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people_v with_o virgin_n do_v not_o the_o marry_v give_v they_o be_v whence_o s._n austustin_n just_o make_v a_o question_n who_o merit_v most_o before_o god_n abraham_n in_o marriage_n or_o s._n john_n baptist_n in_o the_o virgineal_a state_n the_o four_o say_v that_o be_v thing_n be_v term_v virtuous_a when_o they_o be_v according_a to_o right_a reason_n which_o require_v that_o we_o make_v use_v of_o mean_n proportionate_o to_o their_o end_n therefore_o virginity_n be_v a_o virtue_n and_o the_o more_o sublime_a in_o that_o it_o be_v in_o order_n to_o the_o most_o excellent_a end_n namely_o the_o contemplation_n of_o divine_a mystery_n for_o among_o the_o good_n of_o man_n some_o be_v external_a as_o riches_n other_o of_o the_o body_n as_o health_n other_o of_o the_o soul_n among_o which_o those_o of_o the_o contemplative_a life_n be_v more_o excellent_a than_o those_o of_o the_o active_a as_o therefore_o it_o be_v according_a to_o right_a reason_n that_o external_a good_n be_v 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virtue_n the_o invention_n of_o gaila_n and_o papa_n daughter_n of_o gisuphe_fw-mi duke_n of_o friuli_n be_v much_o more_o ingenious_a who_o at_o the_o sack_n of_o their_o city_n behold_v the_o chastity_n of_o their_o sex_n prostitute_v to_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o soldier_n fill_v their_o lap_n with_o stink_a flesh_n who_o bad_a smell_n keep_v those_o from_o they_o who_o will_v have_v attempt_v their_o honour_n the_o five_o say_v that_o the_o excellence_n of_o virgineal_a chastity_n be_v such_o that_o it_o have_v no_o vicious_a excess_n for_o the_o more_o we_o abstain_v from_o pleasure_n the_o more_o pure_a we_o be_v and_o as_o it_o be_v blemish_v many_o way_n so_o it_o be_v preserve_v by_o many_o other_o among_o which_o be_v first_o employment_n or_o business_n whence_o cupid_n in_o lucian_n excuse_v himself_o to_o his_o mother_n that_o he_o can_v not_o wound_v minerva_n because_o he_o never_o find_v her_o idle_a modesty_n be_v also_o the_o guardian_n of_o it_o as_o to_o appear_v 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the_o fish_n name_v trigla_n be_v suffocate_v or_o who_o have_v eat_v rue_n but_o because_o these_o remedy_n be_v not_o infallible_a origen_n take_v another_o course_n make_v himself_o actual_o a_o eunuch_n for_o fear_v of_o lose_v that_o rare_a treasure_n of_o virginity_n who_o loss_n be_v both_o inestimable_a and_o irreparable_a conference_n lxxii_o i._o of_o thunder_n ii_o which_o of_o all_o the_o art_n be_v the_o most_o necessary_a i._o of_o thunder_n as_o water_n and_o earth_n be_v the_o gross_a of_o the_o element_n so_o they_o receive_v most_o sensible_o the_o action_n of_o the_o celestial_a body_n chief_o the_o sun_n heat_n which_o exhaling_a and_o draw_v up_o their_o pure_a part_n vapour_n from_o the_o water_n and_o exhalation_n from_o the_o earth_n form_n meteor_n of_o they_o and_o as_o the_o cold_a and_o moist_a vapour_n make_v tempest_n dew_n and_o frost_n in_o the_o low_a region_n and_o in_o the_o middle_n cloud_n rain_n hail_n snow_n exhalation_n if_o fat_a and_o unctuous_a cause_n comet_n in_o the_o high_a region_n and_o in_o the_o low_a the_o two_o ignes_fw-la fatui_fw-la if_o dry_a and_o subtle_a they_o make_v earthquake_n in_o the_o bowel_n of_o the_o earth_n in_o its_o surface_n wind_n and_o tempest_n in_o the_o middle_a region_n of_o the_o air_n lightning_n fulgur_fw-la or_o the_o thunderbolt_n and_o thunder_n for_o these_o three_o common_o follow_v and_o produce_v one_o another_o lightning_n be_v the_o coruscation_n or_o flash_v of_o the_o matter_n inflame_v and_o though_o produce_v by_o thunder_n yet_o be_v soon_o perceive_v then_o the_o other_o hear_v because_o the_o sight_n be_v quick_a than_o the_o hear_v by_o reason_n its_o object_n the_o visible_a species_n be_v move_v in_o a_o instant_n but_o sound_v successive_o because_o of_o the_o resistance_n of_o the_o air_n its_o medium_n thunder_n be_v the_o noise_n excite_v by_o the_o shock_n and_o shatter_v of_o the_o
direct_o contrary_a to_o the_o felicity_n of_o a_o city_n which_o consist_v not_o only_o in_o a_o society_n of_o man_n but_o of_o man_n of_o different_a condition_n the_o mean_a of_o which_o be_v common_o most_o necessary_a in_o a_o state_n will_v not_o be_v exercise_v if_o all_o be_v equal_o rich_a and_o powerful_a and_o if_o the_o necessity_n of_o hunger_n which_o sometime_o teach_v pie_n and_o crow_n to_o speak_v at_o rome_n have_v not_o press_v most_o of_o the_o first_o inventor_n of_o art_n the_o same_o will_v be_v yet_o to_o discover_v nothing_o be_v more_o beautiful_a in_o nature_n then_o variety_n nor_o yet_o in_o city_n beside_o man_n be_v apt_a to_o neglect_v the_o public_a in_o comparison_n of_o their_o private_a interest_n be_v good_n common_a they_o will_v be_v careless_a of_o preserve_v or_o increase_v they_o and_o rely_v upon_o the_o industry_n of_o other_o thus_o this_o equality_n will_v beget_v laziness_n whilst_o they_o that_o labour_v most_o can_v hope_v for_o no_o 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