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she_o out_o of_o her_o husband_n hand_n he_o promise_v agetus_n to_o give_v he_o any_o one_o thing_n that_o he_o will_v choose_v of_o all_o that_o ever_o he_o have_v pray_v he_o to_o do_v the_o like_a for_o he_o again_o agetus_n not_o mistrust_v that_o ariston_n be_v a_o marry_a man_n will_v have_v leave_v his_o own_o wife_n to_o take_v another_o man_n agree_v to_o his_o request_n and_o swear_v it_o ariston_n discharge_v his_o own_o promise_n out_o of_o hand_n and_o when_o it_o come_v to_o his_o turn_n to_o make_v his_o demand_n he_o require_v the_o wife_n of_o agetus_n who_o thereupon_o affirm_v that_o his_o meaning_n be_v to_o give_v he_o any_o thing_n save_v she_o nevertheless_o although_o he_o be_v thus_o circumvent_v yet_o deliver_v he_o she_o for_o his_o oath_n sake_n make_v more_o account_n of_o his_o oath_n than_o do_v a_o certain_a roman_a in_o the_o like_a case_n who_o have_v swear_v that_o he_o will_v never_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n do_v put_v she_o away_o afterward_o be_v 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the_o deed_n of_o virtue_n be_v worthy_a of_o honour_n the_o which_o be_v put_v in_o exceution_n by_o magnanimity_n as_o for_o example_n when_o it_o be_v say_v that_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o a_o man_n of_o magnanimity_n to_o do_v wrong_a this_o be_v a_o virtuous_a and_o just_a deed_n which_o bring_v honour_n to_o the_o man_n of_o magnanimity_n and_o therefore_o we_o say_v that_o magnanimity_n be_v a_o ornament_n to_o all_o virtue_n because_o it_o make_v they_o the_o great_a in_o that_o the_o honour_n whereon_o the_o nobleminded_a man_n set_v his_o eye_n surmount_v all_o thing_n but_o yet_o in_o this_o do_v magnanimity_n and_o prowess_n agree_v that_o both_o of_o they_o be_v void_a of_o fear_n &_o despise_v death_n grief_n peril_n and_o danger_n not_o suffer_v themselves_o to_o be_v over-weighed_n by_o prosperity_n or_o adversity_n cicero_n in_o the_o five_o of_o his_o tusculane_n question_n say_v that_o if_o a_o man_n bend_v himself_o to_o despise_v the_o thing_n that_o be_v common_o 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always_o happy_a as_o who_o do_v know_v that_o all_o the_o turmoiling_n of_o fortune_n and_o all_o the_o change_n of_o matter_n and_o time_n be_v light_n and_o weak_a when_o they_o come_v to_o encounter_v against_o virtue_n fool-hardines_n magnanimity_n or_o noblemindednes_n be_v the_o mean_a between_o bacemindednes_n and_o overloftines_fw-la for_o he_o that_o apply_v himself_o to_o great_a thing_n be_v call_v nobleminded_a and_o he_o that_o dare_v not_o adventure_v upon_o they_o be_v call_v baceminded_a likewise_o he_o that_o adventure_v upon_o all_o thing_n though_o he_o can_v do_v nothing_o aright_o be_v call_v foolehardy_a the_o nobleminded_a man_n advamce_v not_o himself_o for_o honour_n riches_n or_o prosperity_n neither_o make_v he_o the_o great_a account_n of_o himself_o for_o they_o if_o he_o fall_v from_o his_o degree_n or_o loose_v his_o good_n he_o stoop_v not_o for_o it_o for_o he_o be_v uphold_v with_o a_o certain_a force_n &_o stoutness_n of_o mind_n contrariwise_o the_o 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to_o other_o man_n as_o i_o have_v say_v already_o in_o speak_v of_o truth_n and_o shall_v speak_v again_o hereafter_o in_o discourse_v of_o untruth_n the_o five_o property_n of_o the_o nobleminded_a be_v that_o he_o be_v no_o great_a craver_n nor_o no_o great_a borower_n assure_v himself_o that_o nothing_o be_v so_o dear_o buy_v as_o that_o which_o be_v get_v by_o intreatance_n wherefore_o as_o for_o the_o emperor_n that_o hold_v out_o their_o hand_n at_o their_o court_n gate_n to_o receive_v present_n and_o newy_a earsgist_n of_o the_o people_n they_o be_v so_o far_o off_o from_o be_v princely_a mind_v that_o they_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v esteem_v inferior_a to_o rogue_n and_o beggar_n and_o all_o such_o like_a rascal_n the_o sixth_o property_n of_o the_o nobleminded_a be_v that_o he_o pass_v not_o whether_o he_o be_v praise_v or_o dispraise_v so_o long_o as_o he_o himself_o do_v well_o of_o which_o sort_n be_v fabius_n maximus_n who_o regard_v not_o to_o be_v call_v a_o coward_n but_o go_v forward_o continual_o with_o his_o platform_n of_o the_o overthrow_v of_o hannibal_n without_o give_v he_o battle_n of_o hazard_v any_o thing_n pericles_z what_o outcry_n so_o ever_o man_n make_v upon_o he_o forbear_v not_o to_o go_v unto_o the_o multitude_n but_o do_v like_o the_o good_a pilot_n of_o a_o ship_n which_o give_v order_n for_o all_o thing_n in_o the_o ship_n without_o stay_v at_o the_o tear_n and_o shrieking_n of_o the_o passenger_n torment_v themselves_o with_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o storm_n turmoil_n for_o magnanimity_n consist_v not_o only_o in_o despise_v death_n but_o also_o in_o not_o regard_v the_o vain_a discourse_n and_o turmoil_n of_o such_o as_o understand_v not_o what_o the_o matter_n mean_v in_o which_o behalf_n pompey_n make_v a_o great_a fault_n when_o he_o yield_v so_o easy_o to_o go_v to_o battle_n lest_o he_o shall_v displease_v the_o young_a captain_n of_o his_o army_n and_o have_v lever_n contrary_a to_o his_o own_o determination_n to_o 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