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uprightelie_o if_o thou_o have_v any_o affection_n and_o will_n to_o learn_v &_o understande_v but_o if_o thou_o regard_v they_o not_o thou_o shall_v contemn_v and_o despise_v thyself_o and_o not_o the_o writer_n for_o the_o matier_n pertain_v unto_o the_o and_o not_o unto_o he_o cato_n 2._o while_o thou_o do_v live_v well_o care_v not_o what_o evil_a man_n say_v for_o to_o we_o the_o tongue_n of_o all_o man_n will_v not_o obey_v erasmus_n if_o that_o evil_a dispose_v person_n speak_v not_o well_o of_o the_o when_o thou_o dooesh_v no_o hurt_n hold_v thyself_o content_a with_o the_o uprighte_a conscience_n of_o thy_o good_a do_n for_o in_o the_o it_o lie_v that_o thou_o do_v well_o but_o in_o thy_o power_n it_o be_v not_o how_o and_o what_o this_o or_o that_o man_n shall_v talk_v of_o the._n cato_n 3._o bring_v forth_o for_o a_o witness_n save_v their_o own_o honesty_n as_o nigh_o as_o thou_o can_v keep_v thy_o friend_n fault_n privy_a erasmus_n if_o thou_o be_v call_v for_o a_o witness_n in_o thy_o friend_n cause_n thou_o shall_v to_o thy_o power_n conceal_v and_o hide_v his_o evil_a deed_n but_o to_o that_o thou_o hurt_v not_o thy_o own_o good_a name_n and_o thou_o shall_v geve_v asmoche_n silence_n unto_o amity_n or_o frendeshippe_n as_o thy_o honesty_n and_o thy_o oath_n of_o testimony_n and_o witness_n will_v suffer_v and_o bear_v with_o the._n cato_n 4._o remember_v to_o beware_v of_o word_n gloss_a and_o face_v the_o truth_n be_v whole_a and_o nothing_o back_v erasmus_n the_o communication_n of_o truth_n be_v simple_a and_o plain_a the_o fair_a &_o smooth_a speaker_n be_v full_o of_o deceit_n therefore_o it_o ought_v of_o wise_a man_n always_o to_o be_v suspect_v cato_n 5._o avoid_v sluggishenesse_n and_o idleness_n refrain_v there_o be_v no_o great_a enemy_n than_o a_o idle_a brain_n for_o the_o idleness_n of_o mind_n bring_v the_o body_n out_o of_o course_n eschew_v it_o therefore_o for_o there_o be_v nothing_o worse_o erasmus_n a_o slothful_a and_o a_o idle_a life_n be_v to_o be_v abandon_v and_o the_o imperfectnes_n of_o the_o mind_n do_v also_o bring_v a_o unlustinesse_n &_o feebleness_n unto_o the_o body_n also_o the_o exercise_n of_o the_o mind_n do_v help_v moche_n to_o the_o health_n of_o the_o body_n cato_n 6._o itermedle_o thy_o care_n now_o and_o then_o with_o pastime_n and_o sport_n that_o in_o all_o thy_o travail_n thy_o mind_n may_v receive_v coumforte_n erasmus_n the_o mind_n weary_v with_o serious_a and_o earnest_a business_n be_v sometime_o to_o be_v solace_v with_o honesty_n &_o moderate_a pleasure_n &_o pastime_n so_o that_o the_o spirit_n quicken_v and_o refresh_v it_o may_v be_v able_a to_o sustain_v all_o manner_n of_o labour_n for_o that_o that_o lack_v now_o and_o then_o the_o quiet_a rest_n be_v not_o able_a to_o endure_v all_o of_o the_o best_a cato_n 7._o another_o man_n word_n or_o deed_n do_v thou_o not_o check_v or_o mock_v lest_o in_o like_a manner_n another_o do_v make_v the_o his_o jest_v stock_n erasmus_n whatsoever_o thou_o do_v to_o other_o of_o other_o thesame_n shall_v be_v do_v to_o the_o again_o if_o thou_o can_v