mingle_v with_o the_o air_n and_o touch_v the_o superficies_n of_o mirror_n dusk_v the_o brightness_n of_o the_o one_o and_o take_v away_o the_o light_n of_o the_o other_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n it_o be_v not_o impossible_a that_o by_o some_o refrigeration_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o this_o spirit_n after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o tincture_n and_o hardness_n of_o iron_n this_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o do_v 〈◊〉_d shall_v show_v itself_o and_o get_v a_o perfect_a edge_n and_o like_v as_o tin_n be_v melt_v with_o brass_n which_o of_o itself_o be_v a_o mettle_n in_o the_o oar_n rare_a spongious_a and_o full_a of_o little_a hole_n do_v drive_v it_o near_o and_o make_v it_o more_o massy_a and_o solid_a and_o withal_o cause_v it_o to_o look_v more_o bright_a and_o resplendent_a even_o so_o i_o see_v no_o inconvenience_n to_o hinder_v but_o that_o this_o prophetical_a exhalation_n have_v some_o congruence_n and_o affinity_n with_o the_o soul_n shall_v fill_v up_o that_o which_o be_v lax_n and_o empty_a and_o drive_v it_o close_o together_o more_o inward_o for_o many_o thing_n there_o be_v that_o have_v a_o reference_n and_o 〈◊〉_d one_o unto_o the_o other_o thus_o the_o bean_n be_v sortable_a unto_o the_o purple_a die_n sal-nitre_a likewise_o help_v much_o the_o tincture_n of_o a_o rich_a scarlet_a or_o crimson_a colour_n if_o it_o be_v mix_v therewith_o according_a also_o as_o empedocles_n say_v and_o with_o the_o flower_n of_o saffron_n red_a fine_a flax_n and_o silk_n be_v colour_v and_o we_o have_v hear_v you_o speak_v good_a friend_n demetrius_n of_o the_o river_n cydnus_n and_o the_o sacred_a cut_a knife_n of_o apollo_n in_o tarsus_n and_o namely_o how_o the_o say_a river_n only_o cleanse_v that_o iron_n whereof_o the_o knife_n be_v make_v neither_o be_v there_o any_o other_o water_n in_o the_o world_n able_a to_o scour_v that_o knife_n like_v as_o in_o the_o city_n olympia_n they_o temper_v the_o ash_n that_o come_v of_o the_o sacrifice_n with_o the_o water_n of_o the_o river_n alpheus_n and_o make_v thereof_o a_o mortar_n wherewith_o they_o plaster_v the_o altar_n there_o but_o if_o they_o assay_v to_o do_v it_o with_o the_o water_n of_o any_o other_o river_n else_o it_o will_v not_o stick_v to_o nor_o bind_v one_o jot_n no_o marvel_n therefore_o it_o be_v if_o the_o earth_n send_v up_o out_o of_o it_o many_o exhalation_n these_o only_o be_v find_v to_o transport_v the_o soul_n with_o a_o enthusiasm_n or_o divine_a fury_n and_o represent_v the_o imagination_n and_o fancy_n of_o future_a thing_n but_o without_o all_o question_n and_o contradiction_n the_o report_n that_o go_v of_o the_o oracle_n in_o this_o place_n accord_v well_o to_o this_o purpose_n for_o it_o be_v say_v that_o this_o prophetical_a and_o divine_a power_n here_o show_v itself_o first_o by_o occasion_n of_o a_o certain_a herdsman_n who_o chance_v here_o to_o fall_v who_o thereupon_o begin_v to_o cast_v forth_o certain_a fanatical_a cry_n and_o voice_n as_o if_o he_o have_v be_v possess_v with_o such_o a_o divine_a inspiration_n whereof_o the_o neighbour_n and_o those_o that_o come_v about_o he_o at_o first_o make_v no_o account_n but_o afterward_o when_o they_o see_v that_o it_o fall_v out_o so_o indeed_o as_o he_o have_v foretell_v they_o have_v the_o man_n in_o great_a admiration_n and_o the_o great_a clerk_n and_o wise_a man_n of_o all_o the_o delphian_o call_v to_o remembrance_n his_o name_n give_v out_o that_o it_o be_v coretas_n so_o that_o it_o seem_v to_o i_o that_o the_o soul_n admit_v this_o temperature_n and_o mixtion_n with_o this_o prophetical_a spirit_n as_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o eye_n be_v affect_v with_o the_o light_n for_o albeit_o the_o eye_n have_v natural_o a_o property_n and_o power_n to_o see_v yet_o the_o same_o be_v not_o effectual_a without_o the_o light_n even_o so_o the_o soul_n have_v this_o puissance_n and_o faculty_n to_o foresee_v future_a thing_n like_v unto_o the_o eye_n have_v need_n of_o some_o proper_a and_o convenient_a thing_n to_o kindle_v it_o as_o it_o be_v and_o set_v a_o edge_n upon_o it_o and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o many_o of_o our_o ancient_n have_v think_v apollo_n and_o the_o sun_n to_o be_v one_o and_o the_o same_o god_n they_o also_o who_o know_v what_o this_o beautiful_a and_o wise_a proportion_n be_v and_o withal_o do_v honour_n it_o look_v what_o reference_n or_o respect_n there_o be_v of_o the_o body_n to_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o sight_n to_o light_v and_o of_o the_o light_n understanding_n to_o the_o truth_n the_o same_o force_n and_o power_n they_o esteem_v there_o be_v of_o the_o sun_n power_n unto_o the_o nature_n of_o apollo_n say_v that_o he_o be_v the_o issue_n and_o geniture_n proceed_v from_o apollo_n who_o be_v eternal_a and_o who_o continual_o bring_v he_o forth_o for_o like_a as_o the_o one_o kindle_v bring_v forth_o and_o stir_v up_o the_o visual_a power_n and_o virtue_n of_o the_o sense_n even_o so_o do_v the_o other_o by_o the_o prophetical_a virtue_n of_o the_o soul_n they_o therefore_o who_o think_v that_o it_o be_v one_o and_o the_o self_n same_o god_n by_o good_a right_n dedicate_v and_o consecrate_v this_o oracle_n unto_o apollo_n and_o unto_o the_o earth_n judge_v that_o the_o sun_n it_o be_v which_o wrought_v that_o temperature_n and_o imprint_v this_o disposition_n in_o the_o earth_n whereof_o arise_v this_o prophetical_a evaporation_n and_o very_o as_o hesiodus_n upon_o good_a consideration_n and_o with_o much_o more_o reason_n than_o some_o philosopher_n call_v the_o earth_n the_o groundwork_n sure_a of_o all_o nature_n even_o so_o we_o deem_v it_o to_o be_v eternal_a immortal_a and_o incorruptible_a many_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o faculty_n which_o be_v in_o it_o we_o hold_v that_o some_o fail_v in_o one_o place_n and_o other_o breed_v a_o new_a and_o engender_v in_o another_o and_o great_a probability_n there_o be_v that_o there_o be_v transmutation_n and_o change_n from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o and_o that_o such_o revolution_n as_o these_o in_o the_o course_n and_o process_n of_o long_a time_n turn_v and_o return_v circular_o often_o in_o it_o as_o a_o man_n may_v conjecture_v and_o certain_o collect_v by_o
in_o other_o vice_n more_o hardy_a and_o adventurous_a court_v fair_a dame_n and_o make_v love_n to_o other_o man_n wife_n for_o which_o purpose_n they_o walk_v disguise_v in_o the_o night_n like_o the_o frantic_a priest_n of_o bacchus_n to_o commit_v adultery_n buy_v sometime_o one_o only_a night_n pleasure_n with_o the_o price_n of_o their_o life_n whereas_o if_o such_o as_o these_o have_v converse_v before_o with_o any_o philosopher_n they_o will_v never_o have_v take_v such_o way_n as_o this_o and_o give_v themselves_o to_o like_a vanity_n but_o rather_o they_o will_v have_v turn_v over_o a_o new_a leaf_n and_o learned_a a_o lesson_n of_o diogenes_n who_o in_o word_n not_o very_o civil_a and_o seemly_a howbeit_o to_o the_o point_n not_o untrue_o give_v this_o counsel_n and_o say_v go_v thy_o way_n to_o the_o stew_n i_o advise_v thou_o and_o enter_v into_o some_o brothel_n house_n where_o thou_o may_v know_v how_o the_o pleasure_n that_o cost_v little_a or_o nothing_o differ_v not_o from_o that_o which_o be_v buy_v full_a dear_o to_o knit_v up_o therefore_o all_o in_o one_o sum_n i_o will_v conclude_v and_o this_o my_o conclusion_n ought_v of_o right_a to_o be_v esteem_v for_o a_o oracle_n rather_o than_o a_o simple_a counsel_n and_o admonition_n that_o the_o beginning_n mid_n and_o end_n of_o all_o these_o matter_n lie_v only_o in_o virtuous_a nurture_n and_o honest_a education_n which_o i_o avouch_v be_v the_o very_a mean_n that_o be_v operative_a and_o powerful_a for_o the_o attain_v both_o of_o virtue_n and_o true_a happiness_n as_o for_o all_o other_o thing_n which_o we_o count_v good_a in_o this_o world_n be_v in_o comparison_n hereof_o mortal_a transitory_a small_a and_o not_o worth_a the_o seek_n after_o with_o such_o care_n and_o study_v nobility_n i_o confess_v to_o be_v a_o goodly_a thing_n but_o it_o be_v the_o gift_n of_o our_o ancestor_n riches_n who_o doubt_v that_o they_o be_v gay_a and_o precious_a matter_n howbeit_o lie_v in_o the_o power_n of_o fortune_n only_o who_o take_v the_o same_o many_o time_n from_o those_o that_o possess_v they_o and_o give_v they_o away_o to_o such_o as_o never_o look_v for_o they_o moreover_o much_o wealth_n be_v the_o very_a mark_n whereat_o they_o shoot_v who_o be_v common_a cut_v purse_n privy_a &_o domestical_a thief_n sycophant_n and_o promoter_n and_o that_o which_o be_v most_o the_o wicked_a person_n in_o the_o world_n oftentimes_o meet_v therewith_o glory_n and_o honour_n be_v thing_n venerable_a howbe_v it_o uncertain_a and_o mutable_a beauty_n be_v lovely_a and_o very_a much_o desire_v but_o it_o continue_v a_o small_a while_n health_n be_v worth_a much_o and_o yet_o you_o see_v how_o soon_o it_o change_v strength_n of_o body_n who_o wish_v not_o but_o quick_o it_o be_v decay_v and_o go_v either_o by_o sickness_n or_o year_n in_o so_o much_o as_o whosoever_o vaunt_v and_o bear_v himself_o in_o his_o able_a body_n be_v great_o deceive_v and_o come_v far_o short_a of_o his_o reckon_n for_o what_o be_v man_n force_n compare_v with_o that_o of_o other_o beast_n i_o mean_v elephant_n bull_n and_o lion_n it_o be_v learning_n and_o knowledge_n only_o which_o in_o we_o be_v divine_a heavenly_a and_o immortal_a for_o in_o man_n nature_n two_o part_n there_o be_v to_o be_v consider_v of_o all_o other_o most_o principal_a to_o wit_n understanding_n and_o speech_n and_o of_o these_o understanding_n be_v as_o it_o be_v the_o master_n that_o command_v speech_n the_o servant_n that_o obey_v now_o the_o foresay_a understanding_n be_v not_o expose_v to_o the_o injury_n of_o fortune_n no_o slander_n raise_v by_o sycophant_n can_v take_v it_o away_o sickness_n have_v no_o power_n to_o corrupt_v and_o destroy_v it_o neither_o do_v it_o decay_n or_o perish_v by_o old_a age_n for_o it_o be_v the_o only_a thing_n that_o be_v in_o year_n wax_v young_a and_o fresh_a length_n of_o time_n which_o do_v diminish_v and_o impair_v all_o thing_n else_o add_v still_o more_o knowledge_n to_o our_o understanding_n the_o elder_a that_o we_o be_v so_o violence_n of_o war_n which_o in_o manner_n of_o a_o stream_n cast_v down_o and_o carry_v all_o away_o with_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o make_v havoc_n and_o spoil_n of_o knowledge_n and_o learning_n that_o only_o be_v not_o in_o danger_n thereof_o and_o in_o my_o conceit_n stilpo_n the_o megarian_a philosopher_n give_v a_o most_o worthy_a and_o memorable_a answer_n unto_o k._n demetrius_n who_o have_v force_v sack_a and_o raze_v the_o city_n of_o megara_n to_o the_o very_a foundation_n demand_v of_o he_o what_o loss_n he_o sustain_v in_o that_o general_a sack_n none_o at_o all_o quoth_v he_o for_o war_n can_v make_v no_o spoil_n of_o virtue_n to_o which_o answer_n of_o he_o accord_v and_o sound_v well_o the_o apophthegm_n of_o socrates_n who_o as_o i_o take_v it_o be_v ask_v of_o gorgias_n what_o opinion_n he_o have_v of_o the_o great_a king_n and_o monarch_n of_o the_o persian_n in_o those_o day_n whether_o he_o deem_v he_o happy_a or_o no_o i_o wot_v not_o quoth_v he_o how_o he_o be_v furnish_v with_o virtue_n and_o learning_n as_o if_o he_o judge_v that_o true_a felicity_n consist_v in_o these_o two_o thing_n and_o not_o in_o the_o transitory_a gift_n of_o fortune_n but_o as_o my_o counsel_n and_o advice_n unto_o parent_n be_v to_o hold_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n more_o dear_a and_o precious_a then_o to_o train_v up_o their_o child_n in_o good_a letter_n and_o virtuous_a manner_n so_o i_o say_v again_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o have_v a_o eye_n unto_o that_o literature_n and_o institution_n which_o be_v sound_a pure_a and_o uncorrupt_a furthermore_o to_o sequester_v and_o withdraw_v their_o child_n as_o far_o as_o possible_o they_o can_v from_o the_o vanity_n and_o foolish_a desire_n to_o be_v see_v and_o hear_v in_o the_o frequent_a and_o public_a assembly_n of_o the_o people_n for_o common_o we_o find_v that_o to_o please_v a_o multitude_n be_v to_o displease_v the_o wise_a sort_n and_o that_o i_o speak_v truth_n herein_o euripides_n give_v good_a testimony_n in_o these_o verse_n no_o file_a tongue_n i_o have_v nor_o eloquence_n to_o speak_v in_o place_n of_o frequent_a audience_n among_o my_o fear_n and_o those_o in_o number_n few_o i_o love_v to_o give_v advise_v and_o make_v no_o show_n for_o those_o who_o speech_n do_v please_v a_o multitude_n with_o learned_a man_n be_v foolish_a thought_n and_o rude_a for_o i_o own_o part_n i_o observe_v those_o man_n who_o endeavour_n to_o speak_v to_o the_o appetite_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o base_a and_o vulgar_a sort_n that_o ordinary_o they_o become_v loose_a and_o dissolute_a person_n abandon_v to_o all_o sensuality_n and_o very_o not_o without_o great_a appearance_n of_o reason_n for_o if_o to_o gratify_v and_o content_v other_o they_o have_v no_o regard_n of_o honesty_n more_o likelihood_n there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n that_o for_o to_o do_v a_o pleasure_n to_o themselves_o and_o feed_v their_o own_o humour_n and_o appetite_n they_o will_v forget_v all_o honour_n and_o devoir_n yea_o and_o soon_o give_v the_o reins_n to_o their_o own_o delight_n than_o follow_v the_o straight_a rule_n of_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n but_o now_o what_o good_a thing_n be_v there_o moreover_o that_o we_o be_v to_o teach_v our_o child_n and_o whereto_o shall_v we_o advise_v they_o for_o to_o give_v their_o mind_n a_o goodly_a matter_n no_o doubt_n it_o be_v to_o do_v nothing_o rash_o nor_o to_o speak_v a_o word_n unadvised_o but_o as_o the_o old_a proverb_n say_v whatsoever_o be_v fair_a and_o goodly_a the_o same_o also_o be_v hard_a and_o difficult_a as_o for_o these_o oration_n which_o be_v make_v extempore_o and_o without_o premeditation_n they_o go_v away_o with_o great_a facility_n and_o be_v very_o rash_a and_o full_a of_o vanity_n and_o such_o common_o as_o so_o speak_v know_v not_o well_o either_o where_o to_o begin_v or_o when_o tomake_n a_o end_n also_o over_o and_o above_o other_o absurdity_n and_o fault_n which_o they_o commit_v who_o be_v accustom_v in_o this_o wise_a to_o parley_v at_o aventure_fw-fr and_o to_o let_v their_o tongue_n run_v at_o random_n know_v not_o how_o to_o keep_v any_o mean_a or_o measure_n of_o speech_n but_o fall_v into_o a_o marvellous_a superfluity_n and_o excess_n of_o word_n whereas_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n when_o a_o man_n think_v before_o hand_n what_o he_o shall_v say_v he_o will_v never_o overshoot_v he_o so_o far_o as_o to_o pass_v beyond_o the_o bond_n of_o temperate_a and_o proportionable_a language_n pericles_z as_o we_o have_v be_v give_v to_o understand_v be_v oftentimes_o call_v upon_o &_o importune_v by_o the_o people_n and_o that_o express_o by_o name_n for_o to_o deliver_v his_o opinion_n as_o touch_v a_o matter_n in_o question_n will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o
bear_v their_o squadron_n thick_a and_o battle_n square_v likewise_o if_o die_v we_o must_v most_o glorious_a be_v death_n for_o virtue_n when_o we_o spend_v our_o vital_a breath_n present_o aught_o to_o conceive_v thus_o much_o that_o all_o be_v speak_v of_o the_o best_a most_o excellent_a and_o divine_a habitude_n in_o we_o which_o we_o understand_v to_o be_v the_o very_a rectitude_n and_o rule_n of_o reason_n and_o judgement_n the_o height_n and_o perfection_n of_o our_o reasonable_a human_a nature_n yea_o and_o the_o disposition_n of_o the_o soul_n accordant_a with_o itself_o but_o when_o he_o read_v again_o these_o other_o verse_n there_o virtue_n in_o man_n jove_n cause_v for_o to_o grow_v and_o fade_v by_o he_o it_o do_v both_o ebb_n and_o flow_v as_o also_o where_o worldly_a wealth_n and_o riches_n be_v virtue_n and_o fame_n follow_v not_o far_o let_v he_o not_o by_o set_v he_o down_o and_o by_o occasion_n of_o these_o word_n have_v the_o rich_a in_o wonder_a great_a admiration_n as_o if_o they_o can_v anon_o buy_v virtue_n for_o money_n and_o with_o their_o wealth_n have_v it_o at_o command_n let_v he_o not_o think_v i_o say_v that_o it_o lie_v in_o the_o power_n of_o fortune_n either_o to_o augment_v or_o to_o diminish_v virtue_n but_o rather_o deem_v thus_o and_o make_v this_o construction_n that_o the_o poet_n under_o the_o name_n virtue_n signify_v worship_n authority_n power_n prosperity_n or_o some_o such_o matter_n for_o so_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v sometime_o take_v by_o they_o in_o the_o native_a and_o proper_a signification_n for_o a_o naughty_a and_o wicked_a disposition_n of_o the_o mind_n as_o when_o hesiodus_n write_v thus_o of_o wickedness_n a_o man_n may_v evermore_o have_v foison_n great_a and_o plenteous_a store_n but_o otherwile_v it_o be_v use_v for_o some_o other_o evil_a calamity_n or_o infortunitie_n as_o by_o homer_n man_n quick_o age_n and_o waxen_a old_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o hunger_n and_o cold_a etc._n etc._n and_o much_o be_v he_o deceive_v who_o shall_v persuade_v himself_o that_o poet_n take_v beatitude_n and_o blessedness_n which_o in_o greek_a be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o precise_o as_o philosopher_n do_v who_o understand_v thereby_o a_o absolute_a habitude_n and_o entire_a possession_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n or_o rather_o a_o accomplish_a perfection_n of_o this_o life_n hold_v on_o a_o prosperous_a course_n according_a to_o nature_n for_o many_o time_n poet_n abuse_v this_o word_n call_v a_o man_n bless_a and_o happy_a who_o be_v rich_a in_o world_n good_n and_o give_v the_o term_n of_o felicity_n and_o happiness_n unto_o great_a power_n fame_n and_o renoun_n as_o for_o homer_n he_o use_v very_o these_o term_n aright_o and_o proper_o in_o this_o verse_n although_o much_o wealth_n i_o do_v hold_n and_o enjoy_v yet_o in_o my_o heart_n i_o take_v no_o bless_a joy_n so_o do_v menander_n when_o he_o write_v thus_o of_o good_n i_o have_v and_o money_n great_a store_n and_o all_o man_n call_v i_o rich_a therefore_o but_o yet_o how_o rich_a soever_o i_o seem_v happy_a and_o blessed_v none_o do_v i_o deem_v euripides_n make_v great_a disorder_n and_o confusion_n when_o he_o write_v in_o this_o sort_n i_o will_v not_o have_v that_o bless_a life_n wherein_o i_o find_v much_o pain_n and_o grief_n also_o in_o another_o place_n why_o do_v thou_o honour_v tyranny_n happy_a injustice_n and_o utllany_n unless_o a_o man_n as_o i_o say_v before_o take_v these_o term_n as_o speak_v metaphorical_o or_o by_o the_o figure_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._o the_o abusion_n of_o they_o otherwise_o than_o in_o their_o proper_a sense_n and_o thus_o much_o may_v serve_v as_o touch_v this_o point_n now_o for_o this_o that_o remain_v behind_o young_a man_n will_v be_v put_v in_o remembrance_n and_o admonish_v not_o once_o but_o oftentimes_o that_o poesy_n have_v for_o her_o proper_a subject_n a_o argument_n to_o be_v express_v by_o imitation_n howsoever_o she_o use_v the_o ornament_n &_o beautiful_a furniture_n of_o sigurative_a speech_n in_o set_v out_o and_o describe_v those_o matter_n and_o action_n which_o be_v present_v unto_o she_o yet_o nevertheless_o she_o do_v not_o forgo_v the_o resemblance_n and_o likelihood_n of_o truth_n for_o that_o imitation_n indeed_o delight_v the_o reader_n so_o long_o only_o as_o it_o carry_v some_o show_n of_o probability_n and_o therefore_o that_o imitation_n which_o seem_v not_o altogether_o to_o square_v and_o depart_v from_o the_o rule_n of_o verity_n do_v express_v the_o sign_n of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n both_o at_o once_o intermingle_v one_o with_o another_o in_o action_n such_o be_v the_o poem_n and_o composition_n write_v by_o homer_n which_o rest_v not_o in_o the_o strange_a opinion_n and_o paradox_n of_o the_o stoic_n who_o hold_v that_o neither_o any_o evil_n at_o all_o can_v sort_v with_o virtue_n ne_o yet_o one_o jot_n of_o goodness_n with_o vice_n but_o he_o have_v bid_v farewell_n to_o such_o precise_a position_n namely_o that_o a_o foolish_a and_o lewd_a person_n in_o all_o his_o action_n when_o and_o wheresoever_o do_v offend_v and_o sin_n and_o semblable_o the_o wise_a and_o virtuous_a man_n at_o all_o time_n and_o in_o all_o place_n can_v not_o choose_v but_o do_v every_o thing_n well_o these_o be_v the_o principle_n which_o the_o stoic_n school_n refound_v withal_o howbeit_o in_o the_o affair_n of_o this_o world_n and_o in_o our_o daily_a life_n and_o conversation_n as_o euripdes_n say_v it_o can_v be_v in_o every_o point_n that_o good_a and_o bad_a shall_v be_v disjoin_v but_o in_o all_o action_n we_o daily_o see_v one_o with_o another_o meddle_v will_v be_v but_o the_o art_n of_o poetry_n set_v apart_o the_o truth_n in_o deed_n use_v most_o of_o all_o variety_n and_o sundry_a form_n of_o phrase_n for_o the_o divers_a imitation_n be_v they_o that_o give_v to_o fable_n that_o virtue_n to_o move_v affection_n &_o passion_n in_o the_o reader_n these_o be_v they_o that_o work_v strange_a event_n in_o they_o even_o contrary_a to_o their_o opinion_n and_o expectation_n upon_o which_o ensue_v the_o great_a wonder_n and_o astonishment_n wherein_o lie_v the_o chief_a grace_n and_o from_o whence_o proceed_v the_o most_o delight_n and_o pleasure_n whereas_o contrariwise_o that_o which_o be_v simple_a and_o uniform_a be_v not_o pathetical_a nor_o have_v in_o it_o any_o fiction_n hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o poet_n bring_v not_o in_o the_o same_o person_n always_o winner_n always_o happy_a and_o do_v well_o and_o that_o which_o more_o be_v when_o they_o feign_v that_o the_o god_n themselves_o meddle_v in_o man_n affair_n they_o describe_v they_o not_o without_o their_o passion_n nor_o yet_o exempt_a from_o error_n &_o fault_n for_o fear_n lest_o that_o part_n of_o their_o poesy_n which_o stir_v up_o the_o affection_n &_o hold_v in_o suspense_n and_o admiration_n the_o mind_n of_o man_n shall_v become_v idle_a and_o dull_a for_o want_v of_o some_o danger_n and_o adversary_n as_o it_o be_v to_o excite_v and_o quicken_v it_o which_o be_v so_o let_v we_o bring_v a_o young_a man_n to_o the_o read_n of_o poet_n work_n not_o forestalled_n and_o possess_v before_o with_o such_o a_o opinion_n as_o touch_v those_o great_a and_o magnifical_a name_n of_o ancient_a worthy_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v wise_a and_o just_a man_n or_o virtuous_a prince_n in_o the_o high_a degree_n of_o perfection_n and_o as_o a_o man_n will_v say_v the_o very_a canon_n rule_n and_o pattern_n of_o all_o virtue_n uprightnes_n and_o integrity_n otherwise_o he_o shall_v receive_v great_a damage_n thereby_o in_o case_n i_o say_v he_o be_v of_o this_o mind_n to_o approve_v and_o have_v in_o admiration_n all_o that_o they_o do_v or_o say_v as_o singular_a and_o to_o be_v offend_v at_o nothing_o that_o he_o hear_v from_o they_o neither_o will_v he_o allow_v of_o he_o who_o blame_v and_o find_v fault_n with_o they_o when_o they_o either_o do_v or_o say_v such_o thing_n as_o these_o o_o father_n jove_n o_o phoebus_n bright_a o_o pallas_n maiden_n pure_a that_o you_o will_v all_o bring_v this_o about_o and_o make_v we_o twain_o secure_a that_o not_o one_o trojane_n may_v escape_v nor_o greek_a remain_v alive_a but_o we_o two_o knight_n that_o we_o i_o say_v and_o none_o but_o we_o believe_v may_v win_v the_o honour_n of_o this_o war_n and_o only_o reap_v the_o joy_n of_o victory_n to_o raze_v the_o wall_n and_o stately_a tower_n of_o troy_n also_o i_o hear_v the_o voice_n most_o piteous_a of_o priam_n daughter_n bright_a cassandra_n fair_a a_o virgin_n chaste_a who_o i_o for_o to_o despite_n my_o wife_n dame_n clytaemnestra_n slay_v by_o cruel_a treachery_n because_o of_o we_o she_o jealous_a be_v for_o sin_n of_o lechery_n likewise_o with_o concubine_n of_o father_n i_o she_o
contradict_v gainsay_v and_o strive_v a_o while_n yet_o in_o the_o end_n yield_v unto_o lust_n and_o follow_v they_o but_o the_o intemperate_a man_n be_v lead_v thereby_o and_o at_o the_o first_o give_v consent_n and_o approove_v thereof_o again_o the_o intemperate_a person_n be_v well_o content_a and_o take_v joy_n in_o have_v sin_v whereas_o the_o other_o be_v present_o greeve_v thereat_o again_o he_o run_v willing_o and_o of_o his_o own_o accord_n to_o commit_v sin_n and_o villainy_n but_o the_o incontinent_a man_n maugre_o and_o full_a against_o his_o mind_n do_v abandon_v honesty_n and_o as_o there_o be_v this_o distinct_a difference_n plain_o see_v in_o their_o deed_n and_o action_n so_o there_o be_v no_o less_o to_o be_v observe_v in_o their_o word_n and_o speech_n for_o the_o say_n ordinary_o of_o the_o intemperate_a person_n be_v these_o and_o such_o like_a what_o mirth_n in_o life_n what_o pleasure_n what_o delight_n without_o content_a in_o sport_n of_o venus_n bright_a be_v those_o joy_n past_a and_o i_o for_o they_o unmeet_a ring_v out_o my_o knell_n bring_v forth_o my_o wind_a sheet_n another_o say_v to_o eat_v to_o drink_v to_o wench_n be_v principal_a all_o pleasure_n else_o i_o accessorte_v call_v as_o if_o with_o all_o his_o hart_n and_o soul_n he_o be_v whole_o give_v to_o a_o voluptuous_a life_n yea_o and_o overwhelm_v therewith_o and_o no_o less_o than_o those_o he_o also_o who_o have_v these_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n now_o suffer_v i_o to_o perish_v by_o and_o by_o it_o please_v nay_o it_o boot_v i_o to_o die_v speak_v as_o one_o who_o appetite_n and_o judgement_n both_o be_v out_o of_o order_n and_o disease_a but_o the_o speech_n of_o incontinent_a person_n be_v in_o another_o key_n and_o far_o different_a for_o one_o say_v my_o mind_n be_v good_a and_o thither_o do_v sway_n my_o nature_n bad_a and_o put_v it_o away_o another_o alas_o alas_o to_o see_v how_o god_n above_o have_v send_v to_o man_n on_o earth_n this_o misery_n to_o know_v their_o good_a and_o that_o which_o they_o shall_v love_v yet_o want_v grace_n to_o do_v the_o contrary_a and_o a_o three_o now_o pluck_v now_o hale_v of_o deadly_a 〈◊〉_d a_o fire_n but_o sure_o hold_v my_o reason_n can_v no_o more_o than_o anchor_n flank_n stay_v ship_n from_o be_v split_v when_o ground_v it_o be_v on_o sand_n near_o to_o the_o shore_n he_o name_v unproper_o and_o without_o good_a grace_n the_o slanck_a of_o a_o anchor_n rest_v light_o upon_o the_o loose_a sand_n to_o signify_v the_o feeble_a hold_n that_o reason_n have_v which_o be_v not_o resolute_a and_o firm_o seat_v but_o through_o the_o weakness_n and_o delicacy_n of_o the_o soul_n reject_v and_o forsake_v judgement_n and_o not_o much_o unlike_a hereunto_o be_v this_o comparison_n also_o that_o another_o make_v in_o a_o contrary_a sense_n much_o like_o a_o ship_n which_o fasten_v be_v to_o land_n with_o cordage_n strong_a where_o of_o we_o may_v be_v bold_a the_o wind_n do_v blow_n and_o yet_o she_o do_v withstand_v and_o check_v they_o all_o her_o cable_n take_v such_o hold_n he_o term_v the_o judgement_n of_o reason_n when_o it_o resist_v a_o dishonest_a act_n by_o the_o name_n of_o cable_n and_o cordage_n which_o notwithstanding_o afterward_o may_v be_v break_v by_o the_o violence_n of_o some_o passion_n as_o it_o be_v with_o the_o continual_a gale_n of_o ablustr_a wind_n for_o to_o say_v a_o very_a truth_n the_o intemperate_a person_n be_v by_o his_o lust_n and_o desire_v carry_v with_o full_a sail_n to_o his_o pleasure_n he_o give_v himself_o thereto_o and_o thither_o direct_v his_o whole_a course_n but_o the_o incontinent_a person_n tend_v thither_o also_o howbeit_o as_o a_o man_n will_v say_v crooked_o and_o not_o direct_o as_o one_o desirous_a and_o endeavour_v to_o withdraw_v himself_o and_o to_o repel_v the_o passion_n that_o draw_v and_o move_v he_o to_o it_o yet_o in_o the_o end_n he_o also_o slide_v and_o fall_v into_o some_o foul_a and_o dishonest_a act_n like_a as_o timon_n by_o way_n of_o bite_a scoff_n traduce_v and_o reprove_v anaxarchus_n in_o this_o wise_a here_o shew_v itself_o the_o dogged_a force_n of_o anaxarchus_n fall_v so_o stubborn_a and_o so_o perminent_a when_o once_o he_o take_v apitch_n and_o yet_o as_o wise_a as_o he_o will_v seem_v awretch_v i_o hear_v folk_n tell_v he_o judge_v be_v for_o that_o to_o vice_n and_o pleasure_n overmich_a by_o nature_n prone_a he_o be_v a_o thing_n that_o sage_n most_o do_a shun_v which_o bring_v he_o back_o out_o of_o the_o way_n and_o make_v he_o dote_v anon_o for_o neither_o be_v a_o wise_a sage_n proper_o call_v continent_n but_o temperate_a nor_o a_o fool_n incontinent_a but_o intemperate_a because_o the_o one_o take_v pleasure_n and_o delight_n in_o good_a and_o honest_a thing_n and_o the_o other_o be_v not_o offend_v nor_o displease_v with_o foul_a and_o dishonest_a action_n and_o therefore_o incontinency_n resemble_v proper_o a_o mind_n as_o i_o may_v so_o say_v sophistical_a which_o have_v some_o use_n of_o reason_n but_o the_o same_o so_o weak_a that_o it_o be_v not_o able_a to_o persevere_v and_o continue_v firm_a in_o that_o which_o it_o have_v once_o know_v and_o judge_v to_o be_v right_a thus_o you_o may_v see_v the_o difference_n between_o intemperance_n and_o incontinence_n as_o for_o continency_n &_o temperance_n they_o differ_v also_o in_o certain_a respect_n correspondent_a in_o some_o proportion_n unto_o those_o on_o the_o contrary_a side_n for_o remorse_n sorrow_n displeasure_n and_o indignation_n do_v not_o as_o yet_o abandon_v and_o quit_v continence_n whereas_o in_o the_o mind_n of_o a_o temperate_a person_n all_o lie_v plain_a and_o even_o on_o every_o side_n nothing_o there_o but_o quietness_n and_o integrity_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o whosoever_o see_v the_o great_a obeisance_n and_o the_o marvellous_a tranquillity_n whereby_o the_o reasonless_a part_n be_v unite_v &_o incorporate_v together_o with_o the_o reasonable_a may_v well_o say_v and_o then_o anon_o the_o wind_n be_v down_o a_o calm_a ensue_v straightway_o no_o wave_n be_v see_v some_o power_n divine_a the_o sea_n asleep_a do_v lay_v namely_o when_o reason_n have_v once_o extinguish_v the_o excessive_a furious_a and_o rage_a motion_n of_o the_o lust_n and_o desire_n and_o yet_o these_o affection_n and_o passion_n which_o of_o necessity_n nature_n have_v need_n of_o the_o same_o have_v reason_n make_v so_o agreeable_a so_o obeisant_a so_o friendly_a and_o cooperative_a yea_o and_o ready_a to_o second_v all_o good_a intention_n and_o purpose_n ready_a to_o be_v execute_v that_o they_o neither_o run_v before_o it_o nor_o come_v drag_v behind_o ne_o yet_o behave_v themselves_o disorderly_a no_o nor_o show_v the_o least_o disdisobedience_n so_o as_o each_o appetite_n be_v rule_v by_o reason_n and_o willing_o deny_v it_o like_a as_o the_o suck_a foal_n do_v go_v and_o run_v with_o dam_n both_o to_o and_o fro_o the_o which_o confirm_v the_o say_n of_o xenocrates_n touch_v those_o who_o earnest_o study_v philosophy_n and_o practice_v it_o for_o they_o only_o quoth_v he_o do_v that_o willing_o which_o other_o do_v perforce_o and_o for_o dread_a of_o the_o law_n who_o forbear_v indeed_o to_o satisfy_v their_o pleasure_n and_o turn_v back_o as_o if_o they_o be_v scare_v from_o they_o for_o fear_n of_o be_v bite_v of_o some_o curse_a mastive_a or_o shrewd_a cat_n regard_v nothing_o else_o but_o danger_n that_o may_v ensue_v thereupon_o now_o that_o there_o be_v in_o the_o soul_n a_o sense_n and_o perceivance_n of_o that_o strength_n firmity_n and_o resolution_n to_o encounter_v sinful_a lust_n and_o desire_n as_o if_o it_o have_v a_o power_n to_o strive_v and_o make_v head_n again_o it_o be_v very_o plain_a and_o evident_a howbeit_o some_o there_o be_v who_o hold_v and_o maintain_v that_o passion_n be_v nothing_o different_a from_o reason_n neither_o by_o their_o say_n be_v there_o in_o the_o mind_n a_o dissension_n or_o sedition_n as_o it_o be_v of_o two_o divers_a faculty_n but_o all_o the_o trouble_n that_o we_o feel_v be_v no_o more_o but_o a_o alteration_n or_o change_n of_o one_o &_o the_o self_n same_o thing_n to_o wit_n reason_n both_o way_n which_o we_o ourselves_o be_v not_o able_a to_o perceive_v for_o that_o forsooth_o it_o change_v sudden_o and_o with_o such_o celerity_n never_o consider_v all_o the_o while_n that_o the_o same_o faculty_n of_o the_o mind_n be_v frame_v by_o nature_n to_o concupiscence_n and_o repentance_n both_o to_o be_v angry_a and_o to_o fear_v incline_v to_o commit_v some_o foul_a and_o dishonest_a fact_n by_o the_o allurement_n of_o pleasure_n and_o contrariwise_o restrain_v from_o the_o same_o for_o fear_n of_o pain_n as_o for_o lust_n fear_v and_o all_o such_o like_a passion_n they_o be_v no_o other_o say_v they_o but_o perverse_a opinion_n and_o corrupt_a judgement_n not_o
