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the Philolophers.

A FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE FIRST

BOOK PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY

WILLIAM CAXTON,

IN 1477.

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, ParxRNOSTER Row.

1877.

Preface.

site] OUR hundred years ago, in the year 1477, a great

4} marvel appeared in England, and many of her
proudeft nobles and wealthieft citizens wended their
way to the Almonry at Weftminfter, to fee the
— ſmall wooden printing preſs which William Caxton
had brought from Bruges and there ſet up in a tenement called the
Red Pale,“ and to gaze in wonder at its almoſt ſupernatural pro-
ductions. a

The DPictes and Wife Sayings of the Philoſophers was iſſued
as a firſt-fruit of Caxton's preſs, and the cauſes which led to its
ſelection form a ſtory not without much hiſtorical intereſt.

In the year 1470 upon the reſtoration of King Henry VI. to the
throne of England, Edward IV. and his partiſans ſought refuge at the
Court of his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
William Caxton was then “ Governor of the Engliſh Nation abroad,”
or Merchant Adventurers, whofe head-quarters were at Bruges,
and he was therefore the moft influential among the many foreigners
who refided in that city. There can be no doubt that during the
few months which elapfed before Edward IV. regained the Englith
Crown Caxton had it in his power to render many important fervices
to his expatriated countrymen, and thus laid the foundations of that

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friendſhip and patronage which in after years proved of fo much
advantage to him, and which was in all probability a ftrong induce-
ment to his adoption of a new vocation and ſettlement at Weſt-
minſter.

However this may have been, it is certain that Earl Rivers, the
brother of Edward's Queen, Elizabeth, was among the earlieſt to wel-
come and encourage Caxton. Good-will towards one who had always
been a ftaunch adherent of the White Roſe, and perhaps alſo a little
pardonable vanity in wifhing to fee in print his own tranflation, may
have led the Earl to patronife the infant prefs. So it came to
pafs that on the eighteenth day of November, 1477, was completed
the “ Dictes and Sayings of the Philofophers,” the book which is in-
diſputably the firft iſſued in this country bearing a diſtinct indication
of its date of printing, and the only fure ftarting-point in the hiftory
of Englifh Typography.

What grave incredulity would have feized the fagacious Earl and
his fober printer had they been told that after the lapſe of four cen-
turies their countrymen would be honouring their memories in con-
nection with that very work, and that a copy of it, however torn and
time-worn, would be thought the brighteft gem of which an Englith
library could boaft! How would the printer have laughed to fcorn
the idea that an art which would employ funbeams inſtead of types
one almoft as ufeful and precious as his own—would one day be ufed
to réproduce with minuteft accuracy this early work of the Englifh
prefs, and that this volume would be deemed a fitting tribute to his
memory.

The “ Dictes and Sayings” were a kind of fober Joe Miller to
our forefathers, who lived in times when the changes and chances of
life made men much more grave and thoughtful than at the prefent
day. Theſe worthies gleaned from its pages pleafant {tories and ſmart
repartees, wherewith to feafon their converfation, as well as words of
wifdom upon the more ferious aſpects and events of life.

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True, the philofophers all talk wonderfully alike, and the pithy
fayings put into the mouth of the firft, a very apocryphal perfonage
named Sedechias, would have been equally well placed in that of
Socrates ; while Solon himſelf appears but little, if any, wiſer than the
unknown philofopher, Tac. Many ſpecimens of the philofophic
replies of thefe wife men might be given—we. will quote but two.
Hermes, when afked why he married not, replied, “ he that cannot
ſwim in the fea alone, how fhould he bear another on his back?
And Diogenes, when queftioned as to why he talked ſo little, returned
for anfwer, “ there was great virtue in a man’s ears.”
~ Much alfo might be written on the philology and orthography of
the work, abounding as it does with French derivations and termina-
tions, but we muſt pafs on to a ſhort account of the outward aſpect of
the volume.

The firft thing which ftrikes the eye is the abſence of any tort of
title-page, the book beginning at once with the Prologue of Earl
Rivers. We muſt remember here that the manufcripts of the middle
ages had no title- pages, and that it was not until after Caxton’s death
that Wynken de Worde, his chief aſſiſtant and ſucceſſor, recognized
the advantage of difplaying the title of a work alone on the firft page.

The next point which attracts attention is the peculiar ſhape of
the characters. They are very picturefque, and as clofe an imitation
of the handwriting of the time as could be made in letters ſeparately
caſt; fo that people accuftomed to read manuſcripts might not be re-
pelled by any great diſparity. Roman type was not introduced into
England until ſeveral years after the death of Caxton, and even then
many long years elapſed before it was received into general favour.

Another peculiarity is the uneven length of the lines, which gives
a very ragged appearance to the page. This is a fure fign of early
work, and in the cafe of Caxton’s prefs is pofitive evidence that any
book in which it occurs was printed before the year 1480.

The fpace left blank at the commencement of each chapter for

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the infertion by hand of an ornamental initial letter, coloured blue or
red, is another fign of early work.

Caxton printed three editions of the “ Diétes.” The firft, which
is the one now reproduced, bears date the “ xviij day of the moneth
of Nouembre and the feuententh yere of the regne of kyng Edward
the fourth.” The type uſed for it, and there is but one throughout
the book, is that known as No. 2, the firſt employed by Caxton on
Englith foil, type No. 1 having been ufed only in conjunction with
Colard Manfion at Bruges. Thirteen copies of this edition are known
to exift, two of which are in the Britifh Mufeum and two at Cam-
bridge: thefe are all of which our public libraries can boaft. Earl
Spencer alfo has two copies in his magnificent library at Althorp, one
of which poſſeſſes an unique diſtinction of much intereft in the addition
of the following paragraph printed on the laft page, at the end of
Caxton’s Epilogue :—

Thus endeth this book of the dyétes and notable wyfe ſayenges of the phylofophers
late tranflated and drawen out of frenfhe into our englifshe tonge by my forfaide lord
Therle of Ryuers and lord Skales: and by hys comandement fette in forme and em-
prynted in this manere as ye maye here in this booke fee Whiche was fynifshed the. xviij.
day of the moneth of Nouembre. and the feuententh yere of the regne of kyng Edward
the. fourth.”

