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mean_n to_o be_v make_v straight_o but_o aristotle_n answer_v that_o it_o be_v not_o convenient_a to_o entertain_v they_o with_o these_o kind_n of_o discourse_n because_o when_o it_o concern_v we_o as_o in_o the_o case_n of_o the_o passion_n and_o action_n we_o give_v not_o so_o much_o credit_n to_o the_o word_n as_o to_o the_o thing_n itself_o from_o whence_o it_o happen_v that_o when_o the_o word_n agree_v not_o with_o what_o the_o sense_n apprehend_v they_o be_v despise_v and_o though_o they_o comprehend_v something_o that_o be_v good_a yet_o they_o be_v thereby_o baffle_v therefore_o aristotle_n seem_v to_o intimate_v that_o it_o be_v more_o reasonable_a not_o to_o place_v the_o pleasure_n among_o the_o evil_n see_v the_o sense_n be_v of_o a_o contrary_a persuasion_n and_o when_o they_o be_v bare_o look_v upon_o as_o pleasure_n they_o approve_v of_o they_o and_o judge_v they_o good_a but_o it_o be_v more_o reasonable_a to_o discover_v and_o lay_v open_a the_o evil_n that_o 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be_v more_o fix_v and_o solid_a and_o which_o nature_n have_v make_v the_o first_o and_o principal_a and_o this_o be_v succeed_v by_o sorrow_n and_o repentance_n for_o this_o cause_n it_o be_v that_o epicurus_n advise_v that_o wisdom_n shall_v interpose_v which_o teach_v man_n to_o govern_v his_o pleasure_n that_o be_v to_o say_v to_o consider_v and_o look_v upon_o the_o assistant_n as_o assistant_n and_o the_o principal_a as_o principal_a in_o the_o mean_a while_n we_o need_v not_o concern_v ourselves_o much_o about_o what_o the_o cyrenaick_n object_n in_o cicero_n that_o this_o pleasure_n of_o epicurus_n be_v like_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o sleep_a person_n for_o he_o have_v declare_v that_o his_o tranquillity_n and_o freedom_n from_o pain_n be_v not_o to_o be_v stupefy_v but_o to_o be_v in_o such_o a_o state_n that_o all_o the_o action_n of_o our_o life_n
but_o only_o that_o the_o life_n of_o man_n suffer_v foolish_o many_o pleasure_n to_o escape_v through_o vainglory_n and_o ambition_n that_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o begin_v to_o live_v we_o begin_v to_o die_v and_o that_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o inconvenient_a to_o mankind_n as_o ambition_n and_o the_o excessive_a desire_n of_o glory_n a_o excellent_a doctrine_n which_o may_v make_v we_o understand_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o defer_v the_o enjoyment_n of_o this_o happy_a philosophical_a repose_n to_o a_o decrepit_a age._n we_o need_v but_o cast_v a_o eye_n upon_o the_o condition_n of_o courtier_n or_o such_o as_o be_v raise_v to_o high_a place_n and_o dignity_n and_o encumber_v with_o business_n there_o be_v scarce_o any_o but_o be_v weary_v with_o his_o manner_n of_o live_v and_o wish_n for_o the_o quiet_a repose_n of_o those_o who_o he_o see_v escape_v as_o it_o be_v from_o out_o of_o a_o trouble_a sea_n swell_v with_o storm_n and_o tempest_n to_o a_o secure_a and_o peaceable_a haven_n who_o be_v there_o that_o do_v it_o often_o think_v of_o retreat_v from_o the_o hurry_n of_o business_n and_o endeavour_v to_o arrive_v to_o that_o retiredness_n from_o the_o world_n wherein_o he_o may_v compose_v his_o distract_a thought_n and_o render_v the_o remainder_n of_o his_o day_n easy_a and_o happy_a pray_v tell_v i_o shall_v not_o we_o act_v much_o more_o prudent_o do_v we_o never_o hazard_v ourselves_o in_o this_o tempestuous_a sea_n of_o business_n but_o withdraw_v ourselves_o as_o soon_o as_o we_o can_v from_o it_o and_o begin_v to_o live_v happy_o from_o our_o very_a youth_n forward_o be_v not_o this_o a_o much_o wise_a design_n than_o to_o allot_v to_o our_o old_a age_n the_o very_a dregs_o of_o our_o life_n common_o accompany_v with_o various_a