behind_o of_o pleasure_n all_o the_o mother_n dear_a and_o kind_a such_o as_o these_o very_o we_o ought_v to_o pity_v yea_o and_o withal_o to_o be_v offend_v at_o because_o in_o who_o mind_n they_o be_v once_o enter_v and_o settle_a they_o engender_v many_o malady_n and_o passion_n like_v unto_o worm_n and_o such_o filthy_a vermin_n but_o now_o to_o come_v unto_o those_o which_o at_o this_o present_a be_v in_o question_n impiety_n or_o atheism_n be_v a_o false_a persuasion_n and_o lewd_a belief_n that_o there_o be_v no_o sovereign_a nature_n most_o happy_a and_o incorruptible_a seem_v by_o incredulity_n of_o a_o godhead_n to_o bring_v miscreant_n to_o a_o certain_a stupidity_n bereave_v they_o of_o all_o sense_n and_o feeling_n consider_v that_o the_o end_n of_o this_o misbelief_n that_o there_o be_v no_o god_n be_v to_o be_v void_a altogether_o of_o fear_n as_o for_o superstition_n according_a as_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o greek_a word_n which_o signify_v fear_n of_o the_o god_n do_v imply_v be_v a_o passionate_a opinion_n and_o turbulent_a imagination_n imprint_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o man_n a_o certain_a fearfulness_n which_o do_v abate_v his_o courage_n and_o humble_v he_o down_o to_o the_o very_a ground_n while_o he_o be_v persuade_v that_o they_o be_v god_n indeed_o but_o such_o as_o be_v noisome_a hurtful_a and_o do_v mischief_n unto_o man_n in_o such_o sort_n that_o the_o impious_a atheist_n have_v no_o motion_n at_o all_o as_o touch_v the_o deity_n and_o divine_a power_n and_o the_o superstitious_a person_n move_v and_o affect_v thereto_o after_o a_o perverse_a sort_n and_o otherwise_o than_o he_o shall_v be_v both_o out_o of_o the_o right_a way_n for_o ignorance_n as_o it_o do_v ingenerate_a in_o the_o one_o a_o unbelief_n of_o that_o sovereign_a nature_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o goodness_n so_o it_o imprint_v in_o the_o other_o a_o misbelief_n of_o the_o deity_n as_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o evil_a so_o that_o as_o it_o shall_v seem_v impiety_n or_o atheism_n be_v a_o false_a judgement_n and_o opinion_n of_o the_o godhead_n and_o superstition_n a_o passion_n proceed_v from_o a_o erroneous_a persuasion_n true_a it_o be_v that_o all_o malady_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v foul_a and_o the_o passion_n naught_o howbeit_o in_o some_o of_o they_o there_o be_v a_o kind_n of_o i_o wot_v not_o what_o alacrity_n haughtiness_n and_o jollity_n proceed_v from_o the_o lightness_n of_o the_o mind_n and_o to_o say_v in_o a_o word_n there_o be_v in_o manner_n not_o one_o of_o they_o all_o destitute_a of_o one_o active_a motion_n or_o other_o serve_v for_o action_n but_o a_o common_a imputation_n this_o be_v and_o a_o blame_v lay_v general_o upon_o all_o passion_n that_o with_o their_o violent_a prick_n as_o it_o be_v they_o incite_v provoke_v urge_v compel_v and_o force_v reason_n only_a fear_n which_o be_v no_o less_o void_a of_o audacity_n and_o boldness_n than_o of_o reason_n carry_v with_o it_o a_o certain_a blockishness_n or_o stupidity_n destitute_a of_o action_n perplex_v idle_a dead_a without_o any_o exploit_n or_o effect_n whatsoever_o whereupon_o it_o be_v name_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o bond_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v trouble_v for_o that_o it_o both_o bind_v and_o also_o trouble_v the_o mind_n but_o of_o all_o sort_n of_o fear_n there_o be_v none_o so_o full_a of_o perplexity_n none_o so_o unfit_a for_o action_n as_o that_o of_o superstition_n the_o man_n who_o sail_v not_o be_v not_o afraid_a of_o the_o sea_n neither_o fear_v he_o the_o war_n who_o follow_v not_o warfare_n no_o more_o than_o he_o who_o keep_v home_o and_o stir_v not_o out_o of_o door_n be_v afraid_a of_o thief_n that_o rob_v by_o the_o high_a way_n side_n or_o the_o poor_a man_n that_o have_v nought_o to_o loose_v of_o the_o sycophant_n or_o promoter_n nor_o he_o that_o live_v in_o mean_a estate_n of_o envy_n no_o more_o i_o say_v than_o he_o that_o be_v in_o gaul_n fear_v earthquake_n or_o in_o aethiopia_n thunder_n and_o lightning_n but_o the_o superstitious_a man_n that_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o the_o god_n fear_v all_o thing_n the_o land_n the_o sea_n the_o air_n the_o sky_n darkness_n light_n silence_n and_o his_o very_a dream_n servant_n while_o they_o be_v a_o sleep_n forget_v the_o rigour_n and_o hardness_n of_o their_o master_n sleep_n ease_v the_o cheine_n give_v and_o fetter_n of_o those_o that_o lie_v by_o the_o heel_n bind_v in_o prison_n dolorous_a inflammation_n smart_a wound_n painful_a ulcer_n and_o marimul_n that_o eat_v and_o consume_v the_o flesh_n yield_v some_o ease_n and_o alleviation_n unto_o patient_n while_o they_o be_v asleep_a according_a as_o he_o say_v in_o the_o tragedy_n o_o sweet_a repose_n o_o sleep_v so_o gracious_a that_o do_v allay_v our_o malady_n how_o welcome_a be_v thou_o unto_o we_o bring_v in_o season_n remedy_n thus_o say_v he_o but_o susperstition_n will_v not_o give_v a_o man_n leave_v thus_o to_o say_v for_o it_o alone_o make_v no_o truce_n during_o sleep_n it_o permit_v not_o the_o soul_n at_o any_o time_n to_o breath_n and_o take_v rest_n no_o nor_o suffer_v it_o to_o pluck_v up_o her_o spirit_n and_o take_v heart_n again_o by_o remove_v out_o of_o her_o the_o unpleasant_a tart_a and_o troublesome_a opinion_n as_o touch_v the_o divine_a power_n but_o as_o if_o the_o sleep_n of_o superstitious_a folk_n be_v a_o very_a hell_n and_o place_n of_o damn_a person_n it_o do_v present_a unto_o they_o terrible_a vision_n and_o monstrous_a fancy_n it_o raise_v devil_n fiend_n and_o fury_n which_o torment_v the_o poor_a and_o miserable_a soul_n it_o drive_v she_o out_o of_o her_o quiet_a repose_n by_o she_o own_o fearful_a dream_n wherewith_o she_o whip_v scourge_v and_o punish_v herself_o as_o if_o it_o be_v by_o some_o other_o who_o cruel_a and_o unreasonable_a commandment_n she_o do_v obey_v and_o yet_o here_o be_v not_o all_o for_o that_o which_o worse_o be_v such_o superstitious_a person_n after_o they_o be_v awaken_v out_o of_o their_o sleep_n and_o rise_v do_v not_o as_o other_o man_n despise_v their_o dream_n and_o either_o laugh_v thereat_o or_o take_v pleasure_n therein_o for_o that_o they_o see_v there_o be_v nothing_o true_a in_o all_o their_o vision_n and_o illusion_n which_o shall_v trouble_v and_o terrify_v they_o but_o be_v escape_v out_o of_o the_o shadow_n of_o those_o false_a illusion_n wherein_o there_o be_v no_o harm_n or_o hurt_v at_o all_o they_o deceive_v and_o trouble_v themselves_o in_o good_a earnest_n spend_v their_o substance_n and_o good_n infinite_o upon_o magician_n juglar_n enchanter_n and_o such_o like_a deceiver_n who_o they_o light_v upon_o who_o bear_v a_o man_n in_o hand_n and_o thus_o say_v unto_o he_o if_o fright_v thou_o be_v with_o fancy_n in_o sleep_n or_o haunt_v with_o hecate_n that_o beneath_o do_v keep_v call_v for_o a_o old_a troth_n that_o tend_v thy_o backhouse_n and_o plunge_v thyself_o in_o the_o sea_n water_n and_o sit_v a_o whole_a day_n upon_o the_o ground_n o_o greek_n you_o that_o will_v count_v be_v most_o wise_a these_o barbarous_a and_o wicked_a toy_n devise_v namely_o upon_o a_o vain_a and_o foolish_a superstition_n enjoin_v man_n to_o begrime_v and_o bewray_v themselves_o with_o dirt_n to_o lie_v and_o wallow_v in_o the_o mire_n to_o observe_v sabbaths_n and_o cease_v from_o work_n to_o lie_v prostrate_a and_o grovel_a upon_o the_o earth_n with_o the_o face_n downward_o to_o sit_v upon_o the_o ground_n in_o open_a place_n and_o to_o make_v many_o strange_a and_o extravagant_a adoration_n in_o time_n past_o the_o manner_n be_v among_o those_o especial_o who_o will_v entertain_v and_o observe_v lawful_a music_n to_o command_v those_o that_o begin_v to_o play_v upon_o the_o harp_n or_o cittern_n to_o sing_v thereto_o with_o a_o just_a mouth_n to_o the_o end_n they_o shall_v speak_v no_o dishonest_a thing_n and_o even_o we_o also_o require_v and_o think_v it_o meet_v to_o pray_v unto_o the_o god_n with_o a_o just_a and_o right_a mouth_n &_o not_o to_o pry_v in_o the_o beast_n sacrifice_v to_o look_v into_o the_o entrail_n to_o observe_v whether_o the_o tongue_n thereof_o be_v pure_a and_o right_a and_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n pervert_v and_o pollute_v our_o own_o tongue_n with_o strange_a and_o absurd_a name_n infect_v and_o defile_v the_o same_o with_o barbarous_a term_n offend_v thereby_o the_o god_n and_o violate_v the_o dignity_n of_o that_o religion_n which_o be_v receive_v from_o our_o ancestor_n and_o authorise_v in_o our_o own_o country_n the_o comical_a poet_n say_v pleasant_o in_o one_o comedy_n speak_v of_o those_o who_o lay_v their_o bedsted_n thick_a with_o gold_n and_o silver_n why_o do_v you_o make_v your_o sleep_n dear_a and_o costly_a unto_o yourselves_o which_o be_v
hard_a hear_n have_v no_o sense_n at_o all_o of_o music_n and_o be_v nothing_o move_v and_o affect_v therewith_o a_o great_a infortunitie_n this_o be_v of_o blind_a tiresias_n that_o he_o can_v not_o see_v his_o child_n and_o friend_n but_o much_o more_o unfortunate_a and_o unhappy_a be_v athamas_n and_o agave_n who_o see_v their_o child_n think_v they_o see_v lion_n and_o stag_n and_o no_o doubt_n when_o hercules_n fall_v to_o be_v enrage_v and_o mad_a better_o it_o have_v be_v and_o more_o expedient_a for_o he_o that_o he_o have_v not_o see_v nor_o know_v his_o own_o child_n than_o so_o to_o deal_v with_o those_o who_o be_v most_o dear_a unto_o he_o and_o who_o he_o love_v more_o than_o all_o the_o world_n besy_n as_o if_o they_o have_v be_v his_o mortal_a enemy_n think_v you_o not_o then_o that_o there_o be_v the_o same_o difference_n between_o the_o passion_n of_o atheist_n and_o superstitious_a folk_n atheist_n have_v no_o sight_n nor_o knowledge_n of_o the_o god_n at_o all_o and_o the_o superstitious_a think_v there_o be_v god_n though_o they_o be_v persuade_v of_o they_o amiss_o atheist_n neglect_v they_o altogether_o as_o if_o they_o be_v not_o but_o the_o superstitious_a esteem_n that_o to_o be_v terrible_a which_o be_v gracious_a &_o amiable_a cruel_a and_o tyranlike_a which_o be_v kind_a and_o fatherlike_a hurtful_a and_o damageable_a unto_o we_o which_o be_v most_o careful_a of_o our_o good_a and_o profit_n rough_a rigorous_a savage_a and_o fell_a of_o nature_n which_o be_v void_a of_o choler_n and_o without_o passion_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o they_o beleeve-brasse_n founder_n cutter_n in_o stone_n imager_n graver_n and_o worker_n in_o wax_n who_o shape_n &_o represent_v unto_o they_o god_n with_o body_n to_o the_o likeness_n of_o mortal_a man_n for_o such_o they_o imagine_v they_o to_o be_v such_o they_o adorn_v adore_v and_o worship_n while_o in_o the_o mean_a time_n they_o despise_v philosopher_n and_o grave_a personage_n of_o state_n and_o government_n who_o do_v teach_v and_o show_v that_o the_o majesty_n of_o god_n be_v accompany_v with_o bounty_n magnanimity_n love_n and_o careful_a regard_n of_o our_o good_a so_o that_o as_o in_o the_o one_o sort_n we_o may_v perceive_v a_o certain_a senseless_a stupidity_n and_o want_n of_o belief_n in_o those_o cause_n from_o whence_o proceed_v all_o goodness_n so_o in_o the_o other_o we_o may_v observe_v a_o distrustful_a doubt_n and_o fear_n of_o those_o which_o can_v otherwise_o be_v than_o profitable_a and_o gracious_a in_o sum_n impiety_n and_o atheism_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o mere_a want_n of_o feeling_n and_o sense_n of_o a_o deity_n or_o divine_a power_n for_o default_n of_o understanding_n and_o know_v the_o sovereign_a good_a and_o superstition_n be_v a_o heap_n of_o divers_a passion_n suspect_v and_o suppose_v that_o which_o be_v good_a by_o nature_n to_o be_v bad_a for_o superstitious_a person_n fear_v the_o god_n and_o yet_o they_o have_v recourse_n unto_o they_o they_o flatter_v they_o and_o yet_o blaspheme_v and_o reproach_n they_o they_o pray_v unto_o they_o and_o yet_o complain_v of_o they_o a_o common_a thing_n this_o be_v unto_o all_o man_n not_o to_o be_v always_o fortunate_a whereas_o the_o god_n be_v void_a of_o sickness_n not_o subject_a to_o old_a age_n neither_o taste_n they_o of_o labour_n or_o pain_n at_o any_o time_n and_o as_o pindarus_n say_v escape_v they_o do_v the_o passage_n of_o the_o first_o of_o roar_a acheron_n and_o live_v always_o in_o mirth_n but_o the_o passion_n and_o affair_n of_o man_n be_v intermedle_v with_o divers_a accident_n and_o adventure_n which_o run_v as_o well_o one_o way_n as_o another_o now_o consider_v with_o i_o first_o and_o foremost_a the_o atheist_n in_o those_o thing_n which_o happen_v against_o his_o mind_n and_o learn_v his_o disposition_n and_o affection_n in_o such_o occurrence_n if_o in_o other_o respect_v he_o be_v a_o temperate_a and_o modest_a man_n bear_v he_o will_v his_o fortune_n patient_o without_o say_v a_o word_n seek_v for_o aid_n he_o will_v and_o comfort_n by_o what_o mean_v he_o can_v but_o if_o he_o be_v of_o nature_n violent_a and_o take_v his_o misfortune_n impatient_o than_o he_o direct_v and_o oppose_v all_o his_o plaint_n and_o lamentation_n against_o fortune_n and_o casualty_n then_o he_o cry_v out_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n govern_v either_o by_o justice_n or_o with_o providence_n but_o that_o all_o the_o affair_n of_o man_n run_v confuse_o headlong_a to_o destruction_n but_o the_o fashion_n of_o the_o superstitious_a be_v otherwise_o for_o let_v there_o never_o so_o small_a a_o accident_n or_o mishap_n befall_v unto_o he_o he_o sit_v he_o down_o sorrow_v and_o thereto_o he_o multiply_v and_o add_v other_o great_a and_o grievous_a affliction_n such_o as_o hardly_o be_v remove_v he_o imagine_v sundry_a fright_n fear_n suspicion_n and_o troublesome_a terror_n give_v himself_o to_o all_o kind_n of_o wail_v groan_a and_o doleful_a lamentation_n for_o he_o accuse_v not_o any_o man_n fortune_n occasion_n or_o his_o own_o self_n but_o he_o blame_v god_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o giving_z out_o in_o plain_a term_n that_o from_o thence_o it_o be_v that_o there_o fall_v and_o run_v over_o he_o such_o a_o celestial_a influence_n of_o all_o calamity_n and_o misery_n contest_v in_o this_o wise_a that_o a_o unhappy_a or_o unlucky_a man_n he_o be_v not_o but_o one_o hate_v of_o the_o god_n worthy_o punish_v and_o afflict_a yea_o and_o suffer_v all_o deserve_o by_o that_o divine_a power_n and_o providence_n now_o if_o the_o godless_a atheist_n be_v sick_a he_o discourse_v with_o himself_o and_o call_v to_o mind_v his_o repletion_n and_o full_a feeding_n his_o surfeit_v upon_o drink_v wine_n his_o disorder_n in_o diet_n his_o immoderate_a travel_n &_o pain_n take_v yea_o and_o his_o unusual_a and_o absurd_a change_n of_o air_n from_o that_o which_o be_v familiar_a unto_o that_o which_o be_v strange_a and_o unnatuturall_a moreover_o if_o it_o chance_v that_o he_o have_v offend_v in_o any_o matter_n of_o government_n touch_v the_o state_n incur_v disgrace_n and_o a_o evil_a opinion_n of_o the_o people_n and_o country_n wherein_o he_o live_v or_o be_v false_o accuse_v and_o slander_v before_o the_o prince_n or_o sovereign_a ruler_n he_o go_v no_o far_a than_o to_o himself_o and_o those_o about_o he_o impute_v the_o cause_n of_o all_o thereto_o and_o to_o nothing_o else_o and_o thus_o he_o reason_v where_o have_v i_o be_v what_o good_a have_v i_o do_v and_o what_o have_v i_o not_o do_v where_o have_v i_o slip_v what_o duty_n begin_v be_v leave_v by_o i_o undo_v whereas_o the_o superstitious_a person_n will_v think_v and_o say_v that_o every_o disease_n and_o infirmity_n of_o his_o body_n all_o his_o loss_n the_o death_n of_o his_o child_n his_o evil_a success_n and_o infortunitie_n in_o manage_v civil_a affair_n of_o state_n and_o his_o repulse_n and_o disgrace_n be_v so_o many_o plague_n inflict_v upon_o he_o by_o the_o ire_n of_o the_o god_n and_o the_o very_a assault_n of_o the_o divine_a justice_n insomuch_o as_o he_o dare_v not_o go_v about_o to_o seek_v for_o help_n and_o succour_n nor_o avert_v his_o own_o calamity_n he_o will_v not_o presume_v to_o seek_v for_o remedy_n nor_o oppose_v himself_o against_o the_o invasion_n of_o adverse_a fortune_n for_o fear_n forsooth_o lest_o he_o may_v seem_v to_o fight_v against_o the_o god_n or_o to_o resist_v their_o power_n and_o will_v when_o they_o punish_v he_o thus_o when_o he_o lie_v sick_a in_o bed_n he_o drive_v his_o physician_n out_o of_o the_o chamber_n when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o visit_v he_o when_o he_o be_v in_o sorrow_n he_o shut_v and_o lock_v his_o door_n upon_o the_o philosopher_n that_o come_v to_o comfort_v he_o and_o give_v he_o good_a counsel_n let_v i_o alone_o will_n he_o say_v and_o give_v i_o leave_v to_o suffer_v punishment_n as_o i_o have_v deserve_v wicked_a and_o profane_a creature_n that_o i_o be_o accurse_a hate_a of_o all_o the_o god_n demigod_n and_o saint_n in_o heaven_n whereas_o if_o a_o man_n who_o do_v not_o believe_v nor_o be_v persuade_v that_o there_o be_v a_o god_n be_v otherwise_o in_o exceed_a grief_n and_o sorrow_n it_o be_v a_o ordinary_a thing_n with_o he_o to_o wipe_v away_o the_o tear_n as_o they_o gush_v out_o of_o his_o eye_n and_o trickle_v down_o the_o cheek_n to_o cause_v his_o hair_n to_o be_v cut_v and_o to_o take_v away_o his_o mourn_a weed_n as_o for_o a_o superstitious_a person_n how_o shall_v one_o speak_v unto_o he_o or_o which_o way_n succour_n and_o help_v he_o without_o the_o door_n he_o sit_v clad_v in_o sackcloth_n or_o else_o gird_v about_o his_o loin_n with_o patch_a clothes_n and_o totter_a rag_n oftentimes_o he_o will_v welter_v and_o wallow_v in_o the_o
his_o friend_n be_v fall_v into_o some_o adversity_n to_o take_v a_o good_a heart_n and_o fight_v against_o fortune_n who_o when_o he_o demand_v of_o he_o again_o how_o he_o shall_v combat_v with_o she_o make_v answer_v marry_o after_o a_o philosophical_a manner_n even_o so_o let_v we_o also_o maintain_v battle_n and_o be_v revenge_v of_o adversity_n by_o follow_v the_o rule_n of_o philosophy_n &_o be_v arm_v with_o patience_n as_o become_v wise_a man_n for_o after_o what_o sort_n do_v we_o defend_v ourselves_o against_o rain_n or_o how_o be_v we_o revenge_v of_o the_o north_n wind_n marry_o we_o seek_v for_o fire_n we_o go_v into_o a_o stouph_n we_o make_v provision_n of_o clothes_n and_o we_o get_v a_o house_n over_o our_o head_n neither_o do_v we_o sit_v we_o down_o in_o the_o rain_n until_o we_o be_v thorough_o wet_a to_o the_o skin_n and_o then_o weep_v our_o fill_n and_o even_o so_o have_v you_o also_o in_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v present_o about_o you_o good_a mean_n yea_o and_o better_a than_o any_o other_o to_o revive_v refresh_v and_o warm_v this_o part_n of_o your_o life_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v freeze_v and_o benumb_v with_o cold_a as_o have_v no_o need_n at_o all_o of_o any_o other_o help_v and_o succour_n so_o long_o as_o you_o will_v use_v the_o foresay_a mean_n according_a as_o reason_n do_v prescribe_v &_o direct_v for_o true_a it_o be_v that_o the_o ventose_n or_o cupping-glass_n that_o physician_n use_v draw_v out_o of_o man_n body_n the_o worst_a &_o most_o corrupt_a blood_n do_v disburden_v &_o preserve_v all_o the_o rest_n but_o they_o that_o be_v give_v to_o heaviness_n &_o sorrow_n who_o love_n also_o evermore_o to_o whine_v and_o complain_v by_o gather_v together_o &_o multiply_v continual_o in_o their_o cogitation_n the_o worst_a matter_n incident_a unto_o they_o and_o eftsoon_o consume_v themselves_o with_o the_o dolorous_a accident_n of_o their_o fortune_n cause_n those_o mean_n to_o be_v unprofitable_a unto_o they_o which_o otherwise_o be_v wholesome_a and_o expedient_a and_o even_o at_o such_o a_o time_n especial_o when_o they_o shall_v do_v most_o good_a as_o for_o those_o two_o ton_n my_o good_a friend_n which_o homer_n say_v to_o be_v set_v in_o heaven_n full_a of_o man_n destiny_n the_o one_o replenish_v with_o good_a and_o the_o other_o with_o bad_a it_o be_v not_o jupiter_n who_o sit_v to_o disperse_v and_o distribute_v they_o abroad_o send_v unto_o some_o mild_a and_o pleasant_a fortune_n intermingle_v always_o with_o goodness_n but_o unto_o other_o continual_a stream_n as_o a_o man_n will_v say_v of_o mere_a misfortune_n without_o any_o temperature_n of_o any_o goodness_n at_o all_o but_o even_o among_o our_o own_o self_n as_o many_o as_o be_v wise_a and_o be_v of_o any_o sound_a understanding_n draw_v out_o of_o their_o happy_a fortune_n whatsoever_o cross_n and_o adverse_a matter_n be_v mingle_v therewith_o and_o by_o this_o mean_n make_v their_o life_n the_o pleasant_a and_o as_o a_o man_n will_v say_v more_o portable_a whereas_o contrariwise_o many_o man_n do_v let_v their_o fortune_n run_v as_o it_o be_v through_o a_o colander_n or_o streiner_n wherein_o the_o worst_a stick_n and_o remain_v in_o the_o way_n behind_o while_o the_o better_a do_v pass_v and_o run_v out_o and_o therefore_o it_o behoove_v that_o although_o webe_n fall_v into_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v in_o truth_n naught_o and_o grievous_a unto_o we_o we_o set_v a_o cheerful_a countenance_n on_o the_o matter_n and_o make_v the_o best_a supply_n and_o recompense_n that_o we_o can_v by_o those_o good_a thing_n that_o otherwise_o we_o have_v and_o do_v remain_v with_o we_o beside_o lenify_v and_o polish_n the_o strange_a and_o adverse_a accident_n which_o happen_v without_o by_o that_o which_o be_v mild_a and_o familiar_a within_o but_o as_o touch_v those_o occurrent_n that_o simple_o of_o their_o own_o nature_n be_v not_o ill_a and_o wherein_o whatsoever_o do_v trouble_v and_o offend_v we_o arise_v altogether_o and_o whole_o upon_o a_o vain_a conceit_n and_o foolish_a imagination_n of_o our_o own_o we_o ought_v to_o do_v as_o our_o manner_n be_v with_o little_a child_n that_o be_v afraid_a of_o mask_n and_o disguise_a visour_n for_o like_a as_o we_o hold_v the_o same_o close_a and_o near_o unto_o they_o handle_n and_o turn_v they_o in_o our_o hand_n before_o they_o every_o way_n and_o so_o by_o that_o mean_n acquaint_v they_o therewith_o until_o they_o make_v no_o reckon_n at_o all_o of_o they_o even_o so_o by_o approach_v near_o by_o touch_v and_o peruse_v the_o say_a calamity_n with_o our_o understanding_n and_o discourse_n of_o reason_n we_o be_v to_o consider_v and_o discover_v the_o false_a appearance_n the_o vanity_n and_o feign_a tragedy_n that_o they_o pretend_v like_v to_o which_o be_v that_o present_a accident_n which_o now_o be_v befall_v unto_o you_o to_o wit_n the_o banishment_n out_o of_o that_o place_n which_o according_a to_o the_o vulgar_a error_n of_o man_n you_o suppose_v to_o be_v your_o native_a country_n for_o to_o say_v a_o truth_n there_o be_v no_o such_o distinct_a native_a soil_n that_o nature_n have_v ordain_v no_o more_o than_o either_o house_n land_n smith_n forge_n or_o chirurgeon_n shop_n be_v by_o nature_n as_o ariston_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v but_o every_o one_o of_o these_o and_o such_o like_o according_a as_o any_o man_n do_v occupy_v or_o use_v they_o be_v his_o or_o to_o speak_v more_o proper_o be_v name_v and_o call_v his_o for_o man_n according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o plato_n be_v not_o a_o earthly_a plant_n have_v the_o root_n fix_v fast_o within_o the_o ground_n and_o unmooveable_a but_o celestial_a and_o turn_v upward_o to_o heaven_n who_o body_n from_o the_o head_n as_o from_o a_o root_n that_o do_v strengthen_v the_o same_o abide_v straight_o and_o upright_o and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o hercules_n in_o a_o certain_a tragedy_n say_v thus_o what_o tell_v you_o i_o of_o argive_a or_o thebain_n i_o do_v not_o vaunt_v of_o any_o place_n certain_a no_o burroughtowne_n nor_o city_n come_v amiss_o through_o out_o all_o greece_n but_o it_o my_o country_n be_v and_o yet_o socrates_n say_v better_a than_o so_o who_o give_v it_o out_o that_o he_o be_v neither_o athenian_a nor_o grecian_a but_o a_o citizen_n of_o the_o world_n as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v for_o example_n sake_n that_o he_o be_v either_o a_o rhodian_a or_o a_o corinthian_a for_o he_o will_v not_o exclude_v himself_o within_o the_o precinct_n and_o limit_n of_o the_o promontory_n sunium_n or_o taenarus_n nor_o yet_o the_o ceraunian_n mountain_n but_o see_v thou_o this_o starry_a firmament_n so_o high_a above_o and_o infinite_o vast_a in_o bosom_n moist_a of_o water_n element_n the_o earth_n beneath_o how_o it_o enclose_v fast_o these_o be_v the_o bound_n of_o a_o native_a country_n within_o the_o pourprise_n and_o compass_v whereof_o whosoever_o be_v ought_v not_o to_o think_v himself_o either_o banish_v pilgrim_n stranger_n or_o foreigner_n namely_o whereas_o he_o shall_v meet_v with_o the_o same_o fire_n the_o same_o water_n the_o same_o air_n the_o same_o magistrate_n the_o same_o governor_n and_o precedent_n to_o wit_n the_o sun_n the_o moon_n and_o the_o morning_n star_n the_o same_o law_n throughout_o under_o one_o and_o the_o selfsame_o order_n and_o conduct_v the_o solstice_n and_o tropic_n of_o summer_n in_o the_o north_n the_o solstice_n and_o tropic_n of_o winter_n in_o the_o south_n the_o aequinox_n both_o of_o spring_n and_o fall_v the_o star_n pleiades_n and_o arcturus_n the_o season_n of_o seednesse_n the_o time_n of_o plant_v one_o king_n and_o the_o same_o prince_n of_o all_o even_o god_n who_o have_v in_o his_o hand_n the_o beginning_n the_o mid_n and_o the_o end_n of_o the_o whole_a and_o universal_a world_n who_o by_o his_o influence_n go_v according_a to_o nature_n direct_o through_o and_o round_o about_o all_o thing_n attend_v upon_o with_o righteousness_n and_o justice_n to_o take_v vengeance_n and_o punishment_n of_o those_o who_o transgress_v any_o point_n of_o divine_a law_n which_o all_o we_o likewise_o that_o be_v man_n do_v exercise_n and_o use_v by_o the_o guidance_n and_o direction_n of_o nature_n against_o all_o other_o as_o our_o citizen_n and_o subject_n now_o say_v that_o thou_o do_v not_o dwell_v and_o live_v in_o sardeis_n what_o matter_n be_v that_o sure_o it_o be_v just_a nothing_o no_o more_o do_v all_o the_o athenian_n inhabit_v in_o the_o burrough_n or_o tribe_n colyttus_n nor_o the_o corinthian_n in_o the_o street_n cranium_fw-la ne_o yet_o the_o lacedaemonian_n in_o the_o vilage_n pytane_n be_v those_o athenian_n then_o to_o be_v count_v stranger_n and_o not_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o city_n who_o have_v remove_v out_o of_o melite_n into_o diomea_n consider_v that_o even_o there_o they_o do_v solemnize_v yet_o the_o month_n
commendation_n he_o be_v not_o worthy_a of_o sorrow_n and_o lamentation_n but_o of_o a_o honourable_a and_o glorious_a remembrance_n he_o require_v not_o tear_n as_o testimonial_n of_o grief_n and_o dolour_n but_o honest_a offering_n and_o civil_a oblation_n if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o he_o who_o be_v go_v out_o of_o this_o world_n do_v partake_v a_o more_o divine_a and_o heavenly_a condition_n of_o life_n as_o be_v deliver_v from_o the_o servitude_n of_o this_o body_n and_o the_o infinite_a care_n perplexity_n and_o calamity_n which_o they_o must_v needs_o endure_v who_o abide_v in_o this_o mortal_a life_n until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o have_v run_v their_o race_n and_o perform_v the_o prefix_a course_n of_o this_o life_n which_o nature_n have_v not_o grant_v unto_o we_o for_o to_o be_v perpetual_a but_o according_a to_o the_o law_n of_o fatal_a destiny_n have_v give_v to_o every_o one_o in_o several_a proportion_n such_o therefore_o as_o be_v wise_a and_o well_o mind_v ought_v not_o in_o sorrow_n and_o grief_n for_o their_o friend_n depart_v to_o pass_v beyond_o the_o bound_n and_o limit_n of_o nature_n and_o in_o vain_a plaint_n and_o barbarous_a lamentation_n forget_v a_o mean_a and_o never_o know_v to_o make_v a_o end_n expect_v that_o which_o have_v befall_v to_o many_o before_o they_o who_o have_v be_v so_o far_o go_v in_o heaviness_n and_o melancholy_n that_o before_o they_o have_v do_v lament_v they_o have_v finish_v their_o day_n and_o ere_o they_o can_v lay_v off_o the_o mourn_a habit_n for_o the_o funeral_n of_o other_o they_o have_v be_v ready_a themselves_o to_o be_v carry_v forth_o to_o their_o unhappy_a sepulture_n insomuch_o as_o the_o sorrow_n which_o they_o entertain_v for_o the_o death_n of_o another_o and_o the_o calamity_n proceed_v from_o their_o own_o folly_n have_v be_v bury_v together_o with_o they_o so_o as_o a_o man_n may_v very_o well_o and_o true_o say_v of_o they_o as_o homer_n do_v while_o they_o their_o plaint_n and_o sorrow_n make_v dark-night_n overspread_v they_o with_o her_o shade_n and_o therefore_o in_o such_o case_n we_o be_v eftsoon_o thus_o to_o speak_v unto_o ourselves_o and_o reason_n in_o this_o manner_n what_o shall_v we_o make_v a_o end_n once_o or_o rather_o never_o cease_v so_o long_o as_o we_o live_v but_o still_o keep_v a_o weep_a and_o wail_v as_o we_o do_v for_o i_o assure_v you_o to_o think_v that_o sorrow_n shall_v never_o end_v be_v a_o point_n of_o extreme_a folly_n consider_v that_o often_o time_n we_o see_v even_o those_o who_o of_o all_o other_o take_v on_o and_o fare_v most_o impatient_o in_o their_o fit_n of_o grief_n and_o heaviness_n become_v in_o process_n of_o time_n so_o well_o appease_v that_o even_o at_o those_o tomb_n and_o monument_n where_o they_o piteous_o cry_v out_o and_o knock_v their_o breast_n they_o meet_v afterward_o solemn_o to_o make_v magnificent_a feast_n with_o music_n minstrelsy_n and_o all_o the_o mean_n of_o mirth_n that_o may_v be_v devise_v it_o be_v the_o property_n therefore_o of_o a_o mad_a man_n and_o one_o bereave_v of_o his_o wit_n to_o resolve_v and_o set_v down_o with_o himself_o to_o dwell_v evermore_o in_o sorrow_n and_o not_o to_o give_v it_o over_o but_o if_o man_n think_v and_o reckon_v that_o it_o will_v cease_v at_o length_n and_o pass_v away_o by_o occasion_n of_o some_o thing_n that_o may_v occur_v let_v they_o cast_v this_o withal_o that_o space_n of_o time_n will_v after_o a_o sort_n do_v it_o for_o that_o which_o once_o be_v do_v can_v not_o by_o god_n himself_o be_v undo_v and_o therefore_o that_o which_o now_o be_v happen_v contrary_a to_o our_o hope_n and_o expectation_n be_v a_o sufficient_a proof_n &_o demonstration_n of_o that_o which_o be_v wont_a to_o befall_v unto_o many_o other_o by_o the_o same_o mean_n how_o then_o be_v not_o this_o a_o thing_n that_o we_o be_v able_a to_o comprehend_v by_o learning_n and_o discourse_n of_o reason_n in_o nature_n to_o wit_n the_o earth_n be_v full_a and_o sea_n likewise_o of_o sundry_a evil_n and_o misery_n as_o also_o such_o mischief_n ay_o and_o strange_a calamity_n be_v daily_o one_o after_o another_o send_v to_o mortal_a man_n by_o fatal_a destiny_n the_o sky_n itself_o be_v not_o thereof_o exempt_a for_o not_o only_o in_o these_o day_n but_o time_n out_o of_o mind_n many_o man_n and_o those_o of_o the_o wise_a sort_n have_v deplore_v the_o misery_n of_o mankind_n repute_v life_n itself_o to_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o punishment_n and_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o man_n birth_n and_o nativity_n to_o be_v no_o better_o than_o woe_n and_o misery_n and_o aristotle_n say_v that_o even_o silenus_n when_o he_o be_v catch_v and_o take_v captive_a pronounce_v as_o much_o unto_o king_n midas_n but_o forasmuch_o as_o this_o matter_n make_v so_o well_o to_o our_o purpose_n it_o be_v best_a to_o set_v down_o the_o very_a word_n of_o the_o say_a philosopher_n for_o in_o his_o book_n entitle_v eudemus_n or_o of_o the_o soul_n thus_o he_o say_v therefore_o quoth_v he_o o_o right_a excellent_a and_o of_o all_o man_n most_o fortunate_a as_o we_o esteem_v the_o dead_a to_o be_v bless_v and_o happy_a so_o we_o think_v that_o to_o make_v a_o lie_n or_o speak_v evil_a of_o they_o be_v mere_a impiety_n and_o a_o intolerable_a abuse_n offer_v unto_o they_o as_o be_v now_o translate_v into_o a_o far_o better_a and_o more_o excellent_a condition_n than_o before_o which_o opinion_n and_o custom_n in_o our_o country_n be_v so_o ancient_a and_o of_o such_o antiquity_n that_o no_o man_n live_v know_v either_o the_o time_n when_o it_o first_o begin_v or_o the_o first_o author_n thereof_o who_o bring_v it_o in_o but_o from_o all_o eternity_n this_o custom_n have_v be_v among_o we_o observe_v for_o a_o law_n moreover_o you_o know_v full_a well_o the_o old_a say_v see_v that_o from_o time_n to_o time_n have_v run_v currant_n in_o every_o man_n mouth_n and_o what_o be_v that_o quoth_v he_o then_o the_o other_o present_o infer_v this_o answer_n and_o say_v that_o simple_o it_o be_v best_o not_o to_o be_v bear_v at_o all_o and_o to_o die_v better_a than_o to_o live_v and_o hereto_o have_v accord_v and_o give_v testimony_n the_o very_a god_n themselves_o and_o namely_o unto_o king_n midas_n who_o have_v in_o chase_n and_o hunt_v upon_o a_o time_n take_v silenus_n demand_v of_o he_o what_o be_v best_a for_o man_n and_o what_o it_o be_v that_o a_o man_n shall_v wish_v for_o and_o choose_v above_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n at_o the_o first_o he_o will_v make_v no_o answer_n but_o keep_v silence_n and_o give_v not_o so_o much_o as_o a_o word_n until_o such_o time_n as_o midas_n importune_v and_o urge_v he_o by_o all_o mean_n so_o as_o at_o length_n see_v himself_o compel_v even_o against_o his_o will_n he_o break_v out_o into_o this_o speech_n and_o say_v unto_o he_o o_o generation_n of_o small_a continuance_n o_o seed_n of_o laborious_a and_o painful_a destiny_n o_o issue_n of_o fortune_n wretched_a and_o miserable_a why_o force_v you_o i_o to_o say_v that_o unto_o you_o which_o it_o be_v better_o for_o you_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o for_o that_o your_o life_n be_v less_o dolorous_a and_o irksome_a when_o it_o have_v no_o knowledge_n at_o all_o of_o she_o own_o calamity_n but_o so_o it_o be_v that_o man_n by_o no_o mean_n can_v have_v that_o which_o simple_o be_v best_a nor_o be_v partaker_n of_o that_o which_o be_v most_o excellent_a for_o best_a it_o have_v be_v for_o all_o man_n and_o woman_n both_o never_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v at_o all_o the_o next_o to_o it_o and_o indeed_o the_o principal_a and_o chief_a of_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o may_v be_v effect_v how_o ever_o in_o order_n it_o fall_v out_o to_o be_v second_o as_o to_o die_v immediate_o after_o one_o be_v bear_v so_o that_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o silenus_n judge_v and_o pronounce_v the_o condition_n of_o the_o dead_a to_o be_v better_a than_o of_o the_o live_n for_o the_o proof_n of_o which_o conclusion_n ten_o thousand_o sentence_n and_o example_n there_o be_v and_o ten_o thousand_o more_o upon_o the_o head_n of_o they_o which_o may_v be_v allege_v but_o needless_a it_o be_v to_o discourse_v father_n of_o this_o point_n and_o make_v more_o word_n thereof_o well_o then_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o lament_v the_o death_n of_o young_a folk_n in_o this_o regard_n that_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o those_o blessing_n and_o benefit_n which_o man_n do_v enjoy_v by_o long_a life_n for_o uncerteine_a it_o be_v as_o we_o have_v show_v often_o time_n before_o whether_o they_o be_v deprive_v of_o good_a thing_n or_o deliver_v from_o bad_a consider_v that_o in_o man_n life_n there_o be_v far_o more_o sorrow_n than_o joy_n and_o those_o as_o few_o as_o they_o
