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those_o who_o among_o other_o gift_n of_o the_o mind_n have_v surpass_v other_o man_n in_o sage_a advice_n and_o wisdom_n be_v thereupon_o at_o rome_n surname_v cati_fw-la and_o corculi_fw-la in_o greece_n socrates_n carry_v the_o name_n away_o from_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v deem_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n pythius_n the_o wise_a man_n of_o all_o other_o chap._n xxxii_o ¶_o of_o authority_n again_o chilo_n the_o lacedaemonian_a be_v of_o so_o great_a reputation_n among_o man_n that_o his_o say_n be_v hold_v for_o oracle_n and_o three_o precept_n of_o his_o be_v write_v in_o letter_n of_o gold_n &_o consecrate_v in_o the_o temple_n of_o apollo_n at_o delphi_n where_o the_o first_o be_v this_o know_v thyself_o the_o second_o set_v thy_o mind_n too_o much_o on_o nothing_o the_o three_o debt_n and_o law_n be_v always_o accompany_v with_o misery_n his_o hap_n be_v to_o die_v for_o joy_n upon_o tiding_n that_o his_o son_n win_v the_o best_a prize_n and_o be_v crown_v victor_n at_o the_o solemn_a game_n olympia_n and_o when_o he_o shall_v be_v inter_v all_o greece_n do_v he_o honour_n and_o solemnize_v his_o funeral_n chap._n xxxiii_o ¶_o person_n of_o a_o divine_a spirit_n and_o heavenly_a nature_n among_o woman_n sibylla_n be_v excellent_a at_o divination_n and_o for_o a_o certain_a fellowship_n and_o society_n with_o celestial_a wight_n of_o great_a name_n as_o for_o man_n among_o the_o greek_n melampus_n and_o with_o we_o roman_n martius_z carried_z as_o great_a a_o opinion_n chap._n xxxiv_o ¶_o scipio_n nasica_n scipio_n nasica_n be_v judge_v once_o by_o the_o senate_n swear_v to_o speak_v without_o passion_n and_o affection_n to_o be_v the_o best_a &_o honest_a man_n that_o ever_o be_v from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n howbeit_o the_o same_o man_n as_o upright_o as_o he_o be_v suffer_v a_o repulse_n and_o disgrace_n at_o the_o people_n hand_n in_o his_o white_a robe_n when_o he_o sue_v for_o a_o dignity_n and_o to_o conclude_v in_o the_o end_n his_o hap_n be_v not_o to_o depart_v this_o life_n in_o his_o own_o country_n no_o more_o than_o it_o be_v the_o will_n of_o god_n that_o socrates_n the_o wise_a man_n so_o deem_v by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n shall_v die_v out_o of_o prison_n chap._n xxxv_o ¶_o of_o chastity_n svlpitia_n daughter_n of_o paterculus_n and_o wife_n to_o fulvius_n flaccus_n by_o all_o the_o voice_n in_o general_a of_o roman_a dame_n carry_v away_o the_o prize_n for_o continency_n and_o be_v elect_v out_o of_o the_o hundred_o principal_a matron_n of_o rome_n to_o dedicate_v and_o consecrate_v the_o image_n of_o venus_n according_a to_o and_o ordinance_n out_o of_o sibyl_n book_n claudia_n likewise_o be_v by_o a_o religious_a and_o devout_a experiment_n prove_v to_o be_v such_o another_o at_o what_o time_n as_o she_o bring_v the_o mother_n of_o the_o god_n cybele_n to_o rome_n chap._n xxxvi_o ¶_o of_o piety_n or_o kindness_n in_o all_o part_n very_o of_o the_o world_n there_o have_v be_v find_v infinite_a 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be_v release_v and_o give_v to_o the_o daughter_n for_o her_o rare_a piety_n and_o kindness_n both_o of_o they_o have_v a_o pension_n out_o of_o the_o city_n allow_v they_o for_o their_o amintenance_n for_o ever_o and_o the_o place_n where_o this_o happen_v be_v consecrate_v to_o piety_n in_o so_o much_o as_o when_o c._n quintius_n and_o m._n acilius_n be_v consul_n there_o be_v a_o temple_n to_o she_o build_v in_o the_o very_a place_n where_o this_o prison_n stand_v just_o whereas_o now_o stand_v the_o theatre_n of_o marcellus_n the_o father_n of_o the_o gracchi_n happen_v to_o light_v upon_o and_o take_v two_o serpent_n within_o his_o house_n whereupon_o he_o send_v out_o