infirmity_n and_o which_o oftentimes_o we_o never_o arrive_v to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o live_v happy_o doubtless_o they_o be_v happy_a who_o have_v take_v a_o firm_a resolution_n to_o spend_v all_o their_o 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we_o be_v in_o present_a possession_n of_o what_o we_o can_v not_o otherwise_o attain_v but_o by_o great_a labour_n bloodshed_n and_o rapine_n beside_o a_o thousand_o way_n of_o expose_v ourselves_o and_o our_o people_n to_o infinite_a hazard_n and_o danger_n i_o shall_v not_o here_o any_o long_o insist_v upon_o this_o subject_a viz._n the_o advantage_n that_o a_o wise_a man_n reap_v from_o his_o tranquillity_n and_o retirement_n have_v be_v often_o mention_v already_o i_o will_v only_o mention_v that_o damocles_n have_v good_a reason_n to_o say_v that_o those_o who_o so_o earnest_o seek_v after_o great_a honour_n and_o preferment_n common_o mind_n nothing_o but_o the_o outward_a splendour_n which_o dazzle_v the_o eye_n of_o the_o vulgar_a but_o never_o heed_v the_o gripe_a care_n i_o may_v say_v fury_n which_o torment_v those_o who_o be_v already_o exalt_v to_o those_o high_a place_n aristotle_n cite_v the_o verse_n of_o euripides_n in_o which_o he_o accuse_v himself_o of_o folly_n because_o that_o when_o he_o be_v able_a to_o live_v happy_o as_o a_o private_a man_n indiscreet_o make_v himself_o miserable_a by_o entangle_v and_o incumber_v himself_o with_o business_n be_o i_o wise_a quoth_v he_o to_o thrust_v myself_o upon_o trouble_n when_o i_o can_v have_v easy_o be_v without_o it_o but_o the_o ordinary_a labour_n that_o we_o common_o undergo_v in_o the_o management_n of_o our_o necessary_a affair_n seem_v not_o worthy_a to_o be_v take_v notice_n of_o if_o compare_v with_o the_o continual_a dread_n and_o terror_n of_o mind_n which_o attend_v those_o who_o see_v themselves_o always_o walk_v upon_o brink_n and_o precipice_n in_o continual_a danger_n of_o fall_v so_o much_o the_o low_a by_o how_o much_o the_o high_o they_o have_v raise_v themselves_o sejanus_n say_v the_o satyr_n know_v not_o what_o he_o desire_v when_o he_o greedy_o long_v for_o and_o earnest_o seek_v after_o the_o great_a honour_n and_o boundless_a riches_n which_o at_o length_n he_o be_v possess_v of_o for_o they_o be_v as_o so_o many_o degree_n by_o which_o he_o ascend_v to_o the_o top_n of_o that_o pinnacle_n from_o whence_o he_o be_v to_o be_v miserable_o cast_v down_o what_o ruin_v crassus_n and_o pompey_n be_v it_o not_o that_o high_a station_n for_o which_o they_o have_v so_o earnest_o endeavour_v that_o nothing_o of_o labour_n or_o difficulty_n can_v hinder_v they_o in_o their_o attempt_n such_o earnest_a petition_n as_o these_o the_o god_n grant_v we_o in_o their_o wrath._n ergo_fw-la quid_fw-la optandum_fw-la foret_fw-la ignorasse_fw-la videris_fw-la sejanum_fw-la nam_fw-la qui_fw-la nimios_fw-la optabat_fw-la honores_fw-la et_fw-la nimias_fw-la poscebat_fw-la opes_fw-la numerosa_fw-la parabat_fw-la excelsae_fw-la turris_n tabulata_fw-la unde_fw-la altior_fw-la esset_fw-la casus_fw-la &_o impulsae_fw-la praeceps_fw-la immane_a ruinae_fw-la quid_fw-la crassos_fw-la quid_fw-la pompeios_fw-la evertit_fw-la &_o illum_fw-la ad_fw-la sva_fw-la qui_fw-la domitos_fw-la deduxit_fw-la flagra_fw-la quirite_n summus_n nempe_fw-la locus_fw-la nulla_fw-la non_fw-la arte_fw-la petitus_fw-la magnaque_fw-la numinibus_fw-la vota_fw-la exaudita_fw-la malignis_fw-la chap._n vi_o of_o fortitude_n to_o treat_v of_o the_o several_a virtue_n in_o their_o order_n we_o ought_v next_o to_o prudence_n to_o speak_v of_o fortitude_n which_o be_v as_o the_o first_o part_n of_o honesty_n as_o temperance_n be_v the_o second_o not_o that_o other_o virtue_n do_v not_o participate_v of_o honesty_n but_o because_o those_o who_o behave_v themselves_o