we_o unskilful_a as_o we_o be_v and_o void_a of_o art_n a_o fantastical_a knowledge_n ground_v only_o upon_o some_o light_a opinion_n and_o conjecture_v of_o our_o own_o as_o if_o we_o be_v right_o cunning_a workman_n and_o artisane_n for_o it_o be_v not_o his_o part_n who_o be_v not_o study_v in_o the_o art_n of_o physic_n to_o guess_v at_o the_o reason_n and_o consideration_n that_o the_o physician_n or_o chirurgeon_n have_v why_o he_o make_v incision_n no_o soon_o in_o his_o patient_n but_o stay_v long_o ere_o he_o proceed_v thereto_o or_o wherefore_o he_o bathe_v he_o not_o yesterday_o but_o to_o day_n semblable_o it_o be_v neither_o easy_a nor_o safe_a for_o a_o mortal_a man_n to_o speak_v otherwise_o of_o the_o god_n than_o of_o those_o who_o know_v well_o enough_o the_o due_a time_n and_o opportunity_n to_o minister_v a_o meet_a and_o convenient_a medicine_n unto_o vice_n and_o sin_n and_o exhibit_v punishment_n to_o every_o trespass_n as_o a_o appropriate_a drouge_n or_o confection_n to_o cure_v and_o heal_v each_o malady_n notwithstanding_o that_o the_o same_o measure_n and_o quantity_n be_v not_o common_a to_o all_o delinquent_n nor_o one_o only_a time_n and_o the_o same_o be_v always_o meet_v therefore_o now_o that_o the_o physic_n or_o medicine_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v call_v right_o and_o justice_n be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a science_n that_o be_v pindarus_n himself_o beside_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o other_o bear_v witness_n when_o he_o call_v the_o lord_n and_o governor_n of_o the_o world_n to_o wit_n god_n a_o most_o excellent_a and_o perfect_a artificer_n as_o be_v the_o author_n and_o creator_n of_o justice_n unto_o who_o it_o appertain_v to_o define_v and_o determine_v when_o in_o what_o manner_n and_o how_o far_o forth_o it_o be_v meet_v and_o reasonable_a to_o chastise_v and_o punish_v each_o offender_n plato_n likewise_o say_v that_o minos_n the_o son_n of_o jupiter_n be_v in_o this_o science_n the_o disciple_n of_o his_o father_n give_v we_o hereby_o to_o understand_v that_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o one_o to_o carry_v himself_o well_o in_o the_o execution_n of_o justice_n nor_o to_o judge_v a_o right_n of_o he_o that_o do_v as_o he_o ought_v unless_o he_o have_v before_o learn_v that_o science_n and_o be_v thorough_o skilful_a therein_o furthermore_o the_o positive_a law_n which_o man_n have_v establish_v seem_v not_o always_o to_o be_v ground_v upon_o reason_n or_o to_o sound_v and_o accord_n in_o all_o respect_n with_o absolute_a equity_n and_o justice_n but_o some_o of_o their_o ordinance_n be_v such_o as_o in_o outward_a appearance_n may_v be_v think_v ridiculous_a and_o worthy_a of_o mockery_n as_o for_o example_n at_o lacedaemon_n the_o high_a controller_n call_v ephori_fw-la so_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v install_v in_o their_o magistracy_n cause_n proclamation_n to_o be_v publish_v by_o sound_n of_o trumpet_n that_o no_o man_n shall_v wear_v moustache_n or_o nourish_v the_o hair_n on_o their_o upper_a lip_n also_o that_o willing_o every_o man_n shall_v obey_v the_o law_n to_o the_o end_n that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v hard_a or_o grievous_a unto_o they_o the_o roman_n also_o when_o they_o affranchise_v any_o slave_n and_o make_v he_o free_a cast_v upon_o their_o body_n a_o little_a small_a rod_n or_o wand_n likewise_o when_o they_o draw_v their_o last_o will_n or_o testament_n institute_v some_o for_o their_o heir_n who_o it_o please_v they_o but_o to_o other_o they_o leave_v their_o good_n to_o sell_v a_o thing_n that_o carry_v no_o sense_n nor_o reason_n with_o it_o but_o yet_o more_o absurd_a and_o unreasonable_a be_v that_o statute_n of_o solon_n make_n wherein_o it_o be_v provide_v that_o what_o citizen_n soever_o in_o a_o civil_a sedition_n range_v not_o himself_o to_o a_o side_n nor_o take_v part_n with_o one_o or_o other_o faction_n shall_v be_v note_v with_o infamy_n and_o disable_v for_o be_v capable_a of_o any_o honourable_a dignity_n in_o one_o word_n a_o man_n may_v allege_v a_o infinite_a number_n of_o absurdity_n beside_o contain_v in_o the_o civil_a law_n who_o neither_o know_v the_o reason_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n that_o write_v they_o nor_o the_o cause_n why_o they_o be_v set_v down_o if_o then_o it_o be_v so_o difficult_a to_o conceive_v and_o understand_v the_o reason_n which_o have_v move_v man_n thus_o to_o do_v be_v it_o any_o marvel_n that_o we_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o cause_n why_o god_n chastise_v one_o man_n soon_o and_o another_o late_a howbeit_o this_o that_o i_o have_v say_v be_v not_o for_o any_o pretence_n of_o start_a back_n and_o run_v away_o but_o rather_o for_o to_o crave_v leave_n and_o pardon_n to_o the_o end_n that_o our_o speech_n have_v a_o eye_n thereto_o as_o unto_o a_o haven_n and_o place_n of_o refuge_n may_v be_v the_o more_o hardy_a with_o boldness_n to_o range_v forth_o still_o in_o probability_n to_o the_o matter_n in_o doubt_n and_o question_n but_o i_o will_v have_v you_o to_o consider_v first_o that_o according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o plato_n god_n have_v set_v himself_o before_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o a_o perfect_a pattern_n and_o example_n of_o all_o goodness_n do_v unto_o as_o many_o as_o can_v follow_v and_o imitate_v his_o divinity_n infuse_v humane_a virtue_n which_o be_v in_o some_o sort_n conformable_a and_o like_a unto_o he_o for_o the_o general_a nature_n of_o this_o universal_a world_n be_v at_o the_o first_o a_o confuse_a and_o disorder_a chaos_n obtain_v this_o principle_n and_o element_n for_o to_o change_v to_o the_o better_a and_o by_o some_o conformity_n and_o participation_n of_o the_o idea_n of_o divine_a virtue_n to_o become_v this_o beautiful_a frame_n of_o the_o world_n and_o even_o the_o very_a same_o man_n say_v moreover_o that_o nature_n have_v raise_v our_o eyesight_n on_o high_a and_o lighten_v the_o same_o that_o by_o the_o view_n and_o admiration_n of_o those_o celestial_a body_n which_o move_v in_o heaven_n our_o soul_n may_v learn_v to_o embrace_v and_o be_v accustom_v to_o love_v that_o which_o be_v beautiful_a and_o in_o good_a order_n as_o also_o to_o be_v a_o enemy_n unto_o irregular_a and_o inordinate_a passion_n yea_o and_o to_o avoid_v do_v of_o thing_n rash_o and_o at_o adventure_n which_o in_o truth_n be_v the_o very_a source_n of_o all_o vice_n and_o sin_n for_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n wherein_o a_o man_n may_v have_v a_o great_a fruition_n of_o god_n than_o by_o the_o example_n and_o imitation_n of_o his_o good_a and_o decent_a quality_n to_o become_v honest_a and_o virtuous_a wherefore_o if_o we_o perceive_v he_o to_o proceed_v slow_o and_o in_o tract_n of_o time_n to_o lay_v his_o heavy_a hand_n upon_o the_o wicked_a and_o to_o punish_v they_o it_o be_v not_o for_o any_o doubt_n or_o fear_n that_o he_o shall_v do_v amiss_o or_o repent_v afterward_o if_o he_o chastice_v they_o soon_o but_o by_o wane_v we_o from_o all_o beastly_a violence_n &_o hastiness_n in_o our_o punishment_n to_o teach_v we_o not_o immediate_o to_o fly_v upon_o those_o who_o have_v offend_v we_o at_o what_o time_n as_o our_o blood_n be_v most_o up_o and_o our_o choler_n set_v on_o a_o light_a fire_n when_o furious_a ire_n in_o hart_n so_o leap_v and_o boil_v that_o wit_n and_o reason_n bear_v no_o sway_n the_o while_n make_v haste_n as_o it_o be_v to_o satisfy_v some_o great_a hunger_n or_o quench_v exceed_v thirst_n but_o by_o imitate_v his_o clemency_n and_o his_o manner_n of_o prolong_v and_o make_v delay_n to_o endeavour_v for_o to_o execute_v justice_n in_o all_o order_n at_o good_a leisure_n and_o with_o most_o careful_a regard_n take_v to_o counsel_v time_n which_o seldom_o or_o never_o be_v accompany_v with_o repentance_n for_o as_o socrates_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v less_o harm_n and_o danger_n there_o be_v if_o a_o man_n meet_v with_o trouble_a and_o muddy_a water_n and_o intemperate_o take_v and_o drink_v thereof_o than_o while_o his_o reason_n be_v confound_v corrupt_a and_o full_a of_o choler_n and_o furious_a rage_n to_o be_v set_v altogether_o upon_o revenge_n and_o run_v hasty_o upon_o the_o punishment_n of_o another_o body_n even_o one_o who_o be_v of_o his_o own_o kind_n and_o nature_n before_o the_o same_o reason_n be_v settle_v again_o cleanse_v and_o full_o purify_v for_o it_o be_v nothing_o so_o as_o thucydides_n write_v that_o vengeance_n the_o near_a it_o be_v unto_o the_o offence_n the_o more_o it_o be_v in_o the_o own_o kind_n but_o clean_o contrary_a the_o far_a off_o it_o be_v and_o long_o delay_v the_o better_a it_o apprehend_v and_o judge_v of_o that_o which_o be_v fit_a and_o decent_a for_o according_a as_o melanthius_n say_v when_o anger_v once_o dislodge_v have_v the_o wit_n foul_a work_n it_o make_v and_o outrage_n do_v commit_v even_o so_o reason_n perform_v
troth_n when_o they_o the_o sport_n remember_v of_o lovely_a venus_n leap_n for_o joy_n no_o care_n their_o heart_n encumber_v so_o very_o in_o these_o solemn_a pomp_n procession_n and_o sacrifice_n not_o only_o the_o age_a husband_n and_o the_o old_a wife_n the_o poor_a man_n that_o live_v in_o low_a and_o private_a estate_n but_o also_o the_o fat_a legged_a wench_n well_o under_o lay_v which_o to_o the_o mill_n bestir_v full_a yearn_n her_o good_a round_a stump_n and_o well_o apay_v to_o grind_v her_o grist_n do_v turn_v the_o querne_n the_o household_n hine_v and_o servant_n and_o the_o mercenary_a day-labourer_n who_o get_v their_o live_n by_o the_o sweat_n of_o their_o brow_n do_v altogether_o leap_v for_o mirth_n and_o joy_n of_o heart_n king_n and_o prince_n keep_v great_a cheer_n in_o their_o royal_a court_n and_o make_v certain_a royal_a and_o public_a feast_n for_o all_o comer_n but_o those_o which_o they_o hold_v in_o the_o sacred_a temple_n at_o sacrifice_n and_o solemnity_n of_o the_o god_n perform_v with_o fragrant_a perfume_n and_o odoriforous_a incense_n where_o it_o seem_v that_o man_n approach_v near_a unto_o the_o majesty_n of_o the_o god_n &_o think_v they_o even_o touch_v they_o and_o be_v conversant_a with_o they_o in_o all_o honour_n and_o reverence_n such_o seast_n i_o say_v yield_v a_o more_o rare_a joy_n and_o singular_a delectation_n than_o any_o other_o whereof_o he_o have_v no_o part_n at_o all_o who_o deny_v the_o providence_n of_o god_n for_o it_o be_v not_o the_o abundance_n and_o plenty_n of_o wine_n there_o drink_v nor_o the_o store_n of_o roast_n &_o sodden_a meat_n there_o eat_v which_o yield_v joy_n and_o contentment_n at_o such_o solemue_a seast_n but_o the_o assure_a hope_n and_o full_a persuasion_n that_o god_n be_v there_o present_a propitious_a favourable_a and_o gracious_a and_o that_o he_o accept_v in_o good_a part_n the_o honour_n and_o service_n do_v unto_o he_o for_o some_o feast_n and_o sacrifice_n there_o be_v where_o there_o be_v no_o music_n at_o all_o of_o flute_n and_o hautboy_n ne_o yet_o any_o chaplet_n and_o garland_n of_o flower_n use_v at_o all_o but_o a_o sacrifice_n where_o no_o god_n be_v present_a like_a as_o a_o temple_n without_o a_o sacred_a feast_n or_o holy_a banquet_n be_v 〈◊〉_d profane_a unfestivall_n impious_a irreligious_a and_o without_o divine_a inspiration_n and_o devotion_n and_o to_o speak_v better_a whole_o displeasant_a and_o odious_a to_o himself_o that_o offer_v it_o for_o that_o he_o counterfeit_v by_o hypocrisy_n prayer_n and_o adoration_n only_o in_o a_o show_n and_o otherwise_o than_o he_o mean_v for_o fear_n of_o the_o mulutude_n and_o pronounce_v word_n clean_o contrary_a unto_o the_o opinion_n which_o he_o hold_v in_o philosophy_n when_o he_o sacrifice_v he_o stand_v by_o the_o priest_n as_o he_o will_v by_o a_o cook_n or_o butcher_n who_o cut_v the_o throat_n of_o a_o sheep_n and_o after_o he_o have_v sacrifice_v he_o go_v his_o way_n home_o say_v thus_o to_o himself_o i_o have_v sacrifice_v a_o sheep_n as_o man_n ordinary_o do_v unto_o the_o god_n who_o have_v no_o care_n and_o regard_n of_o i_o for_o so_o it_o be_v that_o epicurus_n teach_v his_o scholar_n to_o set_v a_o good_a countenance_n of_o the_o matter_n and_o neither_o to_o envy_v nor_o incur_v the_o hatred_n of_o the_o common_a sort_n when_o they_o be_v dispose_v to_o be_v merry_a but_o seem_v other_o in_o practice_n and_o themselves_o inward_o in_o be_v displease_v with_o thing_n do_v for_o according_a as_o euenus_n say_v what_o thing_n be_v do_v perforce_o by_o we_o displeasant_a be_v and_o odious_a hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o they_o themselves_o do_v say_v and_o hold_v that_o superstitious_a person_n be_v present_a at_o sacrifice_n and_o religious_a ceremony_n not_o for_o any_o joy_n or_o pleasure_n they_o take_v there_o but_o upon_o a_o fear_n that_o they_o have_v and_o very_o herein_o no_o difference_n be_v between_o they_o and_o superstitious_a folk_n in_o case_n it_o be_v so_o that_o they_o do_v the_o same_o thing_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o world_n which_o the_o other_o do_v for_o fear_n of_o the_o god_n nay_o rather_o they_o be_v in_o a_o worse_a condition_n than_o those_o in_o that_o they_o have_v not_o so_o much_o hope_n of_o good_a as_o they_o but_o only_o stand_v always_o in_o dread_n and_o be_v trouble_v in_o mind_n lest_o they_o shall_v be_v detect_v and_o discover_v for_o abuse_v and_o deceive_v the_o world_n by_o their_o counterfeit_a hypocrisy_n in_o regard_n of_o which_o fear_n they_o have_v themselves_o write_v book_n and_o treatise_n of_o the_o god_n and_o of_o deity_n so_o compose_v that_o they_o be_v full_a of_o ambiguity_n and_o nothing_o be_v therein_o sound_o or_o clear_o deliver_v they_o do_v so_o mask_v disguise_n and_o cover_v themselves_o and_o all_o to_o cloak_n and_o hide_v the_o opinion_n which_o in_o deed_n they_o hold_v doubt_v the_o fury_n of_o the_o people_n thus_o much_o concern_v two_o sort_n of_o man_n to_o wit_n the_o wicked_a and_o the_o simple_a or_o common_a multitude_n now_o therefore_o let_v we_o consider_v of_o a_o three_o kind_n such_o as_o be_v of_o the_o best_a mark_n man_n of_o worth_n and_o honour_n most_o devout_a and_o religious_a in_o deed_n namely_o what_o sincere_a and_o pure_a pleasure_n they_o have_v by_o reason_n of_o the_o persuasion_n that_o they_o hold_v of_o god_n believe_v firm_o that_o he_o be_v the_o ruler_n and_o director_n of_o all_o good_a person_n the_o author_n and_o father_n from_o who_o proceed_v all_o thing_n good_a and_o honest_a and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o lawful_a to_o say_v or_o believe_v that_o he_o do_v evil_a no_o more_o than_o to_o be_v persuade_v that_o he_o suffer_v evil_a for_o good_a he_o be_v by_o nature_n and_o look_v whatsoever_o be_v good_a conceive_v no_o envy_n to_o any_o be_v fearful_a of_o none_o neither_o be_v it_o move_v with_o anger_n or_o hatred_n of_o aught_o for_o like_a as_o heat_n can_v not_o cool_v a_o thing_n but_o always_o natural_o make_v it_o hot_a so_o that_o which_o be_v good_a can_v not_o hurt_v or_o do_v ill_a now_o anger_n and_o favour_n be_v far_o remote_a one_o from_o the_o other_o so_o be_v choler_n and_o bitter_a gall_n much_o different_a from_o mildness_n and_o benevolence_n as_o also_o malice_n and_o frowardness_n be_v opposite_a unto_o bounty_n meekness_n and_o humanity_n for_o that_o the_o one_o sort_n arise_v from_o virtue_n and_o puissance_n the_o other_o from_o weakness_n and_o vice_n now_o be_v we_o not_o to_o think_v that_o the_o divine_a power_n be_v give_v to_o be_v wrathful_a and_o gracious_a alike_o but_o to_o believe_v rather_o that_o the_o proper_a nature_n of_o god_n be_v always_o to_o be_v helpful_a and_o beneficial_a whereas_o to_o be_v angry_a and_o to_o do_v harm_n be_v not_o so_o natural_a but_o that_o mighty_a jupiter_n in_o heaven_n he_o descend_v from_o thence_o first_o down_n to_o the_o earth_n to_o dispose_v and_o ordain_v all_o thing_n after_o he_o other_o god_n of_o who_o the_o one_o be_v surname_v the_o giver_n another_o mild_a and_o bounteous_a a_o three_o protector_n or_o defender_n as_o for_o apollo_n as_o pindarus_n say_v who_o do_v in_o wing_a chariot_n fly_v amid_o the_o star_n in_o a_o sure_a sky_n to_o every_o man_n in_o his_o affair_n repute_a be_v most_o debonair_a now_o as_o diogenes_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v all_o thing_n be_v god_n and_o likewise_o among_o friend_n all_o thing_n be_v common_a and_o good_a man_n be_v god_n friend_n even_o so_o impossible_a it_o be_v that_o either_o he_o who_o be_v devout_a and_o a_o lover_n of_o god_n shall_v not_o be_v withal_o happy_a or_o that_o a_o virtuous_a temperate_a and_o just_a man_n shall_v not_o likewise_o be_v devout_a and_o religious_a think_v you_o then_o that_o these_o who_o deny_v the_o government_n of_o god_n providence_n need_v other_o punishment_n or_o be_v not_o punish_v sufficient_o for_o their_o impiety_n in_o that_o they_o cut_v themselves_o from_o so_o great_a joy_n and_o pleasure_n as_o we_o find_v in_o ourselves_o we_o i_o say_v who_o be_v thus_o well_o give_v and_o religious_o affect_v towards_o god_n the_o great_a joy_n that_o epicurus_n stand_v upon_o and_o bear_v himself_o so_o bold_o be_v metrodorus_n polyaenus_n aristobulus_n and_o such_o and_o those_o he_o be_v always_o employ_v about_o either_o in_o cure_v and_o tend_v they_o when_o they_o be_v sick_a or_o in_o bewail_v they_o after_o they_o be_v dead_a whereas_o lycurgus_n be_v honour_v even_o by_o the_o prophetess_n pythia_n in_o these_o term_n a_o man_n who_o jupiter_n do_v love_n and_o all_o the_o heavenly_a saint_n above_o as_o for_o socrates_n who_o have_v a_o familiar_a spirit_n about_o he_o who_o he_o imagine_v to_o speak_v and_o reason_v friendly_a with_o he_o even_o of_o kindness_n and_o good_a will_n and_o
reason_n to_o induce_v we_o thereunto_o for_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o attribute_v a_o kind_n of_o divinty_a unto_o thing_n which_o be_v pass_o common_a and_o the_o commodity_n whereof_o reach_v far_o as_o for_o example_n to_o water_n light_n &_o the_o season_n of_o the_o year_n as_o for_o the_o earth_n she_o above_o the_o rest_n they_o repute_v not_o only_o divine_a but_o also_o to_o be_v a_o goddess_n &_o there_o be_v none_o of_o all_o these_o thing_n rehearse_v that_o salt_n give_v place_n unto_o one_o jot_n in_o regard_n of_o use_n and_o profit_n be_v as_o it_o be_v a_o fortification_n to_o our_o meat_n within_o the_o body_n and_o that_o which_o commend_v they_o unto_o our_o appetite_n but_o yet_o consider_v moreover_o if_o this_o be_v not_o a_o divine_a property_n that_o it_o have_v namely_o to_o preserve_v and_o keep_v dead_a body_n free_a from_o putrefaction_n a_o long_a while_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n to_o resist_v death_n in_o some_o sort_n for_o that_o it_o suffer_v not_o a_o mortal_a body_n whole_o to_o perish_v and_o come_v to_o nothing_o but_o like_a as_o the_o soul_n be_v the_o most_o divine_a part_n of_o we_o be_v that_o which_o maintain_v all_o the_o rest_n alive_a and_o suffer_v not_o the_o mass_n and_o substance_n of_o the_o body_n to_o be_v dissolve_v and_o suffer_v colliquation_n even_o so_o the_o nature_n of_o salt_n take_v hold_n of_o dead_a body_n and_o imitate_v herein_o the_o action_n of_o the_o soul_n preserve_v the_o same_o hold_v and_o stay_v they_o that_o they_o run_v not_o headlong_o to_o corruption_n give_v unto_o all_o the_o part_n a_o amity_n accord_n &_o agreement_n one_o with_o the_o other_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v elegant_o say_v by_o some_o of_o the_o stoic_n that_o the_o flesh_n of_o a_o hog_n be_v even_o from_o the_o begin_n no_o better_a than_o a_o dead_a carrion_n but_o that_o life_n be_v diffuse_v within_o it_o as_o if_o salt_n be_v strew_v throughout_o keep_v it_o sweet_a and_o so_o preserve_v it_o for_o to_o last_v long_o moreover_o you_o see_v that_o we_o esteem_v lightning_n or_o the_o fire_n that_o come_v by_o thunder_n celestial_a and_o divine_a for_o that_o those_o body_n which_o have_v be_v smite_v therewith_o be_v observe_v by_o we_o to_o continue_v a_o great_a while_n unputrify_v and_o without_o corruption_n what_o marvel_n be_v it_o then_o if_o our_o ancient_n have_v esteem_v salt_n divine_a have_v the_o same_o virtue_n and_o nature_n that_o this_o divine_a and_o celestial_a fire_n have_v here_o i_o stay_v my_o speech_n and_o keep_v silence_n with_o that_o philinus_n follow_v on_o and_o pursue_v the_o same_o argument_n and_o what_o think_v you_o quoth_v he_o be_v not_o that_o to_o be_v hold_v divine_a which_o be_v generative_a and_o have_v power_n to_o engender_v consider_v that_o god_n be_v think_v to_o be_v the_o original_a author_n creator_n and_o father_n of_o all_o thing_n i_o avow_v no_o less_o and_o say_v it_o be_v so_o and_o it_o be_v quoth_v he_o a_o opinion_n general_o receive_v that_o salt_n avail_v not_o a_o little_a in_o the_o matter_n of_o generation_n as_o you_o your_o self_n touch_v erewhile_o speak_v of_o egyptian_a priest_n they_o also_o who_o keep_v and_o nourish_v dog_n for_o the_o race_n when_o they_o see_v they_o dull_a to_o perform_v that_o act_n and_o to_o do_v their_o kind_n do_v excite_v and_o awaken_v their_o lust_n and_o virtue_n generative_a that_o lie_v as_o it_o be_v asleep_a by_o give_v they_o aswell_o as_o other_o hot_a meat_n salt_n flesh_n and_o fish_n both_o that_o have_v lie_v in_o bring_v &_o pickle_n also_o those_o ship_n &_o vessel_n at_o sea_n which_o ordinary_o be_v freight_v with_o salt_n breed_v common_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o mouse_n and_o rat_n for_o that_o as_o some_o hold_v the_o female_n or_o do_v of_o that_o kind_n by_o lick_v of_o salt_n only_o will_v conceive_v and_o be_v bag_v without_o the_o company_n of_o the_o male_n or_o buck_n but_o more_o probable_a it_o be_v that_o saltness_n do_v procure_v a_o certain_a itch_a in_o the_o natural_a part_n of_o live_a creature_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n provokeht_v male_n &_o female_n both_o to_o couple_v together_o and_o peradventure_o this_o may_v be_v the_o reason_n that_o the_o beauty_n of_o a_o woman_n which_o be_v not_o dull_a and_o unlovely_a but_o full_a of_o favour_n attractive_a and_o able_a to_o move_v concupiscence_n man_n use_v to_o name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v saltish_a or_o well_o season_v and_o i_o suppose_v that_o the_o poet_n have_v feign_v venus_n to_o have_v be_v engender_v of_o the_o sea_n not_o without_o some_o reason_n and_o that_o this_o tale_n that_o she_o shall_v come_v of_o salt_n be_v devise_v for_o the_o nonce_n to_o signify_v and_o make_v know_v under_o those_o covert_a term_n that_o there_o be_v in_o salt_n a_o generative_a power_n certes_o this_o be_v a_o ordinary_a and_o general_a thing_n among_o those_o poet_n to_o make_v all_o the_o sea-god_n father_n of_o many_o child_n and_o very_o full_a of_o issue_n to_o conclude_v you_o shall_v not_o find_v any_o land_n creature_n find_v any_o land-creature_n or_o fly_v foul_a for_o fruitfulness_n comparable_a to_o any_o kind_n of_o fish_n breed_v in_o the_o sea_n which_o no_o doubt_v this_o verse_n of_o empedocles_n have_v respect_n unto_o lead_v a_o troop_n which_o senseless_a be_v and_o rude_a even_o of_o sea-fish_n a_o breed_a multitude_n the_o six_z book_n of_o symposiaques_n or_o banquet-question_n the_o summarie_n 1_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o man_n fast_v be_v more_o at_o hirst_n than_o hungry_a 2_o whether_o it_o be_v want_v of_o food_n that_o cause_v hunger_n and_o thirst_n or_o the_o transformation_n and_o change_n of_o the_o pore_n and_o conduit_n of_o the_o body_n be_v the_o cause_n thereof_o 3_o how_o come_v it_o that_o they_o who_o be_v hungry_a if_o they_o drink_v be_v ease_v of_o their_o hunger_n but_o contrariwise_o those_o who_o be_v their_o sty_n if_o they_o eat_v be_v more_o thirstic_a 4_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o pit-water_n when_o it_o be_v draw_v if_o it_o be_v leave_v all_o night_n within_o the_o same_o air_n of_o the_o pit_n become_v more_o cold_a 5_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o little_a stone_n and_o plate_n or_o pellet_n of_o lead_n if_o they_o be_v cast_v into_o water_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v the_o cold_a 6_o why_o snow_n be_v preserve_v by_o cover_v it_o with_o straw_n chaff_n or_o garment_n 7_o whether_o wine_n be_v to_o run_v throw_v a_o strainer_n 8_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o extraordinary_a hunger_n or_o appetite_n to_o meat_n 9_o why_o the_o poet_n homer_n when_o he_o spcake_v of_o other_o liquor_n use_v proper_a epithit_n only_a oil_n he_o call_v moist_a 10_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o the_o flesh_n of_o beast_n slay_v for_o sacrifiece_n if_o they_o be_v hang_v upon_o a_o figtree_n quick_o become_v tender_a the_o six_z book_n of_o symposiaques_n or_o banquet-question_n the_o proem_n plato_n be_v mind_v to_o draw_v timotheus_n the_o son_n of_o canon_n o_o sossius_n senecio_n from_o sumptuous_a feast_n and_o superfluous_a banquet_n which_o great_a captain_n common_o make_v invite_v he_o one_o day_n to_o a_o supper_n in_o the_o academy_n which_o be_v philosophical_a indeed_o and_o frugal_a where_o the_o table_n be_v not_o furnish_v with_o those_o viand_n which_o may_v distemper_v the_o body_n with_o feaverous_a heat_n and_o inflammation_n as_o jonn_n the_o poet_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v but_o such_o a_o supper_n i_o say_v upon_o which_o ordinary_o there_o follow_v kind_a and_o quiet_a sleep_n such_o fancy_n also_o and_o imagination_n as_o engender_v few_o dream_n and_o those_o short_a and_o in_o one_o word_n where_o the_o sleep_n do_v testify_v a_o great_a calmness_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o body_n the_o morrow_n after_o timotheus_n perceive_v the_o difference_n between_o these_o supper_n and_o the_o other_o say_v that_o they_o who_o sup_v with_o plato_n overnight_o find_v the_o pleasure_n and_o comfort_v thereof_o the_o next_o day_n and_o to_o say_v a_o truth_n a_o great_a help_n and_o ready_a mean_n to_o a_o pleasant_a and_o bless_a life_n be_v the_o good_a temperature_n of_o the_o body_n not_o drench_v in_o wine_n nor_o load_v with_o viand_n but_o light_n nimble_a and_o ready_a without_o any_o fear_n or_o distrust_n to_o perform_v all_o action_n and_o function_n of_o the_o daytime_n but_o there_o be_v another_o commodity_n no_o less_o than_o this_o which_o they_o have_v who_o sup_v with_o plato_n namely_o the_o discuss_n and_o handle_v of_o good_a and_o learned_a question_n which_o be_v hold_v at_o the_o table_n in_o supper_n time_n for_o the_o remembrance_n of_o the_o pleasure_n in_o eat_v and_o drink_v be_v illiberal_a and_o unbeseeming_a man_n of_o worth_n
of_o the_o god_n and_o that_o on_o the_o day_n wherein_o we_o solemnize_v the_o nativity_n of_o plato_n that_o we_o make_v he_o partaker_n also_o of_o our_o conference_n and_o take_v occasion_n thereby_o to_o consider_v upon_o what_o intention_n and_o in_o what_o sense_n hehath_fw-mi say_v that_o god_n continual_o practise_v geometry_n at_o leastwise_o if_o we_o may_v presuppose_v and_o set_v down_o that_o he_o it_o be_v who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o this_o sentence_n then_o say_v i_o write_v it_o be_v not_o in_o any_o place_n of_o all_o his_o book_n howbeit_o hold_v to_o be_v a_o say_n of_o he_o and_o it_o savore_v much_o of_o his_o stile_n and_o manner_n of_o phrase_n whereupon_o tyndares_n immediate_o take_v the_o word_n out_o of_o his_o mouth_n think_v you_o quoth_v he_o o_o diogenianus_n that_o this_o sentence_n covert_o and_o in_o mystical_a term_n signify_v any_o dark_a subtlety_n and_o not_o the_o very_a same_o which_o plato_n himself_o have_v both_o say_v and_o write_v in_o praise_v and_o magnify_v geometry_n as_o be_v the_o thing_n which_o pluck_v those_o away_o who_o be_v fasten_v unto_o sensible_a object_n and_o avert_v they_o to_o the_o consideration_n of_o such_o nature_n as_o be_v intelligible_a and_o eternal_a the_o contemplation_n whereof_o be_v the_o very_a end_n of_o philosophy_n even_o as_o the_o view_n and_o behold_v of_o secret_a sacred_a thing_n be_v the_o end_n of_o religious_a mystery_n for_o the_o nail_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n which_o fasten_v the_o soul_n unto_o the_o body_n among_o other_o mischief_n that_o it_o do_v unto_o man_n work_v he_o this_o displeasure_n as_o it_o shall_v seem_v above_o all_o that_o it_o cause_v sensible_a thing_n to_o be_v more_o evident_a unto_o he_o than_o intellectual_a and_o force_v his_o understanding_n to_o judge_v by_o passion_n more_o than_o by_o reason_n for_o be_v accustom_v by_o the_o sense_n and_o feel_n of_o extreme_a pain_n or_o exceed_a pleasure_n of_o the_o body_n to_o be_v intentive_a unto_o that_o wander_a uncerteine_a and_o mutable_a nature_n of_o the_o body_n as_o seem_v a_o thing_n subsistent_a blind_v he_o be_v and_o lose_v altogether_o the_o knowledge_n of_o that_o which_o be_v essential_a indeed_o and_o have_v a_o true_a be_v forego_v that_o light_n and_o instrument_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o be_v better_o than_o ten_o thousand_o bodily_a eye_n and_o by_o which_o organ_n alone_o he_o may_v see_v the_o deity_n and_o divine_a nature_n for_o so_o it_o be_v that_o all_o other_o science_n which_o we_o name_v mathematical_a as_o in_o so_o many_o mirror_n not_o twine_v and_o warp_a but_o plain_a smooth_a and_o even_o there_o appear_v the_o very_a tract_n print_n and_o image_n of_o the_o truth_n of_o thing_n intelligible_a but_o geometry_n especial_o which_o philo_n call_v the_o mother_n city_n and_o mistress_n command_v all_o the_o rest_n do_v divert_v and_o gentle_o withdraw_v by_o little_a and_o little_a the_o mind_n purify_v &_o cleanse_v from_o the_o cogitation_n of_o sensual_a thing_n and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o plato_n himself_o reprooved_a eudoxus_n architas_n and_o menaechmus_n who_o go_v about_o to_o reduce_v the_o duplication_n of_o the_o cube_fw-la or_o solid_a square_n into_o mechanical_a instrument_n and_o artificial_a engine_n as_o if_o it_o have_v not_o be_v possible_a if_o a_o man_n will_v set_v unto_o it_o by_o demonstration_n of_o reason_n to_o find_v out_o and_o comprehend_v two_o middle_a line_n proportional_a for_o he_o object_v unto_o they_o that_o this_o be_v as_o much_o as_o to_o destroy_v and_o overthrow_v the_o best_a thing_n in_o geometry_n when_o by_o this_o mean_v they_o will_v have_v she_o turn_v back_o again_o unto_o sensible_a thing_n and_o keep_v she_o from_o mount_v up_o aloft_o and_o embrace_v those_o eternal_a and_o incorporal_a image_n upon_o which_o god_n be_v continual_o intentive_a be_v therefore_o always_o god_n after_o tyndares_n florus_n a_o familiar_a friend_n of_o he_o and_o one_o who_o make_v semblant_n always_o by_o way_n of_o sport_n and_o give_v it_o out_o in_o word_n that_o he_o be_v timorous_a of_o he_o well_o do_v of_o you_o quoth_v he_o in_o that_o you_o will_v not_o have_v this_o speech_n to_o be_v your_o own_o but_o a_o common_a say_n of_o every_o man_n and_o you_o will_v seem_v to_o argue_v and_o prove_v that_o plato_n show_v how_o geometry_n be_v not_o necessary_a for_o the_o god_n but_o for_o man_n for_o god_n have_v no_o need_n of_o any_o mathematical_a science_n as_o a_o engine_n or_o instrument_n to_o turn_v he_o from_o thing_n engender_v and_o to_o bring_v about_o and_o direct_v his_o intelligence_n and_o understanding_n unto_o those_o that_o be_v of_o a_o eternal_a essence_n for_o why_o in_o he_o with_o he_o and_o about_o he_o they_o be_v all_o but_o take_v heed_n rather_o &_o see_v whether_o plato_n have_v not_o covert_o under_o these_o dark_a word_n lisp_v and_o signify_v somewhat_o that_o be_v pertinent_a and_o proper_a unto_o you_o which_o you_o have_v not_o mark_v and_o observe_v in_o that_o he_o join_v lycurgus_n with_o socrates_n no_o less_o than_o pythagoras_n as_o dicaearchus_n be_v of_o opinion_n for_o lycurgus_n as_o you_o know_v very_o well_o chased_z out_o of_o lacedaemon_n arithmetical_a proportion_n as_o a_o popular_a thing_n turbulent_a and_o apt_a to_o make_v commotion_n but_o he_o bring_v in_o the_o geometrical_a as_o befit_v the_o civil_a and_o modest_a government_n of_o some_o few_o wise_a sage_n and_o a_o lawful_a royalty_n and_o regal_a dominion_n for_o the_o former_a give_v equal_o unto_o all_o according_a to_o number_n but_o the_o other_o unto_o every_o one_o by_o reason_n and_o with_o regard_n of_o desert_n and_o worthiness_n this_o proportion_n i_o say_v make_v no_o confusion_n of_o all_o together_o but_o in_o it_o there_o be_v a_o apparent_a discretion_n and_o distinction_n between_o the_o good_a and_o the_o bad_a deal_v always_o unto_o every_o one_o their_o own_o not_o by_o the_o balance_n or_o lot_n but_o according_a to_o the_o difference_n of_o vice_n and_o virtue_n god_n therefore_o use_v this_o proportion_n and_o apply_v it_o unto_o thing_n and_o the_o same_o it_o be_v my_o good_a friend_n tyndares_n which_o be_v call_v dice_n and_o nemesis_n teach_v we_o there_o by_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o make_v of_o justice_n equality_n and_o not_o of_o equality_n justice_n for_o the_o equality_n which_o the_o common_a sort_n seek_v after_o and_o be_v indeed_o the_o great_a injustice_n that_o may_v be_v god_n take_v out_o of_o the_o world_n and_o as_o much_o as_o possible_o may_v be_v observe_v that_o which_o be_v fit_a and_o meet_v for_o every_o one_o according_a to_o desert_n and_o worthiness_n go_v herein_o geometrical_o to_o work_v by_o reason_n and_o law_n define_v and_o distribute_v according_o when_o we_o have_v praise_v this_o exposition_n and_o interpretation_n of_o he_o tyndares_n say_v that_o he_o envy_v such_o commendation_n exhort_v autobulus_n to_o set_v against_o florus_n to_o confute_v he_o and_o correct_v that_o which_o he_o have_v deliver_v that_o he_o refuse_v to_o do_v howbeit_o he_o oppose_v and_o bring_v forth_o a_o certain_a opinion_n and_o conceit_n of_o his_o own_o thus_o it_o be_v quoth_v he_o geometry_n be_v not_o a_o speculative_a skill_n of_o man_n manner_n and_o behaviour_n nor_o yet_o occupy_v about_o any_o subject_a matter_n whatsoever_o but_o the_o symptom_n accident_n and_o passion_n of_o those_o extremity_n or_o term_n which_o accomplish_v body_n neither_o have_v god_n by_o any_o other_o mean_v frame_v and_o make_v the_o world_n but_o only_o by_o determine_v or_o make_v finit_a that_o matter_n which_o be_v infinite_a in_o itself_o not_o in_o regard_n of_o quantititie_n greatness_n and_o multitude_n but_o for_o that_o be_v as_o it_o be_v inconstant_a wander_a disorderly_a and_o unperfect_a our_o ancient_n be_v wont_a to_o call_v it_o infinite_a that_o be_v to_o say_v undetermined_a and_o unfinished_a for_o the_o form_n and_o figure_n be_v the_o term_n or_o end_n of_o every_o thing_n that_o be_v form_v and_o shape_a the_o want_n whereof_o make_v it_o of_o itself_o to_o be_v shapeless_a and_o disfigure_v but_o after_o that_o number_n and_o proportion_n come_v to_o be_v imprint_v upon_o the_o rude_a and_o formelesse_a matter_n then_o be_v tie_v and_o bind_v as_o it_o be_v first_o with_o line_n and_o after_o line_n with_o superficies_n and_o profundity_n it_o bring_v forth_o the_o first_o kind_n and_o difference_n of_o body_n as_o the_o foundation_n and_o groundwork_n for_o the_o generation_n of_o air_n earth_n water_n and_o fire_n for_o impossible_a it_o have_v be_v and_o absurd_a that_o of_o matter_n so_o wander_v so_o errant_a and_o disorderly_a there_o shall_v arise_v equality_n of_o side_n and_o similitude_n of_o angle_n in_o those_o solid_a square_a body_n which_o be_v call_v octaedra_n and_o eicosaedra_n that_o be_v
