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and_o again_o hereafter_o seed_n time_n and_o harvest_n and_o cold_a and_o heat_n and_o 22._o summer_n and_o winter_n and_o day_n and_o night_n shall_v not_o cease_v so_o long_o as_o the_o earth_n remain_v and_o be_v there_o not_o a_o certainty_n in_o these_o revolution_n so_o that_o in_o se_fw-la sua_fw-la per_fw-la vestigia_fw-la voluitur_fw-la annus_fw-la virgil_n the_o year_n in_o its_o own_o step_n into_o in_o self_n return_n it_o can_v not_o well_o be_v that_o the_o stork_n and_o the_o turtle_n the_o crane_n and_o the_o swallow_n and_o other_o fowl_n shall_v observe_v so_o precise_o as_o they_o do_v the_o 7._o appoint_a time_n of_o their_o come_n and_o go_v and_o whereas_o it_o be_v common_o think_v and_o believe_v that_o the_o time_n of_o the_o year_n be_v now_o more_o unseasonable_a than_o heretofore_o and_o thereby_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o earth_n neither_o so_o fair_a nor_o kind_o as_o they_o have_v be_v to_o the_o first_o i_o answer_v that_o the_o same_o complaint_n have_v 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heat_n and_o radical_a moisture_n by_o that_o supernatural_a virtue_n &_o efficacy_n which_o he_o give_v to_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o tree_n of_o life_n he_o be_v then_o natural_o mortal_a for_o otherwise_o even_o after_o his_o fall_n shall_v he_o have_v continue_v immortal_a as_o the_o apostate_n angel_n do_v but_o by_o special_a privilege_n and_o dispensation_n immortal_a mortalis_fw-la erat_fw-la say_v s._n augustine_n 25._o conditione_n corporis_fw-la animalis_fw-la immortalis_fw-la autem_fw-la beneficio-conditoris_a he_o be_v mortal_a in_o respect_n of_o his_o natural_a body_n but_o immortal_a by_o the_o favour_n of_o his_o creator_n yet_o doubtless_o have_v he_o not_o sin_v he_o have_v not_o still_o live_v here_o upon_o earth_n though_o in_o likelihood_n his_o age_n may_v be_v extend_v to_o some_o thousand_o of_o year_n but_o shall_v have_v be_v at_o length_n translate_v from_o hence_o to_o heaven_n where_o he_o can_v neither_o have_v sin_v nor_o dyedâ—…_n sic_fw-la est_fw-la immortalis_fw-la conditus_fw-la say_v gregory_n ut_fw-la tamen_fw-la si_fw-la peccaret_fw-la &_o mori_fw-la 26._o possit_fw-la &_o sic_fw-la mortalis_fw-la est_fw-la conditus_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la non_fw-la peccaret_fw-la etiam_fw-la non_fw-la mori_fw-la possit_fw-la atque_fw-la ex_fw-la merito_fw-la liberi_fw-la arbitrij_fw-la beatitudinem_fw-la illius_fw-la regionis_fw-la attingeret_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la vel_fw-la peccare_fw-la vel_fw-la mori_fw-la non_fw-la possit_fw-la he_o be_v so_o create_v immortal_a that_o if_o he_o sin_v he_o may_v die_v and_o again_o so_o be_v he_o create_v mortal_a that_o he_o can_v not_o die_v but_o by_o the_o merit_n of_o his_o freewill_n shall_v have_v be_v translate_v to_o that_o place_n of_o bliss_n where_o he_o can_v neither_o sin_n nor_o die_v sect_n 2._o of_o the_o long_a life_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o of_o the_o manner_n of_o compute_v there_o year_n and_o that_o almighty_a god_n draw_v out_o the_o line_n of_o their_o life_n to_o that_o length_n for_o reason_n proper_a to_o those_o first_o time_n though_o upon_o the_o fall_n of_o man_n the_o