according_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o fortitude_n and_o temperance_n be_v principal_o and_o more_o especial_o say_v to_o act_v honest_o and_o honourable_o now_o fortitude_n in_o the_o sense_n that_o it_o be_v here_o take_v be_v not_o ill_o describe_v by_o cicero_n viz._n a_o considerable_a firmness_n and_o resolution_n of_o mind_n able_a to_o encounter_v danger_n and_o submit_v to_o labour_v because_o this_o definition_n point_v at_o the_o two_o chief_a act_n of_o fortitude_n the_o one_o undertake_v the_o other_o sustain_v and_o teach_v to_o shun_v the_o two_o vicious_a extremity_n namely_o audacity_n and_o timidity_n into_o which_o we_o may_v run_v for_o want_n of_o a_o mature_a consideration_n this_o virtue_n seem_v also_o to_o be_v well_o define_v by_o aristotle_n a_o medium_fw-la or_o mediocrity_n between_o fear_n and_o too_o great_a confidence_n and_o seneca_n say_v it_o be_v the_o knowledge_n how_o to_o repel_v submit_v to_o and_o encounter_v danger_n however_o though_o fortitude_n as_o it_o be_v a_o particular_a virtue_n be_v such_o as_o we_o have_v represent_v it_o yet_o sometime_o man_n give_v to_o it_o too_o large_a a_o compass_n sometime_o too_o narrow_a too_o large_a be_v allow_v it_o when_o they_o extend_v it_o as_o far_o as_o any_o virtue_n reach_v as_o st._n ambrose_n do_v and_o before_o he_o st._n clement_n when_o he_o say_v the_o duty_n of_o fortitude_n be_v not_o only_o to_o bear_v patient_o human_a casualty_n and_o misfortune_n but_o also_o to_o resist_v lust_n debauchery_n pain_n and_o wrath._n they_o allow_v too_o narrow_a a_o compass_n when_o they_o take_v it_o only_o for_o a_o military_a virtue_n as_o if_o scarce_o any_o be_v to_o be_v allow_v valiant_a but_o such_o as_o show_v their_o courage_n in_o war_n or_o dye_v fight_v and_o by_o this_o mean_n become_v illustrious_a and_o obâ—â—in_o everlasting_a renown_n but_o we_o see_v those_o who_o express_v no_o less_o fortitude_n and_o courage_n either_o under_o distemper_n or_o in_o danger_n at_o sea_n and_o on_o other_o occasion_n and_o dye_v with_o as_o much_o resolution_n however_o aristotle_n will_v have_v he_o to_o be_v term_v proper_o courageous_a who_o see_v with_o a_o undaunted_a spirit_n a_o honest_a death_n and_o the_o preparation_n to_o it_o such_o as_o be_v principal_o those_o that_o we_o meet_v with_o in_o war._n this_o make_v cicero_n say_v that_o the_o great_a and_o noble_a action_n perform_v in_o war_n have_v this_o belong_v to_o they_o that_o they_o be_v i_o know_v
put_v a_o end_n either_o to_o he_o or_o his_o suffer_v if_o it_o cease_v the_o pleasure_n of_o be_v deliver_v from_o it_o and_o the_o health_n of_o body_n that_o succeed_v with_o a_o perfect_a indolency_n be_v so_o please_v and_o delightsome_a that_o we_o seem_v to_o be_v well_o satisfy_v with_o the_o pain_n we_o have_v undergo_v from_o the_o pleasure_n we_o enjoy_v of_o be_v free_v from_o it_o and_o if_o it_o take_v away_o the_o sufferer_n it_o bring_v he_o to_o the_o end_n of_o all_o suffering_n so_o that_o this_o suffer_v bring_v at_o least_o this_o advantage_n with_o it_o that_o it_o make_v our_o life_n which_o we_o must_v needs_o part_v with_o less_o please_a and_o death_n less_o terrible_a wherefore_o many_o care_v not_o how_o soon_o they_o dye_v expect_v thereby_o to_o be_v deliver_v from_o their_o pain_n so_o that_o every_o day_n they_o talk_v after_o this_o manner_n nor_o be_v death_n grievous_a whilst_o it_o end_v my_o pain_n now_o as_o for_o death_n we_o have_v already_o allege_v so_o many_o thing_n to_o show_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o expect_v it_o and_o bear_v it_o patient_o that_o it_o be_v needless_a to_o insist_v any_o long_o upon_o this_o particular_a let_v we_o therefore_o conclude_v with_o that_o kind_n of_o general_a consolation_n which_o horace_n in_o few_o word_n express_v with_o