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say_v that_o a_o prince_n ought_v not_o to_o govern_v his_o country_n by_o force_n although_o force_n be_v sometime_o necessary_a for_o correct_v of_o error_n as_o sallust_n teach_v where_o he_o say_v no_o vi_o quidem_fw-la regere_fw-la patriam_fw-la aut_fw-la parent_n quamquam_fw-la &_o possis_fw-la &_o delicta_fw-la corrigas_fw-la importunum_fw-la tamen_fw-la est_fw-la comparatione_fw-la deterrima_fw-la sibi_fw-la gloriam_fw-la quaesivisse_fw-la that_o to_o elect_v a_o wicked_a successor_n thereby_o to_o get_v glory_n to_o himself_o be_v a_o beastly_a course_n the_o seven_o and_o thirty_o discourse_n by_o that_o which_o tacitus_n and_o dio_n relate_v many_o conceive_v that_o augustus_n make_v choice_n of_o tiberius_n who_o he_o know_v to_o be_v a_o proud_a and_o cruel_a man_n to_o be_v his_o successor_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o ill_a condition_n of_o tiberius_n so_o much_o differ_v from_o his_o own_o may_v turn_v to_o his_o glory_n i_o can_v indeed_o deny_v but_o that_o a_o worse_a successor_n be_v apt_a enough_o to_o make_v a_o less_o evil_a predecessor_n be_v think_v a_o good_a one_o which_o galba_n well_o know_v speak_v of_o piso_n say_v nero_n a_o pessimo_fw-la quoque_fw-la desiderabitur_fw-la mihi_fw-la ac_fw-la tibi_fw-la providendum_fw-la est_fw-la ne_fw-la etiam_fw-la a_o bonis_fw-la desideretur_fw-la he_o see_v that_o if_o a_o wicked_a prince_n shall_v come_v after_o nero_n his_o error_n will_v be_v convert_v to_o the_o other_o glory_n and_o this_o be_v so_o true_a that_o the_o holy_a spirit_n in_o the_o mouth_n of_o ezechiel_n say_v that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o the_o hebrew_n before_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n make_v the_o people_n of_o sodom_n and_o samaria_n to_o seem_v just_a which_o can_v not_o certain_o happen_v but_o long_o of_o the_o comparison_n vivo_fw-la ego_fw-la dicit_fw-la dominus_fw-la deus_fw-la these_o be_v the_o word_n of_o ezechiel_n quia_fw-la non_fw-la fecit_fw-la sodoma_fw-la soror_fw-la tua_fw-la ipsa_fw-la &_o filiae_fw-la ejus_fw-la sicut_fw-la 〈◊〉_d tu_fw-la &_o filiae_fw-la tuus_fw-la and_o a_o little_a after_o et_fw-la samaria_n dimidium_fw-la peocatorum_fw-la tuorum_fw-la non_fw-la 〈◊〉_d say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sceleribus_fw-la tuis_fw-la &_o justificasti_fw-la sorores_fw-la tuas_fw-la in_o omnibus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d quas_fw-la operata_fw-la es_fw-la ergo_fw-la tu_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o porta_fw-la confusionem_fw-la tuam_fw-la quae_fw-la vicisti_fw-la sorores_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d agens_fw-la ab_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sunt_fw-la a_o te_fw-la and_o he_o that_o will_v see_v a_o passage_n more_o like_a to_o that_o of_o tacitus_n let_v he_o read_v those_o word_n in_o jeremy_n where_o he_o say_v justificavit_fw-la animam_fw-la svam_fw-la aversatrix_fw-la jsrael_n 〈◊〉_d praevaricatricis_fw-la judae_fw-la but_o yet_o this_o way_n of_o acquire_a glory_n attribute_v here_o to_o augustus_n be_v not_o to_o be_v imitate_v not_o only_o of_o christian_n but_o not_o so_o much_o as_o of_o impious_a 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than_o themselves_o see_v they_o may_v hope_v for_o more_o glory_n by_o they_o if_o they_o shall_v be_v better_o and_o therefore_o david_n take_v great_a joy_n to_o hear_v that_o solomon_n be_v like_a to_o be_v great_a than_o himself_o have_v ever_o be_v sed_fw-la &_o solomon_n sedet_fw-la super_fw-la solium_fw-la regni_fw-la &_o jngressi_fw-it servi_fw-la ejus_fw-la benedixerunt_fw-la domino_fw-la nostro_fw-la regi_fw-la david_n dicentes_fw-la amplificet_fw-la deus_fw-la nomen_fw-la 〈◊〉_d super_fw-la 〈◊〉_d &_o magnificet_fw-la thronum_fw-la ejus_fw-la super_fw-la thronum_fw-la tuum_fw-la rather_o indeed_o a_o wicked_a suecessour_n be_v a_o prejudice_n to_o a_o good_a prince_n therefore_o writer_n say_v that_o marcus_n aurelius_n have_v die_v a_o happy_a man_n if_o he_o have_v not_o leave_v commodus_n his_o successor_n for_o this_o cause_n many_o of_o the_o ancient_n as_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o opinion_n that_o child_n live_v may_v make_v their_o dead_a father_n unhappy_a in_o such_o 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