god_n will_v it_o so_o shall_v be_v life_n every_o man_n from_o man_n death_n none_o can_v take_v a_o thousand_o way_n thereto_o wide_o open_a lie_n and_o lest_o we_o shall_v think_v this_o to_o be_v but_o a_o poetical_a fiction_n whereby_o man_n be_v make_v to_o speak_v what_o the_o poet_n please_v let_v we_o hear_v the_o wise_a &_o worthy_a among_o they_o speak_v in_o good_a earnest_n in_o this_o matter_n quintilian_n affirm_v that_o nemo_fw-la nisi_fw-la sua_fw-la culpa_fw-la diu_fw-la dolet_fw-la no_o man_n be_v long_o in_o pain_n or_o sâ—…rrow_n 6._o unless_o it_o be_v through_o his_o own_o fault_n mean_v that_o kill_a himself_o he_o may_v be_v rid_v of_o it_o when_o he_o please_v yea_o even_a seneca_n himself_o approve_v of_o this_o selfe-homicide_n in_o diverse_a place_n and_o though_o himself_o of_o a_o contrary_a sect_n yet_o he_o high_o commend_v that_o speech_n of_o epicurus_n malum_fw-la est_fw-la 1â—…_n in_o necessitate_v vivere_fw-la necessitas_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la quidni_fw-la nulla_fw-la siâ—…_n patent_n undique_fw-la ad_fw-la libertatem_fw-la viae_fw-la multae_fw-la breves_fw-la faciles_fw-la agamus_fw-la deo_fw-la gratias_fw-la quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la in_o vita_fw-la teneri_fw-la potest_fw-la indeed_o it_o be_v a_o misery_n to_o live_v in_o necessity_n but_o there_o be_v no_o necessity_n for_o a_o man_n so_o to_o live_v there_o be_v many_o and_o short_a and_o easy_a way_n to_o free_v ourselves_o let_v we_o give_v thanks_n to_o god_n that_o no_o man_n can_v be_v compel_v to_o live_v whether_o he_o will_v or_o no._n and_o again_o si_fw-mi i_o quidem_fw-la velis_fw-la audire_fw-la hoc_fw-la meditare_fw-la exerce_fw-la te_fw-la ut_fw-la mortem_fw-la &_o excipias_fw-la &_o si_fw-la ita_fw-la res_fw-la suadebit_fw-la a_o cersa_n 70._o interest_n nihil_fw-la a_o illa_fw-la ad_fw-la nos_fw-la veniat_fw-la a_o ad_fw-la illam_fw-la nos_fw-la if_o thou_o will_v follow_v my_o counsel_n so_o prepare_v thyself_o that_o thou_o may_v entertain_v death_n nay_o if_o need_n be_v thou_o may_v send_v for_o it_o for_o it_o matter_n not_o whether_o death_n come_v to_o we_o or_o we_o go_v to_o death_n yea_o he_o mock_n and_o deride_v those_o that_o 70._o make_v any_o scruple_n thereof_o bono_fw-mi loco_fw-la res_fw-la humanae_fw-la sunt_fw-la quod_fw-la nemo_fw-la nisi_fw-la vitio_fw-la svo_fw-la miser_n est_fw-la placet_fw-la vive_fw-fr si_fw-la non_fw-la placet_fw-la licet_fw-la eo_fw-la reverti_fw-la unde_fw-la venisti_fw-la the_o condition_n of_o our_o estate_n in_o this_o be_v happy_a that_o no_o man_n be_v miserable_a but_o by_o his_o own_o default_n do_v thy_o life_n please_v thou_o live_v if_o it_o please_v thou_o not_o thou_o may_v return_v when_o thou_o will_v from_o whence_o thou_o come_v and_o in_o another_o 15_o place_n quocunque_fw-la respexcris_fw-la ibi_fw-la malornm_fw-la finis_fw-la est_fw-la vides_fw-la illud_fw-la praecipitem_fw-la locum_fw-la illac_fw-la ad_fw-la libertatem_fw-la descenditur_fw-la vides_fw-la illud_fw-la mare_fw-la illud_fw-la flumen_fw-la illud_fw-la puteum_fw-la libertas_n illic_fw-la in_o imo_fw-la sedet_fw-la vides_fw-la illam_fw-la arborem_fw-la brevem_fw-la horridam_fw-la infaelicem_fw-la pendet_fw-la inde_fw-la libertas_fw-la vides_fw-la iugulum_fw-la tuum_fw-la guttur_fw-la tuum_fw-la cor_fw-la tuum_fw-la effugia_fw-it servitutis_fw-la sunt_fw-la nimis_fw-la mihi_fw-la operosos_fw-la exitus_fw-la monstras_fw-la &_o multum_fw-la animi_fw-la atque_fw-la roboris_fw-la exigentes_fw-la quaeris_fw-la quod_fw-la sit_fw-la ad_fw-la libertatem_fw-la iter_fw-la quaelibet_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la toto_fw-la vena_fw-la