equal_a foot_n impartial_a fate_n knock_n at_o the_o cottage_n and_o the_o palace_n gate_n and_o the_o french_a poet_n malherbius_n imitate_v he_o the_o beggar_n in_o straw_n keep_v the_o general_a law_n and_o when_o death_n give_v the_o word_n must_v advance_v and_o the_o guard_n that_o each_o hour_n take_v their_o place_n at_o the_o lovure_n can_v defend_v the_o great_a monarch_n of_o france_n chap._n vii_o of_o temperance_n cicero_n tell_v we_o that_o temperance_n make_v up_o the_o second_o principal_a part_n of_o morality_n the_o greek_n style_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o protectrice_n of_o prudence_n or_o as_o plato_n term_v it_o the_o safety_n of_o prudence_n from_o hence_o a_o temperate_a man_n be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v one_o who_o preserve_v wisdom_n or_o one_o who_o keep_v his_o sense_n entire_a and_o sound_a and_o herein_o he_o be_v oppose_v to_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o imprudent_a man_n or_o a_o fool_n for_o he_o who_o be_v intemperate_a seem_v to_o have_v lose_v all_o prudence_n to_o have_v no_o due_a use_n either_o of_o his_o sense_n or_o his_o reason_n this_o virtue_n also_o be_v sometime_o take_v in_o too_o large_a a_o extent_n sometime_o too_o narrow_a and_o sometime_o in_o a_o mediocrity_n and_o in_o this_o last_o sense_n we_o shall_v now_o treat_v of_o it_o now_o that_o it_o be_v take_v sometime_o in_o too_o large_a a_o sense_n as_o general_o comprehend_v all_o virtue_n or_o for_o all_o that_o be_v excellent_a and_o commendable_a in_o any_o other_o virtue_n even_o the_o word_n itself_o seem_v to_o import_n for_o temperance_n express_v a_o mediocrity_n and_o all_o virtue_n be_v a_o mediocrity_n beside_o it_o be_v as_o we_o have_v say_v the_o protectrice_n of_o prudence_n without_o which_o no_o virtue_n can_v subsist_v and_o according_a to_o the_o opinion_n of_o pythagoras_n it_o be_v the_o life_n and_o vigour_n of_o the_o soul_n socrates_n name_v it_o the_o foundation_n of_o virtue_n plato_n the_o ornament_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n and_o jamblicus_n the_o breastplate_n of_o all_o the_o most_o excellent_a habit_n that_o it_o be_v sometime_o take_v in_o too_o narrow_a a_o signification_n may_v appear_v when_o it_o be_v understand_v only_o for_o that_o virtue_n that_o give_v a_o check_n to_o the_o pleasure_n of_o taste_v and_o feel_v and_o comprehend_v only_a sobriety_n and_o chastity_n last_o it_o seem_v to_o be_v take_v in_o a_o moderate_a latitude_n and_o extent_n when_o we_o understand_v not_o only_o hereby_o the_o regulation_n of_o the_o particular_a appetite_n of_o taste_v and_o feel_v etc._n etc._n but_o likewise_o such_o as_o puff_v up_o the_o mind_n and_o carry_v it_o beyond_o the_o bound_n of_o decency_n and_o honesty_n so_o that_o we_o may_v say_v that_o a_o temperate_a man_n be_v not_o only_o such_o a_o one_o who_o live_v sober_o and_o chaste_o but_o he_o also_o who_o neither_o speak_v nor_o act_v any_o thing_n but_o agreeable_a with_o justice_n and_o moderation_n and_o which_o be_v accept_v and_o approve_v of_o by_o all_o good_a and_o wise_a men._n of_o modesty_n and_o decency_n wherefore_o among_o the_o several_a species_n of_o temperance_n sobriety_n and_o chastity_n be_v not_o only_o to_o be_v reckon_v which_o we_o have_v before_o mention_v but_o also_o many_o of_o those_o which_o we_o name_v potential_a as_o be_v gentleness_n or_o mildness_n clemency_n modesty_n and_o some_o other_o so_o that_o modesty_n and_o decency_n which_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o integral_a part_n be_v of_o a_o large_a signification_n as_o be_v too_o general_a mean_n the_o one_o to_o draw_v we_o from_o intemperance_n and_o the_o other_o to_o incline_v we_o to_o it_o for_o modesty_n though_o aristotle_n pretend_v that_o it_o be_v no_o virtue_n