glad_o reprove_v other_o man_n deed_n or_o word_n other_o will_v use_v thy_o own_fw-mi example_n against_o thyself_o cato_n 8._o whatsoever_o be_v give_v the_o by_o any_o bequest_n increase_v it_o and_o use_v it_o ever_o to_o the_o best_a erasmus_n whatsoever_o do_v happen_v unto_o the_o by_o the_o testament_n and_o bequest_n of_o thy_o friend_n that_o keep_v lest_o every_o man_n mouth_n be_v full_a of_o the._n for_o the_o common_a people_n be_v wont_a to_o mutter_v against_o they_o that_o come_v sudden_o by_o their_o god_n and_o possession_n cato_n 9_o if_o thou_o have_v riches_n in_o thy_o old_a age_n plenty_n see_v thou_o live_v liberal_o and_o to_o thy_o friend_n be_v not_o scanty_a erasmus_n this_o fault_n be_v peculiar_a to_o old_a man_n that_o the_o more_o near_o they_o be_v to_o death_n door_n the_o more_o catch_v and_o have_v they_o be_v therefore_o do_v thou_o then_o geve_v unto_o thy_o friend_n that_o they_o may_v nourish_v and_o help_v the_o with_o their_o almose_n deed_n cato_n 10._o despise_v not_o thou_o master_v thy_o servant_n good_a counsel_n no_o nor_o any_o other_o judgement_n if_o they_o frame_v well_o erasmus_n for_o the_o baseness_n and_o vileness_n of_o the_o author_n and_o gever_n good_a &_o wholesome_a counsel_n be_v not_o to_o be_v despise_v nor_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v regard_v who_o speak_v it_o but_o what_o the_o thing_n be_v that_o be_v speak_v cato_n 11._o if_o thou_o have_v moche_v and_o after_o become_v poor_a live_v according_a and_o be_v thankful_a therefore_o erasmus_n thy_o fortune_n or_o estate_n diminish_v &_o make_v less_o thou_o may_v not_o use_v like_o galauntnes_n as_o afore_o but_o thou_o shall_v be_v content_a with_o that_o kind_n of_o life_n that_o thy_o present_a fortune_n and_o degree_n do_v geve_v the._n and_o thou_o shall_v take_v that_o well_o a_o woorthe_a that_o now_o be_v present_a cato_n 12._o beware_v thou_o marry_v not_o a_o wife_n for_o her_o dowry_n sake_n and_o if_o she_o be_v shrewish_a soon_o she_o from_o the_o shake_n erasmus_n take_v heed_n thou_o wed_v not_o a_o wife_n for_o the_o sake_n or_o cause_n of_o her_o dowry_n and_o if_o thou_o do_v marry_v one_o scotfree_a and_o well_o dowr_v retain_v she_o not_o for_o the_o respect_n of_o her_o dowry_n if_o she_o be_v a_o shrew_n but_o her_o dowry_n set_v a_o part_n thou_o shall_v forsake_v she_o how_o be_v it_o among_o christian_a man_n this_o precepte_v be_v not_o to_o be_v follow_v nor_o aught_o to_o be_v allow_v cato_n 13._o ¶_o by_o the_o example_n of_o many_o learn_v who_o to_o do_v after_o and_o what_o thou_o must_v fly_v others_z life_n be_v thy_o master_n erasmus_n they_o that_o learn_v by_o their_o own_o pecille_n &_o loss_n what_o be_v mete_v for_o they_o they_o pay_v bear_v for_o their_o learning_n a_o wise_a man_n do_v take_v counsel_n of_o another_o living_n how_o to_o live_v this_o deed_n get_v he_o a_o evil_a name_n i_o shall_v beware_v lest_o i_o do_v a_o like_a this_o thing_n frame_v well_o with_o he_o i_o will_v follow_v and_o do_v after_o he_o cato_n 14._o assay_v what_o thou_o be_v able_a least_o be_v overburden_v thou_o be_v constrain_v to_o leave_v of_o