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benefit_v my_o country_n to_o pleasure_v my_o friend_n and_o to_o show_v myself_o more_o willing_a than_o able_a in_o perform_v the_o same_o and_o though_o i_o in_o my_o rashness_n presume_v to_o write_v of_o the_o life_n of_o prince_n yet_o i_o trust_v in_o gather_v the_o fragment_n &_o break_a sentence_n as_o a_o beginning_n unto_o other_o that_o be_v better_o store_v it_o will_v be_v of_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a consider_v though_o of_o other_o defame_v and_o taunt_v for_o there_o be_v no_o book_n say_v plini_n so_o simple_a but_o it_o profit_v some_o body_n for_o in_o book_n say_v chilo_n the_o philosopher_n be_v the_o fame_n of_o worthy_a man_n eternize_v and_o the_o verity_n of_o thing_n etere_fw-la unknown_n wuritten_v which_o two_o thing_n neither_o time_n can_v consume_v nor_o fortune_n destroy_v and_o for_o this_o cause_n be_v the_o bone_n of_o homer_n seek_v and_o contend_v for_o of_o seven_o city_n in_o greece_n to_o be_v bury_v and_o keep_v as_o a_o monument_n of_o so_o great_a a_o writer_n and_o for_o this_o be_v euripides_n die_v in_o macedonia_n send_v for_o by_o embassador_n of_o athens_n to_o be_v have_v in_o memory_n as_o a_o praise_n unto_o athens_n by_o his_o burial_n for_o the_o greek_n suppose_v the_o great_a honour_n of_o all_o to_o have_v educate_v such_o man_n as_o be_v studious_a and_o careful_a for_o their_o country_n for_o great_a be_v the_o attempt_n of_o any_o simple_a book_n writer_n to_o hazard_v himself_o to_o present_a peril_n to_o encounter_v with_o diverse_a man_n with_o a_o pen_n in_o his_o hand_n then_o that_o that_o valiant_a perithus_n with_o cerberus_n or_o theseus_n with_o minotaurus_n yea_o or_o hercules_n with_o antheús_n jolly_a champion_n with_o sword_n draw_v for_o that_o they_o fight_v with_o one_o a_o piece_n and_o that_o before_o their_o face_n &_o the_o simple_a writer_n with_o thousand_o and_o they_o behind_o his_o back_n slander_v he_o architas_n the_o philosopher_n who_o the_o tarentines_n make_v a_o general_a in_o their_o war_n six_o several_a time_n he_o i_o say_v be_v in_o no_o such_o danger_n in_o his_o war_n as_o he_o be_v resist_v for_o his_o rule_n and_o law_n in_o tarentum_n plato_n be_v not_o in_o such_o peril_n at_o the_o besiege_n of_o tanagra_n and_o corinth_n among_o all_o his_o enemy_n as_o he_o be_v envy_v in_o greece_n by_o zenophon_n and_o aristotle_n his_o own_o scholar_n by_o his_o philosophy_n neither_o be_v socrates_n in_o such_o hazard_n of_o life_n be_v in_o arm_n in_o delphos_n as_o he_o be_v in_o athens_n by_o writing_n of_o book_n put_v to_o death_n by_o the_o greek_n zeno_n the_o poor_a philosopher_n can_v resist_v the_o violence_n of_o the_o great_a king_n antigonus_n &_o demosthenes_n can_v withstand_v the_o force_n of_o philip_n and_o yet_o neither_o of_o they_o can_v avoid_v the_o snare_n of_o those_o that_o defame_v their_o labour_n envy_v their_o diligence_n in_o writing_n and_o make_n of_o book_n simple_n man_n must_v not_o therefore_o be_v discomfit_v to_o write_v because_o the_o wise_a and_o learned_a be_v herein_o evil_o speak_v for_o the_o gimnosophiste_n in_o india_n the_o prophet_n in_o egypt_n the_o sage_n in_o persia_n the_o ephori_fw-la in_o lacedemonia_fw-la the_o chaldean_n in_o babylon_n and_o the_o philosopher_n in_o greece_n be_v now_o more_o famous_a and_o renowned_a be_v dead_a than_o they_o be_v a_o live_v be_v envy_v and_o slander_v their_o write_n and_o book_n more_o read_v now_o than_o allow_v or_o know_v then_o they_o