but_o rather_o a_o bashful_a disturbance_n as_o be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o certain_a fear_n of_o infamy_n nevertheless_o this_o disturbance_n tend_v to_o oppose_v that_o sort_n of_o pleasure_n which_o we_o may_v take_v in_o too_o great_a confidence_n which_o produce_v a_o great_a displeasure_n namely_o that_o which_o proceed_v from_o infamy_n and_o disgrace_n and_o decency_n at_o least_o as_o it_o be_v here_o take_v be_v nothing_o else_o but_o a_o certain_a conveniency_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d approve_v of_o which_o prevail_v upon_o we_o by_o its_o beauty_n cause_v we_o to_o give_v a_o check_n to_o that_o dare_a impudence_n so_o that_o thereby_o our_o good_a reputation_n be_v preserve_v safe_a and_o sound_a it_o procure_v a_o certain_a pleasure_n much_o great_a and_o more_o sincere_a now_o though_o it_o be_v commendable_a to_o shun_v intemperance_n and_o to_o follow_v temperance_n because_o of_o decency_n alone_o and_o good_a manner_n it_o be_v likewise_o commendable_a for_o modesty_n sake_n or_o for_o fear_n of_o shame_n which_o will_v otherwise_o ensue_v for_o as_o we_o can_v hate_v darkness_n but_o we_o must_v love_v the_o light_n so_o we_o can_v hate_v shame_n and_o dishonour_v but_o we_o must_v have_v a_o love_n for_o a_o good_a reputation_n and_o for_o a_o honest_a name_n therefore_o when_o aristotle_n in_o his_o book_n to_o nicomachus_n seem_v to_o disallow_v modesty_n he_o do_v not_o mean_v that_o shamefacedness_n which_o appear_v in_o the_o blush_a countenance_n of_o young_a person_n who_o be_v apt_a to_o be_v too_o far_o transport_v by_o a_o juvenile_a heat_n but_o he_o allow_v it_o not_o in_o age_a person_n who_o ought_v never_o to_o commit_v any_o thing_n whereof_o they_o may_v be_v ashamed_a for_o elsewhere_o in_o his_o great_a treatise_n of_o morality_n he_o place_v modesty_n among_o the_o other_o virtue_n and_o give_v to_o it_o this_o definition_n a_o mediocrity_n between_o impudence_n and_o insensibility_n as_o if_o he_o shall_v say_v that_o modesty_n be_v a_o certain_a kind_n of_o shame_n occasion_v not_o by_o the_o commission_n of_o any_o base_a and_o dishonest_a action_n but_o proceed_v to_o advise_v and_o hinder_v we_o from_o the_o commit_n of_o it_o of_o sobriety_n and_o chastity_n in_o general_n these_o two_o virtue_n seem_v to_o deserve_v a_o particular_a tract_n at_o large_a for_o they_o constitue_a two_o principal_a kind_n of_o temperance_n but_o we_o can_v scarce_o add_v any_o thing_n to_o what_o have_v be_v former_o say_v when_o we_o have_v mention_v the_o great_a advantage_n of_o a_o sober_a life_n and_o when_o we_o have_v instance_a that_o noble_a and_o celebrate_a maxim_n of_o epicurus_n sapientem_fw-la non_fw-la esse_fw-la amaturum_fw-la nunquam_fw-la prodesse_fw-la venerea_fw-la therefore_o i_o shall_v here_o only_o observe_v some_o thing_n in_o general_a and_o then_o more_o particular_o in_o general_n that_o the_o praise_n and_o advantage_n of_o these_o two_o virtue_n seem_v for_o the_o most_o part_n to_o consist_v not_o in_o the_o withdraw_a ourselves_o from_o live_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o brute_n in_o respect_n of_o lust_n and_o pleasure_n but_o rather_o to_o approach_v near_a to_o '_o they_o this_o will_v not_o seem_v so_o great_a a_o paradox_n if_o we_o do_v but_o consider_v that_o we_o be_v very_o frequent_o more_o intemperate_a and_o worse_o than_o those_o creature_n that_o follow_v the_o mere_a dictate_v of_o nature_n whereas_o we_o debauch_v and_o abuse_v nature_n for_o there_o be_v no_o doubt_n but_o that_o that_o strong_a inclination_n and_o desire_n which_o we_o have_v for_o eat_v and_o drink_v be_v natural_a see_v we_o find_v it_o equal_o in_o all_o animal_n and_o proceed_v from_o the_o institution_n of_o nature_n who_o have_v ordain_v that_o by_o food_n