just_a and_o neither_o more_o nor_o few_o you_o will_v be_v so_o good_a will_v you_o not_o as_o to_o yield_v we_o a_o reason_n for_o i_o suppose_v you_o be_v well_o study_v in_o this_o point_n be_v as_o you_o be_v so_o well_o affect_v unto_o they_o and_o so_o much_o adorn_v by_o their_o grace_n and_o what_o great_a learning_n quoth_v herodes_n again_o shall_v there_o be_v in_o that_o for_o every_o man_n have_v in_o his_o mouth_n the_o number_n of_o nine_o and_o there_o be_v not_o a_o woman_n but_o sing_v thereof_o and_o be_v able_a to_o say_v that_o as_o it_o be_v the_o first_o square_a arise_v from_o the_o first_o odd_a number_n so_o it_o be_v uneven_o odd_a itself_o as_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o odd_a number_n equal_a one_o to_o the_o other_o now_o sure_o quoth_v ammontus_n and_o therewith_o smile_v this_o be_v manful_o do_v of_o you_o and_o stout_o remember_v but_o why_o do_v you_o not_o add_v thereto_o thus_o much_o more_o for_o a_o corollary_n and_o over-measure_n that_o it_o be_v a_o number_n compose_v of_o the_o two_o first_o cube_n consider_v that_o it_o be_v make_v of_o a_o unity_n and_o a_o octonaric_a and_o after_o another_o manner_n likewise_o of_o composition_n it_o stand_v of_o two_o triangle_v number_n to_o wit_v a_o senarie_a and_o a_o ternarie_a where_o of_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o be_v a_o perfect_a number_n but_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o this_o novenarie_a or_o number_n of_o nine_o agree_v better_a unto_o the_o muse_n than_o to_o any_o other_o god_n or_o goddess_n for_o nine_o muse_n we_o have_v but_o not_o nine_o cereses_n nor_o nine_o 〈◊〉_d nor_o yet_o nine_a diana_n you_o be_v not_o i_o trow_v persuade_v that_o the_o cause_n hereof_o be_v because_o the_o name_n of_o their_o mother_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d contain_v just_a so_o many_o letter_n herodes_n laugh_v hearty_o heereat_o and_o after_o some_o time_n of_o pause_n and_o silence_n ammonius_n solicit_v we_o to_o take_v the_o matter_n in_o hand_n and_o search_v the_o cause_n thereof_o with_o that_o my_o brother_n begin_v and_o say_v our_o ancient_n in_o old_a time_n know_v of_o no_o more_o than_o three_o muse_n but_o to_o prove_v so_o much_o by_o way_n of_o demonstration_n before_o this_o company_n where_o there_o be_v so_o many_o wise_a man_n and_o learned_a clerk_n be_v a_o mere_a uncivil_a and_o rustical_a part_n savour_v of_o vanity_n and_o ostentation_n but_o i_o assure_v you_o the_o reason_n of_o this_o number_n be_v not_o as_o some_o affirm_v the_o three_o kind_n of_o music_n or_o melody_n to_o wit_n 〈◊〉_d diatonique_a full_a chromatique_a and_o accord_n harmonique_n nor_o by_o occasion_n of_o the_o three_o term_n or_o bound_n which_o make_v the_o interval_n in_o a_o octave_n or_o eight_o of_o music_n harmonical_a to_o wit_n neat_n mese_n and_o hypate_v that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o treble_a the_o mean_a and_o the_o base_a and_o yet_o very_o the_o delphian_o so_o call_v the_o muse_n wherein_o they_o do_v amiss_o in_o my_o judgement_n to_o restrain_v that_o general_a name_n of_o they_o all_o to_o one_o science_n or_o rather_o to_o one_o part_n of_o a_o science_n to_o wit_n the_o harmony_n of_o music_n but_o our_o ancient_n know_v well_o that_o all_o art_n and_o science_n which_o be_v practise_v &_o perform_v by_o reason_n and_o speech_n be_v reduce_v to_o three_o principal_a kind_n philosophical_a rhetorical_a and_o mathematical_a repute_v they_o to_o be_v the_o gift_n and_o beneficial_a grace_n of_o three_o deity_n or_o divine_a power_n which_o they_o call_v muse_n 〈◊〉_d afterward_o and_o about_o the_o time_n wherein_o hesiodus_n live_v when_o the_o faculty_n of_o these_o general_a science_n be_v better_o reveal_v and_o discover_v they_o perceive_v that_o 〈◊〉_d of_o they_o have_v three_o difference_n and_o so_o they_o subdivide_v they_o into_o three_o subalternal_a sort_n namely_o the_o mathematics_n into_o arithmetic_n music_n and_o geometry_n philosophy_n into_o logic_n ethicke_n or_o moral_a and_o physic_n or_o natural_a as_o for_o rhetoric_n it_o have_v at_o the_o begin_n for_o the_o first_o part_n demonstrative_a which_o be_v employ_v in_o praise_n for_o the_o second_o deliberative_a occupy_v in_o consultation_n and_o for_o the_o three_o judicial_a use_v in_o plea_n and_o judgement_n of_o all_o which_o faculty_n they_o think_v there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o that_o be_v invent_v or_o can_v be_v learn_v without_o some_o god_n or_o muse_n that_o be_v to_o say_v without_o the_o conduct_n and_o favour_n of_o some_o superior_a puissance_n and_o therefore_o they_o do_v not_o devise_v and_o make_v so_o many_o muse_n but_o acknowledge_v and_o find_v that_o so_o many_o there_o be_v like_v as_o therefore_o the_o number_n of_o nine_o be_v divide_v into_o three_o ternary_n and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o subdivide_v into_o as_o many_o unite_v even_o so_o the_o rectitude_n of_o reason_n in_o the_o precellent_a knowledge_n of_o the_o truth_n be_v one_o puissance_n and_o the_o same_o common_a but_o each_o of_o these_o three_o kind_n be_v subdivide_v into_o three_o other_o and_o every_o of_o they_o have_v their_o several_a muse_n for_o to_o dispose_v and_o adorn_v particular_o one_o of_o these_o faculty_n for_o i_o do_v not_o think_v that_o in_o this_o division_n poet_n and_o astrologer_n can_v of_o right_o complain_v of_o we_o for_o leave_v out_o their_o science_n know_v as_o they_o do_v aswell_o as_o we_o can_v tell_v they_o that_o astrology_n be_v contribute_v unto_o geometry_n &_o poetry_n to_o music_n upon_o this_o speech_n tryphon_n the_o physician_n break_v out_o into_o these_o word_n but_o what_o mean_v you_o i_o pray_v you_o and_o how_o have_v our_o poor_a art_n offend_v you_o that_o it_o be_v exclude_v thus_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n and_o society_n of_o the_o muse_n then_o 〈◊〉_d of_o melitus_n add_v moreover_o and_o say_v nay_o you_o have_v provoke_v many_o of_o we_o beside_o to_o complain_v upon_o our_o discontentment_n in_o the_o same_o behalf_n for_o we_o that_o be_v gardener_n and_o husbandman_n employ_v in_o agriculture_n challenge_v a_o right_n and_o property_n in_o lady_n 〈◊〉_d ascribe_v unto_o she_o the_o care_n and_o charge_n of_o plant_n and_o seed_n that_o they_o may_v come_v up_o grow_v flower_z increase_n and_o be_v preserve_v but_o herein_o quoth_v i_o you_o do_v the_o man_n manifest_a wrong_n for_o you_o have_v ceres_n for_o your_o patroness_n furname_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o give_v we_o so_o many_o gift_n to_o wit_n the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n yea_o and_o bacchus_n may_v go_v for_o a_o patron_n in_o this_o respect_n who_o as_o pindar_n we_o say_v take_v the_o charge_n of_o tree_n that_o grow_v do_v cause_v they_o for_o to_o bud_v and_o blow_v the_o verdure_n fresh_a and_o beauty_n pure_a of_o lovely_a fruit_n he_o do_v procure_v and_o we_o know_v beside_o that_o physician_n have_v aestulapius_fw-la for_o their_o precedent_n and_o tutelar_a god_n who_o ordinary_o also_o use_v apollo_n as_o he_o be_v surname_v paean_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o appeaser_n of_o all_o pain_n and_o malady_n but_o never_o as_o he_o be_v musegetes_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o prince_n and_o guide_n of_o the_o muse_n true_a it_o be_v indeed_o that_o according_a to_o homer_n all_o mortal_a man_n of_o god_n have_v need_n that_o they_o in_o their_o affair_n may_v speed_v howbeit_o all_o man_n require_v not_o the_o help_n of_o all_o god_n but_o i_o wonder_v much_o at_o this_o that_o lamprias_n shall_v either_o forget_v or_o be_v ignorant_a of_o that_o common_a say_n of_o the_o delphian_o who_o give_v out_o that_o among_o they_o the_o mule_n bear_v not_o the_o name_n either_o of_o sound_n and_o note_n or_o of_o string_n but_o whereas_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v divide_v into_o three_o principal_a part_n or_o region_n where_o of_o the_o first_o be_v of_o those_o nature_n which_o be_v fix_v and_o not_o erratical_a the_o second_o of_o such_o as_o be_v wander_v and_o the_o three_o of_o body_n under_o the_o sphere_n of_o the_o moon_n these_o be_v every_o one_o distinct_o digest_v compose_v and_o order_v by_o harmonic_a all_o proportion_n and_o each_o of_o they_o as_o they_o say_v have_v a_o muse_n to_o their_o keeper_n and_o precedent_n to_o wit_n the_o first_o or_o high_a region_n hypate_v the_o last_o or_o low_a neat_a &_o as_o for_o mese_n which_o be_v in_o the_o middle_n between_o she_o do_v both_o comprehend_v and_o also_o turn_v about_o mortal_a thing_n as_o much_o as_o it_o be_v possible_a consider_v they_o come_v after_o with_o divine_a and_o immortal_a yea_o and_o earthly_a nature_n with_o heavenly_a and_o celestial_a according_a as_o plato_n himself_o after_o a_o covert_n &_o enigmatical_a manner_n have_v give_v we_o to_o understand_v under_o the_o name_n of_o the_o three_o destiny_n
division_n of_o the_o earth_n 15_o the_o zone_n or_o climate_n of_o the_o earth_n how_o many_o and_o how_o great_a they_o be_v 16_o of_o earth_n quake_v 17_o of_o the_o sea_n how_o it_o be_v concrete_a and_o how_o it_o come_v to_o be_v bitter_a 18_o how_o come_v the_o tide_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o ebb_a and_o flow_v of_o the_o sea_n 19_o of_o the_o circle_n call_v halo_n chapter_n of_o the_o four_o book_n 1_o of_o the_o rise_n of_o nilus_n 2_o of_o the_o soul_n 3_o whether_o the_o soul_n be_v corporal_a and_o what_o be_v her_o substance_n 4_o the_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n 5_o which_o be_v the_o mistress_n or_o principal_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o wherein_o it_o do_v consist_v 6_o of_o the_o soul_n motion_n 7_o of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n 8_o of_o the_o sense_n and_o sensible_a thing_n 9_o whether_o the_o sense_n and_o imagination_n be_v true_a 10_o how_o many_o sense_n there_o be_v 11_o how_o sense_n and_o notion_n be_v perform_v as_o also_o how_o reason_n be_v engender_v according_a to_o disposition_n 12_o what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o imagination_n imaginable_a and_o imagine_v 13_o of_o sight_n and_o how_o we_o do_v see_v 14_o of_o the_o reflection_n or_o resemblance_n in_o mirror_n 15_o whether_o darkness_n be_v visible_a 16_o of_o hear_v 17_o of_o smell_v 18_o of_o taste_v 19_o of_o the_o voice_n 20_o whether_o the_o voice_n be_v incorporal_a and_o how_o come_v the_o resonance_n call_v echo_v 21_o how_o it_o be_v that_o the_o soul_n have_v sense_n and_o what_o be_v the_o principal_a &_o predominant_a part_n thereof_o 22_o of_o respiration_n 23_o of_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o body_n and_o whether_o the_o soul_n have_v a_o fellow-feeling_n with_o it_o of_o pain_n chapter_n of_o the_o five_o book_n 1_o of_o divination_n or_o 〈◊〉_d of_o future_a thing_n 2_o how_o dream_v 〈◊〉_d 3_o what_o be_v the_o substance_n of_o natural_a seed_n 4_o whether_o natural_a seed_n be_v a_o body_n 5_o whether_o female_n as_o well_o as_o male_n do_v yield_v natural_a seed_n 6_o after_o what_o manner_n conception_n be_v 7_o how_o male_n and_o female_n be_v engender_v 8_o how_o monster_n be_v engender_v 9_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o a_o woman_n accompany_v often_o time_n carnal_o with_o a_o man_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d 10_o how_o twin_n both_o two_o and_o three_o at_o once_o be_v occasion_v 11_o how_o come_v the_o resemblance_n of_o parent_n 12_o what_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o infant_n be_v like_a to_o some_o other_o and_o not_o to_o the_o parent_n 13_o how_o woman_n prove_v barren_a and_o man_n unable_a to_o engender_v 14_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o mule_n be_v barren_a 15_o whether_o the_o fruit_n within_o the_o womb_n be_v to_o be_v account_v a_o live_a creature_n or_o no._n 16_o how_o such_o fruit_n be_v nourish_v within_o the_o womb_n 17_o what_o part_n be_v first_o accomplish_v in_o the_o womb_n 18_o how_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o infant_n bear_v at_o seven_o month_n end_n do_v live_v and_o be_v livelike_a 19_o of_o the_o generation_n of_o live_a creature_n how_o they_o be_v engender_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v corruptible_a 20_o how_o many_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o live_a creature_n whether_o they_o all_o have_v sense_n and_o use_v of_o reason_n 21_o in_o what_o time_n live_v creature_n receive_v form_n within_o the_o mother_n womb_n 22_o of_o what_o element_n be_v every_o general_a part_n in_o we_o compose_v 23_o how_o come_v sleep_n and_o death_n whether_o it_o be_v of_o soul_n or_o body_n 24_o when_o and_o how_o a_o man_n begin_v to_o come_v unto_o his_o perfection_n 25_o whether_o it_o be_v soul_n or_o body_n that_o either_o sleep_v or_o die_v 26_o how_o plant_n come_v to_o grow_v and_o whether_o they_o be_v live_v creature_n 27_o of_o nourishment_n and_o growth_n 28_o from_o whence_o proceed_v appetite_n lust_n and_o pleasure_n in_o live_a creature_n 29_o how_o the_o fever_n be_v engender_v and_o whether_o it_o be_v a_o accessary_a or_o symptom_n to_o another_o disease_n 30_o of_o health_n sickness_n and_o old_a age_n the_o first_o book_n of_o philosopher_n opinion_n the_o prooeme_n be_v mind_v to_o write_v of_o natural_a philosophy_n we_o think_v it_o necessary_a in_o the_o first_o place_n and_o before_o all_o thing_n else_o to_o set_v down_o the_o whole_a disputation_n of_o philosophy_n by_o way_n of_o division_n to_o the_o end_n that_o we_o may_v know_v which_o be_v natural_a and_o what_o part_n it_o be_v of_o the_o whole_a now_o the_o stoic_n say_v that_o sapience_n or_o wisdom_n be_v the_o science_n of_o all_o thing_n aswell_o divine_a as_o humane_a and_o that_o philosophy_n be_v the_o profession_n and_o exercise_n of_o the_o art_n expedient_a thereto_o which_o be_v the_o only_a supreme_a and_o sovereign_a virtue_n and_o the_o same_o divide_v into_o three_o most_o general_a virtue_n to_o wit_n natural_a moral_a and_o verbal_a by_o reason_n whereof_o philosophy_n also_o admit_v a_o threefold_n distribution_n to_o wit_n into_o natural_a moral_a rational_a or_o verbal_a the_o natural_a part_n be_v that_o when_o as_o we_o inquire_v and_o dispute_v of_o the_o world_n and_o the_o thing_n contain_v therein_o moral_a be_v occupy_v in_o entreat_v of_o the_o good_a and_o ill_a that_o concern_v man_n life_n rational_a or_o verbal_a handle_v that_o which_o pertain_v unto_o the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n and_o to_o speech_n which_o also_o be_v name_v logic_n or_o dialelectique_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v disputative_a but_o aristotle_n and_o theophrastus_n with_o the_o peripatetic_n in_o manner_n all_o divide_v philosophy_n in_o this_o manner_n namely_o into_o contemplative_a and_o active_a for_o necessary_a it_o be_v say_v they_o that_o a_o man_n to_o attain_v unto_o perfection_n shall_v be_v a_o spectator_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o a_o actor_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o be_v seemly_a and_o decent_a and_o may_v the_o better_o be_v understand_v by_o these_o example_n the_o question_n be_v demand_v whether_o the_o sun_n be_v a_o live_a creature_n according_a as_o it_o seem_v to_o the_o sight_n to_o be_v or_o no_o he_o that_o search_v and_o enquire_v into_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o question_n be_v altogether_o therein_o speculative_a for_o he_o seek_v no_o far_a than_o the_o contemplation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v semblable_o if_o the_o demand_n be_v make_v whether_o the_o world_n be_v infinite_a or_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n without_o the_o pourprise_n of_o the_o world_n for_o all_o these_o question_n be_v mere_a contemplative_a but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n move_v it_o may_v be_v how_o a_o man_n ought_v to_o live_v how_o he_o shall_v govern_v his_o child_n how_o he_o be_v to_o bear_v rule_n and_o office_n of_o state_n and_o last_o in_o what_o manner_n law_n be_v to_o be_v ordain_v and_o make_v for_o all_o these_o be_v seek_v into_o in_o regard_n of_o action_n and_o a_o man_n conversant_a therein_o be_v altogether_o active_a and_o practic_a chap._n i._n what_o be_v nature_n since_o then_o our_o intent_n and_o purpose_n be_v to_o consider_v and_o treat_v of_o natural_a philosophy_n i_o think_v it_o needful_a to_o show_v first_o what_o be_v nature_n for_o absurd_a it_o be_v to_o enterprise_v a_o discourse_n of_o natural_a thing_n and_o meanwhile_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o nature_n and_o the_o power_n thereof_o nature_n then_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o aristotle_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o motion_n and_o rest_n in_o that_o thing_n wherein_o it_o be_v proper_o and_o principal_o not_o by_o accident_n for_o all_o thing_n to_o be_v see_v which_o be_v do_v neither_o by_o fortune_n nor_o by_o necessity_n and_o be_v not_o divine_a nor_o have_v any_o such_o efficient_a cause_n be_v call_v natural_a as_o have_v a_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a nature_n of_o their_o own_o as_o the_o earth_n fire_n water_n air_n plant_n and_o live_a creature_n moreover_o those_o other_o thing_n which_o we_o do_v see_v ordinary_o engender_v as_o rain_v hail_n lightning_n presteres_fw-la wind_n and_o such_o like_a for_o all_o these_o have_v a_o certain_a beginning_n and_o every_o one_o of_o they_o be_v not_o so_o for_o ever_o and_o from_o all_o eternity_n but_o do_v proceed_v from_o some_o original_n likewise_o live_v creature_n and_o plant_n have_v a_o beginning_n of_o their_o motion_n and_o this_o first_o principle_n be_v nature_n the_o beginning_n not_o of_o motion_n only_o but_o also_o of_o rest_n and_o quiet_a for_o whatsoever_o have_v have_v a_o beginning_n of_o motion_n the_o same_o also_o may_v have_v a_o end_n and_o for_o this_o cause_n nature_n be_v the_o beginning_n aswell_o of_o rest_n as_o of_o move_v chap._n ii_o what_o difference_n there_o be_v between_o a_o principle_n and_o a_o element_n aristotle_n and_o plato_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v a_o
they_o lack_v or_o many_o time_n the_o bottom_n of_o the_o sea_n and_o great_a river_n be_v full_a of_o mud_n do_v by_o the_o reflection_n of_o the_o sunbeam_n represent_v the_o like_a colour_n that_o the_o say_a mud_n have_v or_o be_v not_o more_o probable_a that_o the_o water_n towards_o the_o bottom_n be_v not_o pure_a and_o sincere_a but_o corrupt_v with_o a_o earthly_a quality_n as_o continual_o carry_v with_o it_o somewhat_o of_o that_o by_o which_o it_o run_v and_o wherewith_o it_o be_v stir_v and_o the_o same_o settle_v once_o to_o the_o bottom_n cause_v it_o to_o be_v more_o trouble_v and_o less_o transparent_a platoniqve_fw-la qvestion_n the_o summarie_n in_o these_o gather_n plutarch_n expound_v the_o sense_n of_o divers_a hard_a place_n which_o be_v find_v in_o the_o disputation_n of_o socrates_n contain_v in_o the_o dialogue_n of_o plato_n his_o disciple_n but_o especial_o in_o timaeus_n which_o may_v serve_v to_o allure_v young_a student_n to_o the_o read_n of_o that_o great_a philosopher_n who_o under_o the_o bark_n of_o word_n have_v deliver_v grave_a and_o pleasant_a matter_n platonic_a question_n 1_o what_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o god_n otherwhiles_a command_v socrates_n to_o do_v the_o part_n of_o a_o midwife_n in_o help_v other_o to_o be_v deliver_v of_o childbirth_n but_o for_o have_v himself_o in_o any_o wise_a to_o procreate_v child_n according_a as_o it_o be_v write_v in_o a_o treatise_n entitle_v theaetetus_n for_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o think_v that_o if_o he_o have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o cavil_n to_o 〈◊〉_d or_o to_o speak_v ironical_o in_o this_o place_n he_o will_v have_v abuse_v the_o name_n of_o god_n beside_o in_o this_o self_n same_o treatise_n he_o attribute_v many_o other_o high_a and_o magnifical_a speech_n unto_o socrates_n &_o namely_o this_o among_o many_o other_o certes_o quoth_v he_o there_o be_v many_o man_n right_a good_a sir_n who_o carry_v this_o mind_n to_o meward_n that_o they_o be_v dispose_v plain_o to_o carp_v and_o bite_v i_o in_o case_n at_o any_o time_n i_o seem_v to_o rid_v they_o of_o any_o foolish_a opinion_n that_o they_o have_v neither_o think_v they_o that_o i_o do_v it_o of_o good_a will_n and_o meaning_n well_o unto_o they_o show_v themselves_o herein_o far_o short_a of_o this_o doctrine_n that_o no_o god_n bear_v evil_a will_n to_o man_n no_o more_o very_o do_v i_o this_o unto_o they_o upon_o any_o malice_n but_o sure_o i_o can_v not_o otherwise_o choose_v neither_o do_v i_o think_v it_o lawful_a for_o i_o either_o to_o smother_v up_o and_o pardon_v a_o lie_n or_o to_o dissemble_v and_o suppress_v a_o truth_n be_v it_o for_o that_o he_o term_v his_o own_o nature_n as_o be_v more_o judicious_a and_o inventive_a by_o the_o name_n of_o god_n like_o as_o menander_n do_v say_v this_o mind_n this_o our_o intelligence_n in_o truth_n be_v of_o divine_a essence_n and_o heraclitus_n man_n nature_n we_o must_v needs_o confess_v be_v heavenly_a and_o a_o god_n doubtless_o or_o rather_o in_o very_a truth_n there_o be_v some_o divine_a and_o celestial_a cause_n which_o suggest_v and_o inspire_v into_o socrates_n this_o manner_n of_o philosophy_n whereby_o sift_v as_o he_o do_v continual_o and_o examine_v other_o he_o cure_v they_o of_o all_o swell_a pride_n of_o vain_a error_n of_o presumptuous_a arrogancy_n likewise_o of_o be_v odious_a first_o to_o themselves_o and_o afterward_o to_o those_o about_o they_o of_o their_o company_n for_o it_o fortune_v about_o his_o time_n that_o a_o number_n of_o these_o sophister_n swarm_v over_o all_o greece_n unto_o who_o young_a gentleman_n resort_v &_o pay_v good_a sum_n of_o money_n for_o their_o salary_n be_v fill_v with_o a_o great_a ween_a and_o opinion_n of_o themselves_o with_o a_o vain_a persuasion_n of_o their_o own_o learning_n and_o zealous_a love_n to_o good_a letter_n spend_v their_o time_n in_o idle_a disputation_n and_o frivolous_a contention_n without_o do_v any_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o be_v either_o good_a honest_a or_o profitable_a socrates_n therefore_o who_o have_v a_o special_a gift_n by_o his_o manner_n of_o speech_n and_o discourse_n as_o it_o be_v by_o some_o purgative_a medicine_n to_o argue_v and_o convince_v be_v of_o great_a authority_n and_o credit_n when_o he_o confute_v other_o in_o that_o he_o never_o affirm_v nor_o pronounce_v resolute_o any_o thing_n of_o his_o own_o yea_o and_o he_o pierce_v deep_a into_o the_o soul_n and_o heart_n of_o his_o hearer_n by_o how_o much_o he_o seem_v to_o seek_v out_o the_o truth_n in_o common_a and_o never_o to_o favorize_v and_o maintain_v any_o opinion_n of_o his_o own_o for_o this_o beget_n of_o a_o man_n own_o fancy_n mighty_o impeach_v the_o faculty_n and_o power_n to_o judge_v another_o for_o evermore_o the_o lover_n be_v blind_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o that_o which_o he_o love_v and_o very_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n that_o love_v so_o much_o the_o own_o as_o a_o man_n do_v the_o opinion_n and_o reason_n whereof_o himself_o be_v the_o father_n for_o sure_o that_o distribution_n and_o partition_n among_o child_n which_o be_v common_o say_v to_o be_v most_o and_o equal_v be_v in_o this_o case_n of_o opinion_n and_o reason_n most_o unjust_a for_o in_o the_o former_a every_o one_o must_v take_v his_o own_o but_o in_o this_o he_o ought_v to_o choose_v the_o better_a yea_o though_o it_o be_v another_o man_n and_o therefore_o once_o again_o he_o that_o father_v somewhat_o of_o his_o own_o become_v the_o worse_a judge_n of_o other_o man_n and_o like_o as_o there_o be_v sometime_o a_o sophister_n or_o great_a learned_a man_n who_o say_v that_o the_o elian_o will_v be_v the_o better_a umpire_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o sacred_a olympic_a game_n in_o case_n there_o be_v never_o any_o elian_n come_v in_o place_n to_o perform_v his_o prize_n even_o so_o he_o that_o will_v be_v a_o good_a precedent_n to_o sit_v and_o determine_v of_o divers_a sentence_n and_o opinion_n no_o reason_n there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n that_o he_o shall_v desire_v to_o have_v his_o own_o sentence_n crown_v no_o nor_o to_o be_v one_o of_o the_o party_n contend_v and_o who_o in_o truth_n be_v to_o be_v judge_v by_o he_o the_o grecian_a captain_n after_o they_o have_v defait_v the_o barbarian_n be_v assemble_v in_o counsel_n to_o give_v their_o voice_n unto_o those_o who_o they_o deem_v worthy_a of_o reward_n and_o honour_n for_o their_o prowess_n judge_v themselves_o all_o to_o have_v do_v the_o best_a service_n and_o to_o be_v the_o most_o valorous_a warrior_n and_o of_o philosopher_n i_o assure_v you_o there_o be_v not_o one_o but_o he_o will_v do_v as_o much_o unless_o it_o be_v socrates_n and_o such_o as_o he_o who_o confess_v that_o they_o neither_o have_v nor_o know_v aught_o of_o their_o own_o for_o these_o in_o truth_n be_v they_o who_o only_o show_v themselves_o to_o be_v uncorrupt_a and_o competent_a judge_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o such_o as_o can_v be_v challenge_v for_o like_a as_o the_o air_n within_o our_o ear_n if_o it_o be_v not_o firm_a and_o steady_a nor_o clear_a without_o any_o voice_n of_o the_o own_o but_o full_a of_o sing_v sound_n and_o ring_a noise_n can_v exact_o comprehend_v that_o which_o be_v say_v unto_o we_o even_o so_o that_o which_o be_v to_o judge_v of_o reason_n in_o philosophy_n if_o it_o meet_v with_o any_o thing_n that_o resound_v and_o keep_v a_o hammer_v within_o hardly_o will_v it_o be_v able_a to_o understand_v that_o which_o shall_v be_v deliver_v without_o forth_o for_o the_o own_o particular_a opinion_n which_o be_v domestical_a and_o dwell_v at_o home_n of_o what_o matter_n soever_o it_o be_v that_o be_v treat_v of_o will_v always_o be_v the_o philosopher_n that_o hit_v the_o mark_n and_o touch_v the_o truth_n best_a whereas_o all_o the_o rest_n shall_v be_v think_v but_o to_o opine_n probable_o the_o truth_n moreover_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o a_o man_n be_v not_o able_a perfect_o to_o comprise_v or_o know_v any_o thing_n by_o good_a right_n and_o reason_n than_o do_v god_n forbid_v he_o to_o cast_v forth_o these_o false_a conception_n as_o it_o be_v of_o untrue_a and_o unconstant_a opinion_n and_o force_v he_o to_o reproove_v and_o detect_v those_o who_o ever_o have_v such_o for_o no_o small_a profit_n but_o right_o great_a commodity_n come_v by_o such_o a_o speech_n as_o be_v able_a to_o deliver_v man_n from_o the_o great_a evil_n that_o be_v even_o the_o spirit_n of_o error_n of_o illusion_n and_o vanity_n in_o opinion_n so_o great_a a_o gift_n as_o god_n of_o spectall_a grace_n give_v never_o to_o asclepius_n his_o race_n for_o the_o physic_n of_o socrates_n be_v not_o to_o heal_v the_o body_n but_o to_o cleanse_v and_o purify_v the_o soul_n festester_v inward_o and_o corrupt_a contrariwise_o if_o it_o
wit_n the_o skill_n of_o measure_n then_o afterward_o to_o astrology_n which_o be_v the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o star_n &_o in_o the_o high_a place_n above_o all_o the_o rest_n set_v harmonicae_n which_o be_v the_o skill_n of_o sound_n and_o accord_n for_o the_o subject_n of_o geometry_n be_v this_o when_o as_o to_o quantity_n in_o general_a there_o be_v adjoin_v magnitude_n in_o length_n &_o breadth_n of_o stereometrie_n when_o to_o the_o magnitude_n of_o length_n and_o breadth_n there_o be_v add_v depth_n or_o profundity_n likewise_o the_o proper_a subject_n of_o astrology_n be_v this_o when_o to_o the_o solid_a magnitude_n there_o come_v motion_n the_o subject_n of_o harmony_n or_o music_n when_o to_o a_o body_n move_v there_o be_v adjoin_v sound_n or_o voice_n if_o we_o subtract_v then_o and_o take_v away_o from_o move_a body_n voice_n from_o solid_a body_n motion_n from_o superficies_n depth_n and_o profundity_n and_o from_o quantity_n magnitude_n we_o shall_v come_v by_o this_o time_n to_o the_o intelligible_a ideae_fw-la which_o have_v no_o difference_n among_o they_o in_o regard_n of_o one_o and_o sole_a thing_n for_o unity_n make_v no_o number_n unless_o it_o come_v once_o to_o touch_v binarie_a or_o two_o which_o be_v infinite_a but_o in_o this_o wise_a have_v produce_v a_o number_n it_o proceed_v to_o point_n and_o prick_n from_o prick_n to_o line_n and_o so_o forth_o from_o line_n to_o superficies_n from_o superficies_n to_o profundity_n from_o thence_o to_o body_n and_o so_o forward_o to_o the_o quality_n of_o body_n subject_a to_o passion_n and_o alreration_n moreover_o of_o intellectual_a thing_n there_o be_v no_o other_o judge_n but_o the_o understanding_n or_o the_o mind_n for_o cogitation_n or_o intelligence_n be_v no_o other_o thing_n but_o the_o understanding_n so_o long_o as_o it_o be_v apply_v unto_o mathematical_o wherein_o thing_n intellectual_a appear_v as_o within_o mirror_n whereas_o for_o the_o knowledge_n of_o body_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o great_a number_n nature_n have_v give_v unto_o we_o five_o power_n and_o faculty_n of_o several_a and_o different_a sense_n for_o to_o judge_v withal_o and_o yet_o sufficient_a they_o be_v not_o to_o discover_v all_o object_n for_o many_o there_o be_v of_o they_o so_o off_o small_a that_o they_o can_v not_o be_v perceive_v by_o the_o sense_n and_o like_o as_o although_o every_o one_o of_o we_o be_v compose_v of_o soul_n and_o body_n yet_o that_o principal_a part_n which_o be_v our_o spirit_n and_o understanding_n be_v a_o very_a small_a thing_n hide_a and_o enclose_v within_o a_o great_a mass_n of_o flesh_n even_o so_o very_o like_o it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v the_o same_o proportion_n within_o the_o universal_a world_n between_o thing_n sensible_a and_o intellectual_a for_o the_o intellectual_a be_v the_o beginning_n of_o corporal_a now_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o a_o beginning_n be_v always_o in_o number_n more_o and_o in_o magnitude_n great_a than_o the_o say_a beginning_n but_o on_o the_o contrary_a a_o man_n may_v reason_v thus_o and_o say_v first_o and_o foremost_a that_o in_o compare_v sensible_a and_o corporal_a thing_n with_o intellectual_a we_o do_v in_o some_o sort_n make_v mortal_a thing_n equal_a with_o divine_a for_o god_n be_v to_o be_v reckon_v among_o intellectual_n now_o this_o be_v to_o be_v grant_v that_o the_o content_n be_v always_o less_o than_o the_o continent_n but_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n within_o the_o intellectual_a comprehend_v the_o sensible_a for_o god_n have_v set_v the_o soul_n in_o the_o midst_n have_v spread_v and_o stretch_v it_o through_o all_o within_o and_o yet_o without_o forth_o have_v cover_v all_o body_n with_o it_o as_o for_o the_o soul_n it_o be_v invisible_a yea_o and_o inperceptible_a to_o all_o the_o natural_a sense_n according_a as_o he_o have_v write_v in_o his_o book_n of_o law_n and_o therefore_o every_o one_o of_o we_o be_v corruptible_fw-fr but_o the_o world_n shall_v never_o perish_v for_o that_o in_o each_o of_o we_o that_o which_o be_v mortal_a and_o subject_a to_o dissolution_n contain_v within_o it_o the_o power_n which_o be_v vital_a but_o in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v clean_o contrary_a for_o the_o principal_a puissance_n and_o nature_n which_o be_v ever_o after_o one_o sort_n immutable_a and_o do_v always_o preserve_v the_o corporal_a part_n which_o it_o contain_v and_o embrace_v within_o itself_o beside_o in_o a_o bodily_a nature_n and_o corporal_a a_o thing_n be_v call_v individual_a and_o importible_a for_o the_o smallnesse_n thereof_o to_o wit_n when_o it_o be_v so_o little_a that_o it_o can_v be_v divide_v but_o in_o the_o spiritual_a and_o incorporal_a it_o be_v so_o call_v for_o the_o simplicity_n sincerity_n &_o purity_n thereof_o as_o be_v exempt_a from_o all_o multiplicity_n &_o diversity_n for_o otherwise_o folly_n it_o be_v to_o cast_v a_o guess_n at_o spiritual_a thing_n by_o corporal_a furthermore_o the_o very_a present_a time_n which_o we_o call_v now_o be_v say_v to_o be_v inpartible_a and_o indivisible_a howbeit_o instant_a together_o it_o be_v every_o where_o neither_o be_v their_o any_o part_n of_o this_o habitable_a world_n without_o it_o but_o all_o passion_n all_o action_n all_o corruption_n &_o generation_n throughout_o the_o world_n be_v comprise_v in_o this_o very_a present_a now._n now_o the_o only_a instrument_n to_o judge_v of_o thing_n intellectual_a be_v the_o understanding_n like_a as_o the_o eye_n of_o light_n which_o for_o simplicity_n be_v uniform_a &_o every_o way_n like_o unto_o itself_o but_o body_n have_v many_o diversity_n &_o difference_n be_v comprehend_v by_o divers_a instrument_n &_o judge_v some_o by_o this_o and_o other_o by_o that_o and_o yet_o some_o there_o be_v who_o unwoorthy_o disesteem_v and_o contemn_v the_o intellectual_a puissance_n and_o spiritual_a which_o be_v in_o we_o for_o in_o truth_n be_v goodly_a and_o great_a it_o surmount_v every_o sensible_a thing_n and_o reach_v up_o as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o god_n but_o that_o which_o of_o all_o other_o be_v most_o himself_o in_o his_o book_n entitle_v symposium_fw-la teach_v how_o to_o use_v love_n and_o love_v matter_n in_o withdraw_v the_o soul_n from_o the_o affection_n of_o beauty_n corporal_a and_o apply_v the_o same_o to_o those_o which_o be_v intellectual_a exhort_v we_o not_o to_o subject_n and_o enthral_v ourselves_o into_o the_o lovely_a beauty_n of_o any_o body_n nor_o of_o one_o study_n and_o science_n but_o by_o erect_v and_o lift_v up_o our_o mind_n aloft_o from_o such_o base_a object_n to_o turn_v unto_o that_o vast_a ocean_n indeed_o of_o pulcritude_n and_o beauty_n which_o be_v virtue_n 3_o how_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o consider_v he_o affirm_v evermore_o the_o soul_n to_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o the_o body_n as_o the_o very_a cause_n of_o the_o generation_n of_o it_o and_o the_o beginning_n likewise_o thereof_o yea_o contrariwise_o he_o say_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v never_o without_o the_o body_n nor_o the_o understanding_n without_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o of_o necessity_n the_o soul_n must_v be_v within_o the_o body_n and_o the_o understanding_n in_o the_o soul_n for_o it_o seem_v that_o here_o in_o there_o be_v some_o contradiction_n namely_o that_o the_o body_n both_o be_v and_o be_v not_o in_o case_n it_o be_v true_a that_o it_o be_v together_o with_o the_o soul_n and_o yet_o nevertheless_o engender_v by_o the_o soul_n be_v it_o because_o that_o be_v true_a which_o we_o oftentimes_o do_v say_v namely_o that_o the_o soul_n without_o understanding_n and_o the_o body_n without_o form_n have_v always_o be_v together_o &_o neither_o the_o one_o nor_o the_o other_o have_v ever_o commensment_n of_o be_v nor_o beginning_n of_o generation_n but_o when_o the_o soul_n come_v to_o have_v participation_n of_o understanding_n and_o of_o harmony_n and_o become_v to_o be_v wise_a by_o the_o mean_n of_o consonance_n and_o accord_n than_o cause_v she_o mutation_n in_o matter_n and_o be_v more_o powerful_a and_o strong_a in_o she_o own_o motion_n draw_v and_o turn_v into_o she_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o other_o and_o even_o so_o the_o body_n of_o the_o world_n have_v the_o first_o generation_n from_o the_o soul_n whereby_o it_o be_v shape_v and_o make_v uniform_a for_o the_o soul_n of_o herself_o bring_v not_o forth_o the_o nature_n of_o a_o body_n nor_o create_v it_o of_o nothing_o but_o of_o a_o body_n without_o all_o order_n and_o form_n whatsoever_o he_o make_v it_o orderly_o and_o very_a obeisant_a as_o if_o one_o say_v that_o the_o force_n of_o a_o seed_n or_o kernel_n be_v always_o with_o the_o body_n but_o yet_o nevertheless_o the_o body_n of_o the_o sig_n tree_n or_o olive_n tree_n be_v engender_v of_o the_o seed_n or_o kernel_n he_o shall_v not_o speak_v contrariety_n for_o the_o very_a body_n itself_o be_v move_v and_o alter_v by_o the_o seed_n