rtravell_v now_o be_v commend_v though_o their_o life_n then_o be_v despise_v and_o therefore_o i_o wish_v all_o learned_a clerk_n be_v as_o willing_a to_o write_v as_o the_o most_o part_n of_o ignorant_a be_v studious_a and_o careful_a to_o find_v fault_n wherefore_o crave_v the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o learned_a reader_n as_o a_o bowlster_n and_o defence_n to_o my_o simple_a travel_n i_o end_v wish_v that_o both_o the_o printer_n fault_n and_o i_o may_v less_o move_v occasion_n of_o offence_n ¶_o christoforus_n carlilus_n in_o flodum_n gestiunt_fw-la musae_fw-la charites_n triumphant_a gestit_fw-la insignis_fw-la lituis_fw-la apollo_n pallas_n ac_fw-la orpheus_n monumenta_fw-la flode_n cernere_fw-la tanta_fw-la ipse_fw-la ne_fw-la ditem_fw-la videar_fw-la bear_v aureis_fw-la nummis_fw-la calabrosue_n pomis_fw-la well_fw-mi redundantem_fw-la bromeum_fw-la racemis_fw-la dicere_fw-la cesso_fw-la est_fw-la opus_fw-la dignum_fw-la solido_fw-la cupresso_fw-la et_fw-la cedro_fw-la suavi_fw-la simul_fw-la atque_fw-la laud_fw-la maxima_fw-la flodi_fw-la celebrate_v famam_fw-la anglica_n pubes_fw-la si_fw-mi legis_fw-la librum_fw-la furiosa_fw-la philtra_fw-la non_fw-la tâ—bi_fw-la possunt_fw-la nâ—camara_fw-la circe_n vasa_n non_fw-fr atrox_n rabbis_n megerae_fw-la ulla_fw-la nocere_fw-la ed._n grant_v in_o lod._n flo._n qvae_fw-la a_o tûere_fw-la difuruis_fw-la immersa_fw-la tenebris_fw-la aeduntur_fw-la patrijs_fw-la condecorata_fw-la sonis_fw-la quae_fw-la prius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuerint_fw-la bene_fw-la cognita_fw-la paucis_fw-la nunc_fw-la venient_fw-la cunctis_fw-la percipienda_fw-la viris_fw-la postera_fw-la floyde_n tuam_fw-la nascentia_fw-la secula_fw-la laudem_fw-la cantabunt_fw-la praesens_fw-la nomen_fw-la in_o astra_fw-la feret_fw-la quicquid_fw-la est_fw-la in_o mellis_fw-la quicquid_fw-la liberiste_fw-fr lepôris_fw-la continet_fw-la omne_fw-la tuum_fw-la laus_fw-la tribuenda_fw-la tibi_fw-la livide_v mendaces_fw-la compescito_fw-la zoile_n voces_fw-la tela_fw-la licet_fw-la vibres_fw-la non_fw-la violabis_fw-la opus_fw-la inclita_n mordaci_fw-la non_fw-la laedes_fw-la facta_fw-la libello_fw-la florescit_fw-la floydus_fw-la docta_fw-la perora_fw-la virum_fw-la ¶_o in_o librumde_n principum_fw-la periginatione_fw-la johannis_n coci_n scholae_fw-la paulinae_fw-la magistri_fw-la hendecastichon_n cum_fw-la versu_fw-la quodum_fw-la homerico_n ad_fw-la lectorem_fw-la stato_fw-it domi_fw-la nullis_fw-la terre_fw-fr iactatus_fw-la in_o oris_fw-la quem_fw-la patrium_fw-la subijt_fw-la noscendi_fw-la sola_fw-la libido_fw-la sin_n mores_fw-la hominum_fw-la varios_fw-la tibi_fw-la nosse_fw-la voluptas_fw-la ingenijque_fw-la vagas_fw-la ediscere_fw-la nobilis_fw-la art_n non_fw-la perigrinanti_fw-la deerunt_fw-la monimenta_fw-la laboris_fw-la que_fw-la memtemque_fw-la manumque_fw-la parent_n ad_fw-la talia_fw-la promptas_fw-la quod_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la regum_fw-la referens_fw-la quae_fw-la facta_fw-la priorum_fw-la tuta_fw-la domi_fw-la cupido_fw-la praestabit_fw-la vota_fw-la manendi_fw-la hinc_fw-la licet_fw-la ingenij_fw-la praesignes_fw-la discere_fw-la cultus_fw-la quos_fw-la aditu_fw-la regum_fw-la provisa_fw-la pericula_fw-la monstrent_fw-la nam_fw-la libre_fw-la hic_fw-la peragrans_fw-la tibi_fw-la quae_fw-la viscenda_fw-la fuissent_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ¶_o in_o laudem_fw-la lodovici_fw-la flodi_fw-la thomas_n dranta_n archdiachonis_fw-la lewicensis_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la