which_o way_n soever_o thou_o look_v there_o be_v a_o end_n of_o all_o evil_n to_o be_v find_v do_v thou_o see_v a_o high_a and_o steep_a place_n by_o fall_v down_o from_o it_o thou_o shall_v fall_v into_o liberty_n see_v thou_o such_o a_o sea_n or_o such_o a_o river_n or_o such_o a_o pit_n liberty_n lie_v in_o the_o bottom_n of_o they_o if_o thou_o have_v the_o heart_n to_o 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arbiter_n juvenall_n galgacus_n and_o hannibal_n and_o in_o particular_a caecilius_n claudius_n marcus_n crassus_n and_o special_o seneca_n the_o philosopher_n be_v tax_v for_o this_o vice_n the_o rapine_n and_o covetousness_n of_o the_o roman_n be_v such_o that_o be_v lord_n in_o a_o manner_n of_o all_o the_o know_a world_n yet_o therewith_o they_o rest_v not_o content_a orbem_fw-la jam_fw-la totum_fw-la victor_n romanus_n habebat_fw-la arbiter_n qua_fw-la mare_fw-la qua_fw-la tellus_fw-la qua_fw-la sydus_fw-la currit_fw-la utrumque_fw-la nec_fw-la satiatus_fw-la erat_fw-la now_o the_o victorious_a roman_a all_n the_o world_n have_v win_v sea_n land_n and_o all_o where_o both_o the_o star_n their_o course_n do_v run_v yet_o be_v not_o satisfy_v these_o be_v they_o who_o brave_a galgacus_n in_o the_o life_n of_o julius_n agricola_n just_o style_v raptores_fw-la orbis_fw-la unjust_a robber_n of_o the_o world_n who_o have_v leave_v no_o land_n say_v he_o to_o be_v spoil_v search_v also_o the_o sea_n who_o not_o the_o east_n nor_o west_n have_v satisfy_v to_o take_v away_o by_o main_a force_n to_o kill_v and_o to_o spoil_v false_o they_o call_v empire_n and_o when_o all_o be_v lay_v waste_n as_o a_o wilderness_n that_o they_o call_v peace_n this_o unquenchable_a desire_n of_o they_o hannibal_n likewise_o both_o true_o and_o witty_o express_v before_o who_o when_o antiochus_n muster_v a_o great_a army_n prepare_v against_o the_o roman_n rich_o furnish_v with_o weapon_n inamile_v ensign_n saddle_n bridle_n and_o trappings_n emboss_a and_o embroider_a with_o gold_n and_o silver_n be_v demand_v by_o the_o king_n whether_o all_o that_o gallant_a show_n be_v not_o sufficient_a for_o the_o roman_n his_o answer_n be_v short_a but_o sharp_a tax_v aswell_o the_o cowardice_n of_o antiochus_n his_o soldier_n as_o the_o covetousness_n of_o the_o roman_n plane_n 6._o satis_fw-la esse_fw-la credo_fw-la romanis_n haec_fw-la etsi_fw-la avarissimi_fw-la sint_fw-la yes_o true_o i_o 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of_o apicius_n a_o famous_a belly-god_n may_v 17._o suffice_v to_o show_v who_o â—…aving_v spend_v a_o million_o of_o sesterce_n in_o his_o kitchen_n &_o send_v go_v beside_o many_o great_a gift_n of_o prince_n and_o a_o mighty_a revenue_n of_o the_o capitol_n in_o riotous_a feast_n and_o banquet_v be_v deep_a in_o debt_n he_o begin_v at_o last_o though_o sore_o against_o his_o will_n to_o look_v into_o his_o reckon_n &_o take_v a_o account_n of_o his_o estate_n &_o find_v that_o all_o be_v cast_v up_o he_o have_v yet_o leave_v unto_o himself_o clear_a one_o hundred_o thousand_o sesterce_n and_o thereupon_o velut_fw-la in_o ultima_fw-la same_o victurus_fw-la veneno_fw-la vitamfinivit_fw-la as_o if_o he_o shall_v hauâ—…_n be_v force_v poor_a man_n to_o live_v in_o a_o hunger-starve_a fashion_n 10._o he_o poison_v himself_o quanta_fw-la luxuria_fw-la est_fw-la cui_fw-la sestertium_fw-la centies_fw-la egestas_fw-la fuit_fw-la how_o great_a be_v that_o luxury_n to_o which_o one_o hundred_o 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