pliable_a show_v very_o well_o that_o he_o hold_v it_o for_o a_o singular_a virtue_n to_o be_v sociable_a and_o to_o know_v how_o to_o sort_v and_o agree_v with_o other_o like_v as_o the_o same_o pindar_z we_o himself_o when_o god_n do_v call_v he_o give_v attendance_n and_o never_o brag_v of_o all_o his_o valiance_n meaning_n and_o signify_v cadmus_n the_o old_a theologian_n and_o divine_v who_o of_o all_o philosopher_n be_v most_o ancient_a have_v put_v into_o the_o hand_n of_o of_o the_o image_n of_o the_o god_n musical_a instrument_n mind_v nothing_o less_o thereby_o than_o to_o make_v this_o god_n or_o that_o a_o minstrel_n either_o to_o play_v on_o lute_n or_o to_o sound_v the_o flute_n but_o because_o they_o think_v there_o be_v no_o great_a piece_n of_o work_n than_o accord_n and_o harmonical_a symphonic_n can_v beseem_v the_o god_n like_a as_o therefore_o he_o that_o will_v seek_v for_o sesquitertian_n sesquialterall_a or_o double_a proportion_n of_o music_n in_o the_o neck_n or_o bridge_n in_o the_o belly_n or_o back_n of_o a_o lute_n or_o in_o the_o peg_n and_o pin_n thereof_o be_v a_o ridiculous_a fool_n for_o howsoever_o these_o part_n ought_v to_o have_v a_o symmetry_n and_o proportion_n one_o to_o another_o in_o regard_n of_o length_n and_o thickness_n yet_o the_o harmony_n where_o of_o we_o speak_v be_v to_o be_v consider_v in_o the_o sound_v only_o even_o so_o probable_a it_o be_v and_o stand_v with_o great_a reason_n that_o the_o body_n of_o the_o star_n the_o distance_n and_o interval_n of_o sphere_n the_o celerity_n also_o of_o their_o course_n and_o revolution_n shall_v be_v proportionate_a one_o unto_o the_o other_o yea_o and_o unto_o the_o whole_a world_n as_o instrument_n of_o music_n well_o set_v and_o tune_v albeit_o the_o just_a quantity_n of_o the_o measure_n be_v unknowen_a unto_o but_o this_o we_o be_v to_o think_v that_o the_o principal_a effect_n and_o efficacy_n of_o these_o number_n and_o proportion_n which_o that_o great_a and_o sovereign_a creator_n use_v be_v the_o consonance_n accord_n and_o agreement_n of_o the_o soul_n in_o itself_o with_o which_o she_o be_v endow_v she_o have_v replenish_v both_o the_o heaven_n itself_o when_o she_o be_v settle_v thereupon_o with_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o good_a thing_n and_o also_o dispose_v and_o ordain_v all_o thing_n upon_o the_o earth_n by_o season_n by_o change_n and_o mutation_n temper_v and_o measure_v most_o excellent_o well_o and_o with_o surpass_a wisdom_n aswell_o for_o the_o production_n and_o generation_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o for_o the_o preservation_n and_o safety_n of_o they_o when_o they_o be_v create_v and_o make_v a_o epitome_n or_o breviarie_n of_o a_o treatise_n as_o touch_v the_o creation_n of_o the_o soul_n according_a to_o plato_n in_o timaeus_n this_o treatise_n entitle_v of_o the_o creation_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o it_o be_v describe_v in_o the_o book_n of_o of_o plato_n name_v timaeus_n declare_v all_o that_o plato_n and_o the_o platonique_n have_v write_v of_o that_o argument_n and_o infer_v certain_a proportion_n and_o similitude_n geometrical_a which_o he_o suppose_v pertinent_a to_o the_o speculation_n and_o intelligence_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n as_o also_o certain_a musical_a and_o arithmetical_a theorem_n his_o meaning_n and_o say_v be_v that_o the_o first_o matter_n be_v bring_v into_o form_n and_o shape_n by_o the_o soul_n he_o attribute_v to_o the_o universal_a world_n a_o soul_n and_o likewise_o to_o every_o live_a creature_n a_o soul_n of_o the_o own_o by_o itself_o which_o rule_v and_o govern_v it_o he_o bring_v in_o the_o say_a soul_n in_o some_o sort_n not_o engender_v and_o yet_o after_o a_o sort_n subject_n to_o generation_n but_o he_o affirm_v that_o eternal_a matter_n to_o have_v be_v form_v by_o god_n that_o evil_a and_o vice_n be_v a_o imp_n spring_v from_o the_o say_a matter_n to_o the_o end_n quoth_v he_o that_o it_o may_v never_o come_v into_o man_n thought_n that_o god_n be_v the_o author_n or_o cause_n of_o evil_a all_o the_o rest_n of_o this_o breviarie_n be_v word_n for_o word_n in_o the_o treatise_n itself_o therefore_o may_v be_v well_o spare_v in_o this_o place_n and_o not_o rehearse_v a_o second_o time_n of_o fatal_a necessity_n this_o little_a treatise_n be_v so_o piteous_o tear_v maim_a and_o dismember_v throughout_o that_o a_o man_n may_v soon_o divine_v and_o guess_v thereat_o as_o i_o have_v do_v than_o translate_v it_o i_o beseech_v the_o reader_n therefore_o to_o hold_v i_o excuse_v in_o case_n i_o neither_o please_v myself_o nor_o content_v they_o in_o that_o which_o i_o have_v write_v endeavour_v i_o will_v and_o address_v myself_o to_o write_v unto_o you_o most_o dear_a and_o love_a friend_n piso_n as_o plain_o and_o compendious_o as_o possible_a i_o can_v my_o opinion_n as_o touch_v fatal_a destiny_n for_o to_o satisfy_v your_o request_n albeit_o you_o know_v full_a well_o how_o wary_a and_o precise_a i_o be_o in_o my_o writing_n first_o and_o foremost_a therefore_o thus_o much_o you_o must_v understand_v that_o this_o term_n of_o fatal_a destiny_n be_v speak_v and_o understand_v two_o manner_n of_o way_n the_o one_o as_o it_o be_v a_o action_n and_o the_o other_o as_o it_o be_v a_o substance_n in_o the_o first_o place_n plato_n have_v figurative_o draw_v it_o forth_o &_o under_o a_o type_n describe_v it_o as_o a_o action_n both_o in_o his_o diologue_n entitle_v phaedrus_n in_o these_o word_n it_o be_v a_o adrastian_n law_n or_o inevitable_a ordinance_n which_o always_o follow_v and_o deny_v god_n and_o also_o in_o his_o treatise_n call_v timaeus_n after_o this_o manner_n the_o law_n which_o god_n have_v pronounce_v and_o publish_v to_o the_o immortal_a soul_n in_o the_o procreation_n of_o the_o universal_a world_n likewise_o in_o his_o book_n of_o commonwealth_n he_o say_v that_o fatal_a necessity_n be_v the_o reason_n and_o speech_n of_o lachesis_n the_o daughter_n of_o necessity_n by_o which_o place_n he_o give_v we_o to_o understand_v not_o tragical_o but_o after_o a_o theological_a manner_n what_o his_o mind_n and_o opinion_n be_v now_o if_o a_o man_n take_v the_o say_a place_n already_o cite_v &_o quote_v will_v expound_v the_o same_o more_o familiar_o in_o other_o word_n he_o may_v declare_v the_o former_a description_n in_o phaedrus_n after_o this_o sort_n namely_o that_o fatal_a destiny_n be_v a_o divine_a reason_n or_o sentence_n intransgressible_a and_o inevitable_a proceed_v from_o a_o cause_n that_o can_v be_v divert_v nor_o impeach_v and_o according_a to_o that_o which_o he_o deliver_v in_o timaeus_n it_o be_v a_o law_n consequent_o ensue_v upon_o the_o nature_n and_o creation_n of_o the_o world_n by_o the_o rule_n whereof_o all_o thing_n pass_v and_o be_v dispense_v that_o be_v do_v for_o this_o be_v it_o that_o lachesis_n work_v &_o effect_v who_o be_v in_o truth_n the_o daughter_n of_o necessity_n as_o we_o have_v both_o already_o say_v &_o also_o shall_v better_o understand_v by_o that_o which_o we_o be_v to_o deliver_v hereafter_o in_o this_o and_o other_o treatise_n at_o our_o leisure_n thus_o you_o see_v what_o destiny_n be_v as_o it_o go_v for_o a_o action_n but_o be_v take_v for_o a_o substance_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v the_o universal_a soul_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n and_o admit_v a_o tripartite_a division_n the_o first_o destiny_n be_v that_o which_o err_v not_o the_o second_o seem_v to_o err_v and_o the_o three_o be_v under_o heaven_n &_o conversant_a about_o the_o earth_n of_o which_o three_o the_o high_a be_v call_v clotho_n that_o next_o under_o it_o be_v name_v atropos_n and_o the_o low_a lachesis_n and_o she_o receive_v the_o influence_n of_o her_o two_o celestial_a sister_n transmit_v and_o fasten_v the_o same_o upon_o terrestrial_a thing_n which_o be_v under_o her_o government_n thus_o have_v we_o show_v summary_o what_o be_v to_o be_v think_v &_o say_v as_o touch_v destiny_n be_v take_v as_o a_o substance_n namely_o what_o it_o be_v what_o part_n it_o have_v after_o what_o sort_n it_o be_v how_o it_o be_v ordain_v and_o in_o what_o manner_n it_o stand_v both_o in_o respect_n of_o itself_o and_o also_o in_o regard_n of_o we_o but_o as_o concern_v the_o particularity_n of_o all_o these_o point_n there_o be_v another_o fable_n in_o the_o politic_n of_o plato_n which_o covert_o in_o some_o sort_n give_v we_o intelligence_n thereof_o and_o the_o same_o have_v we_o assay_v to_o explain_v &_o unfold_v unto_o you_o as_o well_o as_o possible_o we_o can_v but_o to_o return_v unto_o our_o destiny_n as_o it_o be_v a_o action_n let_v we_o discourse_v thereof_o forasmuch_o as_o many_o question_n natural_a moral_a and_o rational_a depend_v thereupon_o now_o for_o that_o we_o have_v in_o some_o sort_n sufficient_o define_v already_o what_o it_o be_v we_o be_v to_o consider_v consequent_o
in_o order_n the_o quality_n and_o manner_n thereof_o howsoever_o there_o be_v many_o that_o think_v it_o very_o strange_a and_o absurd_a to_o search_v thereinto_o i_o say_v therefore_o that_o destiny_n be_v not_o infinite_a but_o sinite_fw-la and_o determinate_a however_o it_o comprehend_v as_o it_o be_v within_o a_o circle_n the_o infinity_n of_o all_o thing_n that_o be_v and_o have_v be_v time_n out_o of_o mind_n yea_o and_o shall_v be_v world_n without_o end_n for_o neither_o law_n nor_o reason_n nor_o any_o divine_a thing_n whatsoever_o can_v be_v infinite_a and_o this_o shall_v you_o the_o better_o learn_v and_o understand_v if_o you_o consider_v the_o total_a revolution_n and_o the_o universal_a time_n when_o as_o the_o eight_o sphere_n as_o timaeus_n say_v have_v perform_v their_o swift_a course_n shall_v return_v to_o the_o same_o head_n and_o point_n again_o be_v measure_v by_o the_o circle_n of_o the_o same_o which_o go_v always_o after_o one_o manner_n for_o in_o this_o definite_a and_o determinate_a reason_n all_o thing_n aswell_o in_o heaven_n as_o in_o earth_n the_o which_o do_v consist_v by_o the_o necessity_n of_o that_o above_o be_v reduce_v to_o the_o same_o situation_n and_o bring_v again_o to_o their_o first_o head_n and_o beginning_n the_o only_a habitude_n therefore_o of_o heaven_n which_o stand_v ordain_v in_o all_o point_n aswell_o in_o regard_n of_o itself_o as_o of_o the_o earth_n and_o all_o terrestrial_a matter_n after_o certain_a long_a revolution_n shall_v one_o day_n return_v yea_o and_o that_o which_o consequent_o follow_v after_o and_o those_o which_o be_v link_v in_o a_o continuity_n together_o bring_v each_o one_o by_o consequence_n that_o which_o it_o have_v by_o necessity_n for_o to_o make_v this_o matter_n more_o plain_a let_v we_o suppose_v that_o all_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v in_o and_o about_o we_o be_v wrought_v and_o bring_v to_o pass_v by_o the_o course_n of_o the_o heaven_n and_o celestial_a influence_n all_o be_v the_o very_a efficient_a cause_n both_o of_o that_o which_o i_o write_v now_o and_o also_o of_o that_o which_o you_o be_v do_v at_o this_o present_a yea_o and_o in_o that_o sort_n as_o you_o do_v the_o same_o so_o that_o hereafter_o when_o the_o same_o cause_n shall_v turn_v about_o and_o come_v again_o we_o shall_v do_v the_o very_a same_o that_o now_o we_o do_v yea_o and_o after_o the_o same_o manner_n yea_o we_o shall_v become_v again_o the_o very_a same_o man_n and_o even_o so_o it_o shall_v be_v with_o all_o other_o man_n and_o look_v whatsoever_o shall_v follow_v in_o a_o course_n or_o train_n shall_v likewise_o happen_v by_o a_o consequent_a and_o dependent_a cause_n and_o in_o one_o word_n whatsoever_o shall_v befall_v in_o any_o of_o the_o universal_a revolution_n shall_v become_v the_o same_o again_o thus_o apparent_a it_o be_v as_o have_v already_o be_v say_v that_o destiny_n be_v in_o some_o sort_n infinite_a be_v nevertheless_o determinate_a and_o not_o infinite_a as_o also_o that_o according_a as_o we_o have_v show_v before_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o it_o be_v in_o manner_n of_o a_o circle_n for_o like_a as_o the_o motion_n of_o a_o circle_n in_o a_o circle_n and_o the_o time_n that_o measure_v it_o be_v also_o a_o circle_n even_o so_o the_o reason_n of_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v do_v and_o happen_v in_o a_o circle_n by_o good_a right_n may_v be_v esteem_v and_o say_v to_o be_v a_o circle_n this_o therefore_o if_o nought_o else_o there_o be_v show_v unto_o we_o in_o a_o manner_n sufficient_o what_o be_v destiny_n in_o generality_n but_o not_o in_o particular_a nor_o in_o each_o several_a respect_n what_o then_o be_v it_o it_o be_v the_o general_a in_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o reason_n so_o as_o a_o man_n may_v compare_v it_o with_o civil_a law_n for_o first_o and_o foremost_a it_o command_v the_o most_o part_n of_o thing_n if_o not_o all_o at_o leastwise_o by_o way_n of_o supposition_n and_o then_o it_o comprise_v as_o much_o as_o be_v possible_a all_o matter_n appertein_v to_o a_o city_n or_o public_a state_n general_o and_o that_o we_o may_v better_o understand_v both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o let_v we_o exemplify_v and_o consider_v the_o same_o in_o specialty_n the_o civil_a or_o politic_a law_n speak_v and_o ordain_v general_o of_o a_o valiant_a man_n as_o also_o of_o a_o runaway_n coward_n and_o so_o consequent_o of_o other_o howbeit_o this_o be_v not_o to_o make_v a_o law_n of_o this_o or_o that_o particular_a person_n but_o to_o provide_v ingenerall_n principal_o and_o then_o of_o particular_n by_o consequence_n as_o comprise_v under_o the_o say_a general_n for_o we_o may_v very_o well_o say_v that_o to_o remunerate_v and_o recompense_v this_o or_o that_o man_n for_o his_o valour_n be_v lawful_a as_o also_o to_o punish_v a_o particular_a person_n for_o his_o cowardice_n and_o forsake_v his_o colour_n for_o that_o the_o law_n potential_o and_o in_o effect_n have_v comprise_v as_o much_o although_o not_o in_o express_a word_n like_v as_o the_o law_n if_o i_o may_v so_o say_v of_o physician_n and_o of_o master_n of_o bodily_a exercise_n comprehend_v special_a and_o particular_a point_n within_o the_o general_a and_o even_o so_o do_v the_o law_n of_o nature_n which_o first_o and_o principal_o do_v determine_v general_a matter_n and_o then_o particular_n secondary_o &_o by_o consequence_n semblable_o may_v particular_a and_o individual_a thing_n in_o some_o sort_n be_v say_v to_o be_v destine_v for_o that_o they_o be_v so_o by_o consequence_n with_o the_o general_n but_o haply_o some_o one_o of_o those_o who_o search_n and_o inquire_v more_o curious_o and_o exact_o into_o these_o matter_n will_v hold_v the_o contrary_a and_o say_v that_o of_o particular_a &_o individual_a thing_n proceed_v the_o composition_n of_o the_o general_n and_o that_o the_o general_n be_v ordain_v and_o gather_v for_o the_o particular_a now_o that_o for_o which_o another_o thing_n be_v go_v always_o before_o that_o which_o be_v for_o it_o but_o this_o be_v not_o the_o proper_a place_n to_o speak_v of_o these_o quiddity_n for_o we_o be_v to_o refer_v they_o to_o some_o other_o howbeit_o that_o destiny_n do_v not_o comprehend_v all_o thing_n pure_o and_o express_o but_o only_o such_o as_o be_v universal_a and_o general_a be_v resolve_v upon_o for_o this_o present_a and_o serve_v for_o that_o which_o we_o have_v to_o say_v hereafter_o yea_o and_o agree_v also_o to_o that_o which_o have_v be_v deliver_v somewhat_o before_o for_o that_o which_o be_v finite_a and_o determinate_a proper_o agreeable_a to_o divine_a providence_n be_v more_o see_v in_o universal_a and_o general_a thing_n than_o in_o particular_a of_o this_o nature_n be_v the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o such_o be_v likewise_o the_o civil_a law_n whereas_o infinity_n consist_v in_o particular_n after_o this_o we_o be_v to_o declare_v what_o mean_v this_o term_n by_o supposition_n for_o sure_o destiny_n be_v to_o be_v think_v such_o a_o thing_n we_o have_v then_o call_v by_o supposition_n that_o which_o be_v not_o set_v down_o of_o itself_o nor_o by_o itself_o but_o suppose_v and_o join_v after_o another_o and_o this_o signify_v a_o suit_n and_o consequence_n this_o be_v the_o law_n or_o ordinance_n of_o adrastia_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o decree_n inevitable_a unto_o which_o if_o any_o soul_n can_v associate_v itself_o the_o same_o shall_v be_v able_a to_o see_v by_o consequence_n all_o that_o will_v ensue_v even_o unto_o another_o general_a revolution_n and_o be_v exempt_a from_o all_o evil_a which_o if_o it_o may_v be_v able_a always_o to_o do_v it_o shall_v neither_o sustain_v any_o damage_n nor_o do_v harm_n thus_o you_o see_v what_o it_o be_v that_o we_o call_v by_o supposition_n &_o in_o general_a now_o that_o fatal_a destiny_n be_v of_o this_o kind_n evident_o appear_v as_o well_o by_o the_o substance_n as_o the_o name_n thereof_o for_o it_o be_v call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o if_o one_o will_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v as_o much_o as_o dependent_a and_o link_v and_o a_o law_n it_o be_v and_o ordinance_n for_o that_o thing_n therein_o be_v ordain_v and_o dispose_v consequent_o and_o in_o manner_n of_o those_o which_o be_v do_v civil_o hereunto_o be_v to_o be_v annex_v a_o treatise_n of_o relation_n that_o be_v to_o say_v what_o reference_n and_o respect_n have_v fatal_a destiny_n unto_o divine_a providence_n as_o also_o unto_o fortune_n likewise_o what_o be_v that_o which_o be_v in_o we_o what_o be_v contingent_a and_o such_o like_a thing_n moreover_o we_o be_v to_o decide_v wherein_o and_o how_o it_o be_v false_a wherein_o also_o and_o how_o it_o be_v true_a that_o all_o thing_n happen_v and_o come_v to_o pass_v by_o fatal_a destiny_n for_o 〈◊〉_d it_o import_v and_o imply_v thus_o much_o that_o
as_o if_o it_o be_v wantonness_n so_o to_o do_v in_o case_n he_o praise_v the_o divine_a providence_n for_o create_v they_o in_o his_o five_o book_n of_o nature_n after_o he_o have_v show_v that_o wal-lice_n or_o punaise_n serve_v in_o good_a stead_n to_o awaken_v we_o out_o of_o sleep_n as_o also_o that_o mouse_n advertise_v we_o to_o beware_v and_o take_v heed_n where_o we_o lie_v up_o and_o bestow_v every_o thing_n and_o that_o it_o be_v probable_a that_o nature_n take_v pleasure_n in_o produce_v fair_a creature_n and_o joy_v in_o diversity_n he_o come_v out_o with_o this_o sentence_n word_n for_o word_n this_o appear_v most_o evident_o in_o the_o peacock_n tail_n for_o here_o he_o signify_v that_o this_o bird_n be_v make_v for_o the_o tail_n sake_n and_o not_o contrariwise_o and_o so_o when_o the_o cock_n be_v once_o create_v the_o hen_n follow_v after_o in_o his_o book_n of_o commonwealth_n when_o he_o have_v say_v that_o we_o be_v come_v almost_o to_o the_o paint_n of_o dunghill_n a_o little_a after_o there_o be_v some_o quoth_v he_o who_o adorn_v &_o embellish_v their_o cornfield_n with_o vine_n climb_v and_o grow_v upon_o tree_n range_v direct_o in_o order_n as_o also_o with_o myrtle_n row_n who_o nourish_v also_o peacock_n and_o dove_n yea_o and_o partridge_n for_o to_o hear_v they_o call_v and_o record_v unto_o they_o as_o also_o nightingale_n for_o their_o pleasant_a song_n but_o i_o will_v glad_o know_v of_o he_o what_o he_o think_v and_o what_o his_o conceit_n be_v of_o bee_n and_o of_o honey_n for_o it_o will_v by_o good_a consequence_n follow_v that_o he_o who_o have_v say_v that_o punaise_n and_o wall_n louse_n be_v profitable_o create_v shall_v also_o infer_v that_o bee_n be_v make_v for_o no_o profit_n now_o if_o he_o allow_v these_o a_o place_n in_o his_o commonwealth_n how_o be_v it_o that_o he_o forbid_v his_o citizen_n to_o entertain_v those_o thing_n which_o delight_v the_o ear_n to_o be_v brief_a like_a as_o he_o be_v very_o absurd_a who_o shall_v find_v fault_n with_o those_o guest_n at_o a_o feast_n who_o fall_v to_o eat_v comfit_n and_o sweet_a banquet_n conceit_n to_o drink_v wine_n also_o and_o to_o feed_v of_o delicate_a viand_n and_o in_o the_o mean_a while_n commend_v the_o man_n who_o invite_v they_o to_o such_o dainty_n and_o provide_v the_o same_o for_o they_o even_o so_o he_o who_o praise_v the_o divine_a providence_n for_o create_v delicate_a fish_n dainty_a bird_n sweet_a honey_n and_o pleasant_a wine_n shall_v reproove_v those_o who_o reject_v not_o these_o gift_n nor_o be_v content_a to_o eat_v bare_a bread_n and_o drink_v sheer_a water_n thing_n that_o be_v ever_o at_o hand_n and_o which_o be_v sufficient_a for_o our_o food_n be_v as_o far_o out_o of_o reason_n and_o make_v no_o reckon_n at_o all_o how_o he_o do_v contradict_v himself_o and_o what_o contrary_a opinion_n he_o hold_v moreover_o have_v in_o his_o treatise_n of_o exhortation_n say_v that_o it_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o folk_n shall_v be_v defame_v or_o blame_v for_o have_v to_o do_v carnal_o with_o their_o own_o mother_n daughter_n or_o sister_n for_o eat_v any_o kind_n of_o meat_n whatsoever_o for_o go_v direct_o out_o of_o the_o bed_n from_o a_o woman_n or_o from_o a_o dead_a body_n and_o mortuarie_n unto_o a_o temple_n or_o sacrifice_n and_o herein_o quoth_v he_o we_o ought_v to_o have_v a_o regard_n and_o eye_n unto_o brute_n beast_n and_o take_v example_n by_o they_o to_o collect_v and_o conclude_v that_o in_o all_o this_o there_o be_v no_o absurdity_n at_o all_o nor_o any_o thing_n against_o nature_n for_o fit_o and_o to_o the_o purpose_n very_o well_o a_o man_n may_v allege_v this_o and_o compare_v the_o usage_n of_o other_o creature_n to_o show_v that_o they_o neither_o be_v couple_v together_o nor_o engender_v no_o nor_o die_v in_o temple_n do_v pollute_v and_o defile_v the_o divinity_n contrary_n to_o all_o this_o in_o the_o five_o book_n of_o nature_n he_o say_v that_o the_o poet_n hesiodus_n do_v very_o well_o to_o admonish_v and_o forbid_v we_o not_o to_o piss_v into_o fountain_n nor_o run_a river_n yea_o and_o much_o rather_o to_o forbear_v to_o make_v water_n against_o a_o altar_n or_o any_o image_n and_o statue_n of_o the_o god_n neither_o matter_v or_o skill_v it_o all_o if_o dog_n affe_n and_o young_a child_n do_v so_o see_v they_o have_v no_o discretion_n nor_o consideration_n in_o such_o thing_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v very_o absurd_a to_o say_v in_o one_o place_n that_o it_o be_v meet_v to_o consider_v the_o savage_a example_n of_o wild_a beast_n and_o in_o another_o as_o absurd_a to_o allege_v the_o same_o some_o philosopher_n there_o be_v who_o imagine_v a_o certain_a accessary_a motion_n from_o without_o in_o the_o principal_a part_n of_o our_o soul_n for_o that_o a_o man_n seem_v to_o give_v the_o head_n and_o liberty_n unto_o divers_a inclination_n when_o he_o be_v force_v to_o a_o thing_n by_o outward_a cause_n which_o motion_n appear_v principal_o in_o doubtful_a and_o variable_a thing_n for_o when_o of_o two_o object_n equal_a in_o power_n and_o every_o way_n semblable_a we_o be_v of_o necessity_n to_o choose_v one_o and_o there_o be_v no_o cause_n at_o all_o to_o incline_v we_o more_o to_o the_o one_o than_o to_o the_o other_o this_o foresay_a accessary_a and_o adventitious_a puissance_n come_v in_o otherwise_o and_o seize_v upon_o the_o inclination_n of_o the_o soul_n decide_v all_o the_o doubt_n against_o these_o philosopher_n chrysippus_n dispute_v as_o if_o they_o do_v violence_n to_o nature_n by_o the_o contrary_a and_o by_o devise_v a_o effect_n without_o a_o cause_n among_o sundry_a other_o example_n allege_v the_o cockall_n bone_n the_o balance_n and_o many_o such_o like_a thing_n which_o can_v fall_v incline_v and_o bend_v now_o on_o one_o side_n and_o then_o on_o another_o without_o some_o cause_n &_o difference_n which_o be_v entire_o in_o they_o or_o 〈◊〉_d come_v from_o without_o forth_o for_o this_o be_v general_o hold_v that_o whatsoever_o be_v without_o cause_n can_v have_v no_o subsistence_n no_o more_o than_o mere_a hazard_n and_o chance_n but_o in_o these_o adventition_n and_o accessary_a motion_n which_o they_o suppose_v there_o be_v certain_a hide_a irreptitious_a cause_n which_o secredy_o move_v and_o induce_v our_o appetite_n and_o inclination_n even_o without_o our_o knowledge_n to_o one_o part_n or_o other_o and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o often_o repeat_v in_o the_o most_o notable_a work_n that_o he_o have_v put_v forth_o but_o that_o which_o himself_o afterward_o deliver_v clean_o contrary_a because_o it_o be_v not_o expose_v so_o open_o to_o the_o view_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n i_o will_v allege_v verbatim_o as_o he_o have_v deliver_v it_o for_o in_o his_o treatise_n concern_v the_o office_n of_o a_o judge_n suppose_v for_o example_n sake_n that_o two_o currier_n who_o run_v a_o course_n be_v come_v both_o together_o unto_o the_o goal_n he_o demand_v what_o the_o judge_n shall_v do_v in_o this_o case_n namely_o whether_o it_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o to_o give_v unto_o whether_o of_o they_o he_o please_v the_o victorious_a branch_n of_o the_o date_n tree_n this_o be_v suppose_v withal_o that_o they_o be_v both_o so_o inward_a &_o familiar_a with_o he_o that_o he_o shall_v rather_o gratify_v they_o both_o even_o out_o of_o his_o own_o in_o some_o sort_n than_o seem_v to_o defraud_v either_o of_o they_o of_o the_o victorious_a garland_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v common_a to_o they_o both_o whether_o i_o say_v it_o be_v lawful_a for_o he_o to_o incline_v unto_o one_o or_o to_o the_o other_o and_o so_o award_v the_o victory_n as_o if_o they_o have_v draw_v lot_n therefore_o to_o incline_v i_o say_v casual_o &_o without_o any_o reason_n like_v as_o when_o two_o groat_n be_v present_v unto_o we_o every_o way_n semblable_a one_o to_o the_o other_o we_o incline_v rather_o to_o that_o which_o we_o take_v and_o in_o the_o six_o book_n of_o duty_n have_v say_v that_o there_o be_v certain_a thing_n that_o require_v no_o great_a ado_n nor_o intentive_a consideration_n he_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o in_o such_o case_n we_o be_v to_o yield_v the_o choice_n into_o the_o casual_a propension_n of_o the_o mind_n even_o as_o to_o the_o adventurous_a hazard_n of_o a_o lot_n as_o for_o example_n if_o the_o question_n be_v to_o make_v trial_n of_o the_o say_v two_o groat_n one_o say_v this_o be_v the_o better_a and_o another_o that_o but_o for_o that_o we_o be_v to_o take_v one_o of_o the_o twain_o without_o more_o ado_n and_o far_a trial_n of_o their_o betterness_n we_o take_v that_o which_o come_v first_o and_o in_o another_o place_n he_o say_v in_o put_v this_o to_o the_o aventure_o of_o a_o lot_n it_o fall_v out_o otherwhiles_o that_o we_o
