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A09802 The lives of the noble Grecians and Romanes compared together by that graue learned philosopher and historiographer, Plutarke of Chæronea ; translated out of Greeke into French by Iames Amyot ... ; and out of French into Englishe, by Thomas North.; Lives. English. 1579 Plutarch.; North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?; Amyot, Jacques, 1513-1593.; Acciaiuoli, Donato, 1429-1478.; Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628. 1579 (1579) STC 20066; ESTC S1644 2,087,933 1,206

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city_n of_o utica_n scipio_n despise_v cato_n counsel_n cato_n constancy_n in_o extremity_n cato_n 〈…〉_o unto_o the_o roman_n at_o utica_n the_o equity_n of_o cato_n cato_n forsake_v of_o three_o hundred_o roman_a merchant_n at_o utica_n cato_n pity_n and_o regard_n unto_o the_o senator_n cato_n a_o earnest_a suitor_n for_o the_o senator_n the_o sincerity_n of_o cato_n cato_n mind_n unconquerable_a cato_n reprove_v the_o ambition_n of_o man._n statilius_n a_o follower_n of_o cato_n cato_n will_v not_o have_v pardon_n beg_v of_o caesar_n for_o he_o cato_n forbid_v his_o son_n to_o meddle_v with_o matter_n of_o state_n in_o a_o corrupt_a time_n the_o paradox_n of_o the_o stoic_n plato_n dialogue_n of_o the_o soul_n cato_n last_o word_n unto_o the_o philosopher_n his_o friend_n cato_n consider_v his_o sword_n wherewith_o he_o kill_v himself_o the_o death_n of_o cato_n cato_n funeral_n caesar_n say_v unto_o cato_n the_o dead_a the_o son_n of_o cato_n what_o condition_n he_o have_v psyche_n 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