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love_v he_o that_o confess_v his_o modesty_n but_o i_o can_v endure_v he_o that_o accuse_v it_o a_o confidence_n in_o carriage_n soon_o unite_v affection_n i_o like_v a_o reserve_a countenance_n and_o a_o open_a speech_n contra._n boldness_n be_v the_o verger_n to_o folly_n impudence_n be_v good_a for_o nothing_o but_o for_o imposture_n confidence_n be_v the_o fool_n empress_n and_o the_o wise_a man_n buffoon_n boldness_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o dullness_n of_o sense_n together_o with_o a_o perverseness_n of_o the_o will_n ceremony_n puntoe_n affectation_n xxxiv_o pro._n a_o comely_a moderation_n of_o countenance_n and_o gesture_n be_v the_o true_a season_n of_o virtue_n if_o we_o observe_v the_o vulgar_a in_o the_o use_n of_o word_n why_o not_o in_o habit_n and_o gesture_n he_o that_o keep_v not_o a_o decorum_n in_o small_a matter_n and_o in_o his_o daily_a custom_n though_o he_o be_v a_o great_a man_n yet_o set_v it_o down_o for_o truth_n that_o such_o a_o personage_n be_v wise_a but_o at_o certain_a season_n virtue_n and_o wisdom_n without_o all_o point_n of_o respect_n and_o compliment_n be_v like_o foreign_a language_n they_o be_v not_o understand_v by_o the_o common_a people_n he_o that_o apprehend_v not_o the_o meaning_n of_o the_o common_a people_n neither_o by_o a_o congruous_a application_n nor_o yet_o by_o observation_n be_v of_o all_o man_n most_o senseless_a puntoe_n and_o ceremony_n be_v the_o translation_n of_o virtue_n into_o a_o mother_n tongue_n contra._n what_o can_v be_v a_o more_o deform_a spectacle_n than_o to_o transfer_v the_o sense_n into_o our_o common_a course_n of_o life_n fair_a ingenious_a behaviour_n win_v grace_n and_o favour_n but_o affectation_n and_o art_n procure_v hatred_n better_o a_o paint_a face_n and_o crisp_a hair_n then_o paint_v and_o crisp_a manner_n he_o can_v comprehend_v great_a matter_n who_o break_v his_o mind_n to_o small_a observation_n affectation_n be_v the_o shine_a putrefaction_n of_o ingenuity_n jest_n xxxv_o pro._n a_o conceit_n be_v the_o altar_n of_o a_o orator_n he_o that_o mingle_v modest_a mirth_n in_o all_o his_o commerce_n with_o other_o reserve_v a_o freedom_n of_o mind_n it_o be_v a_o matter_n more_o politic_a than_o a_o man_n will_v think_v smooth_o to_o pass_v from_o jest_n to_o earnest_n and_o from_o earnest_a to_o jest_v a_o witty_a conceit_n be_v oftentimes_o a_o convoy_n of_o a_o truth_n which_o otherwise_o can_v not_o so_o handsome_o have_v be_v fery_v over_o contra_n what_o man_n despise_v not_o those_o that_o hunt_v after_o these_o deformity_n and_o concinnity_n to_o put_v off_o the_o importance_n of_o business_n with_o a_o jest_n be_v a_o base_a slight_a of_o wit_n then_o judge_v of_o a_o jest_n when_o you_o have_v do_v laugh_v merry_o conceit_a man_n seldom_o penetrate_v far_o than_o the_o superficies_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o point_n where_o the_o jest_n lie_v to_o put_v a_o jest_n as_o a_o matter_n of_o moment_n upon_o serious_a affair_n be_v a_o childish_a levity_n love_n xxxvi_o pro._n do_v you_o not_o see_v how_o all_o man_n seek_v themselves_o but_o a_o lover_n only_o find_v himself_o there_o be_v no_o better_a government_n of_o the_o mind_n then_o from_o the_o command_n of_o some_o powerful_a affection_n he_o that_o be_v wise_a let_v he_o pursue_v some_o desire_n or_o other_o for_o he_o that_o do_v not_o affect_v some_o one_o thing_n in_o chief_a unto_o he_o all_o thing_n be_v distasteful_a and_o tedious_a why_o shall_v not_o that_o which_o be_v one_o rest_n in_o unity_n contra._n the_o stage_n be_v much_o behold_v to_o love_n the_o life_n of_o man_n nothing_o there_o be_v nothing_o have_v so_o many_o name_n as_o love_v for_o it_o be_v a_o thing_n either_o so_o foolish_a that_o it_o know_v not_o itself_o or_o so_o base_a that_o it_o must_v needs_o disguise_v itself_o under_o a_o counterfeit_a habit_n i_o like_v not_o such_o nature_n as_o be_v only_a intent_n upon_o one_o thing_n love_n be_v a_o poore-narrow_a contemplation_n 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