But the fineft copy which has furvived the ravages of time is
that in the choice collection of Samuel Chriftie-Miller, Eſq., of
Britwell. .
The fecond edition, printed about three years later, is an exact
copy of the firft, only diftinguifhable by experts, who find that the
face of the letter is thinner, fhowing plain marks of a graver. All
the copies known of this edition have the Colophon, which occurs
only in the Althorp copy of the firft edition. The orthography
varies throughout the volume from that of the previous edition.
The third edition, which was not required until about 1490,

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was alfo an exact reprint, even to the original date of 1477, the type
ufed being that known as No. 6.
The value attached to thefe editions by the lovers of our old
literature may be eftimated by the fact that upwards of fifty years
ago as much as 250 guineas was given for a copy of the firft edition,
and that a very fine copy would now fetch £1000.

The authorfhip of thefe celebrated Diétes of ancient wife men
is veiled in obſcurity. They were originally compiled in Latin
about the year 1350, and foon after attracted the notice of the cele-
brated Provoft of Paris, Guillaume de Tignonville, who in the year
1410 tranflated them into French; from which verfion Earl Rivers
made his Engliſh tranflation. The caufes which led him to under-
take this tafk are narrated in the Earl’s prologue, and are remarkably
characteriſtic of the habits and cuftoms of the fifteenth century.

In the extreme north-weft of Spain, girt around by rugged and
barren mountains, ftands the Holy City of Santiago, renowned
throughout the middle ages by the pilgrimages to its ſhrine of Saint

James of Compoftella. As Cordova was a Spanifh Mecca to the
followers of Mahommed, fo did Santiago become the Pilgrim-city
of the Chriftians who were forbidden by the Pope to engage in the
Crufades for the recovery of Jerufalem, fo long as the Infidel
remained unexpelled from Spain. There, from the twelfth century
to the prefent day, has ftood one of the grandeft cathedrals in all
Chriftendom, in the foundations of which is faid to lie the 10 of
Spain's patron Saint.

The pilgrims to this now forſaken ſhrine were once very
numerous, for almoſt as many pardons and privileges were accorded
to wearers of the Cockle- ſhell, the emblem of a pilgrimage to
Compoſtella, as were granted to thoſe who accompliſhed the much
longer and more dangerous journey to the Holy Land. Pilgrims
from many countries frequented the Shrine of St. James, and during

the ſummer months there was direct communication between England
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and Spain for their convenience, ſhips of the largeſt burthen failing
from Southampton to Corunna.

In the year 1473 Earl Rivers, moved thereto by a grateful
remembrance of many perils fafely paſſed during the late civil wars,
determined to undertake a voyage to the Jubilee of St. James of
Compoftella. On board the fhip in which he failed was an old
acquaintance, Louis de Bretaylles, a Gaſcon knight well known at
the Englifh Court for his bravery and prowefs. De Bretaylles,
whofe character had a literary no leſs than a fighting fide, took with
him, to beguile the tedium of the voyage, Guillaume de Tignonville’s
verfion of “ Les Dicts moraulx des philoſophes, which had recently
been printed at Colard Manfion’s prefs at Bruges. This book fo
pleafed the Earl that he borrowed it for home perufal, and upon his
return to England, being appointed Governor to the young Prince of
Wales, he refolved to tranflate it into Engliſh, “thinking alfo full
neceſſary to my faid lord the underftanding thereof.” The ſtyle of
the tranflation muft not be criticifed too clofely, for in the then
tranfition ſtate of the Englifh tongue there was no acknowledged
ftandard. The Earl is certainly very literal, and as though diffident
of his own judgment in the choice of words, and well aware of
Caxton’s ſucceſs in tranflating “ The Hiftories of Troye” and “ Jafon,”
brought his manufcript to the printer and requefted him to “overfee”
it before it went to prefs. This revifion refulted in the addition of
a whole chapter containing the Dictes” of Socrates “towching ~
women,” which, having been omitted by the Earl, was tranflated _
and printed by Caxton, who excufes himſelf for fo doing with a quiet
humour which reveals to us more of the real character of the man
than any other of his literary works, and affords, at the fame time,
evidence of the intimate relations which exifted between Earl Rivers
and himfelf. “But I fuppofe” fays Caxton, “that fome fair lady
hath defired him to leave it out of his book, or elfe he was amorous
on fome noble lady, for whofe love he would not fet it in his book,

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or elfe for the very affection, love, and good-will that he hath unto
all ladies and gentlewomen, he thought that Socrates {pared the footh,
and wrote of women more than truth, which I cannot think that fo
true a man and fo noble a philofopher as Socrates was ſhould write
otherwife than truth. For if he had made fault in writing of women,
he ought not, nor fhould not, be believed in his other dictes and
fayings. But I perceive that my ſaid lord knoweth verily that ſuch
defaults be not had nor found in the women born and dwelling in
thefe parts nor regions of the world. Socrates was a Greek, born
in a far country from hence, which country is all of other conditions
than this is, and men and women of other nature than they be here
in this country. For I wot well, of whatfoever condition women be
in Greece, the women of this country be right good, wife, pleafant,
humble, difcreet, fober, chafte, obedient to their huſbands, true,
fecret, fteadfaft, ever bufy, and never idle, temperate in ſpeaking,
and virtuous in all their works, or at leaſt ſhould be fo.” The Earl
certainly fhowed his taſte in the omiffion of the fatire, which has
little wit but much coarfenefs. The three following Dictes will
ferve as a fample :—“ Socrates faid that women be the apparails to
catch men, but they take none but them that will be poor, or elfe
them that know them not: — And he ſaw a woman that bare fire,
of whom he faid that the hotter bare the colder: ”— And they faid
to him and demanded wherefore he blamed fo women, and that he
himfelf had not come into this world nor none other men alfo
without them. He anfwered, woman is like unto a tree called
Chaſſoygnet (Cheftnut?) on which tree there be many things ſharp
and pricking, which hurt and prick them that approach unto it, and
yet, nevertheleſs, that fame tree bringeth forth good dates and ſweet.“

