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Aeneas his errours, or, His voyage from Troy into Italy an essay upon the third book of Virgils Aeneis / by John Boys.; Aeneis. Liber 3. English. 1661
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Virgil.; Boys, John, 1614?-1661.
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the_o firmament_n vnmoved_a hang_v nor_o do_v the_o zodiac_n fear_v to_o drop_v a_o star_n whilst_o he_o sustain_v the_o sphere_n old_a atlas_n from_o his_o burden_n free_v a_o while_n stand_v and_o admire_v the_o weight_n he_o use_v to_o feel_v but_o for_o as_o much_o as_o prince_n and_o people_n governor_n and_o govern_v be_v relative_n people_n and_o therefore_o not_o subsistent_a one_o without_o the_o other_o behold_v our_o poet_n give_v his_o aeneas_n a_o competent_a number_n of_o subject_n which_o he_o ever_o call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o socij_fw-la by_o which_o word_n the_o latin_n understand_v a_o companion_n ally_n or_o confederate_a in_o both_o which_o sense_n the_o people_n may_v most_o proper_o be_v call_v socij_fw-la first_o they_o be_v companion_n for_o they_o must_v expect_v to_o accompany_v the_o prince_n in_o his_o fortune_n if_o he_o be_v oppress_v they_o must_v be_v enslave_v if_o he_o be_v dethrone_v and_o murder_v their_o life_n fortune_n and_o liberty_n be_v 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state_n and_o to_o who_o he_o entrust_v the_o chief_a guidance_n of_o that_o great_a vessel_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n now_o the_o qualification_n of_o such_o a_o minister_n be_v chief_o two_o vigilance_n and_o dexterity_n or_o experience_n in_o matter_n of_o state_n thus_o palinurus_n while_o other_o sleep_v haud_fw-la segnis_fw-la strato_fw-la surgit_fw-la there_o be_v his_o vigilance_n now_o for_o his_o dexterity_n or_o experience_n omnes_fw-la explorat_fw-la ventos_fw-la but_o to_o be_v a_o little_a more_o particular_a in_o charactize_v our_o great_a minister_n we_o will_v add_v a_o note_n or_o two_o virgil_n then_o speak_v thus_o of_o palinurus_n as_o we_o have_v according_a to_o our_o manner_n that_o be_v imperfect_o render_v he_o night_n be_v not_o yet_o half_o spend_v when_o from_o his_o bed_n awaken_v palinurus_n nimble_o flee_v the_o wind_n observe_v to_o every_o blast_n give_v ear_n mark_v all_o star_n glide_v in_o the_o silent_a sphere_n arcturus_n and_o the_o drip_a 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