thing_n in_o vain_a attempt_v erasmus_n first_o prove_v what_o thy_o power_n and_o strength_n be_v before_o thou_o set_v upon_o any_o business_n lest_o aftrewardes_o be_v overmaster_v with_o the_o difficulty_n and_o hardenes_n thereof_o thou_o shall_v forsake_v that_o to_o thy_o shame_n which_o so_o unaduisedlie_o thou_o take_v upon_o the._n cato_n 15._o that_o thou_o know_v to_o be_v do_v evil_a to_o tell_v it_o do_v thou_o nothing_o cease_v lest_o thou_o be_v think_v to_o have_v a_o will_n naughty_a compacte_n to_o follow_v by_o hold_v thy_o peace_n erasmus_n dissemble_v thou_o not_o if_o thou_o know_v any_o thing_n not_o to_o be_v well_o do_z for_o thou_o shall_v be_v think_v to_o allow_v it_o when_o thou_o keepe_v it_o privy_a for_o cloak_v and_o silence_n keep_v do_v sometime_o seem_v to_o be_v consent_v and_o agre_v cato_n 16._o ask_v the_o judge_n help_n if_o thou_o be_v wrongful_o judge_v yea_o the_o law_n themselves_o desire_v with_o right_a to_o be_v minister_v erasmus_n if_o thou_o be_v oppress_v with_o a_o wicked_a law_n that_o be_v with_o a_o straight_a and_o ungentle_a law_n fleire_n to_o the_o justice_n of_o the_o judge_n for_o this_o be_v not_o against_o the_o law_n but_o be_v the_o mind_n and_o meaning_n of_o the_o law_n that_o they_o be_v reduce_v and_o temper_v by_o justice_n it_o be_v a_o uniuste_a law_n when_o it_o be_v sue_v to_o the_o extremity_n as_o if_o a_o poor_a man_n shall_v be_v cast_v into_o prison_n because_o he_o do_v not_o find_v his_o father_n whereas_o the_o law_n say_v let_v the_o child_n maintain_v and_o keep_v their_o father_n and_o mother_n or_o else_o let_v they_o be_v commit_v to_o ward_v some_o time_n the_o law_n be_v the_o straight_a for_o to_o cast_v man_n into_o a_o fear_n in_o these_o thing_n the_o judge_n that_o be_v the_o master_n or_o chief_a governor_n may_v help_v and_o be_v a_o mean_a cato_n 17._o that_o thou_o do_v suffer_v woorthelie_o remember_v there_o with_o to_o be_v content_a and_o when_o thou_o find_v thyself_o guilty_a thyself_o reprove_v by_o thy_o own_o judgement_n erasmus_n a_o displeasure_n that_o chance_v unto_o the_o through_o thy_o own_o fault_n thou_o shall_v impute_v it_o to_o none_o other_o than_o thyself_o and_o when_o thou_o feel_v thyself_o guilty_a reprove_v thyself_o and_o be_v thy_o own_o judge_n &_o think_v thyself_o worthy_a of_o that_o punishment_n cato_n 18._o look_v thou_o read_v many_o thing_n they_o read_v read_v many_o
and_o to_o redress_v his_o naughty_a law_n &_o tradition_n which_o be_v only_o by_o custom_n confirm_v and_o the_o only_a refuge_n and_o defence_n of_o his_o fautour_n be_v custom_n sai_v so_o have_v our_o father_n use_v so_o they_o beleve_v and_o except_o the_o more_o mercy_n of_o god_n so_o they_o be_v damn_v publius_n 155._o a_o great_a rebuke_n although_o it_o be_v speak_v mere_o yet_o many_o time_n it_o hurt_v grevouslie_o erasmus_n as_o among_o englishemen_n if_o a_o man_n call_v one_o or_o other_o traitor_n but_o in_o sport_n he_o be_v in_o danger_n of_o a_o blow_n or_o some_o worse_a displeasure_n the_o trespass_n be_v so_o heinous_a publius_n 156._o alas_o how_o hard_a be_v the_o custody_n of_o renown_n