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their_o house_n i_o judge_v he_o to_o be_v a_o great_a fool_n that_o desire_v to_o keep_v a_o fool_n than_o the_o fool_n himself_o for_o a_o fool_n have_v a_o semblance_n of_o the_o sage_a after_o he_o deny_v with_o a_o sage_a but_o the_o sage_n show_v himself_o a_o fool_n after_o he_o deny_v with_o a_o fool_n why_o do_v man_n seek_v thing_n of_o mockery_n since_o all_o that_o be_v in_o the_o world_n be_v mockery_n why_o seek_v we_o fool_n since_o all_o that_o we_o say_v be_v nothing_o but_o folly_n why_o do_v we_o rejoice_v with_o those_o that_o flatter_v we_o since_o there_o be_v none_o that_o say_v one_o only_a truth_n why_o do_v we_o seek_v feign_a fool_n since_o that_o all_o or_o the_o most_o part_n of_o we_o all_o be_v very_a fool_n i_o see_v diverse_a in_o rome_n the_o which_o though_o they_o company_n with_o honest_a man_n be_v dissolute_a company_v with_o sage_n they_o be_v simple_a treat_v with_o wise_a man_n they_o be_v without_o consideration_n and_o be_v conversant_a 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good_n evil_a employ_v ought_v not_o to_o give_v to_o eat_v nor_o to_o accompany_v with_o any_o but_o with_o the_o age_a person_n which_o shall_v counsel_v they_o &_o with_o the_o young_a which_o shall_v serve_v they_o with_o friend_n which_o shall_v favour_v they_o and_o with_o the_o poor_a to_o the_o end_n they_o shall_v praise_v they_o dennis_z the_o tyrant_n great_o commend_v that_o which_o diogenes_n the_o philosopher_n tell_v he_o but_o he_o can_v never_o profit_v with_o that_o counsel_n for_o as_o he_o show_v himself_o a_o tyrant_n in_o rob_v so_o he_o show_v himself_o also_o undiscreet_a in_o spend_v presuppose_v that_o which_o diogenes_n the_o philosopher_n speak_v be_v true_a that_o be_v to_o say_v that_o we_o ought_v to_o eat_v feed_v the_o age_a servant_n friend_n and_o poor_a we_o see_v by_o this_o answer_n it_o be_v not_o just_a to_o give_v to_o eat_v either_o to_o jester_n parasite_n flatterer_n loiterer_n or_o fool_n first_o i_o seem_v that_o a_o man_n ought_v not_o 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the_o colour_n of_o poverty_n it_o shall_v be_v just_a to_o give_v meat_n to_o jester_n or_o loiterer_n for_o we_o can_v say_v that_o such_o be_v poor_a for_o that_o they_o want_v riches_n but_o that_o folly_n abound_v in_o they_o since_o therefore_o a_o man_n be_v defame_v to_o have_v such_o jester_n flatterer_n for_o friend_n and_o that_o for_o be_v servant_n they_o be_v unable_a and_o without_o wit_n to_o ask_v they_o counsel_n i_o think_v it_o a_o great_a folly_n to_o spend_v his_o good_n on_o such_o loiterer_n for_o as_o their_o intention_n to_o the_o god_n only_o be_v manifest_a and_o to_o man_n secret_a so_o there_o be_v nothing_o wherein_o the_o good_a do_v approve_v and_o manifest_v their_o intention_n to_o be_v good_a or_o evil_a more_o than_o in_o the_o word_n which_o they_o speak_v and_o in_o the_o company_n which_o they_o keep_v chap._n xlvi_o marcus_n aurelius_n go_v forward_o with_o his_o letter_n and_o declare_v how_o he_o find_v the_o sepulcher_n of_o many_o learned_a philosopher_n in_o hellespont_n whereunto_o he_o send_v all_o these_o loiterer_n i_o will_v thou_o know_v lambert_n that_o thy_o isle_n be_v consecrate_v with_o the_o bone_n of_o many_o excellent_a man_n the_o which_o be_v banish_v by_o sundry_a tyrannous_a prince_n of_o rome_n the_o ancient_n great_o commend_v that_o isle_n because_o there_o be_v therein_o stone_n call_v amethyst_n tame_a deer_n fair_a woman_n familiar_a wolf_n swift_a dog_n of_o foot_n &_o pleasant_a fountain_n yet_o notwithstanding_o i_o will_v not_o cease_v to_o commend_v these_o thing_n which_o rejoice_v those_o that_o be_v present_a and_o hellespont_n also_o comfort_v those_o that_o be_v to_o come_v for_o i_o esteem_v more_o the_o bone_n which_o the_o earth_n do_v
