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to_o other_o and_o much_o less_o to_o himself_o wherefore_o he_o alone_o that_o keep_v a_o mean_a in_o his_o expense_n deserve_v the_o name_n of_o virtuous_a and_o make_v his_o liberality_n esteem_v now_o magnificence_n have_v the_o same_o respect_n to_o great_a expense_n that_o liberality_n have_v to_o less_o be_v the_o midway_n between_o two_o extreme_n again_o rashness_n do_v oftentimes_o prove_v of_o as_o ill_a consequence_n as_o cowardice_n but_o true_a valour_n hold_v a_o mean_a between_o both_o prevent_v it_o the_o regular_a desire_n of_o moderate_a honour_n have_v for_o its_o extreme_n contempt_n of_o honour_n and_o ambition_n clemency_n be_v between_o choler_n which_o be_v offend_v with_o every_o thing_n and_o stupidity_n which_o be_v offend_v with_o nothing_o veracity_n between_o boast_v and_o dissimulation_n facetiousness_n between_o buffonery_n and_o rusticity_n amity_n between_o flattery_n and_o hatred_n modesty_n between_o bashfulness_n and_o impudence_n anger_n between_o malice_n and_o neglect_v in_o fine_a all_o virtue_n have_v their_o extreme_n which_o give_v occasion_n for_o that_o say_n in_o medio_fw-la consistit_fw-la virtus_fw-la in_o consideration_n whereof_o the_o wise_a man_n pray_v neither_o for_o plenty_n nor_o want_n but_o for_o a_o mediocrity_n to_o which_o the_o ancient_n to_o show_v their_o esteem_n thereof_o give_v the_o attribute_n of_o golden_a in_o the_o same_o manner_n we_o see_v apollonius_n here_o pray_v neither_o for_o poverty_n nor_o riches_n but_o only_o to_o have_v a_o few_o thing_n and_o to_o stand_v in_o need_n of_o none_o we_o shall_v avoid_v as_o well_o the_o gulf_n of_o charybdis_n as_o the_o rock_n of_o scylla_n 2_o eunuch_n be_v in_o love_n cael._n rhodiginus_fw-la lib._n 13._o ch_n 19_o say_v that_o eunuch_n be_v first_o make_v by_o semiramis_n and_o herodotus_n inform_v we_o lib._n 8_o that_o among_o the_o barbarian_n and_o eastern_a people_n eunuch_n be_v of_o great_a esteem_n and_o value_n also_o mr._n ricaut_n in_o his_o late_a ingenious_a tract_n of_o the_o turkish_a polity_n show_v that_o the_o grand_a signior_n make_v use_v of_o eunuch_n for_o all_o his_o great_a office_n and_o employ_v herodotus_n write_v that_o hermotimus_n be_v take_v prisoner_n in_o war_n be_v sell_v to_o panionius_n who_o cause_v he_o to_o be_v geld_v for_o that_o panionius_n make_v merchandise_n of_o such_o kind_n of_o ware_n geld_v all_o the_o fair_a boy_n he_o can_v lay_v his_o hand_n on_o and_o afterward_o carry_v they_o to_o sardis_n and_o ephesus_n sell_v they_o almost_o for_o their_o weight_n in_o gold_n so_o high_o be_v eunuch_n esteem_v of_o among_o the_o barbarian_n say_v herodotus_n lib._n 7._o xenophon_n bring_v in_o cyrus_n to_o be_v of_o that_o opinion_n and_o therefore_o make_v he_o commit_v the_o keep_n of_o his_o body_n to_o eunuch_n rather_o than_o to_o other_o nevertheless_o the_o roman_a emperor_n have_v always_o reject_v eunuch_n place_v they_o in_o the_o rank_n of_o those_o that_o be_v neither_o man_n nor_o woman_n as_o appear_v by_o valerius_n maximus_n who_o say_v that_o one_o genutius_n have_v geld_v himself_o be_v adjudge_v unworthy_a to_o have_v the_o benefit_n of_o a_o man_n last_o will_v and_o testament_n because_o say_v valerius_n the_o tribunal_n of_o justice_n shall_v not_o be_v pollute_v with_o the_o presence_n of_o eunuch_n for_o such_o be_v all_o cybele_n priest_n whereof_o genutius_n be_v one_o val._n max_n lib._n 7._o ch_n 7._o basil_n lib._n 4._o ch_n 4._o in_o a_o letter_n to_o simplicia_fw-la make_v a_o bitter_a invective_n against_o such_o and_o so_o do_v claudia_n the_o poet_n lib._n 7._o parerg._n ch_n 23._o and_o other_o luitprand_fw-fr deacon_n of_o pavia_n tell_v we_o that_o theobald_n duke_n of_o spoleto_n make_v war_n upon_o the_o grecian_n cut_v off_o the_o privy_a member_n of_o all_o such_o enemy_n as_o fell_v into_o his_o hand_n and_o so_o dismiss_v they_o whereupon_o a_o poor_a grecian_a woman_n throw_v herself_o at_o the_o duke_n foot_n say_v thus_o unto_o he_o oh_o theobald_n what_o have_v we_o poor_a woman_n do_v unto_o thou_o that_o thou_o shall_v thus_o wage_v war_n upon_o we_o with_o such_o extremity_n we_o be_v no_o warrior_n nor_o ever_o learned_a to_o handle_v any_o other_o weapon_n than_o tâ—e_v distaff_n and_o spindle_n wherefore_o then_o do_v thou_o de_fw-fr prive_v we_o of_o our_o pleasure_n by_o take_v away_o our_o husband_n instrument_n of_o generation_n be_v there_o no_o eye_n no_o nose_n no_o ear_n must_v thou_o needs_o extend_v the_o power_n of_o thy_o war_n upon_o that_o only_a which_o nature_n have_v lend_v we_o the_o use_n of_o whereupon_o theobald_n be_v so_o take_v with_o this_o woman_n argument_n thâ—t_o he_o ever_o after_o forbear_v that_o kind_n of_o cruelty_n dr._n brown_n say_v that_o all_o castrated_a animal_n as_o eunuch_n spadoe_n etc._n etc._n be_v long_o live_v than_o those_o which_o retain_v their_o virility_n now_o concern_v the_o lust_n of_o eunuch_n whereof_o apollonius_n here_o speak_v 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instruction_n which_o always_o tend_v either_o to_o countenance_v virtue_n or_o to_o discourage_v vice_n and_o that_o morality_n be_v spread_v in_o all_o his_o discourse_n though_o there_o be_v nothing_o in_o it_o extraordinary_o singular_a some_o pretend_v that_o the_o metamorphosis_n of_o apuleius_n his_o golden_a ass_n be_v a_o allegory_n of_o the_o moral_a philosophy_n of_o plato_n plato_n be_v the_o first_o that_o rectify_v the_o opinion_n of_o the_o soul_n immortality_n which_o he_o learn_v of_o socrates_n socrates_n of_o pythagoras_n pythagoras_n of_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o egyptian_n as_o some_o will_v have_v it_o of_o the_o hebrew_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o abraham_n whilst_o he_o sojourn_v in_o egypt_n plato_n make_v it_o the_o most_o important_a principle_n of_o pagan_a morality_n thereby_o oblige_v man_n to_o virtue_n out_o of_o hope_n of_o reward_n and_o fear_v of_o punishment_n his_o doctrine_n have_v a_o tendency_n to_o that_o of_o the_o stoic_n as_o appear_v by_o 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