and_o glory_n erasmus_n a_o honest_a name_n &_o fame_n be_v light_o defile_v and_o contaminate_v and_o it_o be_v a_o more_o hard_a and_o busy_a thing_n to_o defend_v and_o keep_v thesame_a then_o to_o get_v it_o publius_n 157._o a_o man_n be_v beside_o his_o body_n when_o he_o be_v furious_a and_o angry_a erasmus_n he_o be_v beside_o himself_o and_o not_o his_o own_o man_n whosoever_o be_v angry_a and_o through_o vex_v according_a to_o this_o sai_n afore_o he_o speak_v to_o one_o that_o be_v absente_a that_o commune_v with_o a_o angry_a person_n publius_n 158._o alas_o how_o great_o be_v he_o to_o be_v fear_v to_o who_o death_n be_v nothing_o dread_v erasmus_n ¶_o he_o that_o pass_v not_o upon_o death_n soche_v a_o one_o be_v great_o to_o be_v fear_v forasmoche_o as_o he_o be_v lord_n and_o ruler_n of_o another_o man_n life_n which_o do_v little_o set_v by_o his_o own_o burrant_n as_o who_o will_v say_v he_o little_o pass_v to_o kill_v and_o slay_v who_o care_v not_o for_o the_o lose_v of_o his_o own_o life_n publius_n 159._o upon_o a_o wretched_a person_n he_o that_o have_v pity_n of_o himself_o he_o have_v memory_n erasmus_n for_o soche_v a_o one_o do_v understande_v that_o the_o same_o wretchedness_n may_v chance_v unto_o he_o whereupon_o he_o shall_v need_v of_o soche_n help_v publius_n 160._o that_o be_v a_o shame_n not_o without_o honesty_n in_o a_o rightful_a cause_n for_o to_o die_v erasmus_n ¶_o that_o evil_a name_n and_o reproach_n be_v praiseful_a for_o a_o man_n to_o less_o his_o life_n in_o the_o way_n of_o right_n burrant_n as_o to_o be_v hang_v be_v a_o villainous_a death_n yet_o be_v it_o glory_n to_o he_o which_o be_v hang_v giltelesse_a or_o be_v take_v prisoner_n and_o so_o put_v to_o soche_v kind_a of_o execution_n among_o his_o enemy_n publius_n 161._o he_o have_v help_v in_o adversity_n who_o dare_v his_o help_n in_o prosperity_n erasmus_n who_o when_o he_o be_v well_o at_o ease_n and_o wealthy_a do_v help_v other_o other_o do_v help_v the_o same_o again_o in_o his_o adversity_n burrant_n but_o forasmoche_n as_o few_o do_v observe_v this_o lesson_n therefore_o the_o less_o pity_n man_n have_v of_o they_o when_o they_o be_v fall_v in_o soche_n necessite_a and_o need_n publius_n 162._o ¶_o of_o he_o to_o be_v harm_v alas_o what_o misery_n be_v it_o of_o who_o thou_o can_v not_o complain_v or_o requite_v erasmus_n it_o be_v a_o hard_a case_n for_o a_o man_n to_o be_v endomage_v or_o displease_v either_o of_o his_o friend_n or_o else_o of_o a_o great_a man_n for_o as_o of_o the_o one_o it_o be_v little_a honesty_n to_o complain_v so_o of_o the_o other_o it_o be_v not_o the_o sure_a and_o so_o he_o shall_v bring_v himself_o into_o a_o shrewd_a picle_n if_o either_o of_o they_o will_v go_v about_o to_o requite_v he_o with_o like_a displeasure_n publius_n 163._o extreme_a need_n and_o wretched_a poverte_a cause_v a_o man_n to_o aventure_n in_o great_a jeopardy_n erasmus_n povertie_n be_v witty_a and_o full_a of_o innention_n and_o a_o finder_n out_o of_o craft_n and_o subtlety_n and_o evil_a and_o naughty_a thing_n do_v many_o time_n stir_v and_o move_v a_o man_n brain_n according_a to_o the_o sai_n