There is in the Library of Lambeth Palace, a manufcript copy
of Caxton’s third edition, which is well known from the frequency
with which its fingle illumination has been copied and referred to.
This illuftration has been fuppofed to reprefent Earl Rivers prefenting

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Caxton to King Edward IV. The Earl is kneeling and offering
a copy of the “ Dictes, but it is not Caxton who is by his fide, for
the tonfure upon his head fhows the perfon to have been a prieft and
probably the ſcribe who wrote the volume.

WILLIAM BLADES.

II, ApcHURCH LANE,

May, 1877.

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ay bo ſpelie myche eo en ignorant mai. and bo be a lone
ony bo be acõpapnedꝰ With eri peopſec Ind (aire Whay
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happy chat oft} his 4 * in doyng oouenable thinges / and
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may geo de good) fruytes · andy Repe pou oute of the coms
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ment They he [Bal peue vemunerucioy to the goode fox cleyr
dneſſe and) punpſſh the euil for cheyr Wylel pdeneſſe /
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not be hi dde. but at Be Daft Bry TWoP appere ¶ Nndy ſaide
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vnto ſapiende . and yf pe do fo all pour lyf . it chalbe to
pou agrete pꝛouffitable Vynnyng) · and of kat nobel Natue
(Bal come vnto pou greter benefices · lhay pf pe ſhol de aſſẽ⸗
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and obeye pour ſelf to pour kyng) and pour pꝛmoes. and
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1725 true counſaile to that oitent ye may the more folly
ich pour good penaſter be jn the Bape of faluacts ¶ And
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as in pſperite in pouꝛe pouertꝛ aſ Wele as in your richeſſe

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a made pou as eutl ase Hig ye oughe bo €hanke hys
gpounele 8st hach vou fuche grace / and ha tl bee
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pray him of hie mera ite Wol fo kept pou fort he ¶ And ſaid
if it fortune p he enemies of pour feith Bil diſpute With
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il daf ſſe alk hi nt bo che goode feith te their
gir’ faluacoy ¶ Nnd ſaid le fene; in wunſeil and
Wel Ware · Phak pe ſpelie afoꝛ pour enemies leſte ye vefem
ble him that prin bite seeks xy Vith all ¶ Nnd ſaide
de map not Thee ichout the es of our lord 35d, y
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niſtre or cuil tẽptactoy Nnd ſard haue no ute
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to our loꝛde Bich a clene Pil g a dreſſe al your deſirs to him
and he [Gal ſekpe g enhance pot Beat pare ſo euer pe go.
fubdelde your oinemyes vnder you ¶ And faite . Aan pe
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Vhiche god veputet h vile. and as ye ought to abſtene

ſelf from metis. ſo ought pe to abſtene hea fr ig!
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ſaide in pour xonge age viſite our ler dis houſes and lette
al pour orißſons be in ſ Petteneſſe g humilite without poms
pes oꝛ pride. And Bhan pe be nll meꝛy in your houſes
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dick people. and departe vntd them pour al mes [ Nnd
ſaide / peue conforte bo pꝛiſoneꝛs. 6 65 that be in ſowibe
and trouble. Bele the (eRe clothe the naked, yeue ate to th
hungery. driſte to the Ehurftp, harbero de pilgrimes malte
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them that fey in affliction Bust hel pe 95 Vieh ro and
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vou benignelp for yeue it tem. Metron pou With the
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in them / leſt it be to poure hurt / and at after pti 1 tate
pente you nd fiefs that god exalted) m this Voꝛlde

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him ſelf gretter thay oof of his feladdes for god bach mat

riche and pure of ooß ereacoß through Whihe afl be egale
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eſcape out of pour mouth noo foule Boss, for it is dif fon
neſte and) engen dreth hate . it is not donuenyent for hym
chat Wil haue ſexende (d ſeſte it by mere oꝛ fox money · But
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other Hinges ¶ Andy ſaide that kyng) is good) andy nos
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mainbeynedꝛ · and the ba dde bo be layde wine ¶ Nndp ſaid
karge andy liberalite is knoſdey. Vhay a may is in iat i
fie g pourete, g paciente. Vhay ooy hath poder to Juge and
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loueth Juftee · and) wth goode dedis. and) enfoꝛcet h hyn
(o Vynne ſciencis and goode con dicions and) ther fore
hal finde that that liketh hym in this Worl de ox in the other
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icte and) Vol lerne noo (crate ne dottrine ¶ Nndy ſaide
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god) eon dicions. ſe [Balle partenar to the Ignoraunſe of
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that it is ouenable Into Be ought bo be depriued of his be⸗
nefice n this Woꝛld). but cher is noone that wth fo ſaue
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they axed hyin Wher fore / Ehe Biefe may ſtode more atte pa /
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raunt / and) he (hat linoddech not him ſelf. Boe ſlolde he
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mer tie oon ſelieth and ary not finde / the ot her findeth and
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thoiũ maiſt lie pe it and) lerne more + For if thou Vylt tas
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alle Vertues + he mooſt principal is (o abſteynt hym from
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til may and) loued) af Bel co do good & his frendes as to
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thin arraxe be oft thy Voꝛdes · The lynq thay of Cecil
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vaclettis. he map tale ſelteneſſe nd) fapd · If thou
bite chat 450 deren oz thy (cruauntis do no ſaſdtes thou
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pour patſes andy go th tight Beye. fo Bal xe go ſuvelx
& ctempre pou from couctife andy pour goode aſtate Hatt
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do nor (ette by him that is bondemay & my Grafh, Bip de
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and) maiſtre 6 all couctiferand holde her vnder mp fett as
my thraſk and) coucti(e is thy maiſtreſſe / 1 thou art
lounde vnto her. and fo art thou bounde to my Chra® Chan
ſayd Wee of 55 By axe me (tee 5 ag) hs we
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out of my light. andy abe not from me kat. at chou
maieſt not peue me. Nele qd alexandir . Bho ſhal Grp the
Bhan thou art wd He anſ werd. he that Vol not fae the
(tence of my qreyn aloue the erche [ Andꝰ ehe ſaid) dio ⸗
genes ſaide he is not parfitelx gore hat Eh Sut onelz
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andꝰ Lertuouſe diſpoſicioy. Vhiche Bas euil viſagedꝰ . be
Vom he ſaide/ che goodeneſſe and Lertues that be in ehe peue
beaute in thy fade Nnd ſom apedy him Whay it as kyme
amay & ete He ib Vhay he Grow apetite and mete. and
if he hadde n he nya he gebe it ¶ Andd ſaid it is
goode amay liepe hym fw te gyle of hys ennemx. Nndꝰ
the enuie of Spo fren 5552 aid) right as amay ape
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Eee kuh and ride araye / but onely fe thy foie
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ta tBu is ma it
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nother . Be (abe amay that prapedy god to xeue hym

