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upon_o each_o office_n such_o as_o the_o incumbent_n may_v live_v handsome_o upon_o this_o be_v the_o method_n of_o don_n alonso_n ix_o giving_z sufficient_a salary_n to_o his_o judge_n and_o severe_o punish_v those_o who_o he_o find_v guilty_a of_o bribery_n the_o same_o be_v practise_v by_o their_o catholic_n majesty_n ferdinand_n and_o isabel_n who_o reduce_v lawyer_n fee_n to_o a_o certainty_n hisp._n certainty_n mar._n hist._n hisp._n magistrate_n shall_v not_o be_v suffer_v to_o traffic_n or_o merchandise_n â—_o merchandise_n sed_fw-la caput_fw-la est_fw-la in_o omni_fw-la rep._n ut_fw-la legibus_fw-la &_o omni_fw-la alia_fw-la ratione_fw-la provisum_fw-la sit_fw-la ne_o quâ—â—_n facultas_fw-la quaestus_fw-la faciendi_fw-la magistratibus_fw-la relinquâ—tur_fw-la arist._n pol._n 5._o c._n â—_o for_o they_o will_v never_o give_v good_a counsel_n which_o they_o see_v be_v against_o their_o gain_n beside_o the_o people_n be_v better_a satisfy_v with_o the_o honour_n and_o 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shall_v be_v keep_v under_o by_o reason_n and_o the_o force_n of_o government_n so_o that_o this_o supreme_a authority_n which_o be_v the_o prince_n property_n shall_v
for_o a_o prince_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n to_o observe_v the_o method_n of_o the_o last_o 〈◊〉_d king_n care_n to_o reform_v it_o by_o degree_n with_o that_o easiness_n aâ—_n moderation_n that_o the_o people_n shall_v find_v themselves_o on_o tother_o side_n without_o know_v how_o they_o get_v over_o tiberius_n duâ—_n not_o at_o the_o begin_n of_o his_o reign_n abolish_v the_o public_a sport's_n introduce_v by_o augustus_n ann_n augustus_n sed_fw-la populum_fw-la per_fw-la tot_fw-la annos_fw-la mollitèr_fw-la habiâ—_n nondum_fw-la audebat_fw-la ad_fw-la duriora_fw-la vertere_fw-la tac._n 1._o ann_n galba_n reign_v but_o a_o fâ—â—_n month_n because_o immediate_o upon_o come_v to_o the_o thronâ—_n he_o begin_v to_o punish_v past_a crime_n to_o moderate_a extravagaâ—_n donative_n and_o to_o curb_v the_o licentiousness_n and_o insoleâ—_n which_o the_o people_n have_v be_v so_o use_v to_o in_o nero_n time_n 1._o time_n 〈◊〉_d veterem_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la atque_fw-la 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scorpion_n 1_o king_n 12._o 14._o there_o be_v nothing_o more_o serviceable_a to_o a_o prince_n at_o his_o entrance_n upon_o the_o government_n than_o to_o signalise_v himself_o by_o some_o glorious_a exploit_n for_o reputation_n once_o get_v be_v not_o immediate_o lose_v for_o which_o reason_n domitius_n corbulo_n when_o he_o be_v send_v into_o armenia_n take_v particular_a care_n to_o raise_v his_o reputation_n ann_n reputation_n ubi_fw-la famae_fw-la inserviret_fw-la 〈◊〉_d in_o novis_fw-la câ—ptis_fw-la validissima_fw-la est_fw-la tac._n 13._o ann_n the_o same_o agricola_n do_v in_o his_o government_n of_o britain_n know_v that_o the_o reputation_n of_o his_o first_o action_n will_v bias_n all_o the_o rest_n agr._n rest_n non_fw-la ignarus_fw-la instandum_fw-la faâ—â—ae_fw-la &_o prout_fw-la prima_fw-la â—essissent_fw-la fore_fw-la universa_fw-la tac._n in_o vit_fw-mi agr._n the_o comparison_n which_o the_o people_n make_v between_o the_o past_a and_o present_a administration_n be_v 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aliâ—_n taedio_fw-la caetus_fw-la â—â—idâ—m_fw-la tristitia_fw-la ingenii_fw-la &_o metâ—_n comparationis_fw-la quia_fw-la augustuâ—_n comiâ—er_fw-la â—â—â—fuisset_fw-la tac._n 1._o ann_n wherefore_o as_o soon_o as_o a_o prince_n come_v to_o the_o helm_n of_o affair_n he_o shall_v diligent_o inquire_v what_o thing_n be_v distasteful_a in_o the_o past_a reign_n that_o he_o may_v avoid_v they_o this_o be_v nero_n maxim_n at_o his_o accession_n to_o the_o throne_n prescribe_v it_o as_o a_o plan_n of_o his_o future_a government_n sedulous_o decline_v those_o thing_n which_o have_v late_o breed_v disgust_n ann_n disgust_n tum_o formam_fw-la futuri_fw-la principatus_fw-la prâ—scripsit_fw-la ca_fw-mi maximè_fw-la declinâ—â—_n querum_fw-la recens_fw-la flagrabat_fw-la inuidia_fw-la tac._n 13._o ann_n let_v a_o prince_n also_o adjust_a his_o action_n to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o country_n and_o method_n of_o his_o predecessor_n for_o even_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o successor_n which_o be_v 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〈◊〉_d france_n or_o spain_n never_o so_o little_a overload_v turn_v 〈◊〉_d scale_n of_o peace_n which_o consist_v in_o keep_v they_o even_o â—â—on_o the_o
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the_o tomb_n the_o short_a be_v the_o course_n of_o our_o labour_n and_o therefore_o job_n wish_v he_o have_v be_v immediate_o carry_v from_o the_o womb_n of_o his_o mother_n to_o that_o of_o the_o earth_n 19_o earth_n wherefore_o then_o have_v thou_o bring_v i_o forth_o out_o of_o the_o womb_n o_o that_o i_o have_v give_v up_o the_o ghost_n and_o no_o eye_n have_v see_v i_o i_o shall_v have_v be_v as_o though_o i_o have_v not_o be_v i_o shall_v have_v be_v carry_v from_o the_o womb_n to_o the_o grave_n job_n 10._o 18_o 19_o we_o be_v bind_v as_o soon_o as_o bear_v and_o all_o our_o life-time_n after_o involve_v in_o careâ—_n 4._o careâ—_n i_o be_v nourish_v in_o swaddle_a clothes_n and_o with_o careâ—_n wisd._n 7._o 4._o nor_o have_v king_n in_o this_o any_o privilege_n above_o the_o rest_n of_o mankind_n 5._o mankind_n for_o there_o be_v no_o king_n that_o have_v any_o oâ—â—er_a beginning_n of_o birth_n wisd._n 7._o 5._o do_v humane_a felicity_n consist_v in_o long_a life_n man_n 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