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matrum_fw-la cum_fw-la fuâ—â—e_fw-la huiusmodi_fw-la medicina_fw-la causa_fw-la in_o circuitu_fw-la palacâ—i_fw-la affuisset_fw-la /_o imperator_fw-la que_fw-fr eorum_fw-la gemitus_fw-la &_o elamore_n percepisset_fw-la charitate_fw-la motus_fw-la ingemiscens_fw-la sic_fw-la aâ—_n o_fw-mi veer_fw-mi eft_o ipse_fw-la dominus_fw-la qui_fw-la se_fw-la facit_fw-la seruum_fw-la pietatis_fw-la et_fw-la his_fw-la dictis_fw-la statum_fw-la suum_fw-la cunctipoteâ—â—s_fw-la medele_fw-la committens_fw-la svi_fw-la ipsius_fw-la mordum_fw-la â—acius_fw-la quam_fw-la infancium_fw-la mortem_fw-la benignius_fw-la elegit_fw-la unde_fw-la ipse_fw-la qui_fw-la antea_fw-la paganus_fw-la et_fw-la leprosus_fw-la extiterat_fw-la ex_fw-la unda_fw-la baptismatis_fw-la tenatus_fw-la utrinusque_fw-la materie_fw-la tant_fw-fr corporis_fw-la quam_fw-la anime_fw-mi divino_fw-la miraculo_fw-la consecutus_fw-la est_fw-la salutem_fw-la among_o the_o book_n of_o latyn_a i_o find_v it_o wryt_v of_o constantyne_n the_o 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beside_o that_o i_o stant_fw-la of_o love_n as_o i_o you_o herd_n speak_v above_o how_o alysandre_n be_v betaught_a of_o arystotle_n and_o so_o well_o teach_v of_o all_o that_o to_o a_o king_n belong_v whereof_o my_o herte_n sore_o long_v to_o wit_v what_o it_o will_v mean_n for_o by_o reason_n i_o will_v ween_v but_o if_o i_o hear_v of_o thing_n strange_a yet_o for_o a_o time_n it_o shall_v change_v my_o peyne_n and_o lisse_n i_o somdele_fw-la ¶_o my_o good_a son_n thou_o say_v well_o for_o wisdom_n how_o that_o ever_o it_o stone_v to_o he_o that_o can_v it_o understonde_v do_v great_a profit_n in_o sundry_a wise_n but_o touchend_v of_o so_o high_a a_o prize_v which_o be_v not_o unto_o venus_n know_v 〈◊〉_d may_v it_o not_o myself_o know_v which_o of_o her_o court_n be_o all_o forth_o draw_v and_o can_v no_o thing_n but_o of_o her_o law_n but_o netheles_o to_o know_v more_o as_o well_o as_o thou_o i_o long_v sore_a and_o for_o it_o help_v to_o commune_v all_o be_v they_o nought_o to_o 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shall_v speed_n or_o spylle_n for_o thy_o but_o if_o a_o king_n his_o will_n from_o lust_n of_o his_o flesh_n restrain_v ageyne_v himself_o he_o make_v a_o train_n into_o the_o which_o if_o that_o he_o slide_v he_o be_v better_o go_v beside_o for_o every_o man_n may_v understonde_v how_o for_o a_o time_n that_o it_o stone_v it_o be_v a_o sorry_a lust_n to_o like_o who_o end_n make_v a_o man_n to_o syke_v and_o tourn_v joy_n in_o to_o sorrow_n the_o bright_a son_n by_o the_o morrow_n beshyne_v not_o the_o derke_n night_n the_o lusty_a yongth_v of_o man_n may_v in_o age_n but_o it_o stone_v well_o mystorn_v all_o the_o last_o wheel_v ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la qualiter_fw-la principum_fw-la irregulata_fw-la voluptas_fw-la eos_fw-la a_o semita_fw-la recta_fw-la multotiens_fw-la deniare_fw-la compellit_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la salomone_n qui_fw-la ex_fw-la sue_v carnis_fw-la concupiscentia_fw-la victus_fw-la mulierum_fw-la blandimentis_fw-la in_o svi_fw-la scandalum_fw-la deos_fw-la alienos_fw-la colere_fw-la presumebat_fw-la ¶_o that_o every_o worthy_a prince_n be_v hold_v within_o himself_o to_o behold_v to_o see_v the_o state_n of_o his_o person_n and_o think_v how_o there_o be_v joy_n none_o upon_o this_o earth_n make_v to_o last_o and_o how_o the_o flesh_n shall_v at_o last_o the_o lust_n of_o his_o life_n forsake_v he_o ought_v a_o great_a ensample_n take_v of_o solomon_n who_o appetite_n