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peyntour that Bas Bape a phyſicien. o Vhom he ſapde thou
kino west chat mer might ſe at the exe / the faddtes that thou
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to ſhedde andy tee vs in the cane / tat thou node ſtandeſt
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that euer aum in this lande / but ] am ſent from the Juges
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of ference covcect andy teche vs yet / Phyle thy ſpeche laſteeh
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be that knoddech his (abe Lnolbpeh euery thing. g he that
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that is liberal co him ſelf / is dom̃onely liberal & anotlet
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mei quſe him to haue goode name in khis World ¶ And
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fos it maſtic h . from che nrc . ri
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eonſolaci nd) fapdo / It is merueile f
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nbd faid 948 i fp (o him ag boeh bo
aue ioye after i ¶ And) (aid he chat duech Wel Gal die
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en therby chep efchelbe d do euill Bertie Rin
aide che Sreeſt Vynnyng that aman map haue / is eo gete

atrue Fede le hetde amah fap a one Was farer in liep inc
his tunge / chan in mode ſpelting for in mode langagt one
map lighely ere. To he ſaid one oug ht not to vndet
ſtãde chat in chem chat ſpebe ele. N nd ſaide the prof fit of
ſilẽce/is leſſe cha the pwouffit/of ſpeche. g che harme of ſpe⸗
che is more / hay the harme of filence · And ſayd one map
ſinolde a Vyſeman by haꝛlẽyng g hol ding his läge. e amay
may ſinoſde a fole by his moche claterẽg. Ind ſaid he that
Vol not holde his peas til he be qſtreyned is not to be blamed
@ le chat Wik holde his pras til he & boden ſpelie is to be prey
fedp Ind faite It is ay ignoꝛãt thing to diſpube m chin⸗
ges ß may nat be vnderſtãde / And faire the meane is beſt

in alt chẽges. Nndy ſaide moche rẽning maketh mode Be
rineſſe. Nnd (aire if the Vette of a may oümaiſtrie not his
frailte/he (Bal fone be ouerdome ¢ bꝛought to nous nd
ſaid he is alreſt chat cay not diſcerne the good from the euil
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frende /t hat defẽ del h the fw m haꝛme he Wrote vnto a Ring
recõfoꝛting him Nhay his fone Bas wre in this maneꝛ / god
made this Voꝛlde an Sous of delectacioy g ward g tle trou
bles ny this Voꝛlde cauſen vemuneracion in the other Nnd

ſaid no may ought to repute him ſelf Fyſe / End (aid this
Voꝛlde peuelh evemple o Hoos chut abyde by thaim ß reprré
And ſaid che loſſe of ſõme is leꝛnĩg bo other / Nnd ſaid h

that cruſtethj in this Voꝛl de is weriuled/ he that is fufpectt
ous is in grete ſowide / One of his diſtiples gafe him a gif
be /g he Bas troubled Nich al/ t Baw axed him WHp he ve
ioyfed it nat / he (aid the veorpeioy of this gifte hat h paired
hie Noꝛſhip g put me in his dãger / And ſaid be bo thy fader

82 & chy mover ae thou Nikt hy chil den bey Go ehe
n 2 7 0 & not ta angry nor fo Wachfetk fo chat is the
Nets f nd faire one gucht to haue ſhame to ſpe
Re that vf 195 — 0 d ¶ Ind) ſatde vefrayne the fo
vices in chy a g it ſ hal be the feireſt garmẽt / that thou
maieſt Bere ¶ Nndp ſaid) gouerne the fo to thy poder / hat
nomay fay harme of the / alte it / it Bere 1 ynges / for alle
men Byrolbe not che twuth /e pet they baue coves / plato deſi
ved) him to anſ Were in. ij · thingis g he Wolde be his diſciple
the firſt Was What mance ti mey se ought to haue mooſt
pice of ehe ij. Bike fore ſom mennis Wirſeis preue not / ehe
hodde amay Bulre do co haue retribucloy of our Corby
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for he g there leet alk ſoroſde/g of a Wieſeman in te du
natice of a Fook Vhiche is 6 him grete heupneſſe/ g a liberaf
maß in che Be fubsection of a eye fe he hath herby grete ri
Bacon The. ij · (heir Berltis preue nat that haue goode con
ſeile/z Werke oi ther after/g * richeſſe Wil ae diſpen
nih their nede The · ij · is the goode vetribueioy / that one
cepuct of our Lorre cody oom̃eth to be onterly 6 obeiſſant
Sue eee him frõ (piesa Phan platon Nas thus
anf Wend, becum his diſtiple aff his Mer the ſaide fos
erxtes ſeide diſpreiſe 9 ben wh tt eke e lyf of thy
ſaule/foloſde Juſtice (Bale be ſaued no u
ſemã he white 3355 3655 f af Fire twuth
fai absent dught to ſpelte Bitch ay ignorãt / as the phiſi
cien dolh Vith bis paeiẽt And ſaide he 1 taſteth his
pleaſ det inthis Bortre muſt nedis een in one of theſe. j.