all_o one_o and_o the_o same_o to_o say_v a_o man_n be_v not_o and_o a_o man_n be_v that_o which_o have_v no_o be_v but_o plato_n think_v that_o there_o be_v a_o wonder_a great_a difference_n between_o these_o term_n not_o to_o be_v at_o all_o and_o to_o be_v that_o which_o be_v not_o for_o the_o former_a import_v a_o nullity_n and_o abolishment_n of_o all_o substance_n and_o the_o other_o show_v the_o difference_n of_o that_o which_o be_v participate_v and_o that_o which_o do_v participate_v which_o distinction_n and_o diversity_n they_o who_o come_v after_o have_v reduce_v only_o unto_o a_o different_a range_v of_o kind_n form_n and_o of_o certain_a common_a and_o proper_a quality_n or_o accident_n but_o high_a than_o so_o they_o mount_v not_o fall_v down_o upon_o some_o doubt_n and_o difficulty_n more_o reasonable_a for_o the_o same_o reason_n and_o proportion_n there_o be_v between_o the_o thing_n participate_v and_o participate_v as_o be_v between_o the_o cause_n and_o the_o matter_n the_o original_n and_o the_o image_n the_o power_n and_o the_o passion_n wherein_o principal_o differ_v that_o which_o be_v by_o itself_o and_o ever_o the_o same_o from_o that_o which_o be_v by_o another_o and_o never_o keep_v one_o state_n for_o that_o the_o one_o never_o shall_v be_v nor_o ever_o be_v not_o existent_a and_o for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v true_o and_o altogether_o subsistent_a whereas_o the_o other_o have_v not_o so_o much_o as_o that_o be_v constant_a which_o it_o happen_v to_o participate_v from_o another_o but_o do_v degenerate_a and_o grow_v out_o of_o kind_n through_o imbecility_n in_o that_o the_o matter_n do_v glide_v and_o slide_v about_o the_o form_n receive_v many_o passion_n and_o mutation_n bend_v towards_o the_o image_n of_o substance_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o continual_o it_o move_v and_o shake_v to_o and_o fro_o like_a as_o therefore_o he_o who_o say_v that_o plato_n be_v not_o the_o image_n of_o plato_n take_v not_o away_o the_o sense_n and_o substance_n of_o a_o image_n but_o show_v the_o difference_n between_o that_o which_o be_v of_o itself_o and_o the_o other_o which_o be_v in_o regard_n of_o it_o even_o so_o they_o abolish_v not_o the_o nature_n the_o use_n nor_o sense_n of_o man_n who_o say_v that_o every_o one_o of_o we_o by_o participate_v the_o idea_n of_o a_o certain_a common_a substance_n be_v become_v the_o image_n of_o that_o which_o give_v similitude_n and_o affinity_n unto_o our_o generation_n for_o neither_o he_o who_o say_v that_o iron_n red_a hot_a be_v not_o fire_n or_o the_o moon_n the_o sun_n but_o to_o use_v the_o very_a word_n of_o parmenides_n aflame_a that_o bear_v a_o borrow_a light_n wander_v about_o the_o earth_n by_o night_n do_v take_v away_o the_o use_n of_o a_o burn_a gleed_n or_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o moon_n but_o if_o he_o shall_v affirm_v that_o it_o be_v no_o body_n nor_o illuminate_v than_o he_o go_v against_o the_o sense_n as_o one_o who_o admit_v neither_o body_n nor_o live_a animal_n nor_o generation_n nor_o sense_n but_o he_o that_o by_o opinion_n imagine_v these_o thing_n to_o have_v no_o subsistence_n but_o by_o participation_n and_o withal_o how_o far_o they_o be_v short_a and_o distant_a from_o that_o which_o have_v always_o be_v and_o which_o give_v they_o the_o power_n to_o be_v consider_v not_o amiss_o the_o sensible_a but_o be_v dim-sighted_a in_o the_o intelligible_a neither_o do_v he_o annihilate_v and_o overthrow_v the_o passion_n which_o arise_v and_o appear_v in_o we_o but_o show_v unto_o they_o that_o be_v docible_a and_o follow_v he_o that_o there_o be_v other_o more_o firm_a and_o stable_a thing_n than_o these_o as_o touch_v essence_n for_o that_o they_o neither_o be_v engender_v nor_o perish_v nor_o yet_o suffer_v aught_o but_o teach_v more_o clear_o &_o pure_o note_v and_o touch_v the_o difference_n by_o the_o very_a term_n and_o name_n call_v the_o one_o sort_n existent_a &_o the_o other_o breed_n or_o engender_v the_o same_o usual_o befall_v also_o to_o our_o late_a 〈◊〉_d writer_n who_o deprive_v many_o great_a and_o weighty_a thing_n of_o this_o denomination_n of_o subsistence_n as_o namely_o voidnesse_n time_n place_n and_o general_o the_o whole_a kind_n of_o those_o speech_n wherein_o be_v comprise_v all_o thing_n true_a for_o these_o thing_n be_v they_o say_v be_v not_o and_o yet_o they_o say_v some_o be_v yea_o and_o use_v the_o same_o aswell_o in_o their_o life_n as_o their_o doctrine_n and_o philosophy_n as_o have_v subsistence_n &_o be_v but_o i_o will_v glad_o demand_v of_o this_o accuser_n of_o we_o himself_o whether_o he_o and_o his_o fellow_n in_o their_o affair_n perceive_v not_o this_o difference_n whereby_o some_o thing_n be_v permanent_a and_o immutable_a in_o their_o substance_n like_a as_o they_o affirm_v of_o their_o atom_n that_o they_o be_v at_o all_o time_n and_o continual_o after_o one_o and_o the_o same_o sort_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o impassibility_n and_o stiff_a solidity_n whereas_o all_o thing_n compound_v and_o compact_v of_o they_o be_v flexible_a pliable_a mutable_a breed_v and_o perish_v for_o that_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o image_n do_v pass_v and_o flow_v from_o they_o evermore_o yea_o and_o a_o innumerable_a sort_n of_o other_o thing_n by_o all_o likelihood_n from_o out_o of_o the_o ambuent_a air_n do_v reflow_v and_o have_v recourse_n unto_o they_o for_o to_o supply_v and_o fill_v up_o the_o heap_n still_o which_o mass_n be_v become_v much_o alter_v diversify_v and_o transvase_v as_o it_o be_v by_o this_o permutation_n in_o that_o the_o atom_n which_o be_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o say_a mass_n can_v never_o cease_v nor_o give_v over_o stir_v but_o reciprocal_o beat_v one_o upon_o another_o as_o they_o themselves_o affirm_v so_o there_o be_v in_o thing_n such_o a_o difference_n of_o substance_n as_o this_o and_o yet_o epicurus_n be_v more_o wise_a and_o learned_a than_o plato_n in_o that_o he_o term_v all_o thing_n equal_o subsist_v voidnesse_n impalpable_a the_o body_n solid_a and_o resist_a the_o principle_n thing_n compose_v and_o for_o that_o he_o think_v that_o the_o eternal_a do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o participate_v in_o the_o common_a substance_n with_o that_o which_o be_v engender_v the_o immortal_a with_o that_o which_o do_v perish_v the_o nature_n impassable_a perdurable_a immutable_a which_o never_o can_v fall_v or_o be_v deprive_v from_o their_o be_v with_o those_o which_o have_v their_o essence_n in_o suffering_n and_o change_v and_o never_o can_v continue_v in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o state_n now_o be_v it_o so_o that_o plato_n have_v most_o just_o of_o all_o man_n in_o the_o world_n deserve_v to_o be_v condemn_v for_o his_o error_n herein_o yet_o my_o good_a friend_n there_o shall_v no_o imputation_n be_v charge_v upon_o he_o by_o these_o our_o great_a master_n here_o who_o speak_v pure_a and_o fine_a greek_n and_o more_o exquisite_o than_o he_o but_o only_o for_o confound_v some_o word_n and_o speak_v improper_o nor_o to_o be_v blame_v for_o abolish_n the_o matter_n themselves_o or_o take_v we_o out_o of_o this_o life_n because_o he_o term_v they_o engender_v and_o not_o existent_a as_o these_o man_n do_v but_o see_v we_o have_v pass_v over_o socrates_n after_o parmenides_n we_o must_v now_o take_v his_o defence_n in_o hand_n colotes_n then_o begin_v direct_o at_o the_o first_o as_o we_o say_v in_o the_o common_a proverb_n to_o remove_v he_o from_o the_o sacred_a line_n or_o tribe_n and_o have_v relate_v how_o 〈◊〉_d have_v bring_v a_o answer_n from_o the_o oracle_n at_o delphos_n as_o touch_v socrates_n which_o we_o all_o know_v to_o be_v so_o say_v thus_o as_o for_o this_o discourse_n and_o narration_n quoth_v he_o of_o chaerephon_n for_o that_o it_o be_v altogether_o odious_a captious_a sophistical_a and_o full_a of_o untrueth_n we_o will_v overpasse_v then_o be_v plato_n likewise_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o other_o odious_a and_o absurd_a who_o have_v put_v the_o say_a answer_n down_o in_o writing_n then_o be_v the_o lacedaemonian_n more_o odious_a and_o intolerable_a who_o keep_v that_o oracle_n deliver_v as_o touch_v lycurgus_n among_o their_o most_o ancient_a write_n and_o authentical_a record_n semblable_o the_o discourse_n and_o narration_n of_o themistocles_n be_v a_o sophistical_a and_o counterfeit_a device_n whereby_o he_o persuade_v the_o athenian_n to_o abandon_v their_o city_n and_o so_o in_o a_o naval_a battle_n defait_v the_o barbarous_a prince_n xerxes_n and_o even_o so_o all_o the_o noble_a lawgiver_n and_o founder_n of_o greece_n be_v to_o be_v count_v odious_a and_o intolerable_a who_o establish_v the_o most_o part_n of_o their_o temple_n their_o sacrifice_n and_o solemn_a feast_n by_o the_o answer_n from_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n but_o if_o it_o be_v so_o that_o the_o oracle_n bring_v from_o delphi_n as_o touch_v socrates_n
decay_v much_o and_o bring_v to_o poverty_n howbeit_o his_o mind_n a_o bate_a not_o so_o withal_o that_o he_o think_v himself_o unworthy_a of_o the_o best_a fortune_n that_o may_v be_v whereupon_o he_o sue_v unto_o this_o gorgo_n a_o kinswoman_n of_o he_o by_o way_n of_o marriage_n notwithstanding_o that_o for_o her_o good_n and_o riches_n she_o be_v much_o seek_v unto_o &_o woo_v by_o many_o other_o and_o albeit_o he_o have_v divers_a great_a and_o wealthy_a competitor_n and_o corrival_n yet_o he_o have_v wrought_v and_o gain_v all_o the_o guardian_n tutor_n and_o near_a kinsfolk_n of_o the_o damosel_n to_o serve_v his_o suit_n **********_o here_o there_o be_v a_o great_a defect_n and_o breach_n in_o the_o original_n *********_o moreover_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v name_v to_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o engender_v love_n be_v not_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a to_o the_o one_o sex_n or_o to_o the_o other_o but_o common_a to_o they_o both_o for_o those_o image_n which_o from_o without_o pierce_v and_o enter_v into_o amorous_a person_n according_a to_o the_o epicurean_o opinion_n run_v to_o and_o fro_o stir_v and_o tickle_v the_o mass_n of_o the_o whole_a body_n glide_v and_o flow_v into_o the_o genetall_n seed_n by_o certain_a other_o disposition_n of_o the_o atom_n it_o can_v be_v that_o they_o shall_v so_o do_v from_o young_a boy_n and_o impossible_a altogether_o from_o woman_n unless_o also_o these_o fair_a and_o sacred_a recordation_n we_o call_v and_o refer_v unto_o that_o divine_a true_a and_o celestial_a beauty_n according_a to_o the_o platonique_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o which_o rememoration_n as_o with_o wing_n the_o soul_n be_v mount_v and_o carry_v up_o what_o shall_v hinder_v then_o but_o that_o such_o recordation_n may_v pass_v as_o well_o from_o young_a boy_n as_o damosel_n or_o woman_n especial_o when_o as_o we_o see_v a_o good_a nature_n thou_o have_v and_o honest_a appear_v joint_o in_o the_o flower_n of_o favour_n and_o beauty_n like_v as_o according_a to_o aristotle_n a_o straight_a and_o well_o fashion_a shoe_n show_v the_o good_a sorme_n and_o proportion_n of_o the_o foot_n which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o when_o under_o beautiful_a face_n and_o in_o neat_a and_o fair_a body_n they_o who_o be_v skilful_a in_o the_o knowledge_n and_o judgement_n of_o such_o thing_n perceive_v the_o clear_a and_o evident_a trace_n of_o a_o sincere_a mind_n not_o corrupt_v nor_o counterfeit_a for_o it_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o a_o voluptuous_a person_n be_v demand_v this_o question_n for_o wanton_a love_n how_o stand_v thy_o mind_n to_o male_a more_o or_o to_o female_a kind_n and_o answer_v both_o hand_n be_v right_a with_o i_o where_o 〈◊〉_d be_v neither_o of_o twain_o to_o i_o can_v come_v a_o miss_n shall_v seem_v to_o have_v make_v fit_a and_o pertinent_a answer_n according_a to_o his_o own_o carnal_a concupiscence_n and_o that_o a_o honest_a and_o generous_a person_n shall_v not_o direct_v his_o affection_n to_o the_o beautiful_a and_o toward_a disposition_n of_o a_o youth_n nature_n but_o to_o the_o natural_a part_n that_o make_v difference_n of_o sex_n certes_o he_o that_o love_v horse_n and_o be_v skilful_a in_o good_a horsemanship_n will_v love_v no_o less_o the_o generosity_n and_o swiftness_n of_o the_o horse_n podergus_fw-la then_o of_o aetha_n the_o mare_n of_o agamemnon_n and_o the_o huntsman_n take_v not_o pleasure_n only_o to_o have_v good_a dog_n and_o hound_n of_o the_o male_a kind_n but_o also_o keep_v the_o branch_n and_o bithe_n of_o candie_n and_o laconia_n and_o shall_v he_o who_o love_v the_o beauty_n and_o sweet_a favour_n of_o mankind_n not_o be_v indifferent_o affect_v both_o to_o the_o one_o sex_n and_o to_o the_o other_o but_o make_v a_o difference_n as_o in_o divers_a garment_n between_o the_o love_n of_o man_n and_o woman_n and_o very_o man_n say_v that_o beauty_n be_v the_o flower_n and_o blossom_n of_o virtue_n now_o to_o say_v that_o the_o ferminine_n sex_n do_v not_o flower_n at_o all_o nor_o show_v any_o appearance_n and_o token_n of_o a_o good_a and_o towardly_a disposition_n to_o virtue_n be_v very_o absurd_a for_o aeschylus_n go_v to_o the_o purpose_n when_o he_o write_v these_o verse_n adamsell_n young_a if_o she_o have_v know_v and_o taste_v man_n once_o carnal_o her_o eye_n do_v it_o bewray_v anon_o it_o sparkle_v fire_n suspicious_o go_v to_o then_o be_v there_o evident_a mark_n &_o sign_n to_o be_v see_v upon_o the_o visage_n of_o woman_n to_o testify_v a_o malapert_a bold_a wanton_a and_o corrupt_a nature_n and_o contrariwise_o shall_v there_o be_v no_o light_n shine_v in_o their_o face_n to_o give_v testimony_n of_o their_o modesty_n and_o pudicity_fw-la or_o rather_o shall_v there_o be_v divers_a demonstrative_a evidence_n in_o many_o of_o they_o but_o yet_o such_o as_o will_v not_o stir_v up_o and_o provoke_v any_o person_n to_o love_v they_o sure_o it_o be_v neither_o so_o nor_o so_o there_o be_v no_o truth_n nor_o probability_n in_o any_o of_o they_o both_o but_o every_o thing_n be_v common_a indifferent_o aswell_o in_o the_o one_o sex_n as_o the_o other_o as_o we_o have_v show_v *******************_o here_o also_o there_o be_v another_o want_n in_o the_o original_n ***********_o o_o dapbnaeus_fw-la let_v we_o impugn_v and_o confute_v those_o reason_n whereupon_o zeuxippus_n 〈◊〉_d discourse_v suppose_v that_o love_n be_v all_o one_o with_o concupiscence_n which_o be_v disordinate_a and_o lead_v the_o soul_n into_o all_o looseness_n and_o dissolution_n and_o yet_o do_v i_o not_o think_v that_o he_o be_v so_o persuade_v indeed_o and_o of_o that_o belief_n but_o for_o that_o he_o have_v hear_v often_o time_n odious_a person_n and_o such_o as_o have_v no_o loveliness_n in_o they_o so_o to_o say_v of_o who_o some_o hold_n under_o their_o hand_n and_o have_v at_o command_n poor_a silly_a woman_n who_o they_o have_v get_v for_o some_o petty_a dowry_n sake_n and_o who_o together_o with_o their_o money_n they_o put_v to_o the_o manage_n of_o domestical_a affair_n and_o to_o make_v base_a vile_a and_o mechanical_a account_n quarrel_v and_o brawl_v with_o they_o every_o day_n and_o other_o again_o have_v more_o mind_n and_o desire_v to_o get_v child_n than_o to_o love_v espouse_v wife_n like_v unto_o grasshopper_n which_o cast_v their_o seed_n upon_o squille_n sea_n onion_n or_o such_o like_a herb_n have_v discharge_v their_o lust_n in_o all_o the_o haste_n upon_o any_o body_n that_o first_o come_v in_o their_o way_n and_o reap_v the_o fruit_n only_o that_o they_o seek_v for_o bid_v marriage_n farewell_o and_o make_v no_o far_o account_v of_o their_o wed_a wife_n or_o if_o they_o tarry_v and_o stay_v with_o they_o still_o they_o regard_v they_o no_o more_o than_o their_o old_a shoe_n make_v no_o count_n either_o to_o love_v they_o or_o to_o be_v love_v reciprocal_o of_o they_o and_o very_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o signify_v to_o love_v and_o to_o be_v love_v again_o dear_o which_o differ_v but_o in_o one_o letter_n from_o the_o verb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o contain_v and_o hold_v together_o seem_v unto_o i_o at_o the_o first_o sight_n direct_o to_o import_v and_o show_v a_o mutual_a benevolence_n by_o long_a time_n and_o acquaintance_n temper_v with_o a_o kind_n of_o necessity_n but_o look_v what_o person_n soever_o love_n settle_v upon_o in_o marriage_n so_o as_o he_o be_v inspire_v once_o therewith_o at_o the_o very_a first_o like_a as_o it_o be_v in_o plato_n commonwealth_n he_o will_v not_o have_v these_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n mine_z and_o thou_o for_o simple_o all_o good_n be_v not_o common_a among_o all_o friend_n but_o those_o only_o who_o be_v 〈◊〉_d apart_o in_o body_n conjoin_v and_o colliquate_v as_o it_o be_v perforce_o their_o soul_n together_o neither_o willing_a nor_o believe_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v twain_o but_o one_o and_o afterward_o by_o true_a pudicity_fw-la and_o reverence_v one_o unto_o the_o other_o whereof_o wedlock_n have_v most_o need_n as_o 〈◊〉_d that_o which_o come_v from_o without_o carry_v with_o it_o more_o force_n of_o law_n than_o voluntary_a obsequence_n and_o reciprocal_a duty_n and_o that_o in_o regard_n of_o fear_n and_o shame_n a_o piece_n of_o work_n that_o need_v the_o guide_n of_o many_o bit_n and_o helm_n beside_o require_v always_o to_o have_v ready_a at_o hand_n a_o careful_a regard_n among_o those_o that_o be_v couple_v in_o matrimony_n whereas_o in_o true_a love_n there_o be_v so_o much_o continency_n modesty_n loyalty_n and_o faithfulness_n that_o although_o otherwhile_o it_o touch_v a_o wanton_a and_o lascivious_a mind_n yet_o it_o divert_v it_o from_o other_o lover_n and_o by_o cut_v off_o all_o malapert_a boldness_n by_o take_v down_o and_o debase_v insolent_a pride_n and_o untaught_a stubburnesse_n
upon_o he_o with_o this_o contradiction_n and_o say_v that_o he_o may_v aswell_o hold_n that_o whatsoever_o be_v beneath_o the_o primum_fw-la mobile_a or_o starry_a firmament_n aught_o to_o be_v call_v below_o in_o sum_n how_o be_v the_o earth_n call_v the_o middle_a and_o whereof_o be_v it_o the_o middle_a for_o the_o universal_a frame_n of_o the_o world_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v infinite_a and_o this_o infinite_a which_o have_v neither_o head_n nor_o foot_n how_o can_v it_o in_o reason_n have_v a_o navel_n for_o even_o that_o which_o we_o call_v the_o mid_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o limitation_n whereas_o infinity_n be_v a_o mere_a privation_n of_o all_o limit_n and_o bound_n as_o for_o he_o who_o say_v it_o be_v not_o in_o the_o mid_n of_o that_o universality_n but_o of_o the_o world_n he_o be_v a_o pleasant_a man_n if_o he_o think_v not_o withal_o that_o the_o world_n itself_o be_v subject_a to_o the_o same_o doubt_n and_o difficulty_n for_o the_o say_v universal_a frame_n leave_v not_o unto_o the_o very_a world_n a_o middle_n but_o be_v without_o a_o certain_a seat_n without_o assure_a footing_n move_a in_o a_o voidnesse_n infinite_a not_o into_o some_o one_o place_n proper_a unto_o it_o and_o if_o haply_o it_o shall_v meet_v with_o some_o any_o other_o cause_n of_o stay_n and_o so_o abide_v still_o the_o same_o be_v not_o according_a to_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o place_n and_o as_o much_o may_v we_o conjecture_v of_o the_o moon_n that_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o some_o other_o soul_n or_o nature_n or_o rather_o of_o some_o difference_n the_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d firm_a beneeath_n and_o the_o moon_n move_v furthermore_o you_o see_v how_o they_o be_v not_o ignorant_a of_o a_o great_a error_n and_o inconvenience_n for_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o whatsoever_o be_v without_o the_o centre_n of_o the_o earth_n it_o skill_v not_o how_o be_v to_o be_v count_v above_o and_o aloft_o then_o be_v there_o no_o part_n of_o the_o world_n to_o be_v reckon_v below_o or_o beneath_o but_o aswell_o the_o earth_n itself_o as_o all_o that_o be_v upon_o it_o shall_v be_v above_o &_o aloft_o and_o to_o be_v short_a every_o body_n near_o or_o about_o the_o centre_n must_v go_v among_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v aloft_o neither_o must_v we_o reckon_v any_o thing_n to_o be_v under_o or_o beneath_o but_o one_o prick_n or_o point_n which_o have_v no_o body_n and_o the_o same_o forsooth_o must_v make_v head_n and_o stand_v in_o opposition_n necessary_o against_o all_o the_o whole_a nature_n beside_o of_o the_o world_n in_o case_n according_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v above_z and_o beneath_o be_v opposite_a and_o not_o only_o this_o absurdity_n will_v follow_v but_o also_o all_o heavy_a and_o ponderous_a body_n must_v needs_o lose_v the_o cause_n for_o which_o they_o bend_v and_o incline_v hither_o for_o body_n there_o will_v be_v none_o towards_o which_o it_o shall_v move_v and_o as_o for_o this_o prick_n or_o centre_n that_o have_v no_o body_n there_o be_v no_o likelihood_n neither_o will_v they_o themselves_o have_v it_o so_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v so_o puissant_a and_o forcible_a as_o to_o draw_v to_o it_o and_o retain_v about_o it_o all_o thing_n and_o if_o it_o be_v find_v unreasonable_a and_o repugnant_a to_o the_o course_n of_o nature_n that_o the_o world_n shall_v be_v all_o above_o and_o nothing_o beneath_o but_o a_o term_n or_o limit_n and_o the_o same_o without_o body_n without_o space_n and_o distance_n then_o this_o that_o we_o say_v be_v yet_o more_o reasonable_a namely_o that_o the_o region_n beneath_o and_o that_o above_o be_v part_v distinct_o one_o from_o another_o have_v nevertheless_o each_o of_o they_o a_o large_a and_o spacious_a room_n to_o round_v themselves_o in_o but_o suppose_v if_o it_o please_v you_o it_o be_v against_o nature_n that_o terrestrial_a body_n shall_v have_v any_o motion_n in_o heaven_n let_v we_o consider_v gentle_o and_o in_o good_a term_n not_o after_o a_o tragical_a manner_n but_o mild_o this_o prove_v not_o byandby_a that_o the_o moon_n be_v not_o earth_n but_o rather_o that_o earth_n be_v in_o some_o place_n where_o natural_o it_o shall_v not_o be_v for_o the_o fire_n of_o the_o mountain_n aetna_n be_v very_o under_o the_o ground_n against_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o howbeit_o the_o same_o cease_v not_o therefore_o to_o be_v fire_n the_o wind_n contain_v within_o leather_n bottle_n be_v of_o the_o own_o nature_n light_n and_o give_v to_o mount_v upward_o but_o by_o force_v it_o come_v to_o be_v there_o where_o natural_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v our_o very_a soul_n itself_o i_o beseech_v you_o in_o the_o name_n of_o jupiter_n be_v it_o not_o against_o nature_n detain_v within_o the_o body_n be_v light_n in_o that_o which_o be_v heavy_a be_v of_o a_o fiery_a substance_n in_o that_o which_o be_v cold_a as_o you_o your_o 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v invisible_a in_o that_o which_o be_v gross_a and_o palpable_a do_v we_o therefore_o deny_v that_o the_o soul_n be_v within_o the_o body_n that_o it_o be_v a_o divine_a substance_n under_o a_o gross_a and_o heavy_a mass_n that_o in_o a_o moment_n it_o pass_v throughout_o heaven_n earth_n and_o sea_n that_o it_o pierce_v and_o enter_v within_o flesh_n nerve_n and_o marrow_n and_o final_o be_v the_o cause_n together_o with_o the_o humour_n of_o infinite_a passion_n and_o even_o this_o jupiter_n of_o you_o such_o as_o you_o imagine_v and_o depaint_v he_o to_o be_v be_v he_o not_o of_o his_o own_o nature_n a_o mighty_a and_o perpetual_a fire_n howbeit_o now_o he_o submit_v himself_o and_o be_v pliable_a subject_n he_o be_v to_o all_o form_n and_o apt_a to_o admit_v divers_a mutation_n take_v heed_n therefore_o and_o be_v well_o advise_v good_a sir_n lest_o that_o in_o transfer_v and_o reduce_v every_o thing_n to_o their_o natural_a place_n you_o do_v not_o so_o philosophise_v as_o that_o you_o will_v bring_v in_o a_o dissolution_n of_o all_o the_o world_n and_o set_v on_o foot_n again_o that_o old_a quarrel_n and_o contention_n among_o all_o thing_n which_o empedocles_n write_v of_o or_o to_o speak_v more_o to_o the_o purpose_n beware_v you_o raise_v not_o those_o ancient_a titan_n and_o giant_n to_o put_v on_o arm_n against_o nature_n and_o so_o consequent_o endeavour_v to_o receive_v and_o see_v again_o that_o fabulous_a disorder_n and_o confusion_n whereby_o all_o that_o be_v weighty_a go_v one_o way_n and_o whatsoever_o be_v light_n another_o way_n apart_o where_o neither_o light_n some_o countenance_n of_o sun_n nor_o earth_n all_o green_a with_o herb_n and_o plant_n admire_a be_v nor_o surge_a sea_n be_v see_v according_a as_o empedocles_n have_v write_v wherein_o the_o earth_n feel_v no_o heat_n nor_o the_o water_n any_o wind_n wherein_o there_o be_v no_o ponderosity_n above_o nor_o lightness_n beneath_o but_o the_o principle_n and_o element_n of_o all_o thing_n be_v by_o themselves_o solitary_a without_o any_o mutual_a love_n or_o dilection_n between_o they_o not_o admit_v any_o society_n or_o mixture_n together_o but_o avoid_v and_o turn_v away_o one_o from_o the_o other_o move_a apart_o by_o particular_a motion_n as_o be_v disdainful_a proud_a and_o carry_v themselves_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o all_o thing_n do_v where_o no_o god_n be_v as_o plato_n say_v that_o be_v as_o those_o body_n be_v affect_v wherein_o there_o be_v no_o understanding_n nor_o soul_n until_o such_o time_n as_o by_o some_o divine_a providence_n there_o come_v into_o nature_n a_o desire_n and_o so_o amity_n venus_n and_o love_n be_v there_o engender_v according_a to_o the_o say_n of_o empedocles_n parmenides_n and_o hesiodus_n to_o the_o end_n that_o change_v their_o natural_a place_n and_o communicate_v reciprocal_o their_o gift_n and_o faculty_n some_o drive_v by_o necessity_n to_o move_v other_o bind_v to_o rest_n they_o be_v all_o force_v to_o a_o better_a state_n remit_v somewhat_o of_o their_o 〈◊〉_d and_o yield_v one_o to_o another_o they_o grow_v at_o length_n unto_o accord_n harmony_n and_o society_n for_o if_o there_o have_v not_o be_v any_o other_o part_n of_o the_o world_n against_o nature_n but_o that_o each_o one_o have_v be_v both_o in_o place_n and_o for_o quality_n as_o it_o ought_v natural_o to_o be_v without_o any_o need_n of_o change_n or_o transposition_n so_o that_o there_o have_v be_v nothing_o at_o the_o first_o want_v i_o great_o doubt_v what_o and_o wherein_o be_v the_o work_n of_o divine_a providence_n or_o whereupon_o it_o be_v that_o jupiter_n be_v the_o father_n creator_n and_o maker_n for_o in_o a_o camp_n or_o field_n there_o will_v be_v no_o need_n of_o a_o man_n who_o be_v expert_a and_o skilful_a in_o range_v and_o order_v of_o battle_n
that_o they_o in_o old_a time_n who_o accompany_v hercules_n and_o be_v leave_v by_o he_o abode_n there_o and_o intermingle_v afterward_o with_o the_o people_n and_o nation_n of_o saturn_n cause_v to_o revive_v again_o the_o greek_a nation_n there_o well_o near_o extinguish_v which_o be_v subdue_v and_o bring_v under_o the_o language_n law_n manner_n and_o fashion_n of_o the_o barbarian_n flourish_v again_o by_o these_o mean_n be_v well_o people_v and_o recover_v their_o ancient_a puissance_n and_o greatness_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o the_o chief_a and_o principal_a honour_n they_o do_v unto_o hercules_n but_o in_o a_o second_o place_n to_o saturn_n now_o when_o the_o star_n of_o saturn_n which_o we_o call_v phaenon_n &_o there_o by_o his_o say_n nycturus_fw-la be_v enter_v into_o the_o sign_n taurus_n &_o that_o it_o do_v once_o in_o the_o space_n of_o 30._o year_n they_o have_v long_o before_o prepare_v all_o necessary_n for_o a_o solemn_a sacrifice_n &_o a_o long_a voyage_n or_o navigation_n send_v forth_o those_o upon_o who_o the_o lot_n fall_v to_o row_v in_o that_o huge_a sea_n and_o to_o live_v a_o long_a time_n in_o a_o strange_a country_n now_o when_o they_o be_v embark_v &_o enter_v once_o in_o to_o the_o wide_a and_o open_a sea_n they_o take_v their_o adventure_n and_o fortune_n as_o it_o fall_v out_o such_o as_o have_v pass_v the_o danger_n of_o the_o sea_n &_o arrive_v in_o safety_n land_n first_o in_o those_o land_n lie_v opposite_a against_o they_o be_v inhabit_v by_o greek_a nation_n where_o they_o see_v the_o sun_n to_o be_v hide_v from_o they_o not_o one_o full_a hour_n in_o thirty_o day_n and_o that_o be_v all_o their_o night_n whereof_o the_o darkness_n be_v but_o small_a as_o have_v a_o twilight_n in_o the_o west_n where_o the_o sun_n go_v down_o much_o like_o the_o dawn_n of_o the_o day_n have_v here_o make_v their_o abode_n for_o ninety_o day_n during_o which_o space_n they_o be_v high_o honour_v and_o find_v great_a entertainment_n as_o be_v repute_v holy_a man_n and_o so_o term_v conduct_v they_o be_v with_o the_o mind_n and_o transport_v over_o into_o the_o island_n of_o saturn_n which_o be_v inhabit_v by_o no_o other_o but_o themselves_o and_o such_o as_o have_v be_v send_v thither_o before_o time_n in_o this_o manner_n for_o albeit_o lawful_a it_o be_v for_o they_o after_o they_o have_v do_v service_n unto_o saturn_n the_o time_n of_o thirty_o year_n to_o 〈◊〉_d home_o again_o into_o their_o own_o country_n yet_o for_o the_o most_o part_n they_o choose_v to_o remain_v there_o still_o in_o peace_n and_o rest_n than_o to_o return_v soon_o for_o that_o they_o be_v already_o enure_v and_o accustom_v to_o the_o place_n other_o because_o without_o any_o labour_n and_o trouble_v of_o they_o they_o have_v plenty_n of_o all_o thing_n as_o well_o for_o their_o sacrifice_n as_o for_o the_o ordinary_a maintenance_n of_o such_o as_o continual_o be_v give_v to_o their_o book_n and_o to_o the_o study_n of_o philosophy_n for_o sure_o by_o their_o 〈◊〉_d the_o nature_n of_o the_o island_n and_o the_o mildness_n of_o the_o air_n be_v wonder_a and_o whereas_o some_o of_o they_o be_v willing_a to_o depart_v from_o thence_o they_o have_v be_v stay_v and_o empeach_v by_o a_o divine_a power_n which_o have_v appear_v unto_o they_o as_o unto_o their_o friend_n and_o familiar_n not_o 〈◊〉_d in_o dream_n and_o by_o way_n of_o outward_a sign_n but_o visible_o also_o unto_o many_o of_o they_o by_o the_o mean_n of_o familiar_a spirit_n and_o angel_n devise_v and_o talk_v with_o they_o for_o they_o say_v that_o saturn_n himself_o be_v personal_o there_o within_o the_o deep_a cave_n of_o a_o great_a hollow_a rock_n shine_v and_o 〈◊〉_d like_o pure_a gold_n where_o he_o lie_v asleep_a for_o that_o jupiter_n have_v devise_v for_o he_o sleep_v in_o stead_n of_o other_o chain_n and_o bond_n to_o keep_v he_o fast_o for_o stir_v but_o there_o be_v certain_a bird_n haunt_v the_o top_n of_o the_o say_a rock_n which_o fly_v down_o from_o thence_o and_o carry_v unto_o he_o the_o divine_a food_n ambrosia_n as_o for_o the_o whole_a island_n it_o be_v by_o report_n replenish_v with_o a_o most_o fragrant_a and_o odoriferous_a perfume_n which_o out_o of_o that_o cave_n as_o from_o a_o lively_a fountain_n do_v breath_n forth_o continual_o and_o the_o say_a demon_n or_o angel_n do_v attend_v and_o wait_v upon_o saturn_n such_o i_o mean_v as_o be_v his_o courtior_n and_o minion_n at_o what_o time_n as_o he_o 〈◊〉_d as_o sovereign_a over_o god_n and_o man_n who_o have_v the_o skill_n of_o prophecy_n and_o divination_n do_v of_o themselves_o foretell_v many_o future_a thing_n howbeit_o of_o the_o great_a matter_n and_o of_o most_o importance_n they_o make_v report_n and_o relation_n after_o they_o have_v be_v down_o below_o with_o saturn_n as_o his_o dream_n reveal_v unto_o they_o for_o whatsoever_o jupiter_n think_v and_o devise_v of_o before_o saturn_n dream_v as_o for_o his_o sudden_a wakening_n they_o be_v titanicall_a passion_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o spirit_n in_o he_o but_o his_o sleep_n be_v mild_a and_o sweet_a wherein_o he_o show_v his_o divine_a and_o royal_a nature_n of_o itself_o pure_a and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o thither_o quoth_v he_o this_o stranger_n and_o friend_n of_o my_o be_v bring_v where_o he_o serve_v god_n saturn_n at_o his_o case_n &_o repose_n attain_v unto_o the_o skill_n of_o astrology_n so_o far_o forth_o as_o it_o be_v possible_a for_o one_o that_o have_v the_o exact_a knowledge_n of_o geometry_n and_o among_o other_o part_n of_o philosophy_n he_o give_v himself_o unto_o that_o which_o be_v call_v natural_a but_o have_v a_o long_a desire_n to_o 〈◊〉_d and_o see_v the_o great_a island_n for_o so_o they_o call_v the_o firm_a land_n wherein_o we_o be_v after_o the_o thirty_o year_n be_v pass_v and_o his_o successor_n thither_o arrive_v take_v his_o leave_n of_o his_o kinsfolk_n and_o friend_n who_o he_o bid_v 〈◊〉_d he_o take_v sea_n in_o other_o respect_v light_o and_o nimble_o appoint_v but_o good_a store_n he_o carry_v with_o he_o of_o voyage_n provision_n within_o pot_n and_o cup_n of_o gold_n but_o to_o recount_v unto_o you_o in_o particular_a what_o adventure_n to_o he_o befall_v how_o many_o nation_n he_o visit_v through_o what_o country_n he_o travel_v how_o he_o search_v into_o holy_a write_n and_o be_v profess_v in_o all_o religious_a order_n and_o holy_a confraternity_n one_o whole_a day_n will_v not_o be_v sufficient_a i_o say_v to_o rehearse_v as_o he_o himself_o deliver_v the_o same_o unto_o we_o particularise_v very_o well_o of_o every_o thing_n but_o as_o much_o as_o concern_v this_o present_a discourse_n listen_v and_o i_o will_v relate_v unto_o you_o for_o he_o continue_v a_o long_a time_n at_o carthage_n where_o he_o be_v great_o honour_v and_o respect_v as_o also_o among_o we_o for_o that_o he_o find_v sacred_a skin_n of_o parchment_n which_o at_o the_o overthrow_n and_o saccage_n of_o the_o former_a city_n call_v great_a carthage_n have_v be_v secret_o convey_v thither_o and_o lie_v hide_v a_o long_a time_n under_o the_o ground_n so_o he_o say_v that_o of_o those_o god_n which_o appear_v unto_o we_o in_o heaven_n we_o ought_v and_o so_o he_o advise_v i_o also_o to_o adore_v and_o worship_v especial_o the_o moon_n as_o the_o principal_a guide_n and_o mistress_n of_o our_o life_n whereat_o when_o i_o mervel_v and_o beseech_v he_o to_o expound_v and_o declare_v the_o same_o more_o plain_o the_o greek_n quoth_v he_o o_o sylla_n talk_v very_o much_o of_o the_o god_n but_o in_o all_o thing_n they_o say_v not_o well_o as_o for_o example_n first_o and_o foremost_a in_o name_v ceres_n and_o proserpina_n they_o do_v well_o and_o right_o but_o to_o put_v they_o both_o together_o and_o to_o think_v that_o they_o be_v both_o in_o one_o and_o the_o same_o place_n they_o do_v amiss_o for_o the_o one_o to_o wit_n ceres_n be_v upon_o the_o earth_n the_o very_a dame_n and_o mistress_n of_o all_o those_o thing_n that_o be_v above_o the_o ground_n but_o the_o other_o be_v in_o the_o moon_n and_o call_v she_o be_v by_o they_o that_o inhabit_v the_o moon_n core_n and_o perserphonie_n that_o be_v to_o say_v 〈◊〉_d persephonie_n as_o one_o will_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o she_o bring_v light_a and_o brightness_n but_o core_n because_o the_o sight_n or_o apple_n of_o the_o eye_n in_o which_o be_v see_v the_o image_n of_o he_o who_o look_v into_o it_o like_v as_o the_o brightness_n of_o the_o sun_n appear_v in_o the_o moon_n we_o call_v core_n now_o whereas_o it_o be_v say_v that_o they_o go_v up_o and_o down_o wander_v and_o seek_v one_o the_o other_o the_o same_o carry_v some_o 〈◊〉_d with_o it_o for_o they_o desire_v and_o long_o after_o one_o
