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pleasure_n from_o emptynesse_n and_o variety_n from_o poverty_n or_o a_o humble_a table_n plerumque_fw-la gratae_fw-la principibus_fw-la vice_n mundaeque_fw-la parvo_fw-la sub_fw-la lare_fw-la pauperum_fw-la coenae_fw-la sine_fw-la aulaeis_fw-la &_o ostro_fw-la sollicitam_fw-la explicuere_fw-la frontem_fw-la but_o however_o of_o all_o the_o thing_n in_o the_o world_n a_o man_n may_v best_o and_o most_o easy_o want_v pleasure_n which_o if_o you_o have_v enjoy_v it_o pass_v away_o at_o the_o present_a and_o leave_v nothing_o at_o all_o behind_o it_o but_o sorrow_n and_o sour_a remembrance_n no_o man_n feel_v a_o great_a pleasure_n in_o a_o goblet_n of_o wine_n than_o lysimachus_n when_o he_o fight_v against_o the_o getae_n and_o himself_o and_o his_o whole_a army_n be_v compel_v by_o thirst_n to_o yield_v themselves_o to_o bondage_n but_o when_o the_o wine_n be_v sink_v as_o far_o as_o his_o navel_n the_o pleasure_n be_v go_v and_o so_o be_v his_o kingdom_n and_o his_o liberty_n for_o 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widow_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v diogenes_n tyrant_n never_o come_v from_o the_o cottage_n of_o they_o that_o eat_v pulse_n and_o course_n fare_v but_o from_o the_o delicious_a bed_n and_o banquet_n of_o the_o effeminate_a and_o rich_a feeder_n for_o to_o maintain_v plenty_n and_o luxury_n sometime_o war_n be_v necessary_a and_o oppression_n and_o violence_n but_o no_o landlord_n do_v ever_o grind_v the_o face_n of_o his_o tenant_n no_o prince_n ever_o suck_v blood_n from_o his_o subject_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o a_o sober_a and_o a_o moderate_a proportion_n of_o good_a thing_n and_o this_o be_v intimate_v by_o s._n james_n do_v not_o rich_a man_n oppress_v you_o and_o draw_v you_o 6._o before_o the_o judgement_n seat_n for_o all_o man_n be_v passionate_a to_o live_v according_a to_o that_o state_n in_o which_o they_o be_v bear_v or_o to_o which_o they_o be_v devolve_v or_o which_o they_o have_v frame_v to_o themselves_o those_o therefore_o that_o love_n to_o live_v 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〈◊〉_d but_o lysander_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o crafty_a man_n full_a of_o plot_n but_o not_o noble_a in_o the_o conduct_n of_o his_o arm_n i_o remember_v euripides_n bring_v in_o achilles_n commend_v the_o ingenuity_n of_o his_o breed_n and_o the_o simplicity_n and_o nobleness_n of_o his_o own_o heart_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o good_a old_a man_n chiron_n be_v my_o tutor_n and_o he_o teach_v i_o to_o use_v simplicity_n and_o honesty_n in_o all_o my_o manner_n it_o be_v well_o and_o noble_a but_o yet_o some_o wise_a man_n do_v not_o condemn_v all_o soldier_n that_o use_v to_o get_v victory_n by_o deceit_n saint_n austin_n allow_v it_o to_o be_v lawful_a and_o saint_n chrysostome_n sacerdotio_fw-la commend_v it_o these_o good_a man_n suppose_v that_o a_o crafty_a victory_n be_v better_a than_o a_o bloody_a war_n and_o certain_o so_o it_o be_v if_o the_o power_n get_v by_o craft_n be_v not_o exercise_v in_o blood_n but_o this_o 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