non_fw-la ultima_fw-la laus_fw-la est_fw-la sic_fw-la ais_fw-la &_o summis_fw-la placuisti_fw-la levis_fw-la horati_fw-la principibus_fw-la placuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la si_fw-la tam_fw-la bona_fw-la laus_fw-la sit_fw-la principibus_fw-la fuisse_fw-la viris_fw-la precepta_fw-la quid_fw-la hoc_fw-la est_fw-la atque_fw-la ipsos_fw-la mutos_fw-la ipsos_fw-la formare_fw-la loquentes_fw-la consilium_fw-la totis_fw-la sanumque_fw-la adscribere_fw-la vitis_fw-la hoc_fw-la tu_fw-la flode_n facis_fw-la quedam_fw-la tua_fw-la dogmata_fw-la vidi_fw-la cetera_fw-la cum_fw-la visis_fw-la si_fw-la quadrant_a congrua_fw-la membra_fw-la â–ª_o quod_fw-la facile_fw-la credo_fw-la quid_fw-la tmultis_fw-la te_fw-la tibi_fw-la tollam_fw-la es_fw-la bone_fw-la ingenioque_fw-la &_o bis_fw-la bone_fw-la argumento_fw-la ¶_o thomas_n churchyard_n gent._n of_o lodo._n fl._n if_o learning_n have_v no_o laud_n man_n like_n will_v decay_v away_o and_o few_o will_v write_v or_o knowledge_n seek_v if_o praise_n be_v pluck_v the_o laborer_n have_v his_o hire_n to_o quite_o his_o careful_a pain_n the_o noble_a mind_n for_o worthy_a work_n a_o crown_n of_o glory_n gain_v the_o horse_n toil_v all_o the_o day_n at_o night_n some_o rest_n to_o find_v the_o hawk_n in_o hope_n of_o wish_v pray_v full_a high_a do_v bear_v the_o wind_n than_o he_o who_o make_v this_o book_n of_o right_n must_v reap_v renown_n sith_o through_o the_o trumpet_n he_o have_v blow_v a_o famous_a fact_n do_v son_n he_o show_v by_o learned_a line_n our_o painful_a pilgrim_n state_n and_o how_o the_o prince_n and_o people_n both_o drive_v out_o their_o dreary_a date_n a_o pilgrimage_n we_o go_v in_o path_n of_o peril_n great_a and_o through_o the_o shade_n of_o surety_n shoe_n we_o pass_v to_o burn_a heat_n that_o all_o consume_v by_o flame_n of_o deep_a desire_n in_o breast_n who_o kindle_a cooale_n like_o aethna_n smoke_v in_o sulphur_n void_a of_o rest_n who_o spark_n do_v flee_v so_o far_o they_o can_v quench_v be_v except_o that_o wisdom_n water_n cast_v when_o fire_n most_o hot_a we_o see_v what_o humour_n lead_v i_o thus_o i_o mean_v to_o praise_v this_o man_n as_o far_o as_o pen_n and_o skill_n may_v stretch_v that_o first_o this_o work_n begin_v and_o though_o the_o swell_a swan_n that_o swimes_o in_o pout_a pride_n by_o scowl_a brow_n tell_v world_n that_o they_o this_o work_n can_v abide_v i_o careless_o stand_v of_o that_o and_o wish_n those_o bird_n so_o well_o in_o great_a glory_n
her_o father_n and_o from_o present_a death_n plutarch_n write_v of_o these_o two_o maid_n that_o their_o fame_n hereby_o may_v not_o be_v forget_v to_o speak_v here_o of_o they_o that_o deliver_v man_n from_o death_n from_o captivity_n from_o perpetual_a prison_n it_o be_v necessary_a howbeit_o short_a history_n be_v sweet_a and_o few_o word_n be_v pleasant_a lucullus_n therefore_o i_o will_v not_o speak_v of_o lucullus_n which_o be_v in_o war_n with_o mithridates_n king_n of_o pontus_n deliver_v cotta_n from_o thousand_o about_o he_o i_o will_v not_o write_v of_o lucilius_n a_o roman_a soldier_n lucilius_n which_o when_o he_o see_v that_o brutus_n at_o phillippos_n be_v compass_v round_o about_o with_o enemy_n he_o himself_o run_v with_o few_o soldier_n with_o he_o among_o the_o enemy_n because_o brutus_n in_o the_o mean_a while_n may_v save_v himself_o neither_o will_v i_o make_v much_o mention_n of_o quintius_n concinnatus_fw-la be_v then_o dictator_n in_o rome_n which_o deliver_v 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phrigia_n