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A06140 The pilgrimage of princes, penned out of sundry Greeke and Latine aucthours, by Lodovvicke Lloid Gent Lloyd, Lodowick, fl. 1573-1610. 1573 (1573) STC 16624; ESTC S108781 286,699 458

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prusia_n syphax_n marcellus_n ●etellus_fw-la pompeius_n fulgo_fw-la lib._n 5._o cap._n 1._o caesar._n hannibal_n val._n lib._n 5._o simonides_n simon_n alphonsus_n augustus_n caesar_n ▪_o artaxerxes_n antigonus_n plutarch_n lib._n 27._o darius_n histeus_n plutarch_n lib._n 37._o darius_n polystratus_n pericles_n tobias_n machabeus_n ▪_o jehu_n caesar._n plutarch_n of_o caesar_n life_n agesilaus_n brusoniu●_n lib._n 3._o cap._n 1_o constantius_n cirus_n leonidas_n ▪_o epaminondas_n ▪_o porus._n masinissa_n pericles_z &_o timon_n dometrius_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la demenij_fw-la trebonius_n athens_n arcadian_n argive_a scythian_n gymnosophist_n of_o india_n the_o priest_n of_o egypt_n the_o sage_n of_o persia_n athens_n sparta_n thebes_n the_o history_n of_o king_n candale_n sichaeus_n justine_n lib._n 18._o plini_n lib._n 13_o cap._n 23._o eg._n maecenius_fw-la roman_n ●lianus_fw-la lib._n 2._o the_o people_n of_o messaliotica_fw-la the_o philosopher_n of_o most_o continency_n 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other_o bird_n do_v mock_v though_o these_o like_o gorgon_n grim_a with_o eye_n thy_o tremble_a face_n behold_v yet_o tell_v that_o other_o see_v in_o they_o which_o they_o of_o thou_o have_v tell_v no_o force_n say_v thou_o if_o that_o may_v chance_v antimachus_n lot_n may_v crave_v in_o steed_n of_o sundry_a diverse_a head_n one_o plato_n friend_n to_o have_v finis_fw-la ¶_o a_o table_n of_o the_o most_o principal_a and_o chief_a part_n contain_v within_o this_o book_n of_z the_o slippery_a state_n of_o fortune_n and_o what_o prince_n and_o where_o they_o be_v advance_v one_o way_n and_o how_o they_o be_v oppress_v a_o other_o way_n fol._n 1._o pag._n 1._o of_o magnanimity_n of_o prince_n and_o fortitude_n of_o mind_n when_o and_o where_o it_o be_v most_o esteem_v fol._n 6._o pa._n 1._o of_o martial_a triumph_n and_o the_o solemnity_n thereof_o in_o diverse_a country_n fol._n 14._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o first_o find_v out_o of_o law_n and_o order_n and_o of_o all_o mention_n of_o thing_n general_a and_o of_o fame_n fol._n 17._o pa._n 2._o of_o sumptuous_a and_o wonderful_a buildynge_n fol._n 20._o pa._n 1._o of_o paint_v fol._n 23._o pag._n 1._o of_o eloquence_n folly_n 25._o pagi_fw-la 1._o of_o those_o that_o have_v their_o picture_n and_o image_n for_o a_o show_n of_o their_o deserve_a fame_n erect_v folly_n ▪_o 28._o pag._n 1._o of_o those_o that_o defend_v diverse_a from_o death_n from_o serpent_n dragon_n and_o of_o cunning_a archer_n fol._n 30._o pa._n 2._o of_o diligence_n and_o labour_n fol._n 32._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o first_o inventour_n of_o art_n and_o of_o the_o use_n of_o sothsai_v fol._n 35._o pag._n 1._o of_o patient_n fol._n 39_o pag._n 2._o of_o humanity_n and_o clemency_n of_o prince_n fol._n 41._o pag._n 2._o of_o sober_a and_o temperate_a prince_n and_o where_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n be_v most_o use_v folly_n 49._o pag._n 2._o of_o taciturnity_n and_o silence_n and_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o commendation_n thereof_o fol._n 57_o pag._n 1._o of_o liberality_n and_o liberal_a prince_n fol._n 62._o pag._n 2._o of_o age_n and_o the_o praise_n thereof_o fol._n 