cuuſcs chat is o fay offer to —— as pet : & 5
fe that he Rath Tone Vith gvete payne Ind fa *
ee ee Fife eB e ay Git eae al
e that Til ſtanche thy thur one
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mooſt Vyſemen “ae be n 560 eee the genes fa
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ccd ſaid he that Couch this Role is Be to him tat
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a litil. one et the —— 88 be Dyſel l Mado ſaidy
y amay ſpebieth he ought bo gſidere af ve Nhat he Bil ſeie
for better it is he gſidere. chan anotles (bo n 2 60
one of his d feipke Phan thou Bilt fpebe, ſpele * ¢ ——
thy Na nd favo he chat ir 125 as or ſpelieth
Cel lerneth ated ſpeche of offs ¢ if he fpeke yong lerne at
hie Voꝛdes / One axed him Nhat Nas a goode purchaſſe. he
anſaerd that Ane ceo Nell in (he fp ding cheꝛof And ſaide
dꝛoͤſienſ hip vndolh amã. g ſaid one ought not bo axe gſeilk
of him that hat h his Porte al ſette eo the World for his aduis
ſbalbe But after his pleaſdcæ. a ſaid good gſeil ſhedderh often
che ende of the Berke thea Bas adoman chat called him old⸗

and (aid his (ace Bas right foul Co Phom he nee
thou art fo derſie g fo troublous a mprour that my le
cy not be perceyued kherin And ſaid he is diere a
ſiepeth ele his ſecretes /g he is not Wyle that diſcouers khem
¶ And ſaid amar ght bo ſiepe ſecrete that he is deſired
bo Gepe/g be i is more to preiſe that liepeth that thing ſeerete
Whiche 61 is not wfivedy to Reve mdo ſaid) if thou cay
not ſtepe thyn ody —ͤ— leſſe Woll re Ripe hit bo
Whom 650 fal bold hit to · one axed him W ate may
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good oon dicioy is of good and ſure lyf / and is BeLoued of
goode people / and h chat is of euil eon dicions is euyy the
cõtrary And ſaid to one of his diſerples/truſte not this
Voꝛl de. fox hit paieth neuer that it promittet Md ſaid
aatſtume fo be content With dee * for pe (Ba fynde

hit for the beſt. and that ſ hall com vnto be it not
for litil for it map enevefferg mat ipte u ſelie to Bpnne

frendis n loue them noo ſiqne of hate. and
one asl bey Bi Lee Bas and) le/
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¶ Ind ſaidꝰ be chat deſireth bo haue more ay fuffifaitee
fach Cat profftteth him noo ching nd (ais to one of
his diſciples /truſt not in the t me. for it faileth jncõtinet
to hun that tru cle he th pe nd fard Ware thou be not
diſceyued by a ry sth thy abe Bp the helt
of 55 body for khende of thy 5 ſelteneſſe/and the
ende of thy ſelieneſſe (Bal B deth / thou maiſt not cfeBaure tie
diſeaſes of this Gorld/Aher Bas neuer rope Vit houte ſoro lde

nor neue lighe Without deꝛlieneſſe/noꝛ neues veſt Littzeute
labour / wor aſſemible Vit houte depazting ¶ And ſapde. lite
as the fortune of this Voꝛlde. ‘dat make reiopfingy Spor
thin ennempe / right fo may it make thyn ennempe haue we,
ioyſinc) of the <1 Nndꝰ fapdy he chat eee e. ſet⸗
tech him ſelf in . plate is the more ſure for the pes
tyls of this Wolde ¶ And) ſayd he chat is ful filed Bit
loue of this Voꝛlde diese him to ij. thinges /t hat
is to ſaxe/firſt co poueꝛtee / for he (Bal neuer atteyy to the
richeſſe a he de wnt Sco ſaffre payne chirdely
to beſyneſſe / Without evpe dicoy © &ndꝰ ſaido/te l neuer
ch ofcp eo him hut is angry Whay one praielhz him bo be
it ſecrete / One axed him am he had Bone by h tie
e J ary as amay ſitting oy che (ec (pre N
Gi fen p fotos Weapedy iy ee Kade of ee fee , Nd
(aid, grete fredom growith by fezuree for the more one fer
uech the more fre he Boomett nd ſayd. he khat Wil Pin
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Women Whe is nol krãſlated / Nnd it Was axed of him
60 Tu fier i Was beſt co ſette his childe coſcole be anfuer
de / bo lerne that / chat is othe pꝛoffitable in this Poꝛlde « the
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credener be yeuen o alle his Boꝛdes / he anfTBered,fo thut my
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the hyeſt 8 goodeneſſe Ciné enforerlh hym o good
him ſelf ny Be is sy the «i ,droyee Ene enforerth him (o
axufe other (o be goode / and be that velilteth of none of thieſe
5. is (o be diſpꝛeiſed) ¶ Andy (aire (o his diſciplbe be not
deſtous to haue ehe goode not curable ,Su€ couctte ko ſaue
Gat is perprtuellp good. ¶ Quid ſaide · le noc inquifitif
Spon offer follkis left hex he jnquiſitif von ehe ¶ Andy
fatd put Wit and) diſerecioy afore the m alk thy Wer lies ·
and thou ſhalt be che better granyſſhed Bay thou [Bal é com
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goode de dis all be it chey be Bol . There Bas one diſ⸗
ref his face. (o Whom he ſaide it Rae not my poiber o
ake my face/and) ther ſore J ought not be Amed if it be
fut eB that ] Brut pouer duer ] haue ret fair 0 hat
that thou haddeſt ple ouer thou haſt fopkoy de ſaid
be true vnto hym that oompanyet h With the /andꝰ Had
trout vnto 1 2 55 Bou f (Balé be fe more fure to eſchedde
daſigiers ¶ And (aid do 6 dere as thou ddol deſt they ſhuld
pa he, Nnd do fo noon offer But as khou Bobee(t be wor
ndy faidy amay ough € bo be covcectedy hy evperienee
— enughe bp the Aenea of this Woꝛlde ¶ nd ſaid
Re is Been Shon xleckaclon bo laue goode wenoume
than money ¶ Andy (aire pacienee ie Ty to cafte® and
haſtyneſſe . repentaunde honour is
he frupte of twuth / and fox che 55 Rie 1 55 (Saft
Worf! 57 He End the goodeneſſe ſhalbe kino de not ſparig