another_o when_o they_o be_v part_v and_o asunder_o and_o they_o embrace_v one_o the_o other_o in_o the_o dark_a many_o time_n moreover_o that_o this_o core_n or_o proserpina_n be_v one_o while_o above_o in_o heaven_n and_o in_o the_o light_n another_o while_n in_o darkness_n and_o the_o night_n be_v not_o untrue_a only_o there_o be_v some_o error_n in_o reckon_n and_o number_v the_o time_n for_o we_o see_v she_o not_o six_o month_n but_o every_o six_o month_n or_o from_o six_o month_n to_o six_o month_n under_o the_o earth_n as_o under_o her_o mother_n catch_v with_o the_o shadow_n and_o seldom_o be_v it_o find_v that_o this_o shall_v happen_v within_o five_o month_n for_o that_o it_o be_v impossible_a that_o she_o shall_v abandon_v and_o leave_v pluto_n be_v his_o wife_n according_a as_o homer_n have_v signify_v although_o under_o dark_a and_o covert_a word_n not_o untrue_o say_v but_o to_o the_o far_a border_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o utmost_a end_n even_o to_o the_o fair_a elysian_a field_n the_o god_n than_o shall_v thou_o send_v for_o look_v where_o the_o shadow_n end_v and_o go_v no_o far_o that_o be_v call_v the_o limit_n and_o end_n of_o the_o earth_n and_o thither_o no_o wicked_a and_o impure_a person_n shall_v ever_o be_v able_a to_o come_v but_o good_a folk_n after_o their_o death_n in_o the_o world_n be_v thither_o carry_v lead_v there_o another_o easy_a life_n in_o peace_n and_o repose_n howbeit_o not_o altogether_o a_o bless_a happy_a and_o divine_a life_n until_o they_o die_v a_o second_o death_n but_o what_o death_n this_o be_v ask_v i_o not_o my_o sylla_n for_o i_o purpose_v of_o myself_o to_o declare_v &_o show_v it_o unto_o you_o hereafter_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o man_n be_v a_o subject_n compound_v and_o good_a reason_n they_o have_v so_o to_o think_v but_o in_o believe_v that_o he_o consist_v of_o two_o part_n only_o they_o be_v deceive_v for_o they_o imagine_v that_o the_o understanding_n be_v in_o some_o sort_n a_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n but_o the_o understanding_n be_v better_a than_o the_o soul_n by_o how_o much_o the_o soul_n be_v better_a and_o more_o divine_a than_o the_o body_n now_o the_o conjunction_n or_o composition_n of_o the_o soul_n with_o understanding_n make_v reason_n but_o with_o the_o body_n passion_n whereof_o this_o be_v the_o beginning_n and_o principle_n of_o pleasure_n and_o pain_n the_o other_o of_o virtue_n and_o vice_n of_o these_o three_o conjoin_v and_o compact_v in_o one_o the_o earth_n yield_v for_o she_o part_v the_o body_n the_o moon_n the_o soul_n and_o the_o sun_n understand_v to_o the_o generation_n or_o creation_n of_o man_n and_o understanding_n give_v reason_n unto_o the_o soul_n ****_o even_o as_o the_o sun_n light_n and_o brightness_n to_o the_o moon_n as_o touch_v the_o death_n which_o we_o die_v the_o one_o make_v man_n of_o 3._o two_o and_o the_o other_o of_o 2._o one_o and_o the_o former_a very_o be_v in_o the_o region_n and_o jurisdiction_n of_o ceres_n which_o be_v the_o cause_n that_o we_o sacrifice_n unto_o she_o thus_o it_o come_v to_o pass_v that_o the_o athenian_n call_v in_o old_a time_n those_o that_o be_v depart_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v cereales_fw-la as_o for_o the_o other_o death_n it_o be_v in_o the_o moon_n or_o region_n of_o proserpina_n and_o as_o with_o the_o one_o terrestrial_a mercury_n so_o with_o the_o other_o celestial_a mercury_n do_v inhabit_v and_o very_o ceres_n dissolve_v and_o separate_v the_o soul_n from_o the_o body_n sudden_o and_o forcible_o with_o violence_n but_o proserpina_n part_v the_o understanding_n from_o the_o soul_n gentle_o and_o in_o long_a time_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o the_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o one_o will_v say_v beget_v one_o for_o that_o the_o better_a part_n in_o a_o man_n become_v one_o and_o alone_o when_o by_o she_o it_o be_v separate_v and_o both_o the_o one_o and_o the_o other_o happen_v according_a to_o nature_n every_o soul_n without_o understanding_n as_o also_o endue_v with_o understanding_n when_o it_o be_v depart_v out_o of_o the_o body_n be_v ordain_v by_o fatal_a destiny_n to_o wander_v for_o a_o time_n but_o not_o both_o alike_o in_o a_o middle_a region_n between_o the_o earth_n and_o the_o moon_n for_o such_o soul_n as_o have_v be_v unjust_a wicked_a and_o dissolute_a suffer_v due_a punishment_n and_o pain_n for_o their_o sinful_a desert_n whereas_o the_o good_a and_o honest_a until_o such_o time_n as_o they_o have_v purify_v and_o by_o expiration_n purge_v forth_o of_o they_o all_o those_o infection_n which_o may_v be_v contract_v by_o the_o contagion_n of_o the_o body_n as_o the_o cause_n of_o all_o evil_a must_v remain_v for_o a_o certain_a set_a time_n in_o the_o mild_a region_n of_o the_o air_n which_o they_o call_v the_o meadow_n of_o pluto_n afterward_o as_o if_o they_o be_v return_v from_o some_o long_a pilgrimage_n or_o wander_a exile_n into_o their_o own_o country_n they_o have_v a_o taste_n of_o joy_n such_o as_o they_o fecie_v especial_o who_o be_v profess_v in_o holy_a mystery_n mix_v with_o trouble_n and_o admiration_n and_o each_o one_o with_o their_o proper_a and_o peculiar_a hope_n for_o it_o drive_v and_o chase_v forth_o many_o soul_n which_o long_v already_o after_o the_o moon_n some_o take_v pleasure_n to_o be_v still_o beneath_o and_o even_o yet_o look_v downward_o as_o it_o be_v to_o the_o bottom_n but_o such_o as_o be_v mount_v aloft_o and_o be_v there_o most_o sure_o bestow_v first_o as_o victorious_a stand_v round_o about_o adorn_v with_o garland_n and_o those_o make_v of_o the_o wing_n of_o eustathia_n that_o be_v to_o say_v constancy_n because_o in_o their_o life_n time_n here_o upon_o earth_n they_o have_v bridle_v and_o restrain_v the_o unreasonable_a and_o passable_a part_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o make_v it_o subject_a and_o obedient_a to_o the_o bridle_n of_o reason_n second_o they_o resemble_v in_o sight_n the_o ray_n of_o the_o sun_n three_o the_o soul_n thus_o ascend_v on_o high_a be_v there_o confirm_v and_o fortify_v by_o the_o pure_a air_n about_o the_o moon_n where_o it_o do_v gather_v strength_n and_o solidity_n like_v as_o iron_n and_o steel_n by_o their_o tincture_n become_v hard_o for_o that_o which_o hitherto_o be_v loose_a rare_a and_o spongeous_a grow_v close_o compact_a and_o firm_a yea_o and_o become_v shine_v and_o transparent_a in_o such_o sort_n as_o nourish_v it_o be_v with_o the_o least_o exhalation_n in_o the_o world_n this_o be_v that_o heracletus_n mean_v when_o he_o say_v that_o the_o soul_n in_o pluto_n region_n have_v a_o quick_a send_v or_o smell_a and_o first_o they_o behold_v there_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o moon_n her_o beauty_n and_o nature_n which_o be_v not_o simple_a nor_o void_a of_o mixture_n but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o composition_n of_o a_o star_n and_o of_o earth_n and_o as_o earth_n mingle_v with_o a_o spiritual_a air_n and_o moisture_n become_v soft_a and_o the_o blood_n temper_v with_o flesh_n give_v it_o sense_n even_o so_o say_v they_o the_o moon_n mingle_v with_o a_o celestial_a quintessence_n even_o to_o the_o very_a bottom_n of_o it_o be_v make_v animate_v fruitful_a and_o generative_a and_o withal_o equal_o counterpeise_v with_o ponderosity_n and_o lightness_n for_o the_o whole_a world_n itself_o be_v thus_o compose_v of_o thing_n which_o natural_o move_v downward_o and_o upward_o be_v altogether_o void_a of_o motion_n local_a from_o place_n to_o place_n which_o it_o seemth_v that_o xenocrates_n himself_o by_o a_o divine_a discourse_n of_o reason_n understand_v take_v the_o first_o light_n thereof_o from_o plato_n for_o plato_n be_v he_o who_o first_o affirm_v that_o every_o star_n be_v compound_v of_o fire_n and_o earth_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o middle_a nature_n give_v in_o certain_a proportion_n in_o as_o much_o as_o there_o be_v nothing_o object_n to_o the_o sense_n of_o man_n which_o have_v not_o in_o some_o proportion_n a_o mixture_n of_o earth_n and_o light_n and_o xenocrates_n say_v that_o the_o sun_n be_v compound_v of_o fire_n and_o the_o first_o or_o primitive_a solid_a the_o moon_n of_o a_o second_o solid_a and_o her_o proper_a air_n in_o sum_n throughout_o neither_o solid_a alone_o by_o itself_o nor_o the_o rare_a apart_o be_v capable_a and_o susceptible_a of_o a_o soul_n thus_o much_o as_o touch_v the_o substance_n of_o the_o moon_n as_o for_o the_o grandence_n &_o bigness_n thereof_o it_o be_v not_o such_o as_o the_o geometrician_n set_v down_o but_o far_o great_a by_o many_o degree_n and_o seldom_o do_v it_o measure_v the_o shadow_n of_o the_o earth_n by_o her_o greatness_n not_o for_o that_o the_o same_o be_v small_a but_o for_o that_o it_o bring_v a_o most_o servant_n and_o swift_a motion_n to_o the_o end_n
that_o quick_o and_o with_o speed_n she_o may_v pass_v the_o dark_a place_n and_o bring_v away_o with_o her_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o bless_a which_o make_v haste_n and_o cry_v because_o all_o the_o while_o they_o be_v within_o the_o shade_n they_o can_v not_o hear_v any_o more_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o celestial_a body_n and_o withal_o underneath_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o damn_a which_o be_v punish_v lament_v wail_a and_o howl_v in_o this_o shadow_n be_v present_v unto_o they_o and_o this_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o in_o the_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n many_o be_v wont_a to_o ring_v bason_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o brass_n and_o to_o make_v a_o great_a noise_n and_o clatter_n about_o these_o soul_n and_o affright_v they_o be_v to_o behold_v that_o which_o they_o call_v the_o face_n of_o the_o moon_n when_o they_o approach_v near_o unto_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v a_o terrible_a and_o fearful_a sight_n whereas_o it_o be_v no_o such_o matter_n but_o like_a as_o the_o earth_n with_o we_o have_v many_o deep_a and_o wide_a gulf_n as_o namely_o one_o here_o to_o wit_n the_o mediterranean_a sea_n lie_v between_o hercules_n pillar_n and_o so_o run_v into_o the_o land_n hither_o to_o we_o and_o another_o without_o that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o caspian_a sea_n and_o that_o also_o of_o the_o red_a sea_n so_o there_o be_v these_o deep_a concavity_n and_o valley_n of_o the_o moon_n and_o those_o in_o number_n three_o whereof_o the_o great_a they_o call_v the_o hole_n or_o gulf_n of_o 〈◊〉_d wherein_o the_o soul_n do_v punish_v and_o be_v punish_v according_a as_o they_o either_o do_v or_o suffer_v hurt_v while_o they_o be_v here_o the_o other_o two_o long_o be_v small_a to_o wit_n the_o very_a passage_n whereby_o the_o soul_n must_v go_v one_o while_o to_o the_o tract_n of_o the_o moon_n lie_v towards_o heaven_n and_o another_o while_n to_o that_o which_o 〈◊〉_d the_o earth_n and_o very_o that_o which_o look_v to_o heaven_n they_o call_v the_o elysian_a field_n whereas_o the_o other_o earth-ward_n to_o we_o the_o field_n of_o proserpina_n not_o she_o i_o mean_v who_o be_v under_o the_o ground_n just_a against_o we_o howbeit_o the_o daemon_n do_v not_o converse_v always_o in_o the_o moon_n but_o descend_v otherwhiles_a hither_o below_o for_o the_o charge_n and_o superintendance_n of_o oracle_n there_o be_v assistant_n likewise_o to_o the_o high_a mystery_n and_o ceremony_n and_o those_o they_o do_v celebrate_v have_v a_o observant_a eye_n to_o wicked_a deed_n which_o they_o punish_v and_o withal_o ready_a they_o be_v to_o preserve_v the_o good_a in_o peril_n 〈◊〉_d of_o war_n as_o the_o sea_n in_o which_o charge_n and_o function_n if_o they_o themselves_o commit_v any_o fault_n and_o here_o upon_o earth_n do_v aught_o either_o by_o injust_a favour_n or_o envy_v they_o feel_v the_o smart_n thereof_o according_a to_o their_o merit_n for_o thrust_v down_o they_o be_v again_o to_o the_o earth_n and_o send_v with_o a_o witness_n into_o man_n body_n but_o of_o the_o number_n of_o the_o better_a sort_n be_v they_o who_o serve_v and_o accompany_v saturn_n as_o they_o themselves_o report_v such_o as_o in_o time_n pass_v also_o be_v the_o idaei_n dactyli_n in_o crete_n the_o corybant_n in_o phrygia_n &_o those_o of_o 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o city_n of_o lebadia_n name_v trophoniades_n beside_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o other_o in_o sundry_a part_n of_o the_o earth_n habitable_a who_o name_n temple_n and_o honour_n remain_v &_o continue_v unto_o this_o day_n but_o the_o power_n &_o puissance_n of_o some_o do_v fail_v and_o be_v quite_o go_v as_o be_v translate_v into_o another_o place_n &_o make_v a_o most_o happy_a change_n which_o translation_n some_o obtain_v soon_o other_o late_a after_o that_o the_o understanding_n be_v separate_v from_o the_o soul_n and_o separate_v it_o be_v by_o the_o love_n and_o desire_v to_o enjoy_v the_o image_n of_o the_o sun_n by_o which_o that_o divine_a bless_a and_o desirable_a beauty_n which_o every_o nature_n after_o divers_a sort_n seek_v after_o shine_v for_o even_o the_o very_a moon_n turn_v about_o continual_o for_o the_o love_n of_o the_o sun_n as_o long_v to_o company_n and_o converse_n with_o he_o as_o the_o very_a fountain_n of_o all_o fertility_n thus_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o soul_n be_v spend_v in_o the_o moon_n retain_v only_o certain_a print_n mark_n and_o dream_n as_o it_o be_v of_o her_o life_n and_o hereof_o think_v it_o be_v well_o and_o true_o say_v the_o soul_n make_v haste_n as_o one_o will_v say_v like_a to_o a_o dream_n and_o fly_v away_o which_o it_o do_v not_o immediate_o upon_o her_o separation_n from_o the_o body_n but_o afterward_o when_o she_o be_v alone_o by_o herself_o and_o sever_v from_o the_o understanding_n and_o in_o truth_n of_o all_o that_o ever_o homer_n write_v most_o divine_o he_o seem_v to_o have_v write_v of_o those_o who_o be_v depart_v this_o life_n &_o be_v among_o the_o spirit_n beneath_o these_o verse_n next_o he_o i_o know_v of_o hercules_n the_o strength_n and_o image_n plain_a or_o semblance_n for_o himself_o with_o god_n immortal_a do_v remain_v for_o like_a as_o every_o one_o of_o we_o be_v not_o ireand_a courage_n nor_o fear_n nor_o yet_o lust_n no_o more_o than_o flesh_n or_o humour_n but_o that_o indeed_o whereby_o we_o discourse_n and_o understand_v even_o so_o the_o soul_n itself_o be_v cast_v into_o a_o form_n by_o the_o understanding_n and_o give_v a_o form_n unto_o the_o body_n and_o embrace_v it_o on_o every_o side_n express_v and_o receive_v a_o certain_a impression_n and_o figure_n so_o as_o albeit_o she_o be_v distinct_o separate_v both_o from_o understanding_n and_o also_o from_o the_o body_n she_o retain_v still_o the_o form_n and_o semblance_n a_o long_a time_n insomuch_o as_o well_o she_o may_v be_v call_v a_o image_n and_o of_o these_o soul_n as_o i_o have_v already_o say_v the_o moon_n be_v the_o element_n because_o soul_n do_v resolve_v into_o she_o like_v as_o the_o body_n of_o the_o dead_a into_o the_o earth_n as_o for_o such_o as_o have_v be_v virtuous_a and_o honest_a and_o which_o love_v a_o studious_a and_o quiet_a life_n employ_v in_o philosophy_n without_o meddle_v in_o troublesome_a affair_n soon_o be_v resolve_v for_o that_o be_v leave_v and_o rid_v of_o understanding_n and_o use_v no_o more_o corporal_a passion_n they_o vanish_v away_o incontinent_o but_o the_o soul_n of_o ambitious_a person_n and_o such_o as_o be_v busy_v in_o negotiation_n of_o amorous_a folk_n also_o give_v to_o the_o love_n of_o beautiful_a body_n and_o likewise_o of_o wrathful_a people_n call_v still_o to_o remembrance_n those_o thing_n which_o they_o do_v in_o their_o life_n even_o as_o dream_n in_o their_o sleep_n walk_v wander_v to_o and_o fro_o like_v to_o that_o ghost_n of_o endymion_n for_o consider_v their_o inconstancy_n and_o aptness_n to_o be_v over_o subject_n unto_o passion_n the_o same_o transport_v and_o pluck_v they_o from_o the_o moon_n unto_o another_o generation_n not_o suffer_v they_o quiet_o there_o to_o pass_v and_o vanish_v away_o but_o still_o allure_v and_o call_v they_o away_o for_o now_o be_v there_o nothing_o small_a stay_a quiet_a constant_a and_o accordant_a after_o that_o be_v once_o abandon_v of_o the_o understanding_n they_o come_v to_o be_v seize_v with_o the_o passion_n of_o the_o body_n so_o that_o of_o such_o soul_n void_a of_o reason_n come_v and_o be_v breed_v afterward_o the_o tityi_n and_o typhon_n and_o namely_o that_o typhon_n who_o in_o time_n pass_v by_o force_n and_o violence_n seize_v the_o city_n delphos_n and_o overturn_v upsidedowne_a the_o sanctuary_n of_o the_o oracle_n there_o most_o ungracious_a imp_n destitute_a of_o all_o reason_n and_o understanding_n and_o abandon_v to_o all_o passion_n upon_o a_o proud_a spirit_n and_o violence_n wherewith_o they_o be_v pusf_v up_o howbeit_o at_o length_n after_o long_a time_n the_o moon_n receive_v the_o soul_n and_o compose_v they_o the_o sun_n also_o inspire_v into_o they_o again_o and_o sow_v in_o their_o vital_a faculty_n understanding_n make_v they_o new_a soul_n yea_o and_o the_o earth_n in_o the_o three_o place_n give_v they_o a_o new_a body_n for_o nothing_o do_v she_o give_v after_o death_n of_o all_o that_o which_o she_o take_v to_o generation_n and_o the_o sun_n receive_v nothing_o of_o other_o but_o take_v again_o that_o understanding_n which_o he_o give_v but_o the_o moon_n give_v and_o receive_v join_v and_o disjoin_v unit_v and_o separate_v according_a to_o her_o divers_a faculty_n and_o power_n of_o which_o the_o one_o be_v name_v ilithyia_n to_o wit_n that_o which_o join_v another_o artonius_fw-la or_o diana_n which_o part_v and_o divide_v of_o the_o three_o fatal_a sister_n or_o destiny_n she_o who_o they_o name_v atropos_n be_v place_v within_o the_o sun_n and_o give_v the_o
juno_n the_o same_o be_v the_o man_n quoth_v he_o who_o then_o be_v he_o who_o i_o have_v see_v this_o long_a while_n stand_v at_o the_o hall_n door_n and_o look_v full_a upon_o we_o it_o be_v chlidon_n himself_o i_o assure_v you_o quoth_v he_o now_o by_o hercules_n i_o swear_v can_v any_o thing_n have_v happen_v worse_a and_o with_o that_o the_o man_n perceive_v how_o we_o look_v upon_o he_o approach_v fair_a and_o soft_o from_o the_o door_n unto_o we_o then_o hipposthenidas_n beckon_v unto_o he_o and_o nod_v with_o his_o head_n as_o will_v he_o to_o speak_v unto_o we_o all_o for_o that_o there_o be_v no_o danger_n because_o they_o be_v all_o honest_a man_n and_o of_o our_o side_n i_o know_v they_o all_o well_o enough_o quoth_v he_o hipposthenidas_n and_o not_o find_v you_o at_o home_n nor_o in_o the_o market_n place_n i_o guess_v by_o and_o by_o that_o you_o be_v go_v towards_o they_o and_o therefore_o i_o make_v as_o great_a haste_n as_o i_o can_v hither_o to_o the_o end_n that_o you_o may_v not_o be_v ignorant_a of_o all_o thing_n how_o they_o go_v for_o so_o soon_o as_o you_o command_v i_o in_o all_o speed_n to_o meet_v with_o our_o banish_a citizen_n in_o the_o forest_n i_o go_v present_o to_o my_o house_n for_o to_o take_v horse_n &_o call_v unto_o my_o wife_n for_o my_o bridle_n but_o she_o can_v not_o give_v it_o i_o and_o to_o mend_v the_o matter_n stay_v a_o great_a while_n in_o the_o chamber_n or_o store-house_n where_o such_o thing_n use_v to_o be_v now_o after_o she_o have_v make_v a_o seek_v &_o pudder_a in_o every_o corner_n within_o the_o room_n &_o can_v not_o find_v it_o at_o length_n when_o she_o have_v play_v long_o enough_o with_o i_o &_o make_v a_o fool_n of_o i_o she_o confess_v &_o tell_v i_o plain_o that_o she_o have_v lend_v it_o forth_o to_o one_o of_o our_o neighbour_n who_o wife_n the_o evening_n before_o come_v to_o borrow_v it_o of_o she_o whereupon_o i_o be_v in_o a_o great_a chafe_n and_o give_v she_o some_o curse_a word_n but_o she_o like_o a_o shrew_n pay_v i_o with_o as_o good_a as_o i_o lend_v she_o and_o make_v no_o more_o ado_n but_o curse_v i_o in_o abominable_a term_n wish_v my_o forth_o go_v may_v be_v unhappy_a and_o my_o home_n come_v worse_a which_o execration_n i_o pray_v god_n may_v all_o light_n upon_o she_o own_o head_n to_o be_v short_a she_o provoke_v i_o so_o far_o that_o in_o my_o choler_n i_o deal_v she_o some_o blow_n for_o her_o shrewd_a tongue_n with_o that_o come_v out_o a_o number_n of_o the_o neighbour_n and_o woman_n especial_o where_o after_o i_o have_v give_v and_o take_v one_o for_o another_o with_o shame_n enough_o at_o last_o with_o much_o ado_n i_o get_v away_o from_o they_o and_o come_v hither_o to_o pray_v you_o for_o to_o send_v some_o other_o messenger_n to_o the_o party_n you_o wot_v of_o for_o i_o assure_v you_o at_o this_o present_a i_o be_o so_o much_o out_o of_o temper_n that_o i_o be_o not_o my_o own_o man_n but_o in_o manner_n beside_o myself_o this_o wrought_v in_o we_o all_o a_o mervellous_a alteration_n of_o our_o will_n and_o affection_n for_o whereas_o a_o little_a before_o we_o be_v offend_v that_o our_o designment_n be_v cross_v and_o their_o come_n impeach_v now_o again_o upon_o this_o sudden_a occurrence_n &_o the_o shortness_n of_o time_n which_o allow_v we_o no_o leisure_n to_o put_v of_o &_o to_o procrastinate_v the_o matter_n we_o be_v drive_v into_o a_o agony_n and_o fearful_a perplexity_n howbeit_o set_v a_o good_a countenance_n upon_o the_o matter_n speak_v also_o cheerful_o unto_o hipposthenidas_n and_o take_v he_o friendly_a by_o the_o hand_n i_o encourage_v he_o and_o give_v he_o to_o understand_v that_o the_o very_a god_n themselves_o second_v our_o intention_n and_o invite_v we_o to_o the_o execution_n of_o the_o enterprise_n this_o do_v phyllidas_n go_v home_o to_o his_o house_n for_o to_o give_v order_n about_o his_o feast_n and_o withal_o to_o draw_v on_o archias_n to_o drink_v wine_n liberal_o and_o to_o make_v merry_a cannon_n depart_v also_o to_o make_v ready_a his_o house_n for_o the_o entertainment_n of_o the_o banish_a man_n against_o their_o return_n mean_a while_n theocritus_n and_o i_o go_v again_o to_o simmias_n to_o the_o end_n that_o find_v some_o good_a occasion_n and_o opportunity_n for_o the_o purpose_n we_o may_v talk_v with_o epaminondas_n again_o who_o be_v well_o enter_v already_o into_o a_o pretty_a question_n which_o galaxidorus_n and_o phidolaus_n a_o little_a before_o have_v begin_v demand_v of_o what_o substance_n nature_n and_o puissance_n be_v the_o familiar_a spirit_n of_o socrates_n so_o much_o speak_v of_o now_o what_o simmias_n have_v allege_v against_o galaxidorus_n upon_o this_o point_n we_o hear_v not_o mary_n thus_o much_o he_o say_v that_o when_o he_o demand_v upon_o a_o time_n of_o socrates_n himself_o concern_v the_o say_a matter_n he_o never_o can_v get_v of_o he_o any_o answer_n &_o therefore_o he_o never_o after_o will_v ask_v he_o the_o question_n but_o he_o say_v that_o oftentimes_o he_o have_v be_v present_a when_o socrates_n give_v out_o that_o he_o repute_v those_o man_n for_o vain_a person_n who_o say_v they_o have_v see_v with_o their_o eye_n any_o divine_a power_n and_o so_o commune_v therewith_o but_o contrariwise_o that_o he_o can_v hold_v better_o with_o those_o who_o say_v they_o take_v knowledge_n of_o such_o a_o thing_n by_o hear_v a_o voice_n speak_v unto_o one_o that_o give_v attentive_a care_n thereto_o or_o earnest_o enquy_v thereof_o whereupon_o he_o set_v our_o head_n on_o work_n when_o we_o be_v aprat_n by_o ourselves_o and_o make_v we_o to_o guess_v and_o conjecture_v that_o this_o daemon_n of_o socrates_n be_v no_o vision_n but_o a_o sense_n of_o some_o voice_n and_o a_o intelligence_n of_o word_n which_o come_v unto_o he_o by_o a_o extraordinary_a manner_n like_o as_o in_o our_o dream_n it_o be_v not_o a_o voice_n indeed_o that_o man_n hear_v lie_v fast_o asleep_a but_o the_o opinion_n of_o some_o word_n that_o they_o think_v they_o hear_v pronounce_v but_o this_o intelligence_n of_o dream_n come_v in_o truth_n to_o man_n asleep_a by_o reason_n of_o the_o repose_n and_o tranquillity_n of_o the_o body_n whereas_o they_o that_o be_v awake_a can_v hear_v but_o very_o hardly_o these_o dive_v advertisement_n be_v trouble_v and_o disquiet_v with_o tumultuous_a passion_n and_o the_o distraction_n of_o their_o affair_n by_o occasion_n whereof_o they_o can_v whole_o yield_v their_o mind_n and_o thought_n to_o hear_v the_o revelation_n that_o the_o god_n deliver_v unto_o they_o now_o socrates_n have_v a_o pure_a and_o clear_a understanding_n not_o toss_v and_o turmoil_v with_o any_o passion_n nor_o mingle_a with_o the_o body_n unless_o it_o be_v very_o little_a for_o thing_n necessary_a and_o no_o more_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v touch_v and_o so_o subtle_a that_o soon_o it_o may_v be_v alter_v with_o whatsoever_o be_v object_v and_o present_v to_o it_o now_o that_o which_o meet_v with_o it_o we_o may_v conjecture_v that_o it_o be_v not_o simple_o a_o voice_n or_o sound_n but_o a_o very_a articulate_a speech_n of_o his_o daemon_n which_o without_o any_o audible_a voice_n touch_v the_o intellectual_a part_n of_o his_o soul_n together_o with_o the_o thing_n that_o it_o declare_v and_o reveal_v unto_o he_o for_o the_o voice_n resemble_v a_o blow_n or_o stroke_n give_v unto_o the_o soul_n which_o by_o the_o ear_n be_v constrain_v to_o receive_v speech_n when_o we_o speak_v one_o unto_o another_o but_o the_o intelligence_n or_o understanding_n of_o a_o divine_a and_o better_a nature_n lead_v and_o conduct_v a_o generous_a mind_n by_o a_o thing_n that_o cause_v it_o to_o understand_v without_o need_n of_o any_o other_o stroke_n and_o the_o same_o mind_n or_o soul_n obei_v and_o yield_v thereto_o according_o as_o it_o either_o slake_v loose_a or_o stretch_v hard_o the_o instinct_n and_o inclination_n not_o violent_o by_o resistance_n which_o the_o passion_n make_v but_o supple_a and_o pliable_a as_o slack_v and_o gentle_a reins_n and_o hereof_o we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o make_v any_o wonder_n consider_v that_o we_o see_v how_o little_a helm_n turn_v about_o and_o wind_v the_o great_a hulk_n and_o caraque_n that_o be_v and_o again_o the_o wheel_n that_o potter'_v use_v be_v never_o so_o little_o touch_v with_o the_o hand_n turn_v very_o easy_o for_o although_o they_o be_v instrument_n without_o life_n yet_o be_v as_o they_o be_v counterpeise_v and_o frame_v even_o on_o every_o side_n by_o reason_n of_o their_o polish_a smoothness_n they_o be_v apt_a to_o stir_v and_o yield_v unto_o the_o move_a cause_n with_o the_o least_o moment_n that_o be_v now_o the_o soul_n of_o man_n be_v bend_v and_o stretch_v out_o stiff_o with_o
innumerable_a inclination_n as_o it_o be_v with_o so_o many_o cord_n have_v more_o agility_n than_o all_o the_o engine_n or_o instrument_n in_o the_o world_n if_o a_o man_n have_v the_o skill_n to_o manage_v and_o handle_v it_o with_o reason_n after_o it_o have_v take_v once_o a_o little_a motion_n that_o it_o may_v bend_v to_o that_o which_o conceive_v it_o for_o the_o beginning_n of_o instinct_n and_o passion_n tend_v all_o to_o this_o intelligent_a and_o conceive_a part_n which_o be_v stir_v and_o shake_v it_o draw_v pull_v stretch_v and_o hail_v the_o whole_a man_n wherein_o we_o be_v give_v to_o understand_v what_o force_n and_o power_n have_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v enter_v into_o the_o conceit_n and_o intelligence_n of_o the_o mind_n for_o bone_n be_v senseless_a the_o sinew_n and_o flesh_n full_a of_o humour_n and_o the_o whole_a mass_n of_o all_o these_o part_n together_o heavy_a and_o ponderous_a lie_v still_o without_o some_o motion_n but_o so_o soon_o as_o the_o soul_n put_v somewhat_o into_o the_o understanding_n and_o that_o the_o same_o move_v the_o inclination_n thereto_o it_o start_v up_o and_o rise_v all_o at_o once_o and_o be_v stretch_v in_o all_o part_n run_v a_o main_a as_o if_o it_o have_v wing_n into_o action_n and_o so_o the_o manner_n of_o this_o move_n direction_n and_o promptitude_n be_v not_o hard_o and_o much_o less_o impossible_a to_o comprehend_v whereby_o the_o soul_n have_v no_o soon_o understand_v any_o object_n but_o it_o draw_v present_o with_o it_o by_o instinct_n and_o inclination_n the_o whole_a mass_n of_o the_o body_n for_o like_a as_o reason_v conceive_v and_o comprise_v without_o any_o voice_n move_v the_o understanding_n even_o so_o in_o my_o opinion_n it_o be_v not_o such_o a_o hard_a matter_n but_o that_o a_o more_o divine_a intelligence_n and_o a_o soul_n more_o excellent_a shall_v draw_v another_o inferior_a to_o it_o touch_v it_o from_o without_o like_v as_o one_o speech_n or_o reason_n may_v touch_v another_o and_o as_o light_v the_o reflection_n of_o light_n for_o we_o in_o truth_n make_v our_o conception_n and_o cogitation_n know_v one_o to_o another_o as_o if_o we_o touch_v they_o in_o the_o dark_a by_o mean_n of_o voice_n but_o the_o intelligence_n of_o daemon_n have_v their_o light_n do_v shine_v unto_o those_o who_o be_v capable_a thereof_o stand_v in_o need_n neither_o of_o noun_n nor_o verb_n which_o man_n use_v in_o speak_v one_o to_o the_o other_o by_o which_o mark_n they_o see_v the_o image_n and_o resemblance_n of_o the_o conception_n and_o thought_n of_o the_o mind_n but_o the_o very_a intelligence_n &_o cogitation_n indeed_o they_o know_v not_o unless_o they_o be_v such_o as_o have_v a_o singluar_n and_o divine_a light_n as_o we_o have_v already_o say_v and_o yet_o that_o which_o be_v perform_v by_o the_o ministry_n of_o the_o voice_n do_v in_o some_o sort_n help_n and_o satisfy_v those_o who_o otherwise_o be_v incredulous_a for_o the_o air_n be_v form_v and_o stamp_v as_o it_o be_v by_o the_o impression_n of_o articulate_a sound_n and_o become_v throughout_o all_o speech_n and_o voice_n carry_v conception_n and_o intelligence_n into_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o hearer_n and_o therefore_o according_a to_o this_o similitude_n and_o reason_n what_o marvel_n be_v it_o if_o that_o also_o heater_n and_o therefore_o according_a to_o this_o similitude_n and_o reason_n what_o marvel_n be_v ti_fw-mi if_o that_o also_o which_o be_v conceive_v by_o these_o superior_a nature_n alter_v the_o air_n and_o if_o the_o air_n be_v by_o reason_n of_o that_o quality_n which_o it_o have_v apt_a to_o receive_v impression_n signify_v unto_o excellent_a man_n and_o such_o as_o have_v a_o rar_fw-la and_o divine_a nature_n the_o speech_n of_o he_o who_o have_v conceive_v aught_o in_o be_v mind_n for_o like_a as_o the_o stroke_n that_o light_n upon_o targuit_n or_o shield_v of_o brass_n be_v hear_v a_o far_o off_o when_o they_o proceed_v from_o the_o bottom_n in_o the_o mid_n within_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o resonance_n and_o rebound_n whereas_o the_o blow_n that_o fall_v upon_o other_o shield_v be_v drown_v and_o disperse_v so_o as_o they_o be_v not_o hear_v at_o all_o even_o so_o the_o word_n or_o speech_n of_o daemous_a and_o spirit_n although_o they_o be_v carry_v and_o fly_v to_o the_o ear_n of_o all_o indifferent_o yet_o they_o resound_v to_o those_o only_a who_o be_v of_o a_o settle_a and_o stay_a nature_n and_o who_o soul_n be_v at_o quiet_a such_o as_o we_o call_v divine_a and_o celestial_a man_n now_o the_o vulgar_a sort_n have_v a_o opinion_n that_o some_o daemon_n do_v communicate_v a_o kind_n of_o divinity_n unto_o man_n in_o their_o sleep_n but_o they_o think_v it_o strange_a and_o a_o miracle_n incredible_a if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v unto_o they_o that_o the_o god_n do_v move_v and_o affect_v they_o semblable_o when_o the_o be_v awake_a and_o have_v the_o full_a use_n of_o reason_n as_o if_o a_o man_n shall_v think_v that_o a_o musician_n may_v play_v well_o upon_o his_o harp_n or_o lute_n when_o all_o the_o string_n be_v slack_v and_o let_v down_o but_o when_o the_o say_v instrument_n be_v set_v in_o tune_n and_o have_v their_o string_n set_v up_o he_o can_v make_v any_o sound_n nor_o play_v well_o thereupon_o for_o they_o consider_v not_o the_o cause_n which_o be_v within_o they_o to_o wit_n their_o discord_n trouble_n and_o confusion_n whereof_o our_o familiar_a friend_n socrates_n be_v exempt_a according_a as_o the_o oracle_n prophesy_v of_o he_o before_o which_o during_o his_o infancy_n be_v give_v unto_o his_o father_n for_o by_o it_o command_v he_o be_v to_o let_v he_o do_v all_o that_o come_v into_o his_o mind_n and_o in_o no_o wise_a either_o to_o force_v or_o divert_v he_o but_o to_o suffer_v the_o instinct_n and_o nature_n of_o the_o child_n to_o have_v the_o reins_n at_o large_a by_o pray_v only_o unto_o jupiter_n agoraeus_n that_o be_v to_o say_v eloquent_a and_o to_o the_o muse_n for_o he_o and_o far_o than_o so_o not_o to_o busy_v himself_o nor_o to_o take_v care_n for_o socrates_n as_o if_o he_o have_v within_o he_o a_o guide_n and_o conductor_n of_o his_o life_n better_o than_o ten_o thousand_o master_n and_o paedagogue_n thus_o you_o see_v philolaus_n what_o our_o opinion_n and_o judgement_n be_v as_o touch_v the_o daemon_n or_o familiar_a spirit_n of_o socrates_n both_o live_a and_o dead_a as_o who_o reject_v these_o voice_n sneesing_n and_o all_o such_o foolery_n but_o what_o we_o have_v hard_a timarchus_n of_o chaeronea_n to_o discourse_v of_o this_o point_n i_o wot_v not_o well_o whether_o i_o be_v best_a to_o utter_v and_o relate_v the_o same_o for_o fear_v some_o will_v think_v that_o i_o love_v to_o tell_v vain_a tale_n not_o so_o quoth_v theocritus_n but_o i_o pray_v you_o be_v so_o good_a as_o to_o rehearse_v the_o same_o unto_o we_o for_o albeit_o fable_n do_v not_o very_o well_o express_v the_o truth_n yet_o in_o some_o sort_n they_o reach_v the_o same_o unto_o we_o for_o albeit_o fable_n do_v not_o very_o well_o express_v the_o truth_n yet_o in_o some_o sort_n they_o reach_v thereto_o but_o first_o tell_v we_o who_o this_o timarchus_n be_v for_o i_o never_o know_v the_o man_n and_o that_o may_v well_o be_v o_o simmias_n quoth_v theocritus_n for_o he_o die_v when_o he_o be_v very_o young_a and_o request_v earnest_o of_o socrates_n to_o be_v bury_v never_o unto_o lamprocles_n socrates_n his_o son_n who_o depart_v this_o life_n but_o few_o day_n before_o be_v a_o dear_a friend_n of_o he_o and_o of_o the_o same_o age_n now_o this_o young_a gentleman_n be_v very_o desirous_a as_o he_o be_v of_o a_o generous_a disposition_n and_o have_v new_o taste_v the_o sweetness_n of_o philosophy_n to_o know_v what_o be_v the_o nature_n and_o power_n of_o socrates_n familiar_a spirit_n when_o he_o have_v impart_v his_o mind_n and_o purpose_n unto_o i_o only_o and_o cebes_n go_v down_o into_o the_o cave_n or_o vault_n of_o trophonius_n after_o the_o usual_a sacrifice_n and_o accustom_a compliment_n due_a to_o that_o oracle_n perform_v where_o have_v remain_v two_o night_n and_o one_o day_n insomuch_o as_o many_o man_n be_v out_o of_o all_o hope_n that_o ever_o he_o will_v come_v forth_o again_o yea_o and_o his_o kinsfolk_n and_o friend_n bewail_v the_o loss_n of_o he_o one_o morning_n betimes_o he_o issue_v forth_o very_o glad_a and_o jocand_a and_o after_o he_o have_v give_v thanks_o unto_o the_o god_n and_o adore_v he_o so_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v get_v through_o the_o press_n of_o the_o multitude_n who_o expect_v his_o return_n he_o recount_v unto_o we_o many_o wonder_n strange_a to_o be_v hear_v and_o see_v for_o he_o say_v that_o be_v descend_v into_o the_o place_n of_o the_o oracle_n he_o first_o meet_v with_o much_o darkness_n