to_o the_o soothsayer_n for_o to_o know_v what_o this_o thing_n may_v presage_v who_o make_v this_o answer_n that_o if_o he_o will_v himself_o live_v the_o female_a snake_n shall_v be_v kill_v nay_o marry_v qd_n he_o not_o so_o but_o rather_o kill_v the_o male_a for_o my_o wife_n cornelia_n be_v young_a enough_o and_o may_v have_v more_o child_n this_o say_v he_o mean_v to_o spare_v his_o wife_n life_n in_o consideration_n of_o the_o good_a she_o may_v do_v to_o the_o commonweal_n and_o in_o truth_n like_v as_o the_o wizard_n prophesy_v so_o it_o fall_v out_o soon_o after_o and_o their_o word_n take_v effect_v m._n lepidus_n so_o entire_o love_v his_o wife_n apuleia_n that_o he_o die_v for_o very_a thought_n and_o grief_n of_o heart_n after_o she_o be_v divorce_v from_o he_o and_o turn_v away_o p._n rutilius_n chance_v to_o be_v somewhat_o ill_a at_o ease_n and_o sickish_a but_o hear_v of_o his_o brother_n repulse_n and_o that_o he_o be_v put_v by_o his_o consulship_n for_o which_o he_o stand_v in_o suit_n die_v sudden_o for_o sorrow_n p._n catienus_n philotimus_n so_o love_v his_o lord_n and_o master_n that_o notwithstanding_o he_o be_v by_o he_o make_v his_o sole_a heir_n of_o all_o that_o ever_o he_o have_v yet_o for_o kind_a heart_n cast_v himself_o into_o the_o funeral_n fire_n to_o be_v 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alba_n near_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n they_o reach_v to_o the_o three_o rank_n in_o goodness_n for_o a_o certain_a variety_n they_o have_v in_o their_o taste_n sweetish_a they_o be_v and_o yet_o otherwhiles_o they_o have_v a_o unripe_a &_o harsh_a relish_n of_o the_o wood_n &_o taste_v like_o the_o hedge-wine_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o wine_n of_o surrentum_n &_o namely_o those_o of_o grape_n grow_v only_o in_o vineyard_n be_v excellent_a good_a for_o weak_a person_n that_o be_v new_o recover_v of_o sickness_n so_o small_a they_o be_v and_o wholesome_a withal_o and_o in_o truth_n tiberius_n caesar_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o the_o physician_n have_v lay_v their_o head_n together_o and_o agree_v to_o give_v the_o surrentine_n wine_n so_o great_a a_o name_n for_o otherwise_o it_o be_v no_o better_a than_o a_o very_a mild_a and_o pleasant_a vinegar_n and_o c._n caligula_n his_o successor_n in_o the_o empire_n use_v to_o say_v of_o it_o that_o for_o a_o wine_n that_o have_v lose_v the_o heart_n and_o be_v a_o go_v it_o be_v very_o good_a the_o massike_a wine_n which_o come_v from_o the_o gaurane_n hill_n look_v towards_o puteoli_n and_o bajae_n come_v nothing_o behind_o the_o rest_n but_o strive_v to_o match_v they_o every_o way_n for_o as_o touch_v the_o statane_n vineyard_n that_o confine_v and_o border_n upon_o the_o falerne_n their_o wine_n doubtless_o be_v now_o come_v to_o be_v the_o principal_a and_o chief_a of_o all_o the_o rest_n whereby_o it_o be_v evident_o see_v that_o every_o territory_n and_o vine-plot_n have_v their_o time_n and_o season_n like_v as_o all_o other_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n one_o while_o râ—…se_n and_o another_o while_o fall_v for_o in_o time_n past_o the_o calene_n wine_n make_v of_o the_o grape_n grow_v hard_o by_o
be_v the_o term_n whereby_o be_v signify_v the_o alteration_n of_o new_a must_v into_o wine_n to_o hinder_v therefore_o that_o it_o work_v not_o as_o natural_o it_o will_v they_o have_v no_o soon_o tun_v or_o fill_v it_o out_o of_o the_o what_fw-mi but_o immediate_o they_o dousse_n the_o vessel_n full_a of_o new_a must_v in_o the_o water_n and_o let_v they_o there_o continue_v till_o mid-december_n be_v past_a and_o that_o the_o weather_n be_v settle_v to_o frost_n and_o cold_a and_o likewise_o the_o time_n expire_v of_o the_o work_n within_o the_o say_a vessel_n moreover_o there_o be_v another_o kind_n of_o wine_n