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whether_o it_o be_v of_o the_o young_a or_o old_a or_o wise_a or_o holy_a or_o high_a estate_n or_o low_a none_o ever_o can_v true_o brag_v of_o any_o exemption_n in_o that_o case_n it_o require_v a_o form_n of_o poesy_n variable_a inconstant_a affect_v curious_a and_o most_o witty_a of_o any_o other_o whereof_o the_o joy_n be_v to_o be_v utter_v in_o one_o sort_n the_o sorrow_n in_o a_o other_o and_o by_o the_o many_o form_n of_o poesy_n the_o many_o mood_n and_o pang_n of_o lover_n thorough_o to_o be_v discover_v the_o poor_a soul_n sometime_o pray_v beseech_v sometime_o honour_v avance_v praise_v a_o other_o while_o rail_a revile_v and_o curse_v then_o sorrow_v weep_a lament_v in_o the_o end_n laugh_v rejoice_v &_o solace_v the_o belove_a again_o with_o a_o thousand_o delicate_a devise_n ode_n song_n elegy_n ballad_n sonnet_n and_o other_o ditty_n move_v one_o way_n and_o another_o to_o great_a compassion_n chap._n xxiii_o the_o form_n of_o poetical_a reioysing_n pleasure_n be_v the_o chief_a part_n of_o man_n felicity_n in_o this_o world_n and_o also_o as_o our_o theologian_n say_v in_o the_o world_n to_o come_v therefore_o while_o we_o may_v yea_o always_o if_o it_o can_v be_v to_o rejoice_v and_o take_v our_o pleasure_n in_o virtuous_a and_o honest_a sort_n it_o be_v not_o only_o allowable_a but_o also_o necessary_a and_o very_a natural_a to_o man_n and_o many_o be_v the_o joy_n and_o consolation_n of_o the_o hart_n but_o none_o great_a than_o such_o as_o he_o may_v utter_v and_o discover_v by_o some_o convenient_a mean_n even_o as_o to_o suppress_v and_o hide_v a_o man_n mirth_n and_o not_o to_o have_v therein_o a_o partaker_n or_o at_o least_o wise_a a_o witness_n be_v no_o little_a grief_n and_o infelicity_n therefore_o nature_n and_o civility_n have_v ordain_v beside_o the_o private_a solace_n public_a reioising_n for_o the_o comfort_n and_o recreation_n of_o many_o
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poet_n and_o a_o fine_a beside_o his_o poetry_n to_o play_v also_o the_o physician_n and_o not_o only_o by_o apply_v a_o medicine_n to_o the_o ordinary_a sickness_n of_o mankind_n but_o by_o make_v the_o very_a grief_n itself_o in_o part_n cure_n of_o the_o disease_n now_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o man_n sorrow_n many_o the_o death_n of_o his_o parent_n friend_n ally_n and_o child_n though_o many_o of_o the_o barbarous_a nation_n do_v rejoice_v at_o their_o burial_n and_o sorrow_n at_o their_o birth_n the_o overthrow_n and_o discomfort_n in_o battle_n the_o subversion_n of_o town_n and_o city_n the_o desolation_n of_o country_n the_o loss_n of_o good_n and_o worldly_a promotion_n honour_n and_o good_a renown_n final_o the_o travail_n and_o torment_n of_o love_n forlorn_a or_o ill_o bestow_v either_o by_o disgrace_n denial_n delay_n and_o twenty_o other_o way_n that_o well_o experience_a lover_n can_v recite_v such_o of_o these_o grief_n as_o may_v be_v refrain_v or_o holpen_v by_o wisdom_n and_o the_o party_n own_o good_a endeavour_n the_o poet_n give_v none_o order_n to_o sorrow_n they_o for_o first_o as_o to_o the_o good_a renown_n it_o be_v lose_v for_o the_o more_o part_n by_o some_o default_n of_o the_o owner_n and_o may_v be_v by_o his_o well_a do_n recover_v again_o and_o if_o it_o be_v unjust_o take_v away_o as_o by_o untrue_a and_o famous_a libel_n the_o offender_n recantation_n may_v suffice_v for_o his_o amends_n so_o do_v the_o poet_n stesichorus_n as_o it_o be_v write_v of_o he_o in_o his_o pallinodie_n upon_o the_o dispraise_n of_o helena_n and_o recover_v his_o eye_n sight_n also_o for_o worldly_a good_n they_o come_v and_o go_v as_o thing_n not_o long_a proprietary_n to_o any_o body_n and_o be_v not_o yet_o subject_a unto_o fortune_n dominion_n so_o but_o that_o we_o ourselves_o be_v in_o great_a part_n accessary_a to_o our_o own_o loss_n and_o hinderaunce_n by_o oversight_n &_o misguide_v of_o ourselves_o and_o our_o thing_n therefore_o why_o 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to_o vanquish_v his_o will_n and_o to_o invegle_v his_o judgement_n therefore_o of_o death_n and_o burial_n of_o th'aduersity_n by_o war_n and_o of_o true_a love_n lose_v or_o ill_o bestow_v be_v the_o only_a sorrow_n that_o the_o noble_a poet_n seek_v by_o their_o art_n to_o remove_v or_o appease_v not_o with_o any_o medicament_n of_o a_o contrary_a temper_n as_o the_o galemste_n use_v to_o cure_v contraria_fw-la contrarijs_fw-la but_o as_o the_o paracelsian_n who_o cure_n similia_fw-la similibus_fw-la make_o one_o dolour_n to_o expel_v another_o and_o in_o this_o case_n one_o short_a sorrow_v the_o remedy_n of_o a_o long_a and_o grievous_a sorrow_n and_o the_o lament_a of_o death_n be_v chief_o at_o the_o very_a burial_n of_o the_o dead_a also_o at_o month_n mind_n and_o long_a time_n by_o custom_n continue_v yearly_a when_o as_o they_o use_v many_o office_n of_o service_n and_o love_n towards_o the_o dead_a and_o thereupon_o be_v call_v obsequy_n in_o our_o vulgar_a which_o be_v do_v not_o only_o by_o clad_v the_o mourner_n their_o friend_n and_o servant_n in_o black_a vesture_n of_o shape_n doleful_a and_o sad_a but_o also_o by_o woeful_a countenance_n and_o voice_n and_o beside_o by_o poetical_a mourning_n in_o verse_n such_o funeral_n song_n be_v call_v epicedia_n if_o they_o be_v song_n by_o many_o and_o monodia_fw-la if_o they_o be_v utter_v by_o one_o alone_a and_o this_o be_v use_v at_o the_o innterment_n of_o prince_n and_o other_o of_o great_a account_n and_o it_o be_v reckon_v a_o great_a civility_n to_o use_v such_o ceremony_n as_o at_o this_o day_n be_v also_o in_o some_o country_n use_v in_o rome_n they_o accustom_v to_o make_v oration_n funeral_n and_o commendatorie_n of_o the_o dead_a party_n in_o the_o public_a place_n call_v procostris_fw-la and_o our_o theologian_n in_o stead_n thereof_o use_v to_o make_v sermon_n both_o teach_v the_o people_n some_o good_a learning_n and_o also_o say_v well_o of_o the_o depart_v those_o song_n of_o the_o 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