68_o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o sundry_a people_n and_o of_o their_o strange_a life_n fol._n 74._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o strange_a nature_n of_o water_n earth_o and_o fire_n folio_n 80._o page_n 1._o of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o foul_a of_o man_n with_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a opinion_n of_o philosopher_n about_o the_o same_o fol._n 82._o pag._n 2._o of_o worship_a of_o god_n and_o religion_n of_o gentile_n folio_n 85._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o shave_v and_o the_o use_n thereof_o with_o much_o make_v of_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n fol._n 92._o p._n 2_o of_o diverse_a kind_n and_o sondery_a fashion_n of_o burial_n amongst_o the_o gentile_n fol._n 95._o pag._n 1._o of_o spirit_n and_o vision_n fol._n 97._o pag._n 2._o of_o dream_n and_o warnynge_n fol._n 102._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o beginning_n of_o marriage_n and_o of_o the_o soundrie_a use_n of_o the_o same_o fol._n 107._o pag._n 2._o of_o likeness_n and_o similitude_n fol._n 110._o pag._n 1._o of_o music_n and_o mirth_n folly_n 112._o pag._n 2._o a_o comparison_n between_o the_o love_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n fol._n 118._o pag._n 1._o certain_a ethicall_a arithmology_n draw_v out_o of_o divine_a and_o profane_a auctour_n fol._n 122._o pag._n 2._o example_n of_o justice._n fol._n 125._o example_n of_o usury_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o honour_n fol._n 26._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o envy_n fol._n 127._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o coveitousnes_n fol._n 127._o pag_n 2._o example_n of_o hear_n fol._n 129._o example_n of_o discord_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o friendship_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o flattery_n fol._n 130._o example_n of_o glotonie_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o rape_n and_o spoil_n fol._n 13._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o mercy_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o love_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o death_n fol._n 131._o the_o death_n of_o certain_a noble_a prince_n in_o english_a verse_n fol._n 133._o pag._n 1_o of_o memory_n and_o obliviousnes_n fol._n 137._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o prince_n and_o misery_n of_o mortality_n fol._n 140._o pag._n 1._o of_o dissimulation_n and_o craft_n of_o subtlety_n and_o deceit_n fol._n 146_o ▪_o pag._n 2._o of_o famine_n 150._o pag._n 1._o of_o wariness_n fol._n 253._o pag._n of_o revengement_n fol._n 155_o ▪_o pag._n 1._o of_o theft_n and_o sacrilege_n fol._n 158._o pag._n 2._o of_o lust_n fol._n 161_o pag._n 1._o of_o jelowsie_n fol._n 165._o pag._n 2._o of_o idleness_n fol._n 167._o pag._n 2._o of_o wrath_n and_o anger_n fol._n 166._o pag._n 2._o of_o perjury_n and_o faith_n and_o where_o either_o of_o these_o be_v honour_v and_o esteem_v fol._n 169._o pag._n 1._o of_o envy_n and_o malice_n and_o so_o of_o tyranny_n fol._n 177._o pag._n 2._o of_o flattery_n fol._n 183._o pag._n 1._o of_o pride_n fol._n 185._o pag._n 1._o of_o covetuousnes_n fol._n 190._o pag._n 1._o of_o prodigality_n and_o drunkenness_n fol._n 198._o pag._n 1._o of_o magic_a and_o witchery_n fol._n 200_o ▪_o pag._n 1._o a_o comparison_n between_o wealth_n and_o poverty_n f._n 203._o p._n 2._o of_o death_n fol._n 210._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o queen_n in_o verse_n fol._n 215._o pa._n 1._o finis_fw-la