and_o travel_n consider_v wherein_o we_o live_v and_o the_o safety_n wherein_o we_o die_v i_o say_v that_o it_o be_v more_o needful_a to_o have_v virtue_n and_o strength_n to_o live_v than_o courage_n to_o die_v the_o author_n hereof_o be_v plutarch_n in_o his_o apothegm_n we_o can_v say_v but_o that_o cato_n the_o censor_n speak_v as_o a_o wise_a man_n since_o daily_a we_o see_v shamefast_a and_o virtuous_a person_n suffer_v hunger_n cold_a thirst_n travel_n poverty_n inconvenience_n sorrow_n enmity_n and_o mishap_n of_o the_o which_o thing_n we_o be_v better_a to_o see_v the_o end_n in_o one_o day_n then_o to_o suffer_v they_o every_o hour_n for_o it_o be_v less_o evil_a to_o suffer_v a_o honest_a death_n then_o to_o endure_v a_o miserable_a life_n oh_o how_o small_a consideration_n have_v man_n to_o think_v that_o they_o ought_v to_o die_v but_o once_o since_o the_o truth_n be_v that_o the_o day_n when_o we_o be_v bear_v and_o come_v inthis_n world_n be_v the_o begin_n of_o our_o death_n and_o the_o last_o day_n be_v when_o we_o do_v cease_v to_o live_v if_o death_n be_v no_o other_o but_o a_o end_n of_o life_n than_o reason_n persuade_v we_o to_o think_v that_o our_o infancy_n die_v our_o childhood_n die_v our_o manhood_n die_v and_o our_o age_n shall_v die_v whereof_o we_o may_v consequent_o conclude_v that_o we_o die_v every_o year_n every_o day_n every_o hour_n and_o every_o moment_n so_o that_o think_v to_o lead_v a_o sure_a life_n we_o taste_v a_o new_a death_n i_o know_v not_o why_o man_n fear_v so_o much_o to_o die_v since_o that_o from_o the_o time_n of_o their_o birth_n they_o seek_v none_o other_o thing_n but_o death_n for_o time_n never_o want_v for_o any_o man_n to_o die_v neither_o i_o know_v any_o man_n that_o ever_o fail_v of_o this_o way_n seneca_n in_o a_o epistle_n declare_v that_o as_o a_o roman_a woman_n lament_v the_o death_n of_o a_o child_n of_o she_o a_o philosopher_n say_v unto_o she_o woman_n why_o seneca_n prevail_v thou_o thy_o 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life_n so_o pliny_n say_v in_o a_o epistle_n that_o the_o chief_a law_n which_o the_o god_n have_v pliny_n give_v unto_o humane_a nature_n be_v that_o none_o shall_v have_v perpactual_a life_n for_o with_o dis-ordinate_a desire_n to_o live_v long_o we_o shall_v rejoice_v to_o go_v out_o of_o this_o pain_n two_o philosopher_n dispute_v before_o the_o great_a emperor_n theodose_v the_o one_o say_v that_o it_o be_v good_a to_o procure_v death_n and_o the_o other_o likewise_o say_v it_o be_v a_o necessary_a thing_n to_o hate_v life_n the_o good_a theodose_n take_v he_o by_o the_o hand_n say_v all_o we_o mortal_n be_v so_o extreme_a in_o hate_v and_o love_v that_o under_o the_o colour_n to_o love_n and_o hate_v life_n we_o lead_v a_o evil_a life_n for_o we_o suffer_v so_o many_o travel_n for_o to_o preserve_v it_o that_o sometime_o theodose_v it_o be_v much_o better_a to_o loose_v it_o and_o further_o he_o say_v diverse_a vain_a man_n be_v come_v into_o so_o great_a folly_n that_o for_o fear_n of_o death_n they_o procure_v to_o hasten_v death_n and_o haviwg_fw-mi consideration_n to_o this_o i_o seem_v that_o we_o ought_v not_o great_o to_o love_v life_n nor_o with_o desperation_n to_o seek_v death_n for_o the_o strong_a and_o valiant_a man_n ought_v not_o to_o hate_v life_n so_o long_o as_o it_o last_v nor_o to_o be_v displease_v with_o death_n when_o he_o come_v all_o commend_v that_o which_o the_o emperor_n theodose_o speak_v as_o paulus_n dyacon_n say_v in_o his_o life_n let_v every_o man_n speak_v what_o he_o will_v and_o let_v the_o philosopher_n counsel_v what_o they_o lift_v in_o my_o poor_a judgement_n he_o alone_o shall_v receive_v death_n without_o pain_n who_o long_o before_o be_v prepare_v to_o receive_v the_o same_o for_o sudden_a death_n be_v not_o only_o bitter_a unto_o he_o which_o taste_v it_o but_o also_o it_o sear_v he_o that_o hate_v it_o lactantius_n say_v that_o in_o such_o sort_n man_n ought_v to_o live_v as_o if_o from_o hence_o a_o hour_n after_o he_o shall_v die_v for_o those_o man_n which_o will_v have_v death_n before_o their_o eye_n it_o be_v unpossible_a that_o they_o shall_v give_v place_n to_o vain_a thought_n in_o my_o opinion_n and_o also_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o apuleius_n it_o be_v as_o much_o folly_n to_o fly_v from_o that_o which_o we_o can_v avoid_v as_o to_o desire_v that_o we_o can_v not_o attain_v and_o this_o be_v only_o speak_v for_o those_o that_o will_v fly_v the_o voyage_n of_o death_n which_o be_v necessary_a and_o desire_v to_o come_v again_o which_o be_v unpossible_a those_o that_o travel_n by_o long_a way_n if_o they_o want_v any_o thing_n they_o borrow_v it_o of_o their_o company_n if_o they_o have_v forget_v aught_o they_o return_v to_o seek_v it_o at_o their_o lodging_n or_o else_o they_o write_v unto_o their_o friend_n a_o letter_n but_o i_o be_o sorry_a that_o if_o we_o once_o die_v they_o will_v not_o let_v we_o return_v again_o we_o can_v speak_v and_o they_o will_v not_o agree_v we_o 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