talk_v with_o a_o man_n who_o know_v more_o and_o speak_v less_o than_o he_o but_o tell_v we_o now_o what_o you_o think_v yourself_o of_o that_o which_o have_v be_v say_v for_o i_o own_o part_n quoth_v he_o i_o say_v that_o this_o discourse_n and_o report_n of_o timarchus_n as_o sacred_a and_o inviolable_a aught_o to_o be_v consecrate_v unto_o god_n and_o marvel_v i_o will_v if_o any_o shall_v discredit_v and_o hardly_o believe_v that_o which_o simmias_n himself_o have_v deliver_v of_o he_o and_o when_o they_o name_v swan_n dragon_n dog_n and_o horse_n sacred_a believe_v not_o that_o therebe_n man_n celestial_a and_o belove_a of_o the_o god_n consider_v they_o hold_v and_o say_v that_o god_n be_v never_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o lover_n of_o bird_n but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o lover_n of_o mankind_n like_a as_o therefore_o a_o man_n who_o be_v say_v to_o be_v philippos_n that_o be_v to_o say_v a_o lover_n of_o horse_n take_v not_o a_o fancy_n nor_o regard_v alike_o all_o horse_n comprise_v under_o the_o whole_a kind_n but_o choose_v always_o some_o one_o more_o excellent_a than_o the_o rest_n ride_v cherish_v and_o make_v much_o of_o he_o especial_o even_o so_o those_o divine_a spirit_n which_o surmount_v our_o nature_n make_v choice_n and_o take_v as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o whole_a flock_n the_o best_a of_o we_o upon_o who_o they_o set_v their_o brand_n or_o mark_n and_o they_o they_o think_v worthy_a of_o a_o more_o singular_a and_o exquisite_a education_n and_o those_o they_o order_n and_o direct_v not_o with_o reins_n and_o bridle_n but_o with_o reason_n and_o learning_n and_o that_o by_o sign_n whereof_o the_o common_a and_o rascal_n sort_n have_v no_o knowledge_n nor_o experience_n for_o neither_o do_v ordinary_a hound_n understand_v the_o sign_n that_o huntsman_n use_v nor_o every_o horse_n the_o sifll_v and_o chirt_v of_o the_o escuirry_n but_o such_o only_a as_o have_v be_v teach_v and_o bring_v up_o to_o it_o for_o they_o with_o the_o least_o whistle_a and_o houp_v that_o be_v know_v present_o what_o they_o be_v command_v to_o do_v and_o quick_o be_v order_v as_o they_o ought_v and_o very_o homer_n seem_v not_o to_o be_v ignorant_a of_o this_o difference_n whereof_o we_o speak_v for_o of_o divinor_o and_o soothsaier_n some_o he_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v author_n or_o observer_n of_o bird_n other_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v bowel-prier_n that_o spy_n into_o the_o inward_o of_o sacrifice_n and_o some_o again_o there_o be_v who_o hear_v and_o know_v what_o the_o god_n themselves_o do_v speak_v be_v able_a to_o declare_v secret_o and_o foretell_v thing_n to_o come_v as_o may_v appear_v by_o these_o verse_n king_n priam_n dear_a son_n helenus_n their_o mind_n soon_o under_o stand_v and_o what_o this_o god_n and_o goddess_n both_o in_o counsel_n deem_v good_a and_o a_o little_a after_o for_o thus_o i_o hear_v the_o god_n to_o say_v who_o as_o immortal_a live_v for_o ay_o for_o like_a as_o they_o who_o be_v without_o and_o not_o of_o the_o domestical_a and_o near_a acquaintance_n of_o king_n prince_n and_o general_a captain_n do_v know_v and_o understand_v their_o will_n &_o mind_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o certain_a firelight_n sound_v of_o trumpet_n and_o proclamation_n but_o to_o their_o faithful_a trusty_a and_o familiar_a friend_n they_o speak_v by_o word_n of_o mouth_n even_o so_o god_n commune_v and_o talk_v with_o few_o and_o that_o very_a seldom_o but_o unto_o the_o common_a sort_n he_o give_v sign_n and_o of_o these_o consist_v the_o art_n of_o divination_n for_o the_o god_n receive_v very_o few_o man_n in_o recommendation_n for_o to_o adorn_v their_o life_n but_o those_o only_o who_o they_o be_v dispose_v to_o make_v exceed_o happy_a and_o divine_a indeed_o and_o those_o soul_n which_o be_v deliver_v from_o far_a generation_n and_o be_v for_o ever_o after_o at_o liberty_n and_o dismiss_v free_a from_o the_o body_n become_v afterward_o daemon_n and_o take_v the_o charge_n and_o care_n of_o man_n according_a as_o hesiodus_n say_v for_o like_a as_o champion_n who_o otherwise_o heretofore_o have_v make_v profession_n of_o wrestle_v and_o other_o exercise_n of_o the_o body_n after_o they_o have_v give_v over_o the_o practice_n thereof_o by_o reason_n of_o their_o old_a age_n leave_v not_o altogether_o the_o desire_n of_o glory_n by_o that_o mean_n nor_o cast_v off_o the_o affection_n in_o cherish_v the_o body_n but_o take_v pleasure_n still_o to_o see_v other_o young_a man_n to_o exercise_v their_o body_n exhort_v and_o encourage_v they_o thereto_o yea_o and_o enforce_v themselves_o to_o run_v in_o the_o race_n with_o they_o even_o so_o they_o that_o be_v past_o the_o combat_n &_o travel_n of_o this_o life_n and_o throigh_n the_o virtue_n of_o their_o soul_n come_v to_o be_v daemon_n despise_v not_o utter_o the_o affair_n the_o speech_n and_o study_n of_o those_o that_o be_v here_o but_o be_v favourable_a unto_o they_o who_o in_o their_o good_a endeavour_n aspire_v to_o the_o same_o end_n that_o they_o have_v attein_v to_o yea_o and_o after_o a_o sort_n band_v and_o side_v with_o they_o do_v incite_v and_o exhort_v they_o to_o virtue_n especial_o when_o they_o see_v they_o near_o unto_o the_o end_n of_o their_o hope_n and_o ready_a in_o manner_n to_o touch_v the_o same_o for_o this_o divine_a power_n of_o daemon_n will_v not_o sort_n and_o be_v acquaint_v with_o every_o man_n indifferent_o but_o like_a as_o they_o who_o stand_v upon_o the_o shore_n can_v do_v no_o other_o good_a unto_o they_o who_o swim_v far_o within_o the_o sea_n and_o a_o great_a way_n from_o the_o land_n but_o look_v upon_o they_o and_o say_v nothing_o but_o to_o such_o as_o be_v near_o to_o the_o sea_n side_n they_o run_v and_o for_o their_o sake_n wade_v a_o little_a into_o the_o sea_n help_v both_o with_o hand_n and_o voice_n and_o so_o save_v they_o from_o drown_v even_o so_o simmias_n deal_v the_o daemon_n with_o we_o for_o so_o long_o as_o we_o be_v plunge_v and_o drown_v within_o mundane_a affair_n and_o change_v many_o body_n as_o it_o be_v so_o many_o wagon_n and_o chariot_n pass_v out_o of_o one_o into_o another_o it_o suffer_v we_o to_o strive_v and_o labour_v of_o ourselves_o yea_o and_o by_o our_o own_o patience_n and_o long_a sufferance_n to_o save_v ourselves_o and_o gain_v the_o haven_n but_o when_o there_o be_v a_o soul_n which_o have_v already_o by_o innumerable_a generation_n support_v and_o endure_v long_a travel_n and_o have_v in_o manner_n perform_v her_o course_n and_o revolution_n strain_v all_o her_o might_n and_o main_a with_o much_o sweat_n to_o get_v forth_o and_o ascend_v up_o to_o it_o god_n envy_v not_o her_o own_o proper_a daemon_n and_o familiar_a spirit_n to_o be_v assistant_n yea_o and_o give_v leave_v to_o any_o other_o whatsoever_o that_o be_v willing_a thereto_o now_o one_o be_v desirous_a and_o ready_a always_o to_o help_v and_o second_v another_o yea_o and_o forward_o to_o promote_v the_o safctie_n thereof_o the_o soul_n also_o for_o her_o part_n give_v good_a ear_n because_o she_o be_v so_o never_o and_o in_o the_o end_n be_v save_v but_o she_o that_o obei_v not_o nor_o hearken_v to_o her_o own_o familiar_a &_o proper_a daemon_n as_o forsake_v of_o it_o speed_v not_o well_o in_o the_o end_n this_o say_v epaminondas_n look_v towards_o i_o it_o be_v high_a time_n caphisias_n for_o you_o quoth_v he_o to_o go_v into_o the_o wrestle_a school_n and_o place_n of_o exercise_n to_o the_o end_n that_o you_o disappoint_v not_o your_o companion_n mean_v while_n we_o when_o it_o shall_v be_v think_v good_a to_o dissolve_v and_o dismiss_v this_o meeting_n will_v take_v the_o charge_n of_o theanor_n then_o say_v i_o be_v it_o so_o but_o i_o suppose_v that_o theocritus_n together_o with_o galaxidorus_n &_o myself_o be_v willing_a to_o commune_v and_o reason_n with_o you_o a_o little_a in_o good_a time_n quoth_v he_o let_v they_o speak_v their_o mind_n and_o what_o they_o will_n with_o that_o he_o rise_v up_o and_o take_v we_o apart_o into_o a_o wind_a and_o turn_v corner_n of_o the_o gallery_n where_o we_o come_v about_o he_o and_o begin_v to_o persuade_v and_o deal_v with_o he_o for_o to_o take_v part_n with_o we_o in_o the_o enterprise_n he_o make_v we_o answer_v that_o he_o know_v well_o enough_o the_o day_n when_o the_o banish_a person_n be_v to_o return_v and_o have_v take_v order_n with_o his_o friend_n to_o be_v ready_a against_o the_o time_n with_o gorgidas_n and_o to_o embrace_v the_o opportunity_n thereof_o howbeit_o they_o be_v not_o determine_v to_o take_v away_o the_o life_n of_o any_o one_o citizen_n not_o condemn_v by_o order_n
ancient_a musician_n use_v in_o their_o number_n and_o measure_n their_o variety_n much_o more_o diverse_a &_o different_a than_o now_o it_o be_v so_o that_o we_o may_v bold_o say_v that_o the_o variety_n of_o thyme_n the_o difference_n also_o and_o diversity_n of_o stroke_n be_v then_o more_o variable_a for_o man_n in_o these_o day_n love_n skill_n and_o knowledge_n but_o in_o former_a time_n they_o affect_v number_n and_o measure_n so_o that_o it_o appear_v plain_o that_o the_o ancient_n abstain_v from_o break_a music_n and_o song_n not_o because_o they_o have_v no_o skill_n but_o for_o that_o they_o have_v no_o will_n to_o approve_v thereof_o and_o no_o mervell_n for_o many_o fashion_n there_o be_v in_o the_o world_n and_o this_o our_o life_n which_o be_v well_o enough_o know_v though_o they_o be_v not_o practise_v many_o strange_a they_o be_v by_o reason_n of_o disuse_n which_o grow_v upon_o occasion_n that_o some_o thing_n be_v observe_v therein_o not_o decent_a &_o seemly_a but_o that_o it_o be_v not_o for_o ignorance_n nor_o want_v of_o experience_n that_o plato_n reject_v other_o kind_n of_o music_n but_o only_o because_o they_o be_v not_o beseem_v such_o a_o common_a wealth_n of_o he_o we_o will_v show_v hereafter_o and_o withal_o that_o he_o be_v expert_a and_o skilful_a in_o harmony_n for_o in_o that_o procreation_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o he_o describe_v in_o the_o book_n of_o timaeus_n he_o declare_v what_o study_n he_o have_v employ_v in_o other_o mathematical_a study_n and_o in_o music_n beside_o write_v after_o this_o manner_n thus_o in_o manner_n quoth_v he_o do_v god_n at_o the_o first_o and_o after_o that_o he_o fill_v the_o double_a and_o treble_a interval_n in_o cut_v off_o one_o portion_n from_o thence_o and_o put_v it_o between_o both_o of_o they_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o in_o every_o interval_n or_o distance_n there_o be_v two_o moity_n certes_o this_o exordium_n or_o prooeme_n be_v a_o sufficient_a proof_n of_o skill_n and_o experience_n in_o harmony_n according_a as_o we_o will_v show_v hereafter_o three_o sort_n of_o primitive_a mediety_n there_o be_v out_o of_o which_o all_o other_o be_v draw_v to_o wit_n arithmetical_a geometrical_a and_o harmonical_a arithmetical_a be_v that_o which_o surmount_v and_o be_v surmount_v in_o equal_a number_n geometrical_a in_o even_a proportion_n and_o harmonical_a neither_o in_o reason_n and_o proportion_n nor_o in_o number_n plato_n therefore_o intend_v to_o declare_v harmonical_o the_o harmony_n of_o the_o four_o element_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o the_o cause_n why_o thing_n so_o divers_a accord_v together_o in_o each_o interval_n have_v put_v down_o tow_v mediety_n of_o the_o soul_n and_o that_o according_a to_o musical_a proportion_n for_o in_o the_o accord_n diapason_n in_o music_n two_o interval_n there_o be_v between_o two_o extremity_n whereof_o we_o will_v show_v the_o proportion_n for_o the_o accord_n diapason_n consist_v in_o a_o double_a proportion_n as_o for_o example_n six_o and_o twelve_o will_v make_v a_o double_a proportion_n in_o number_n and_o this_o interval_n be_v from_o hypate_v meson_n unto_o neat_a diczeugmenon_n now_o six_o and_o twelve_o be_v the_o two_o extremity_n hypate_v meson_n contain_v the_o number_n of_o six_o and_o neat_a diezeugmenon_fw-la that_o of_o twelve_o it_o remain_v now_o that_o we_o ought_v to_o take_v unto_o these_o the_o mean_a number_n between_o these_o two_o extremity_n the_o extreme_n whereof_o will_v be_v find_v the_o one_o in_o proportion_n epitritos_fw-la or_o 〈◊〉_d the_o other_o hemiotio_n or_o sesquialterall_a and_o these_o be_v number_n eight_o and_o nine_o for_o eight_o be_v serquitertian_n to_o six_o and_o nine_o sesquialterall_a thus_o much_o as_o touch_v one_o of_o the_o extreme_n as_o for_o the_o other_o which_o be_v twelve_o it_o be_v above_o nine_o in_o sesquitertian_n proportion_n and_o above_o eight_o in_o sesquialterall_a these_o two_o number_n then_o be_v between_o six_o and_o twelve_o and_o the_o interval_n 〈◊〉_d compound_v and_o consist_v of_o diatesseron_n and_o diapente_fw-la it_o appear_v that_o mese_n shall_v have_v the_o number_n of_o eight_o and_o paramese_n the_o number_n of_o nine_o which_o do_v there_o will_v be_v the_o same_o habitude_n from_o hypate_v and_o mese_n that_o be_v from_o paramese_n to_o nete_n of_o a_o disjoin_v tetrachord_n the_o same_o proportion_n be_v find_v also_o in_o number_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n that_o be_v from_o six_o to_o eight_o be_v from_o nine_o to_o twelve_o and_o look_v what_o reason_n there_o be_v between_o six_o and_o nine_o the_o same_o be_v between_o eight_o and_o twelve_o now_o between_o eight_o and_o six_o the_o proportion_n be_v sesquitertian_n as_o also_o between_o twelve_o and_o nine_o but_o between_o nine_o and_o six_o sesquialterall_a like_v as_o between_o twelve_o and_o eight_o thus_o much_o may_v serve_v to_o show_v that_o plato_n be_v well_o study_v and_o very_o expert_a in_o the_o mathematics_n now_o that_o harmony_n be_v a_o venerable_a worthy_a and_o divine_a thing_n artstotle_n the_o desciple_n of_o plato_n testify_v in_o these_o word_n harmony_n quoth_v he_o be_v celestial_a of_o a_o beautiful_a and_o wonderful_a nature_n and_o more_o than_o human_a which_o be_v of_o itself_o divide_v into_o four_o it_o have_v two_o mediety_n the_o one_o arithmetical_a the_o other_o harmonical_a and_o of_o the_o part_n thereof_o the_o magnitude_n and_o extremity_n be_v see_v according_a to_o number_n and_o equality_n of_o measure_n for_o accord_n in_o song_n be_v appropriate_a and_o fit_v in_o two_o tetrachord_n these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o aristotle_n who_o say_v that_o the_o body_n of_o harmony_n be_v compose_v of_o part_n dislike_v and_o accordant_a very_o one_o with_o the_o other_o but_o yet_o the_o mediety_n of_o the_o same_o agree_v according_a to_o reason_n arithmetical_a for_o that_o neat_a according_a to_o hypate_v by_o double_a proportion_n make_v a_o accord_n and_o consonant_n of_o diapason_n for_o it_o have_v as_o we_o have_v before_o say_v neat_a of_o twelve_o unity_n and_o hypate_v of_o six_o &_o paramese_n according_a with_o hypate_v in_o proportion_n sesquialterall_a of_o nine_o unity_n but_o of_o mese_n we_o say_v that_o it_o have_v eight_o unity_n &_o the_o principal_a interval_n of_o music_n be_v compose_v of_o these_o to_o wit_n diatessaron_n which_o consist_v of_o a_o proportion_n sesquitertian_n &_o of_o diapente_fw-la which_o stand_v upon_o a_o sesquialterall_a and_o diapason_n of_o a_o duple_n for_o so_o be_v preserve_v the_o proportion_n sesquioctave_n which_o be_v accordingto_o the_o proportion_n toniaeus_fw-la thus_o you_o see_v how_o the_o part_n of_o harmony_n do_v both_o surmount_v and_o also_o be_v surmount_v of_o other_o part_n by_o the_o same_o excess_n and_o the_o mediety_n of_o mediety_n as_o well_o according_a to_o express_v in_o number_n as_o geometrical_a puissance_n thus_o aristotle_n declare_v they_o to_o have_v these_o and_o such_o like_a power_n namely_o that_o neat_n surmount_v mese_n by_o a_o three_o part_n and_o that_o hypate_v be_v semblable_o surmount_v of_o paramese_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o these_o excess_n be_v of_o the_o kind_n of_o relative_n which_o have_v relation_n to_o another_o for_o they_o surmount_v and_o be_v surmount_v by_o the_o same_o part_n and_o therefore_o by_o the_o same_o proportion_n the_o two_o extreme_n of_o mese_n and_o paramese_n do_v surmount_v and_o be_v surmount_v to_o wit_n sesquitertian_n and_o sesquialterall_a and_o after_o this_o fort_n be_v the_o harmonical_a excess_n but_o the_o excess_n of_o neat_n and_o mese_n by_o arithmetical_a proportion_n show_v the_o exuperances_n in_o equal_a party_n and_o even_o so_o paramese_n in_o proportion_n to_o hypate_v for_o paramese_n surmount_v mese_n in_o proportion_n sesquioctave_n like_a as_o again_o neat_a be_v a_o double_a proportion_n of_o hypate_v and_o paramese_n of_o hypate_v in_o proportion_n sesquialterall_a and_o mese_n sesquitertian_n in_o regard_n of_o hypate_v see_v then_o how_o harmony_n be_v compose_v according_a to_o aristotle_n himself_o of_o her_o part_n and_o number_n and_o so_o very_o by_o he_o it_o be_v compose_v most_o natural_o of_o a_o nature_n as_o well_o finit_a as_o infinite_a both_o of_o even_o and_o also_o of_o odd_a itself_o and_o all_o the_o part_n thereof_o for_o itself_o total_o and_o whole_a be_v even_o as_o be_v compose_v of_o four_o part_n or_o term_n the_o part_n whereof_o and_o their_o proportion_n be_v even_o odd_a and_o even_o not_o even_o for_o neat_a it_o have_v even_o of_o twelve_o unity_n paramese_n odd_a of_o nine_o unity_n mese_n even_o of_o eight_o unity_n and_o hypate_v even_o not_o even_o of_o six_o unity_n so_o that_o harmony_n thus_o compose_v both_o itself_o and_o the_o part_n thereof_o one_o to_o the_o other_o as_o well_o in_o excess_n as_o in_o proportion_n the_o whole_a accord_v with_o the_o whole_a and_o the_o part_n together_o and_o that_o which_o more_o be_v the_o very_a
some_o who_o open_o maintain_v that_o osiris_n be_v the_o sun_n and_o that_o the_o greek_n call_v he_o sirtus_fw-la but_o the_o article_n which_o the_o egyptian_n put_v before_o to_o wit_n o_fw-la be_v the_o cause_n that_o so_o much_o be_v not_o evident_o perceive_v as_o also_o that_o isis_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o moon_n and_o of_o her_o image_n those_o that_o have_v horn_n upon_o they_o signify_v no_o other_o thing_n but_o the_o moon_n croissant_a but_o such_o as_o be_v cover_v and_o clad_v in_o black_a betoken_v those_o day_n wherein_o she_o be_v hide_v or_o darken_v namely_o when_o she_o run_v after_o the_o sun_n which_o be_v the_o reason_n that_o in_o love_n matter_n they_o invocate_v the_o moon_n and_o eudoxus_n himself_o say_v that_o isis_n be_v the_o precedent_n over_o amatorious_a folk_n and_o very_o in_o all_o these_o ceremony_n there_o be_v some_o probability_n and_o likelihood_n of_o truth_n but_o to_o say_v that_o typhon_n be_v the_o sun_n be_v so_o absurd_a that_o we_o ought_v not_o so_o much_o as_o give_v ear_n to_o those_o who_o affirm_v so_o but_o return_v we_o now_o to_o our_o former_a matter_n for_o isis_n be_v the_o feminine_a part_n of_o nature_n apt_a to_o receive_v all_o generation_n upon_o which_o occasion_n call_v she_o be_v by_o plato_n the_o nurse_n and_o pandeche_n that_o be_v to_o say_v capable_a of_o all_o yea_o and_o the_o common_a sort_n name_v she_o myrionymus_fw-la which_o be_v as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o have_v a_o infinite_a number_n of_o name_n for_o that_o she_o receive_v all_o form_n and_o shape_n according_a as_o it_o please_v that_o first_o reason_n to_o convert_v and_o turn_v she_o moreover_o there_o be_v imprint_v in_o she_o natural_o a_o love_n of_o the_o first_o and_o principal_a essence_n which_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o the_o sovereign_a good_a and_o it_o she_o desire_v seek_v and_o pursue_v after_o contrariwise_o she_o fly_v and_o repell_v from_o she_o any_o part_n and_o portion_n that_o proceed_v from_o ill_a and_o howsoever_o she_o be_v the_o subject_a matter_n and_o meet_v place_n apt_a to_o receive_v as_o well_o the_o one_o as_o the_o other_o yet_o of_o itself_o incline_v she_o be_v always_o rather_o to_o the_o better_a and_o apply_v herself_o to_o engender_v the_o same_o yea_o and_o to_o disseminate_a and_o sow_v the_o defluxion_n and_o similitude_n thereof_o wherein_o she_o take_v pleasure_n and_o rejoice_v when_o she_o have_v conceive_v and_o be_v great_a therewith_o ready_a to_o be_v deliver_v for_o this_o be_v a_o representation_n and_o description_n of_o the_o substance_n engender_v in_o matter_n and_o nothing_o else_o but_o a_o imitation_n of_o that_o which_o be_v and_o therefore_o you_o may_v see_v it_o be_v not_o beside_o the_o purpose_n that_o they_o imagine_v and_o devise_v the_o soul_n of_o osiris_n to_o be_v eternal_a and_o immortal_a but_o as_o for_o the_o body_n that_o typhon_n many_o time_n do_v tear_v mangle_v and_o abolish_v it_o that_o it_o can_v be_v see_v and_o that_o isis_n go_v up_o and_o down_o wander_v here_o and_o there_o gather_v together_o the_o dismember_a piece_n thereof_o for_o that_o which_o be_v good_a and_o spiritual_a by_o consequence_n be_v not_o any_o way_n subject_a to_o change_v and_o alteration_n but_o that_o which_o be_v sensible_a and_o material_a do_v yield_v from_o itself_o certain_a image_n admit_v withal_o and_o receive_v sundry_a porportion_n form_n and_o similitude_n like_v as_o the_o print_n and_o stamp_v of_o seal_n set_v upon_o wax_n do_v not_o continue_v and_o remain_v always_o but_o be_v subject_a to_o change_v alteration_n disorder_n and_o trouble_v and_o this_o same_o be_v chase_v from_o the_o superor_fw-la region_n and_o send_v down_o hither_o where_o it_o fight_v against_o horus_n who_o isis_n engender_v sensible_a as_o be_v the_o very_a image_n of_o the_o spiritual_a and_o intellectual_a world_n and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o typhon_n be_v say_v to_o accuse_v he_o of_o bastardy_n as_o be_v nothing_o pure_a and_o sincere_a like_a unto_o his_o father_n to_o wit_n reason_n and_o understanding_n which_o of_o itself_o be_v simple_a and_o not_o meddle_v with_o any_o passion_n but_o in_o the_o matter_n adulterate_a and_o degenerate_a by_o the_o reason_n that_o it_o be_v corporal_a howbeit_o in_o the_o end_n the_o victory_n be_v on_o mercury_n side_n for_o he_o be_v the_o discourse_n of_o reason_n which_o testify_v unto_o we_o and_o show_v that_o nature_n have_v produce_v this_o world_n material_a metamorphoze_v to_o the_o spiritual_a form_n for_o the_o nativity_n of_o apollo_n engender_v between_o isis_n &_o osiris_n while_o the_o god_n be_v yet_o in_o the_o belly_n of_o rhea_n symbolize_v thus_o much_o that_o before_o the_o world_n be_v evident_o bring_v to_o light_n and_o full_o accomplish_v the_o matter_n of_o reason_n be_v find_v natural_o of_o itself_o rude_a and_o unperfect_a bring_v forth_o the_o first_o generation_n for_o which_o cause_n they_o say_v that_o god_n be_v as_o yet_o lame_a be_v bear_v and_o beget_v in_o darkness_n who_o they_o call_v the_o elder_a horus_n for_o the_o world_n yet_o it_o be_v not_o but_o a_o image_n only_a and_o design_n of_o the_o world_n and_o a_o bare_a fantasy_n of_o that_o which_o shall_v be_v but_o this_o horus_n here_o be_v determinate_a definit_a and_o perfect_a who_o kill_v not_o typhon_n right_v out_o but_o take_v from_o he_o his_o force_n and_o puissance_n that_o he_o can_v do_v little_a or_o nothing_o and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o by_o report_n in_o the_o city_n coptus_n the_o image_n of_o horus_n hold_v in_o one_o hand_n the_o general_a member_n of_o typhon_n and_o they_o fable_v beside_o that_o mercury_n having_z bere_v he_o of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d make_v thereof_o string_n for_o his_o harp_n and_o so_o use_v they_o hereby_o they_o teach_v that_o reason_n frame_v the_o whole_a world_n set_v it_o in_o tune_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o accord_n frame_v it_o of_o those_o part_n which_o before_o be_v at_o jar_n and_o discord_n howbeit_o remoove_v not_o nor_o abolish_v altogether_o the_o pernicious_a and_o hurtful_a nature_n but_o accomplish_v the_o virtue_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o it_o be_v that_o it_o be_v feeble_a and_o weak_a wrought_v also_o as_o it_o be_v and_o intermingle_v or_o interlace_v with_o those_o part_n and_o member_n which_o be_v subject_a to_o passion_n and_o mutation_n cause_v earthquake_n and_o tremble_n excessive_a heat_n and_o extreme_a dryness_n with_o extraordinary_a wind_n in_o the_o air_n beside_o thunder_n lightning_n and_o fiery_a tempest_n it_o impoison_v moreover_o the_o water_n and_o wind_n infect_v they_o with_o pestilence_n reach_v up_o and_o bear_v the_o head_n aloft_o as_o far_o as_o to_o the_o moon_n obscure_v and_o darken_n many_o time_n even_o that_o which_o be_v by_o nature_n clean_o and_o shine_a and_o thus_o the_o egyptian_n do_v both_o think_v and_o say_v that_o typhon_n sometime_o strike_v the_o eye_n of_o horus_n and_o another_o while_o pluck_v it_o out_o of_o his_o head_n and_o devour_v it_o and_o then_o afterward_o deliver_v it_o again_o unto_o the_o sun_n by_o the_o strike_n aforesaid_a they_o mean_v enigmatical_o the_o wane_n or_o decrease_v of_o the_o moon_n monthly_o by_o the_o total_a privation_n of_o the_o eye_n they_o understand_v her_o eclipse_n and_o defect_n of_o light_n which_o the_o sun_n do_v remedy_n by_o relumination_n of_o her_o straight_a way_n as_o soon_o as_o she_o be_v get_v past_o the_o shade_n of_o the_o earth_n but_o the_o principal_a and_o more_o divine_a nature_n be_v compose_v and_o consist_v of_o three_o thing_n to_o wit_n of_o a_o intellectual_a nature_n of_o matter_n and_o a_o compound_n of_o they_o both_o which_o we_o call_v the_o world_n now_o that_o intellectual_a part_n plato_n name_v idea_n the_o pattern_n also_o of_o the_o father_n as_o for_o matter_n he_o term_v it_o a_o mother_n nurse_n a_o foundation_n also_o and_o a_o plot_n or_o place_n for_o generation_n and_o that_o which_o be_v produce_v of_o both_o he_o be_v wont_n to_o call_v the_o issue_n and_o thing_n procreate_v and_o a_o man_n may_v very_o well_o conjecture_v that_o the_o egyptian_n compare_v the_o nature_n of_o the_o whole_a world_n especial_o to_o this_o as_o the_o fair_a triangle_n of_o all_o other_o and_o plato_n in_o his_o book_n of_o policy_n or_o common_a wealth_n seem_v also_o to_o have_v use_v the_o same_o when_o he_o compose_v and_o describe_v his_o nuptial_a figure_n which_o triangle_n be_v of_o this_o sort_n that_o the_o side_n which_o make_v the_o right_a angle_n be_v of_o three_o the_o basis_n of_o four_o and_o the_o three_o line_n call_v hypotinusa_n of_o five_o aequivolent_a in_o power_n to_o the_o other_o two_o that_o comprehend_v it_o so_o that_o the_o line_n which_o direct_o fall_v plumbe_v upon_o the_o base_a must_v answer_v proportionable_o to_o the_o male_a
the_o britain_n hold_v for_o sacrosainct_n and_o inviosable_a now_o within_o a_o while_n after_o he_o be_v arrive_v thither_o the_o air_n and_o weather_n be_v mighty_o trouble_v many_o portenteous_a sign_n be_v give_v by_o terrible_a tempest_n and_o storm_n with_o extraordinary_a wind_n thunder_n lightning_n and_o fiery_a impression_n but_o after_o that_o these_o tempest_n be_v cease_v the_o islander_n assure_v he_o that_o one_o of_o those_o daemon_n or_o demigod_n who_o surmount_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n be_v depart_v for_o like_a as_o a_o lamp_n say_v they_o or_o candle_n so_o long_o as_o it_o burn_v light_n offend_v no_o body_n but_o when_o it_o be_v put_v out_o or_o go_v forth_o it_o make_v a_o stink_n offensive_a unto_o many_o about_o it_o even_o so_o these_o great_a soul_n while_o they_o shine_v and_o give_v light_a be_v mild_a gracious_a and_o harmless_a but_o when_o they_o come_v to_o be_v extinct_a or_o to_o perish_v they_o raise_v even_o as_o at_o that_o present_a outrageous_a tempest_n yea_o and_o oftentimes_o infect_v the_o air_n with_o contagious_a and_o pestilent_a malady_n they_o report_v moreover_o that_o in_o one_o of_o those_o land_n briareus_n keep_v saturn_n prisoner_n in_o a_o sound_a sleep_n for_o that_o be_v the_o devise_n to_o hold_v he_o captive_a about_o who_o person_n there_o be_v many_o other_o daemon_n of_o his_o train_n and_o his_o servitor_n cleombrotus_n then_o take_v occasion_n for_o to_o speak_v i_o be_o able_a myself_o also_o quoth_v he_o to_o allege_v many_o such_o example_n if_o i_o list_v but_o it_o may_v suffice_v for_o this_o present_a matter_n in_o hand_n that_o this_o be_v nothing_o contrary_a nor_o opposite_a unto_o that_o which_o by_o we_o have_v be_v deliver_v and_o very_o we_o know_v full_a well_o that_o the_o stoic_n hold_v the_o same_o opinion_n not_o only_o of_o daemon_n that_o we_o do_v but_o also_o of_o the_o god_n that_o there_o be_v so_o great_a a_o multitude_n of_o they_o yet_o there_o be_v but_o one_o alone_a immortal_a and_o eternal_a whereas_o all_o the_o rest_n have_v their_o beginning_n by_o nativity_n and_o shall_v have_v a_o end_n by_o death_n and_o as_o for_o the_o scoff_n scorn_n and_o mockery_n that_o the_o epicurean_o make_v we_o ought_v not_o to_o regard_v they_o nor_o be_v afraid_a of_o they_o for_o so_o audacious_a they_o be_v that_o they_o use_v the_o same_o even_o in_o the_o divine_a providence_n term_v it_o a_o very_a fable_n and_o oldwives_n tale_n but_o we_o contrariwise_o hold_v that_o their_o infinity_n of_o world_n be_v a_o fable_n indeed_o as_o also_o to_o say_v that_o among_o those_o innumerable_a world_n there_o be_v not_o so_o much_o as_o one_o govern_v by_o reason_n or_o the_o providence_n of_o god_n but_o that_o all_o thing_n be_v first_o make_v and_o afterward_o maintain_v by_o mere_a chance_n and_o fortune_n certes_o if_o it_o be_v lawful_a to_o laugh_v and_o that_o we_o must_v needs_o make_v game_n in_o matter_n of_o philosophy_n we_o shall_v rather_o mock_v those_o who_o bring_v into_o their_o disputation_n of_o natural_a question_n i_o wot_v not_o what_o deaf_a blind_a dumb_a and_o inanimate_a image_n remain_v i_o know_v not_o where_o and_o continue_v in_o appearance_n infinite_a revolution_n of_o year_n wander_v round_o about_o and_o go_v to_o and_o fro_o which_o say_v they_o issue_n and_o flow_v from_o body_n partly_o yet_o live_v and_o partly_o from_o those_o who_o long_o ago_o be_v dead_a burn_v yea_o and_o rot_v and_o putrify_v to_o nothing_o these_o man_n i_o say_v we_o shall_v do_v well_o to_o laugh_v at_o who_o draw_v such_o ridiculous_a toy_n and_o vain_a shadow_n as_o these_o into_o the_o serious_a disputation_n of_o nature_n meanwhile_o forsooth_o offend_v they_o be_v and_o angry_a if_o a_o man_n shall_v say_v there_o be_v daemon_n and_o that_o not_o only_o in_o nature_n but_o in_o reason_n also_o it_o stand_v with_o good_a congruity_n they_o shall_v continue_v and_o endure_v a_o long_a time_n these_o speech_n thus_o pass_v ammonius_n begin_v in_o this_o wise_a read_n cleombrotus_n in_o my_o opinion_n quoth_v he_o have_v speak_v very_o well_o and_o what_o shall_v impeach_v we_o but_o that_o we_o may_v admit_v and_o receive_v his_o sentence_n be_v so_o grave_a as_o it_o be_v and_o most_o beseem_v a_o philosopher_n for_o reject_v it_o once_o we_o shall_v be_v force_v to_o reject_v also_o and_o deny_v many_o thing_n which_o be_v and_o usual_o happen_v whereof_o no_o certain_a cause_n and_o reason_n can_v be_v deliver_v and_o if_o it_o be_v admit_v it_o draw_v after_o it_o no_o train_n and_o consequence_n of_o any_o impossibility_n whatsoever_o nor_o of_o that_o which_o be_v not_o subsistent_a but_o as_o touch_v that_o one_o point_n which_o i_o have_v hear_v the_o epicurean_o allege_v against_o empedocles_n and_o the_o daemon_n which_o he_o bring_v in_o namely_o that_o they_o can_v possible_o be_v happy_a and_o long_o live_v be_v evil_a and_o sinful_a as_o they_o be_v for_o that_o vice_n by_o nature_n be_v blind_a and_o of_o itself_o fall_v ordinary_o headlong_a into_o peril_n and_o inconvenience_n which_o destroy_v the_o life_n this_o be_v a_o very_a sottish_a opposition_n for_o by_o the_o same_o reason_n they_o must_v confess_v that_o epicurus_n be_v worse_o than_o gorgias_n the_o sophister_n and_o metrodorus_n than_o alexis_n the_o comical_a poet_n for_o this_o poet_n live_v twice_o as_o long_o as_o metrodorus_n and_o that_o sophister_n long_o than_o epicurus_n by_o a_o three_o part_n of_o his_o age_n for_o it_o be_v in_o another_o respect_n that_o we_o say_v virtue_n be_v puissant_a and_o vice_n feeble_a not_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o last_a continuance_n or_o dissolution_n of_o the_o body_n for_o we_o see_v that_o of_o beast_n there_o be_v many_o dull_a slow_a and_o blockish_a of_o spirit_n many_o also_o by_o nature_n libidinous_a unruly_a and_o disorder_a which_o live_v long_a than_o those_o that_o be_v full_a of_o wit_n wily_a wary_a and_o wise_a and_o therefore_o they_o conclude_v not_o aright_o in_o say_v that_o the_o divine_a nature_n enjoy_v immortality_n by_o take_v heed_n and_o avoid_v those_o thing_n that_o be_v noisome_a and_o mischievous_a for_o it_o behoove_v in_o the_o divine_a nature_n which_o be_v bless_v and_o happy_a to_o have_v set_v down_o a_o impossibility_n of_o be_v subject_a to_o all_o corruption_n and_o alteration_n and_o that_o it_o stand_v in_o no_o need_n of_o care_n and_o labour_n to_o maintain_v the_o say_a nature_n but_o peradventure_o it_o seem_v not_o to_o stand_v with_o good_a manner_n and_o civility_n to_o dispute_v thus_o against_o those_o that_o be_v not_o present_a to_o make_v answer_n for_o themselves_o it_o be_v meet_v therefore_o that_o cleombrotus_n will_v resume_v and_o take_v in_o hand_n that_o speech_n again_o which_o he_o give_v over_o and_o lay_v aside_o of_o late_a as_o touch_v the_o departure_n and_o translation_n of_o these_o daemon_n from_o one_o place_n to_o another_o then_o cleombrotus_n yes_o mary_n quoth_v he_o but_o i_o will_v marvel_n if_o this_o discourse_n of_o i_o will_v not_o seem_v unto_o you_o much_o more_o absurd_a than_o the_o former_a deliver_v already_o and_o yet_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v ground_v upon_o natural_a reason_n and_o plato_n himself_o have_v make_v the_o overture_n thereto_o not_o absolute_o pronounce_v and_o affirm_v so_o much_o but_o after_o the_o manner_n of_o a_o doubtful_a opinion_n and_o under_o covert_a word_n cast_v out_o a_o certain_a wary_a conjecture_n tend_v that_o way_n although_o among_o other_o philosopher_n it_o have_v be_v disclaim_v and_o cry_v out_o against_o but_o forasmuch_o as_o there_o be_v set_v a_o cup_n on_o the_o board_n full_a of_o reason_n and_o tale_n mingle_v together_o and_o for_o that_o a_o man_n shall_v hardly_o meet_v in_o any_o place_n again_o with_o more_o courteous_a and_o gracious_a hearer_n among_o who_o he_o may_v pass_v and_o put_v away_o such_o narration_n as_o piece_n of_o foreign_a coin_n and_o strange_a money_n i_o will_v not_o think_v much_o to_o gratify_v you_o thus_o far_o forth_o as_o to_o acquaint_v you_o with_o a_o narration_n that_o i_o hear_v a_o stranger_n and_o a_o barbarian_a relate_v who_o after_o many_o a_o journey_n make_v to_o and_o fro_o for_o to_o find_v he_o out_o and_o much_o money_n give_v by_o i_o for_o to_o hear_v where_o he_o be_v i_o meet_v with_o at_o length_n by_o good_a hap_n near_o unto_o the_o red_a sea_n his_o manner_n be_v to_o speak_v and_o converse_v with_o man_n but_o once_o in_o the_o year_n all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o time_n as_o he_o say_v himself_o he_o spend_v among_o the_o nymph_n nomades_n and_o daemon_n well_o with_o much_o ado_n i_o light_v upon_o he_o i_o commune_v with_o he_o and_o he_o use_v i_o courteous_o the_o fair_a man_n he_o be_v to_o see_v to_o of_o all_o that_o ever_o i_o