to do klat / that (Galle proufftta ble ¶ Ind) (atdy / it oug
faffife a may eo Enodde andy vn deꝛſtande that / that 1 700
dapli fal m 9 World) for the by he may lerne nelbe fern
woe ought bo be Woꝛſhepped⸗ ne Wilech wad aer
may / and he that Hol oh memes haꝛmes putt Bo
ih gebe perille/ dul che Juſte man reſteth in eus d
ſaid he that Repth him ſelf Wele is a grete „
he chat ſettith fo litil 05 him ſelf that he thenlieth not oy
his ſauile/leſeth him ſilf/he chat is pacient wth Pele / and)
(Gal not repente en he that fate his peas ſaueth his
daungieꝛ ¶ Nnd fard let thy ſedes be goode Woꝛſies / z thou
Finke gadre flours of Tope andy of gladdenſſe G Au
ſaidꝰ/ thou (Bale haue weft m ie cont panxe of a yſen oe
labour iy ehe oom panve of afoole cad Kd ſaid) to be ef
fied With littel is Woꝛſhip/and) nok to be tet Fiety Wit
woch is ſ hne ef QEnd faity rer Ty Fou daft day
exp deffaul te / and if thou haue eꝛvedꝰ ooꝛreck thy (elf and
repent the and) af tir that vepenta unte Dave thou falle no
more 8 loſie (chou Fins the not of any of t

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pech thos Ane ponollee it ¶ md ſaidꝰ chat thing) tlat
ktepeth eat (Barne is bektiꝛ cſay the richeſſe purefuſ
fed) esp ¶ End faid many mey may apeꝛcexue falbtis

iy (hem ſelf · chat fynde falBeis vy af ok z ¶ Nndꝰ (ayby
to a may that fled) venquiſſ bed. from abataille/ chou doſt
euyl to flee From the hondurable wef & the ſhameffulk lpff
¶ Andy fapdy he that erret h/ oꝛ he Leno de che twutß/ought
the former to haue ſoꝛgeueneſſe ¶ And ſaid mode Bpne a
fapionce may not acoꝛde / for they be in maner gtrarious
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From euyl Weꝛbeis ¶ Indy (aid if he un not eſchedde ire pet
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neue be vedeuedꝰ/ but a Ny ſemay ary leſe no thing / There
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ted 6 FON y Jr dcin (eid ef Cs
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renome Wol laſte / Sapioꝛde is a richeſſe chat Wil neuer
faile noꝛ min nd (aire Bare the of dꝛõſienſhip ſoꝛ
the Lit that is oncome Nit h Nyne / is Ge che Gore that af

ama Lit houte (citer is lyſte a wyaume Bihout a lg / And
ſaidꝰ alt ing) ought bo take none to his ſezuter but ſuche as

ae randy afore goed any ue T Kindy ſaidꝰ be eae
taketh a ae Ge oon dicioy/ map not make hem afk his
fvendes And ſaidꝛ ecõmitte alk thy auſes to god Vith
out out ene evtepcion 1 ſard/ vepute not thy ſynnes litil
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tere fo Pynne of me they this /do it orellis bew oure peas
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sim on ellis not ¶ Nnd ſaid. ſapiẽce g goode vendme is not

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sp eilt ane & eine et 8 mae
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him ty a poure clothing be is not Bocrates thus pouerly
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retournedꝰ then apey Gehe, there he oꝛdeignedꝰ . j.
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g nouriſſhing he nedy pepl / Andꝰ they of Athe nes Bolo
haue made him their lorde. he vefuſed hit vtteꝛly for as mo
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as to coupe vnduely the goodes of his peple End» fay
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comparifoy khan eny thing that De haue / Thay they axede him
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manere of thinges haue pwopertes / and) the pro perte
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men ought not to take the qoucendee of the prple to a child
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the mooſt noble is the goodeneſſe of the ſaule for n vſig the
vertue therof / is fone and linodey the forme in good de dis
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thg cher af tir /g the rfor che hopes beey Pit hout pech the
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of che Butte is no Boers But to hytte the pike is agdeet maiſ
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not be good but in one ey / &nd ſai d default of Witte cau,
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fende ie be fauch goode GAs or in ba dde / if he ſtã
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arme nor of hand) nor nonotheꝛ mẽhꝛe / but onely of grace
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of his eage / Nndꝰ he 11 o his peplt ny this Bele, Fayr
loꝛdes ] Wilk in no Vyſe be dontrarpe to your Kyles ne ko
pour dedes on IJ [PeWe bo pou that J hate fra Bove g mali⸗
wt as J haue louid) pou dg my faders lyf fo Bil J
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effe E mayntene him ¶ To whom le fapdy J Gaue
ati prayer that ye haue made for me/beſech ing) € god
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ter he ſente lettres to all the miners and) good) bod nes of
his e ¶ Andy Whar he Gado ſent his lettres One
daire ling of pere and) of mere ſente eo Nlexandre fox tri
Bute Cie as he Gadp of his fader Andꝰ he ſentz him Word
that ehe henne Bae leyd) kat egge is dede Andy after
this Nlexander made grett eonqueſtis «andy Phan he Sad)
gqueredp Inde he Vente Eo acontre i gi bragmay he Vhy
che Phan ep Wifte his oming / lex ſente many Uyſe men
to bey Hise ſaledded him ¢ Fate fie alexãder thou haſt no
mule Go Werre vpoy vs / ne bo be cuil Willig For Ve ben both
poure g melte /e We ‘co nothing but only api, ch Whi,
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for i 4 fa rave not haue her nd Whay alexan
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his lin hse Bente 40 the ſaid) contre for ten
cst of ee twulſe ( Ende Ghar he er€redy Vith
ech ſame geoundꝰ / Be fond? many pour follies Bomen a
Spey al naked) ga drinch fees m h feldes Nndo he
axidy of them many queſtiðs · bo Vhiche hp anfucsd righe

