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occidit_fw-la long_a non_fw-la ulciscitur_fw-la nec_fw-la gloriam_fw-la assequitur_fw-la particular_a advisement_n and_o remedy_n against_o this_o evil_a be_v lib._n 3._o cap._n 34._o chap._n xxx_o cruelty_n cruelty_n be_v a_o villainous_a and_o detestable_a vice_n and_o against_o nature_n and_o therefore_o it_o be_v likewise_o call_v inhumanity_n it_o proceed_v from_o weakness_n omnis_fw-la ex_fw-la infirmitate_fw-la feritas_fw-la est_fw-la and_o it_o be_v the_o daughter_n of_o cowardliness_n for_o a_o valorous_a man_n do_v always_o exercise_v his_o strength_n against_o a_o resist_a enemy_n who_o he_o have_v no_o soon_o at_o his_o mercy_n but_o he_o be_v satisfy_v romana_fw-la virtus_fw-la parcere_fw-la subiectis_fw-la debellare_fw-la superbos_fw-la forasmuch_o therefore_o as_o cowardly_a weakness_n can_v not_o be_v of_o this_o rank_n to_o the_o end_n it_o may_v yet_o get_v the_o name_n of_o valour_n it_o make_v blood_n and_o massacre_n the_o proof_n thereof_o murder_n in_o victory_n 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tell_v by_o his_o son_n in_o law_n philip_n that_o he_o be_v a_o base_a cowward_n why_o then_o say_v he_o no_o marvel_n if_o he_o be_v a_o murderer_n and_o cruel_a it_o proceed_v likewise_o from_o the_o inward_a malignity_n of_o the_o soul_n which_o feed_v and_o delight_v itself_o with_o the_o hurt_n of_o another_o monster_n like_o caligula_n chap._n xxxi_o sadness_n or_o heaviness_n of_o heart_n sadness_n be_v a_o languish_a feebleness_n of_o the_o spirit_n and_o a_o description_n 1_o the_o description_n kind_n of_o discouragement_n engender_v by_o the_o opinion_n that_o we_o have_v of_o the_o greatness_n of_o those_o evil_n that_o afflict_v us._n it_o be_v a_o dangerous_a enemy_n to_o our_o rest_n which_o present_o weaken_v and_o quell_v our_o soul_n if_o we_o take_v not_o good_a heed_n and_o take_v from_o we_o the_o use_n of_o reason_n and_o discourse_n and_o
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