natural_o sweet_a which_o in_o provance_n and_o languedoc_n be_v call_v dulce_fw-la i._n sweet_a &_o namely_o in_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o vocontian_o for_o this_o purpose_n they_o let_v the_o grape_n hang_v a_o long_a while_n upon_o the_o vine_n but_o first_o they_o wryth_v the_o steel_n that_o the_o bunch_n hang_v to_o some_o make_v incision_n into_o the_o very_a 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and_o so_o forward_o chap._n x._o ¶_o of_o weak_a and_o second_o wine_n three_o kind_n the_o second_o wine_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v deuteriae_fw-la cato_n and_o we_o roman_n name_v lora_n can_v proper_o and_o true_o be_v call_v wine_n be_v make_v of_o the_o skin_n and_o seed_n of_o grape_n steep_v in_o water_n howbeit_o reckon_v they_o be_v among_o course_n household_n wine_n for_o the_o hine_v and_o meinie_a to_o drink_v and_o three_o kind_n there_o be_v of_o they_o for_o sometime_o to_o the_o ten_o part_n of_o the_o new_a wine_n that_o have_v be_v press_v out_o they_o put_v the_o like_a quantity_n of_o water_n and_o suffer_v the_o foresay_a refuse_n of_o the_o grape_n to_o soak_v therein_o a_o day_n and_o a_o night_n which_o do_v they_o press_v it_o forth_o again_o a_o second_o sort_n there_o be_v which_o the_o greek_n be_v wont_a to_o make_v in_o this_o manner_n they_o take_v a_o three_o part_n of_o water_n in_o proportion_n of_o the_o wine_n that_o be_v press_v forth_o and_o 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now_o they_o be_v chap._n xii_o ¶_o observation_n touch_v wine_n to_o say_v a_o truth_n wine_n begin_v to_o grow_v in_o reputation_n at_o rome_n about_o six_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o foundation_n thereof_o and_o not_o before_o for_o king_n romulus_n use_v milk_n when_o he_o sacrifice_v to_o the_o god_n and_o not_o wine_n as_o may_v appear_v by_o the_o cerimonial_a constitution_n by_o he_o ordain_v as_o touch_v religion_n which_o even_o at_o this_o day_n be_v in_o force_n and_o be_v observe_v and_o king_n numa_n his_o successor_n make_v this_o law_n posthumia_n in_o his_o late_a day_n let_v no_o man_n besprinkle_v the_o funer_n all_o fire_n with_o wine_n which_o edict_n no_o man_n doubt_v but_o he_o publish_v and_o enact_v in_o regard_n of_o the_o great_a want_n and_o scarcity_n of_o wine_n in_o those_o day_n also_o by_o the_o same_o act_n he_o express_o do_v prohibit_v to_o offer_v in_o sacrifice_n to_o the_o god_n any_o wine_n come_v of_o a_o vine_n plant_v that_o have_v not_o be_v cut_v and_o prune_v intend_v by_o this_o devise_n and_o pretence_n of_o religion_n to_o enforce_v man_n to_o prune_v their_o vine_n who_o otherwise_o will_v set_v their_o mind_n on_o husbandry_n only_o and_o plow_a ground_n for_o corn_n and_o be_v slow_a enough_o in_o hazard_v themselves_o for_o to_o climb_v tree_n whereunto_o vine_n be_v plant_v m._n varro_n write_v that_o mezentius_n the_o king_n of_o tuscan_a aid_v the_o rutilian_o of_o ardea_n in_o their_o war_n against_o the_o latin_n for_o no_o other_o hire_n and_o wage_v but_o the_o wine_n and_o the_o vine_n which_o then_o be_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o latium_n chap._n xiii_o ¶_o of_o the_o ancient_a usage_n of_o wine_n and_o the_o wine_n in_o old_a time_n in_o ancient_a time_n woman_n at_o rome_n be_v not_o permit_v to_o drink_v any_o wine_n we_o read_v moreover_o in_o the_o chronicle_n that_o egnatius_n mecennius_n kill_v his_o own_o wife_n with_o a_o cudgel_n for_o that_o he_o take_v her_o drink_a wine_n out_o of_o a_o tun_n and_o yet_o he_o be_v clear_v by_o romulus_n and_o acquit_v of_o the_o murder_n fabius_n pictor_n in_o his_o annal_n report_n that_o a_o certain_a roman_a dame_n a_o woman_n of_o good_a worship_n be_v by_o she_o own_o kinsfolk_n famish_v and_o pine_v to_o death_n for_o open_v a_o cupboard_n