can_v resist_v that_o noble_a greek_a achilles_n he_o i_o say_v with_o his_o arrow_n slay_v he_o acastus_n acastus_n win_v immortal_a renown_n for_o kill_v of_o the_o wild_a huge_a boar_n that_o spoil_v calidonia_n with_o his_o dart_n toco_fw-la toco_fw-it a_o fine_a soldier_n and_o a_o excellent_a archer_n be_v much_o commend_v for_o that_o he_o can_v do_v with_o his_o bow_n prince_n in_o time_n past_a be_v teach_v to_o do_v feat_n with_o archerye_n for_o hercules_n himself_o be_v teach_v of_o euritus_n the_o science_n of_o shoot_v hercules_n that_o he_o can_v kill_v any_o fly_a foul_a or_o swift_a beast_n as_o sometime_o he_o kill_v the_o bird_n call_v harpeis_fw-la and_o slay_v the_o swift_a centaur_n nessus_n we_o read_v in_o the_o first_o of_o herodotus_n comodus_n that_o commodus_n the_o son_n of_o marcus_n surname_v aurelius_n emperor_n sometime_o of_o rome_n beget_v of_o the_o empress_n faustina_n be_v so_o skilful_a in_o shote_n that_o what_o soever_o he_o see_v with_o his_o eye_n the_o same_o will_v he_o kill_v with_o his_o bow_n insomuch_o that_o upon_o a_o time_n herodotus_n do_v witness_v that_o he_o slay_v a_o hundred_o wild_a beast_n with_o a_o hundred_o shot_n miss_v nothing_o at_o any_o time_n even_o so_o the_o emperor_n domitianus_n be_v so_o expert_a in_o his_o bow_n that_o he_o can_v shoot_v when_o any_o heal_v up_o his_o hand_n betwixt_o his_o finger_n a_o great_a way_n of_o the_o people_n of_o créete_n pass_v all_o man_n in_o this_o faculty_n the_o persian_n be_v so_o cunning_a in_o shoot_v and_o throw_v of_o dart_n persian_n that_o backward_o as_o they_o flee_v they_o will_v spoil_v and_o destroy_v their_o enemy_n getes_n the_o arimaspians_n excel_v the_o persian_n again_o the_o scythian_n &_o getes_n be_v most_o famous_a for_o this_o point_n and_o thus_o have_v occasion_n to_o travail_v as_o pilgrim_n some_o slay_v great_a wild_a tiger_n huge_a bear_n terrible_a lion_n and_o such_o monstrous_a beast_n that_o advance_v the_o 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in_o magic_n amphion_n that_o the_o poete_n feign_v that_o he_o make_v stone_n and_o tree_n to_o follow_v he_o these_o conjecture_n which_o both_o magiciens_fw-la and_o augurer_n do_v gather_v from_o the_o heavenly_a body_n upon_o all_o inferior_a live_n thing_n by_o certain_a sign_n and_o token_n place_v in_o their_o movynge_n stand_v gesture_n and_o goynge_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o to_o search_v the_o hide_a force_n and_o secret_a work_n of_o natural_a body_n which_o be_v so_o esteem_v in_o time_n past_a that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n do_v assign_v a_o augurer_n to_o sit_v in_o royal_a seat_n in_o judgement_n with_o their_o king_n and_o to_o be_v every_o where_o present_a at_o the_o counsel_n of_o the_o city_n to_o decern_v thing_n and_o to_o instruct_v they_o therein_o the_o roman_n have_v a_o whole_a company_n of_o these_o ready_a to_o teach_v they_o thing_n to_o come_v the_o greek_n flow_v of_o these_o for_o they_o take_v nothing_o in_o hand_n without_o consultation_n either_o with_o amphiraus_n mopsus_n tiresias_n or_o mopsus_n the_o phrygian_n have_v such_o confidence_n in_o divination_n that_o ascanius_n the_o son_n of_o aeneas_n ask_v counsel_n of_o augurer_n before_o he_o go_v unto_o the_o field_n against_o mezentius_n in_o fine_a the_o sicilian_n the_o arabian_n and_o the_o vmbrians_n follow_v augurer_n devise_v and_o counsel_n in_o all_o their_o do_n and_o attempt_n therefore_o from_o age_n to_o age_n astrologer_n be_v the_o key_n of_o the_o augurer_n to_o practice_v their_o secret_n by_o erection_n of_o their_o figure_n and_o conjecture_n of_o similitude_n to_o show_v the_o very_a way_n unto_o divination_n there_o be_v a_o other_o kind_n of_o magic_n belong_v to_o witching_n that_o be_v do_z with_o charm_a drink_n and_o medecine_n where_o herb_n be_v most_o esteem_v as_o virgil_n of_o a_o certain_a herb_n call_v pontus_n make_v mention_n how_o he_o see_v a_o man_n name_v moeris_n change_v hereby_o unto_o the_o