of_o naso_n burrant_n as_o in_o some_o idolatry_n in_o some_o theft_n in_o some_o other_o lechery_n and_o so_o all_o kind_n of_o vice_n poverty_n do_v cause_n to_o be_v attempt_v and_o approve_v publius_n 164._o alas_o how_o miserable_a be_v that_o peine_fw-fr which_o in_o torment_fw-mi may_v not_o complain_v erasmus_n the_o truth_n be_v try_v out_o in_o torment_n and_o punishemente_n but_o some_o be_v so_o torment_v that_o they_o dare_v not_o tell_v the_o truth_n know_v what_o he_o will_v have_v keep_v privy_a and_z nor_o to_o be_v utter_v that_o do_v torment_fw-mi and_o punish_v they_o publius_n 165._o alas_o in_o long_a life_n how_o many_o do_v chance_n that_o cause_v a_o man_n to_o take_v great_a repentance_n erasmus_n many_o thing_n do_v happen_v by_o live_v long_o which_o thou_o will_v not_o to_o happen_v by_o thy_o wil._n burrant_n forasmoche_n as_o the_o life_n of_o man_n be_v never_o without_o misery_n and_o wretchedness_n &_o ever_o in_o subjection_n to_o the_o hasarde_n and_o danger_n of_o fortune_n publius_n 166._o pleasant_a and_o sweet_a communication_n have_v his_o veneme_n and_o poison_n erasmus_n fair_a speech_n be_v full_a of_o subtlety_n &_o deceit_n and_o a_o sweet_a honey_a poison_n burrant_n who_o taste_n be_v pleasant_a and_o delectable_a and_o yet_o the_o operation_n and_o work_v of_o the_o same_o be_v most_o noisos_fw-la and_o deadly_a publius_n 167._o so_o often_o time_n a_o man_n die_v how_o often_o as_o he_o his_o friend_n lese_v erasmus_n death_n be_v a_o certain_a bunum_a or_o lack_v of_o a_o man_n best_a ivelle_n as_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n his_o father_n and_o mother_n or_o any_o other_o of_o his_o familiar_n or_o who_o he_o dere_o love_v publius_n 168._o a_o man_n always_o bear_v one_o thing_n in_o himself_o privily_o and_o think_v toward_o another_o clean_a contrary_n erasmus_n every_o man_n be_v a_o dissembler_n burrant_n there_o be_v not_o the_o perfeict_a friend_n and_o lover_n but_o he_o will_v dissemble_v and_o gloze_v and_o whereas_o he_o do_v bear_v himself_o out_o wardelie_a to_o be_v a_o friend_n yet_o he_o think_v otherwise_o in_o his_o heart_n publius_n 169._o a_o good_a report_n of_o a_o man_n honesty_n be_v another_o inheritance_n and_o patrimome_n erasmus_n a_o good_a name_n and_o honest_a report_n be_v almost_o asmoche_v worth_a as_o any_o god_n or_o land_n that_o a_o man_n have_v by_o his_o inheritance_n burrant_n yea_o whosoever_o have_v a_o good_a name_n have_v purchase_v to_o himself_o a_o more_o ample_a and_o sure_a state_n of_o inheritance_n than_o can_v by_o any_o gift_n or_o natural_a dissent_n or_o by_o any_o other_o earthelie_o thing_n be_v obtain_v publius_n 170._o a_o man_n perceive_v not_o any_o grief_n or_o peine_fw-fr as_o long_o as_o by_o good_a fortune_n he_o do_v gain_v erasmus_n that_o peine_fw-fr and_o grief_n be_v not_o feel_v nor_o perceive_v wherewith_o any_o commodite_n or_o profeict_n be_v gorten_v burrant_n for_o the_o swetenes_n and_o pleasure_n of_o the_o one_o do_v allay_v the_o bitterness_n and_o peine_fw-fr of_o the_o other_o publius_n 171._o he_z with_o 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