be_v holly_o set_v upon_o delyte_n to_o take_v of_o woman_n the_o pleasance_n so_o that_o upon_o his_o ignorance_n the_o wide_a world_n meruayl_v yet_o that_o he_o which_o all_o man_n wit_n in_o thilk_o time_n have_v overpass_o with_o flesshly_a lust_n be_v so_o tass_v that_o he_o which_o lead_v under_o the_o law_n the_o people_n of_o god_n himself_o withdraw_v he_o have_v fro_o god_n in_o such_o a_o wise_n that_o he_o worship_n and_o sacrifice_n for_o sundry_a love_n in_o sundry_a stead_n unto_o the_o false_a god_n deed_n this_o be_v the_o wise_n 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achias_n propheta_fw-la in_o signum_fw-la 〈◊〉_d regnum_fw-la post_fw-la mortem_fw-la salomonie_n ob_fw-la eius_fw-la â—â—â—catum_fw-la a_o svo_fw-la herede_fw-la dimineretur_fw-la pallium_fw-la suum_fw-la in_o due_a decim_fw-la part_n scidit_fw-la unde_fw-la decem_fw-la part_n jeâ—â—_n 〈◊〉_d filio_fw-la nabal_n qui_fw-fr regnaturê°_n postea_fw-la successit_fw-la 〈◊〉_d to_o deâ—tribuit_fw-la â§_o for_o achias_n solenite_n which_o be_v prophet_n ere_fw-we his_o deces_fw-la while_o he_o be_v in_o his_o lust_n all_o betoken_v what_o shall_v after_o fall_n for_o on_o a_o day_n when_o that_o he_o meet_v jeroboam_fw-la the_o knight_n he_o grette_v and_o have_v he_o that_o he_o shall_v abide_v to_o here_o what_o he_o shall_v betide_v and_o forth_o withal_o achyas_n cast_v his_o mantel_n of_o and_o also_o fast_o he_o cut_v it_o in_o to_o piece_n twelve_o whereof_o two_o party_n unto_o himself_o he_o keep_v and_o all_o the_o remenaunt_n as_o god_n have_v set_v his_o covenaunt_n he_o take_v unto_o jeroboas_n of_o nabal_n which_o the_o son_n be_v and_o of_o the_o king_n court_n a_o knight_n and_o say_v he_o such_o be_v god_n may_v as_o thou_o haste_v see_v depart_v here_o my_o mantel_n right_a in_o such_o manere_fw-la after_o the_o dethe_v of_o solomon_n god_n have_v ordain_v thereupon_o this_o reign_n than_o he_o shall_v divide_v which_o time_n eke_o thou_o shall_v abide_v and_o upon_o that_o division_n the_o reign_n as_o in_o proportion_n as_o thou_o have_v of_o my_o mantel_n take_v thou_o shall_v receyve_v i_o undertake_v and_o thus_o the_o son_n shall_v aby_v the_o lust_n and_o the_o lechery_n of_o he_o which_o now_o his_o father_n be_v so_o for_o to_o take_v heed_n of_o this_o it_o sit_v a_o king_n well_o to_o be_v chaste_a for_o else_o he_o may_v lyght_o waste_v himself_o and_o eke_o his_o reign_n both_o and_o that_o aught_o every_o king_n to_o loath_a o_o which_o a_o sin_n violent_a whereof_o so_o wise_a a_o king_n be_v shend_v that_o he_o vengeance_n of_o his_o 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and_o oft_o time_n he_o be_v so_o nice_a whereof_o nature_n she_o have_v compleyn_v unto_o the_o god_n which_o have_v disceyn_v the_o work_v which_o anthony_n wrought_v of_o lust_n which_o he_o fulle_v sore_o about_o for_o god_n his_o forfete_n have_v so_o wroke_v that_o in_o cronyke_a it_o be_v yet_o speak_v but_o for_o to_o take_v rememembraunce_n of_o special_a mysgovernaunce_n through_o covetyse_n and_o iniustyce_n forth_o with_o the_o remenaunt_n of_o vice_n and_o namelyche_a of_o lechery_n i_o find_v write_v a_o great_a party_n within_o a_o tale_n as_o thou_o shall_v here_o which_o be_v thensample_n of_o this_o matere_a ¶_o hic_fw-la loquit_fw-la he_o tarquinio_n rome_n nuê‘_n impatore_fw-la /_o necnon_fw-la et_fw-fr de_fw-fr eiusdem_fw-la filio_fw-la noie_fw-fr arrou_n /_o qui_fw-fr oim_fw-mi vicâ—orun_v varietate_fw-la repleti_fw-la tam_fw-la in_o hoy_n quam_fw-la in_o mulieres_fw-la in_o numer_n
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