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example_n of_o the_o child_n that_o deride_v helisaeus_n exemplis_fw-la cyconiae_fw-la of_o the_o duty_n of_o child_n towards_o their_o parent_n cyprianus_n de_fw-fr 12_o abusiombus_fw-la ambrose_n lodovicus_n vives_z good_a lesson_n for_o young_a man_n d._n hieronimus_fw-la ad_fw-la letan_n quomodo_fw-la erudienda_fw-la sit_fw-la pvella_fw-la quae_fw-la christiana_n est_fw-la future_a s_o jerom_n unto_o leta_fw-la how_o a_o maiden_n ought_v to_o be_v bring_v up_o which_o shall_v be_v a_o christian_n eccle._n 21._o a_o wise_a daughter_n what_o she_o be_v to_o her_o husband_n quintilian_n why_o child_n servant_n and_o maid_n live_v oftentimes_o most_o miserable_o why_o the_o affection_n of_o child_n be_v more_o cold_a towards_o their_o parent_n than_o of_o the_o parent_n towards_o their_o child_n the_o first_o cause_n of_o disobedience_n the_o second_o cause_n why_o child_n be_v so_o disobedient_a philo._n only_o the_o â—_o commandment_n have_v a_o promise_n what_o thing_n do_v chief_o 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harmolaus_n barbarus_fw-la seneca_n the_o end_n of_o study_n august_n aristippus_n antisthenes_n leontichides_n avaritia_fw-la ambitio_fw-la the_o enemy_n of_o learning_n seneca_n idem_fw-la hierony_n demosthe_n seneca_n idem_fw-la oenopides_n aristippus_n plato_n aristotle_n the_o difference_n between_o the_o learned_a and_o unlearned_a socrates_n diogenes_n cleanthes_n glycon_n plutarch_n empedocles_n of_o the_o dignity_n of_o virtue_n socrates_n hesiodus_n horatius_n how_o we_o mu_o 〈…〉_o come_v to_o virtue_n the_o difference_n between_o the_o affection_n of_o the_o godly_a and_o ungodly_a a_o tale_n of_o hercules_n the_o example_n of_o hercules_n the_o example_n of_o moses_n of_o the_o study_n of_o wisdom_n preu_n 20._o 16._o eccle._n 9_o eodem_fw-la 4._o 6._o the_o commendation_n of_o wisdom_n clement_n isodorus_n lactantius_n two_o step_n unto_o wisdom_n lactantius_n august_n animi_fw-la aegestas_fw-la sapientis_fw-la proprâ—â—m_fw-la eccle._n 10._o prou._n 17._o aristotle_n of_o shamefastness_n paulus_n ver._n â—udo_fw-la vâ—â—es_n cato_n terentius_n diogenes_n seneca_n ambrose_n verecundiae_fw-la â—aâ—des_fw-la sign_n of_o good_a towardness_n in_o youth_n of_o the_o famâ—â—leâ—_n conversation_n of_o the_o good_a 〈◊〉_d evil_a proâ—_n â—_o eccle_n 13._o ambrose_n isidorus_n solomon_n seneca_n menander_n what_o youth_n ought_v to_o follow_v and_o what_o to_o shun_v 2._o timoth._n 2._o peter_n 5._o jacobi_fw-la 4._o john_n 2._o 1._o cor._n 6._o ephes_n 4._o filthy_a speech_n and_o drunkenness_n must_v be_v shun_v anacharsis_n diogenes_n garrulitie_n be_v â—â—proved_v osâ—e_n 4._o 1._o cor._n 6._o apoc._n 21._o deut._n 27._o math._n â—_o 1._o cor._n 6._o the_o rooâ—e_a oâ—_n adultery_n the_o example_n of_o alexander_n against_o adulterer_n sapi._fw-la 3._o 4._o job._n 31._o matrimony_n institute_v of_o god_n gene._n 2._o cor._n 7._o in_o his_o book_n entitle_v eâ—chiridion_n militis_fw-la christian_n the_o fruit_n of_o wicked_a lust_n the_o 〈…〉_o of_o â—_o gooâ—â—â—â—â—e_v pro._n 12._o 14._o 18._o eccle._n 25._o eccle._n 26._o prove_v 19_o virtue_n â—_o godliness_n be_v â—â—â—â—ly_o to_o bâ—e_v respect_v in_o marriage_n philelphus_n the_o end_n of_o marriage_n what_o mauner_n wife_n be_v to_o bâ—e_v marry_v theophrastus_n cecero_n pythagoras_n we_o ought_v not_o to_o marry_v without_o the_o consent_n of_o our_o parent_n &_o dear_a friend_n ambrose_n de_fw-fr nuptiis_fw-la tit_n decimo_fw-la franciscus_n barbarus_fw-la the_o example_n of_o cyrus_n king_n of_o persia_n euaristus_n deut._n 22._o tob._n