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too_o soft_a nor_o too_o rigorous_a inpunish_n but_o as_o the_o cause_n deserve_v for_o he_o must_v not_o affect_v the_o glory_n of_o meeldnesse_n or_o of_o severity_n but_o when_o he_o have_v well_o consider_v the_o case_n he_o must_v do_v justice_n as_o the_o case_n require_v use_v mercy_n and_o gentleness_n in_o small_a matter_n and_o show_v severity_n of_o law_n in_o great_a crime_n howbeit_o always_o with_o some_o temperance_n of_o gentleness_n for_o as_o theodorike_n be_v wont_v to_o say_v it_o be_v the_o property_n of_o a_o good_a and_o gracious_a prince_n not_o to_o be_v desirous_a to_o punish_v offence_n but_o to_o take_v they_o away_o lest_o by_o punish_v they_o too_o eager_o or_o by_o overpass_v they_o too_o meeldly_a he_o be_v deem_v unaduised_a and_o careless_a of_o the_o execution_n of_o justice_n s._n john_n chrysostome_n say_v that_o justice_n without_o mercy_n be_v not_o justice_n but_o cruelty_n and_o that_o mercy_n without_o justice_n be_v not_o mercy_n but_o folly_n 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mean_a between_o fearfulness_n and_o fooâ—_n hardiness_n for_o it_o represâ—eth_v fear_n and_o moderate_v boldness_n 〈…〉_o true_a it_o be_v that_o it_o be_v hard_a to_o restrain_v fear_n than_o to_o moderate_a boldness_n for_o to_o abide_v danger_n time_n and_o custom_n be_v requisite_a for_o the_o endure_a of_o the_o inconvenience_n but_o when_o a_o thing_n be_v to_o be_v adventure_v upon_o it_o be_v do_v upon_o the_o sudden_a and_o with_o a_o speediness_n the_o which_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v moderate_v than_o fear_n consist_v therefore_o the_o state_n of_o prowess_n consist_v chief_o in_o the_o contempt_n of_o grief_n and_o death_n and_o that_o man_n be_v count_v a_o man_n of_o noble_a courage_n which_o when_o a_o honest_a or_o honourable_a death_n be_v offer_v unto_o he_o be_v nothing_o afraid_a of_o it_o but_o for_o to_o put_v a_o man_n self_n in_o danger_n upon_o a_o brunt_n of_o sorrow_n or_o anger_n can_v as_o say_v aristotle_n be_v count_v valiantness_n fearfulness_n be_v the_o 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to_o this_o say_n of_o solomon_n in_o the_o 18._o of_o his_o proverb_n that_o he_o that_o be_v slothful_a at_o his_o work_n be_v brother_n to_o the_o scattergood_n therefore_o man_n must_v beware_v of_o idleness_n for_o as_o say_v theodorick_n write_v to_o festus_n like_a as_o man_n nature_n be_v furnish_v by_o pain_n take_v so_o by_o sluggish_a idleness_n it_o decay_v and_o become_v beastly_a nothing_o plutarch_n say_v that_o man_n mind_n do_v rust_n and_o forgrow_v through_o idleness_n and_o that_o as_o the_o water_n that_o stand_v unoccupy_v in_o the_o shadow_n do_v gather_v filth_n and_o infection_n so_o the_o life_n of_o they_o that_o live_v in_o idleness_n if_o it_o have_v any_o thing_n that_o may_v avail_v yet_o because_o it_o be_v not_o derive_v unto_o other_o that_o other_o man_n may_v taste_v thereof_o the_o native_a force_n and_o virtue_n thereof_o become_v corrupt_a and_o stale_a and_o by_o and_o by_o after_o i_o be_o of_o opinion_n say_v he_o that_o whereas_o we_o live_v 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