slack_a to_o serve_v each_o reader_n to_o suffice_v and_o as_o vlixes_n mate_n be_v change_v to_o shift_v shape_n of_o hog_n so_o like_o actaeon_n thou_o shall_v be_v devour_v of_o some_o dog_n some_o will_v find_v in_o verse_n thy_o fault_n some_o will_v defame_v thy_o sense_n some_o thy_o stile_n and_o some_o thy_o state_n will_v find_v in_o thou_o offence_n the_o learned_a loath_a i_o be_o to_o lose_v of_o right_a their_o friendship_n crave_v sith_o thou_o and_o they_o be_v teach_v in_o place_n true_a friendship_n seek_v to_o have_v a_o crow_n sometime_o in_o rome_n be_v teach_v to_o speak_v to_o caesar_n so_o aue_fw-la caesar_n loud_o with_o voice_n as_z caesar_z by_o do_v go_v a_o eagle_n be_v in_o seston_n town_n each_o day_n will_v never_o cease_v but_o mount_v to_o skey_n in_o flight_n to_o slay_v some_o fowl_n his_o friend_n to_o please_v the_o peacock_n proud_a the_o swell_a swan_n the_o feasaunt_a gay_a the_o cock_n do_v brag_n and_o boast_v themselves_o so_o brave_a and_o other_o bird_n do_v mock_v though_o these_o like_o gorgon_n grim_a with_o eye_n thy_o tremble_a face_n behold_v yet_o tell_v that_o other_o see_v in_o they_o which_o they_o of_o thou_o have_v tell_v no_o force_n say_v thou_o if_o that_o may_v chance_v antimachus_n lot_n may_v crave_v in_o steed_n of_o sundry_a diverse_a head_n one_o plato_n friend_n to_o have_v finis_fw-la ¶_o a_o table_n of_o the_o most_o principal_a and_o chief_a part_n contain_v within_o this_o book_n of_z the_o slippery_a state_n of_o fortune_n and_o what_o prince_n and_o where_o they_o be_v advance_v one_o way_n and_o how_o they_o be_v oppress_v a_o other_o way_n fol._n 1._o pag._n 1._o of_o magnanimity_n of_o prince_n and_o fortitude_n of_o mind_n when_o and_o where_o it_o be_v most_o esteem_v fol._n 6._o pa._n 1._o of_o martial_a triumph_n and_o the_o solemnity_n thereof_o in_o diverse_a country_n fol._n 14._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o first_o find_v out_o of_o law_n and_o order_n and_o of_o all_o mention_n of_o thing_n general_a and_o of_o fame_n fol._n 17._o pa._n 2._o of_o sumptuous_a and_o wonderful_a buildynge_n fol._n 20._o pa._n 1._o of_o paint_v fol._n 23._o pag._n 1._o of_o eloquence_n folly_n 25._o pagi_fw-la 1._o of_o those_o that_o have_v their_o picture_n and_o image_n for_o a_o show_n of_o their_o deserve_a fame_n erect_v folly_n ▪_o 28._o pag._n 1._o of_o those_o that_o defend_v diverse_a from_o death_n from_o serpent_n dragon_n and_o of_o cunning_a archer_n fol._n 30._o pa._n 2._o of_o diligence_n and_o labour_n fol._n 32._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o first_o inventour_n of_o art_n and_o of_o the_o use_n of_o sothsai_v fol._n 35._o pag._n 1._o of_o patient_n fol._n 39_o pag._n 2._o of_o humanity_n and_o clemency_n of_o prince_n fol._n 41._o pag._n 2._o of_o sober_a and_o temperate_a prince_n and_o where_o temperance_n and_o sobriety_n be_v most_o use_v folly_n 49._o pag._n 2._o of_o taciturnity_n and_o silence_n and_o of_o the_o virtue_n and_o commendation_n thereof_o fol._n 57_o pag._n 1._o of_o liberality_n