wherein_o the_o key_n of_o the_o wine-cellar_n lay_v and_o cato_n do_v record_v that_o hereupon_o arise_v the_o manner_n and_o custom_n that_o kisfolk_n shall_v kiss_v woman_n when_o they_o meet_v they_o to_o know_v by_o their_o breath_n whether_o they_o smell_v of_o temetum_fw-la for_o so_o they_o use_v in_o those_o day_n to_o term_v wine_n and_o thereof_o drunkenness_n be_v call_v in_o latin_a temulentia_fw-la cn._n domitius_n a_o judge_n in_o rome_n in_o the_o like_a case_n pronounce_v sentence_n judicial_o against_o a_o woman_n defendant_n in_o this_o form_n that_o it_o seem_v she_o have_v drink_v more_o wine_n without_o her_o husband_n knowledge_n than_o be_v needful_a for_o the_o 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be_v chew_v stay_v bleed_v in_o a_o wound_n to_o conclude_v some_o have_v write_v that_o it_o expel_v the_o stone_n and_o gravel_n chap._n x._o ¶_o of_o the_o caltrop_n thistle_n tribulus_fw-la the_o sundry_a kind_n thereof_o and_o the_o medicine_n which_o they_o yield_v some_o of_o these_o thistle_n come_v up_o in_o garden_n other_o grow_v in_o and_o about_o river_n only_o the_o juice_n which_o be_v draw_v from_o these_o be_v think_v to_o be_v good_a for_o the_o eye_n for_o this_o herb_n be_v as_o it_o be_v of_o a_o cool_a nature_n be_v a_o singular_a remedy_n for_o inflammation_n and_o gather_v of_o imposthume_n a_o good_a medicine_n for_o all_o ulcer_n but_o those_o especial_o which_o break_v out_o of_o themselves_o in_o the_o mouth_n it_o cure_v likewise_o those_o of_o the_o amygdales_fw-la or_o almond_n of_o either_o side_n of_o the_o throat_n if_o it_o be_v take_v in_o drink_n it_o fret_v &_o break_v the_o stone_n the_o thracian_n dwell_v upon_o the_o river_n strymon_n feed_v their_o horse_n fat_a with_o the_o leaf_n of_o this_o herb_n and_o live_v themselves_o with_o the_o kernel_n or_o fruit_n thereof_o make_v a_o kind_n of_o sweet_a bread_n therewith_o which_o also_o bind_v the_o belly_n the_o root_n if_o it_o be_v gather_v by_o the_o chaste_a and_o pure_a hand_n of_o a_o virgin_n discuss_v and_o dissolve_v the_o king_n evil_a the_o seed_n if_o it_o be_v tie_v to_o the_o swell_a vein_n assuage_v their_o pain_n last_o be_v beat_v into_o powder_n and_o cast_v into_o water_n it_o kill_v the_o flea_n in_o any_o place_n where_o that_o water_n be_v throw_v or_o sprinkle_v chap._n xi_o ¶_o of_o stoebe_n and_o the_o medicine_n which_o it_o afford_v stoebe_n knapweed_n which_o some_o call_v phleon_n boil_v in_o wine_n be_v a_o sovereign_a remedy_n for_o ear_n that_o run_v with_o atter_fw-la likewise_o for_o blood_n shotten_a eye_n especial_o upon_o a_o stripe_n or_o stroke_n give_v be_v minister_v by_o way_n of_o clyster_n it_o be_v good_a for_o the_o bloody_a 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for_o another_o neither_o be_v they_o of_o the_o same_o effect_n and_o operation_n at_o all_o time_n nay_o there_o be_v not_o a_o day_n almost_o in_o the_o year_n throughout_o but_o it_o yield_v a_o remedy_n respective_a unto_o it_o chap._n xiii_o ¶_o of_o the_o nettle_n and_o the_o medicinable_a virtue_n thereof_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n more_o hate_v and_o odious_a than_o the_o nettle_n and_o yet_o to_o say_v nothing_o of_o the_o oil_n make_v of_o it_o in_o egypt_n according_a as_o we_o have_v show_v heretofore_o endue_v she_o be_v and_o furnish_v with_o many_o good_a property_n serve_v for_o physic_n for_o first_o as_o touch_v nettle_n seed_n nicander_n affirm_v that_o it_o be_v a_o very_o counterpoison_v against_o hemlock_n venomous_a mushrum_n and_o quick_a silver_n apollodorus_n add_v moreover_o and_o say_v that_o be_v boil_v in_o the_o broth_n of_o a_o tortoise_n it_o be_v singular_a good_a for_o the_o poison_n of_o salamander_n also_o that_o it_o be_v contrary_a to_o the_o 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