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over_o much_o industrious_a labour_n be_v worthy_o dispraise_v so_o be_v negligence_n and_o the_o contempt_n of_o science_n which_o be_v appertain_v to_o blockish_a and_o dull_a person_n who_o appear_v more_o like_a unto_o bruit_n creature_n then_o to_o man_n the_o three_o branch_n of_o modesty_n be_v merriness_n or_o pleasantness_n and_o delectableness_n and_o also_o humanity_n and_o courtesy_n of_o talk_n which_o who_z that_o shall_v use_v prudent_o he_o shall_v be_v pleasant_a to_o all_o man_n and_o for_o that_o also_o the_o better_a accept_v merriness_n be_v which_o ascribe_v a_o certain_a mean_a to_o sport_n and_o pastime_n and_o use_v these_o same_o in_o time_n and_o place_n with_o they_o unto_o who_o they_o be_v thankful_a to_o stir_n up_o honest_a mirth_n and_o to_o wipe_v away_o the_o anguish_n of_o the_o mind_n with_o a_o certain_a delight_n this_o also_o be_v a_o mean_a betwixt_o two_o vice_n as_o aristotle_n bear_v witness_n in_o his_o second_o book_n ad_fw-la 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make_v as_o it_o wear_v a_o consent_n and_o agreement_n we_o have_v hear_v that_o socrates_n be_v temperate_a and_o modest_a yet_o that_o board_v which_o be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v peculiar_a unto_o he_o when_o as_o he_o will_v reprehend_v the_o unskilfulness_n of_o other_o so_o greedy_o can_v not_o escape_v the_o check_n of_o arrogancy_n but_o true_o that_o great_a patience_n and_o temperance_n of_o job_n publish_v in_o holy_a scripture_n be_v most_o perfect_a of_o all_o other_o but_o not_o so_o many_o example_n be_v allege_v of_o this_o absolute_a virtue_n yet_o many_o may_v be_v disclose_v of_o the_o unperfect_a some_o virtue_n excel_v other_o in_o excellency_n and_o operation_n as_o prudency_n who_o harborough_n be_v place_v in_o the_o mind_n and_o be_v occupy_v in_o the_o out_o find_v of_o truth_n she_o be_v prefer_v before_o temperance_n which_o moderate_v delices_fw-la and_o appoint_v a_o mean_a unto_o all_o thing_n unto_o who_o a_o place_n be_v assign_v in_o the_o desire_n faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n justice_n pass_v fortitude_n because_o she_o preserve_v the_o equality_n of_o human_a society_n and_o have_v no_o certain_a habitation_n but_o be_v indifferent_o spread_v abroad_o unto_o all_o part_n of_o the_o soul_n this_o aught_o to_o be_v busy_v in_o despise_v of_o peril_n and_o ought_v to_o be_v situate_v in_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o angry_a soul_n what_o soever_o very_o be_v subject_a unto_o these_o chief_a virtue_n as_o they_o be_v low_a in_o order_n so_o be_v they_o in_o stateliness_n by_o reason_n that_o some_o of_o they_o be_v under_o other_o neither_o forthwith_o shall_v be_v refer_v unto_o the_o great_a good_a which_o those_o principal_a fountain_n do_v next_o consider_v but_o every_o one_o to_o their_o proper_a beginning_n and_o shall_v have_v regard_n of_o we_o rather_o than_o of_o felicity_n sith_o not_o they_o of_o their_o own_o power_n but_o by_o those_o four_o capitalle_n may_v be_v straighten_v unto_o god_n himself_o who_o be_v the_o end_n of_o all_o good_a thing_n to_o this_o wish_a mark_n and_o eternal_a felicity_n we_o attain_v by_o the_o operation_n of_o virtue_n very_o as_o in_o the_o beginning_n it_o be_v express_v yet_o the_o which_o god_n himself_o may_v make_v prosperous_a unto_o we_o through_o his_o clemency_n to_o who_o be_v due_a all_o praise_n honour_n and_o glory_n for_o ever_o and_o ever_o amen_n finis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 1._o â—…d_n wâ—…_n philâ—…phy_n iâ—…_n be_v mâ—…tated_v chrisâ—…_n man_n â—…_n the_o â—…raynâ—…_n for_o mâ—…_n god_n 〈◊〉_d throâ—…_n he_o 〈◊〉_d lastinâ—…_n true_a veâ—…_n be_v the_o bâ—…fite_n of_o 〈◊〉_d this_o book_n translate_v by_o john_n charlton_n late_a fellow_n of_o exetre_n college_n in_o oxford_n &_o now_o school_n master_n of_o wyrksop_n in_o the_o county_n of_o nottingham_n mors_fw-la ultima_fw-la n1_fw-la rerum_fw-la the_o table_n of_o the_o end_n and_o part_n of_o moral_a science_n cap._n i._n of_o the_o end_n of_o man_n and_o the_o sovereign_n good_a cap._n two_o of_o 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