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mparBé wo hem good g fo alle ther peple / z he Wolde yeuen it
171 gladdy nd the nne they faire Sir De axe t 55
other ching but p chou Wilt gone ve euerlaſting fpf
ne Alexã der anſueꝛd g ſaid/ou might ama make other 15
nes Fines ene e he maxe not length his odden kyf
an oure yl, axe OF me is in no mannes poder
that lyueth ¶ T hay Get ſaido eo hym · Spth thou haſt goo
de dnadläche cherof. "Weck 0 thy ſelf to f
trope alk the Woꝛl d/and to gadꝛs alle the Noꝛl dly treſours
and © of not Whan thou muſt leue hem Tn Nlexan
der ſaid) to hem. ] do not alle theſe thinges that pe faye of
my ſelf · but god) Sat ſente me thurgh ratte the Voꝛl de for
texalte andy macgnifpe Gye lade and) bo deſtroye them
that bileue not ty Spry, a nd) ſomtyme e f
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her dedes (Andy vpoy at yme he cum in to a to bene of his
OMe, And) fate (Wo mey of the fame coune byfore a Ju
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4 7 fue ſought an fous of this man/-Qird longe after J
haue founde 1 ig 11255 a treſour Vithiy therthe/ Phi
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ne le ſaid) / Sir Juge that fame treſour Bas neuer myn
but le hach e dyfye dne lade that Was byfore compy to
alle tho chat Bote haue cop otbp erin / And) herfore J

haue no right bo talie it / And chene the p bothe requive’d the
Juge that he Vol de take it co him ſelf / to Bho» he anſ Se,
red) andy faire, ſit hey it is fo (lat ye ſaye / (hat pe haue no
right eo Vhom che heretage Bath longed) andy pet longeth
Where the treſour Vas founde / fou ſ hol de ) haue ony right
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fore le: de ſpelte theꝛof. ye Rol de excuſe you therof andy gine
me the chaꝛge of the treßour / that is eu l doo ¶ Th une he
apid) of him that had) ſounde the kreſeur Wheels he had ony
childerey / Phiche anſueꝛd) he Badp a ſone andy he axide that
offer in Cie Wiſe/g he ſaid) he had) a doughter / Thenne the
Juge ſaidꝰ @ Juged that a maria ſ holde be made bit dene
them andy that they ſ hold) laue the treſour by that mean
Ende Bhay Alexandre herde this Jugement / le Grd) grebe
mezuap® hoof randy ſaidꝰ thus to the Juge· J crodde chat
thes is not n al che Bold fo vightthio ne fo tredde a Juge
as chou art / nd) the Juqe that kneſde him not ſatde andy
aid) of him Whether ony Juge Moldy haue roy other Vyſe
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Juge hauyng grete meruapll theof avery of him Whether
it wiyned) and the forme dide ſhyne m cho landes / as tſdugh
Br Woldy haue fapdy that is Was meruayſ that cody ſhuld
ſende ony light oꝛ rapne oꝛ oller good) chinges bo them that
doo not ryght ¢ kreſde Juſtice / And) cherof Rlexandeꝛ had
gretter mezuaylle Ean byfore and) (aid that. ther Pere Sué
felBe ſuche peple Spon eꝛthe / as they Wore in that lande
And as Rlepãder Wente out of chat lande le paſſed Hurah
d cite iy Nhiche alk che houſes of that cyte Bere of one lrigh
R/ f byfore the dore of eue zx fous Was a grete pytte or graue

jn Vhiche eyte ther Vas no Jurce/Lherof he had) crete mice,
N avedy of the infabptauntio Cerny rfore ſu
che chingis (Gold, ſerue · The Vhiche anfuerdy ham e ſaydꝰ
Frſt fer che outrageous height of houſes . loue g Juſtice

car not be longe in a Colby among the peple · Nndꝰ they fay
de that the pices o: graues Vere their one houſes co Which
tley (Gold) fone go eo g there hele Intil the day of Juge
ment, And) as touching that they had) no Juge. they ſaide
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wey no Just, en Qe peo fy eo eg
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his mows deſiring her ko make no fore for him ¶ nd)
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andꝰ buried m Rliſaũdꝛe · g he Was Rory theres Bit h grete
reuerẽce by Binges princes g other grete lor des / chat Rept ¢
ful filled) his teſtamẽt as he had) oꝛdeignedo AE henue (tere

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thus / They that neuer rothe b inges no oughe
to Beye for this fame Mund tho p neuer had meruaitk of
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the Worthyeft ſiing that euer Bas one of i
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ſeluer liepe him / Nnd he ſaide it by caufe of the cheſt that his
body Lape in Uhieh Bas of gold nd another ſaid alexã
der is pted fw ſ ines g fil thes g no® his ſaule is Bieh the
good ſaules Thich bey purified M nd another ſai d alexãder

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re a the poureſt may o Eat the Voꝛlde dꝛedeth him not
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8 8 che ee be not Directed but
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peple ſaid) to alexander that he Das euer m ehe chircheyeꝛd
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he abood fo in the chircheyeꝛdꝰ /e hy he Wol d not tale vp⸗
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other men doo/ Seeing) that it Tas the Wil of alk the pꝛple