and_o liberal_a prince_n fol._n 62._o pag._n 2._o of_o age_n and_o the_o praise_n thereof_o fol._n 68_o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o manner_n of_o sundry_a people_n and_o of_o their_o strange_a life_n fol._n 74._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o strange_a nature_n of_o water_n earth_o and_o fire_n folio_n 80._o page_n 1._o of_o the_o world_n and_o of_o the_o foul_a of_o man_n with_o diverse_a and_o sundry_a opinion_n of_o philosopher_n about_o the_o same_o fol._n 82._o pag._n 2._o of_o worship_a of_o god_n and_o religion_n of_o gentile_n folio_n 85._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o first_o beginning_n of_o shave_v and_o the_o use_n thereof_o with_o much_o make_v of_o hair_n of_o the_o head_n fol._n 92._o p._n 2_o of_o diverse_a kind_n and_o sondery_a fashion_n of_o burial_n amongst_o the_o gentile_n fol._n 95._o pag._n 1._o of_o spirit_n and_o vision_n fol._n 97._o pag._n 2._o of_o dream_n and_o warnynge_n fol._n 102._o pag._n 2._o of_o the_o beginning_n of_o marriage_n and_o of_o the_o soundrie_a use_n of_o the_o same_o fol._n 107._o pag._n 2._o of_o likeness_n and_o similitude_n fol._n 110._o pag._n 1._o of_o music_n and_o mirth_n folly_n 112._o pag._n 2._o a_o comparison_n between_o the_o love_n of_o man_n and_o beast_n fol._n 118._o pag._n 1._o certain_a ethicall_a arithmology_n draw_v out_o of_o divine_a and_o profane_a auctour_n fol._n 122._o pag._n 2._o example_n of_o justice._n fol._n 125._o example_n of_o usury_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o honour_n fol._n 26._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o envy_n fol._n 127._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o coveitousnes_n fol._n 127._o pag_n 2._o example_n of_o hear_n fol._n 129._o example_n of_o discord_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o friendship_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o flattery_n fol._n 130._o example_n of_o glotonie_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o rape_n and_o spoil_n fol._n 13._o pag._n 1._o example_n of_o mercy_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o love_n eodem_fw-la example_n of_o death_n fol._n 131._o the_o death_n of_o certain_a noble_a prince_n in_o english_a verse_n fol._n 133._o pag._n 1_o of_o memory_n and_o obliviousnes_n fol._n 137._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o prince_n and_o misery_n of_o mortality_n fol._n 140._o pag._n 1._o of_o dissimulation_n and_o craft_n of_o subtlety_n and_o deceit_n fol._n 146_o ▪_o pag._n 2._o of_o famine_n 150._o pag._n 1._o of_o wariness_n fol._n 253._o pag._n of_o revengement_n fol._n 155_o ▪_o pag._n 1._o of_o theft_n and_o sacrilege_n fol._n 158._o pag._n 2._o of_o lust_n fol._n 161_o pag._n 1._o of_o jelowsie_n fol._n 165._o pag._n 2._o of_o idleness_n fol._n 167._o pag._n 2._o of_o wrath_n and_o anger_n fol._n 166._o pag._n 2._o of_o perjury_n and_o faith_n and_o where_o either_o of_o these_o be_v honour_v and_o esteem_v fol._n 169._o pag._n 1._o of_o envy_n and_o malice_n and_o so_o of_o tyranny_n fol._n 177._o pag._n 2._o of_o flattery_n fol._n 183._o pag._n 1._o of_o pride_n fol._n 185._o pag._n 1._o of_o covetuousnes_n fol._n 190._o pag._n 1._o of_o prodigality_n and_o drunkenness_n fol._n 198._o pag._n 1._o of_o magic_a and_o witchery_n fol._n 200_o ▪_o pag._n 1._o a_o comparison_n between_o wealth_n and_o poverty_n f._n 203._o p._n 2._o of_o death_n fol._n 210._o pag._n 1._o of_o the_o pilgrimage_n of_o queen_n in_o verse_n fol._n 215._o pa._n 1._o finis_fw-la