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uous ſinich) J haue here a thing to do/ che Dhiche Phan J ha
ue wy it /] ſhal do thy eoma undement / To Phom chene as
lexander apidy That thynq) it Nas that he had) to do che re
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myy aundeſt ris ſiinges for to pul hem a part from the other
but J finde hem alk fo ſemblable that 4 ein not ſtuoſde one
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teſt tacquere Woꝛſhip y this Bordo / Wud If thou Gare
deſt good; and) ſtronch torage /thou might ft haue abe chy
fadeꝛs goodes and of thy predeceſſours ¢ alk eher honours
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te · Nndꝰ alexã der axed him Vherin Nndy he ſaide by enufe
that ] haue foũde lyff Wit hout deth/yougthe Bit hout eage / ri
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none / Clenne ſaydꝰ the childe / yf ye Nil haue · hem / axe hem
of him that sah he hem / and) he may peue hem g none othet
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grete difcvecton(] leoranrer ved) eueꝛy day to be in a ces,
layy place for bo here the oonplayntes of euerx body / Andꝰ
it Was fo that Spor a day onely that ther aum none to coms
playne vnto hem Andy estore he Nolde not that day
ſloldy be put in che — of ele daes of his vegne
Nnd Bhar le Vas vedy to fyghte With beinge mire / it Was
ng aay chat che fame dai ve Bao With — more thay. cc ·
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cooke ought neuer bo be abaſſſhed to fee in his liechyy many
ſteep among offer beeſtis ¶ ard) che paeryaꝛſies g prela⸗
tes that Were for that kyme cum andy ſaxdꝰ eo hym. God
hach yeue to che leꝛdſbhip vpoy many vopames reaions and
cont rees to thentente t hat thou ſholdeſt haue many childꝛen
y OF thy Boop / for bo aue the fuceſſton of the fame
ee dp —— ther fore it Were good) that chou ſholdeſt
haue many pues, To Vhom Pane that it (Bold
toꝛne to rim bo grete affame ß had oueꝛ come alle the mig
tyeſt men of the Poꝛl dy for to be dyſconfited) by Bomen
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that Bae to be hangedꝛ / Bhihe ſaide/O Voꝛthy bing
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nig hti bing. for thy fade g thy nature ſhe eth it 1 te
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neuer rebulted) him of no A/ am no thing pleaſid e
thy i Bf five ſayde his Ceutenatit / y dauſe ſayd⸗
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many a a tome fib thou eum in my ſeꝛuice and thou ſalde
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and; ſapoiges aforfapdy for as mode as thy ſpecifye of
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maun dement J haue put me iy deuoyr to ouerſee this hys
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delh pth therigynal leynch) ny Frenſh. nd) J fynde
nothyng) dyſcoꝛdaunt therm. Sauf onely in che Spates
and) ſaxengys of Socrates. Whery ) fynde that mp faire
loꝛd hath left out oertayn and dyueꝛce conclifions co
chyn g) Homey, Whref J meruaplle that my ſaydꝰ lord
bath not Wretoy tlem + ne That Gath meupd hym fo € do
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ſom fayr lady hath deſired) hym to leue it out of his Rooke
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loue he Bolo) not ſette pé m hys bolt. or lps for the Ky
ry affecpoy, leue andy good) Nylle that he hach Into alle
ladyes andy Gentyl omen. he tloughe that Socgates
ſpared the ſothe. And) Vote of Nomen more tlay twuthe.
Whyche J oy not chinſie that fo ere de amay g fo neble a
hploſophre as Socrates Was ſhol dꝰ Vrybe other Vyſe
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ther Spates and) ſayjnges. Mut ] apperceyue that my
fad) Load) hinoweth Keplp that fue defuutes bey not
bad ne founden in the Vomey Bory and) dodellyng) in the⸗
fe partyes ne kegyons of the Voꝛldy + Socrates Was a
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bre is alle of othre dondycions Hay thys io , &ndꝰ mey
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ae J fuppoſe thoughbe it Bas not of neceffice 35 tte m his
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his comanrement for as moche as J am not in ettaxn Whe
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theme he ſayde eo them / For What oan thinch that it
be. Gepe pou and be Vel Baar chat pe oleye not bo Women
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and gete ſexoier / late Bory neuer put hym in the gouer na
ce of a Bomar nd) he ſaſde a Bomar that made her
freſſhe andy gape, Bion he fapdy / Thou veſembleſt ehe
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other men alſo Fythoute hem . He anſuerdꝰ + The Woman
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te andy prpche them chat approche vnto hyt. Rudy yet ne
uertſeleſſe that ſame tre bringeth forth good) dates andy
PWeee Ende they demanded) hym / hy he fledo fw the
women + And he anfuerd, For aſmoche as J (ce them
Flee andy eſchedde the good · and) eomenly do ap N nd
a Domay ſayde bo hym · Vylt thou laue ony other Bomay
tay me End he anfuerde to hs N rte not thou afBamedy
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O che ey Ce dies ¢ (apenas of the phyl oy
IL Vhiche he Wrote in his Book / Wnty
ertuynly he Vote no Borfe thay afore is reherſed
Mindy for aſ m oche as it is acordallt. that his dyckes and
ſaxengis (Boho) be had) as Wel as offers ther fere J haue ſet
te it in chende of this boole And) alſo ſomme ponies per
auenture that haue red> chis Boke m frenſſhe Bolo haut
avecte a grette defaul te in me that ] Gad not do my deuoir
in viſiting g oueꝛſeeyng of my loꝛdes lool aboꝛ ding bo his
defir / nd side offer alſo hapely might haue furpofeoy
khat Socrates had Breton moche more ylle of Bomen thay
here afore is ſpeciſied / Vher fore in ſatiſf yoig of af parties
& alſo for eycuſe of che ſaide ſoccates ] ſaue ſette Bele ſaide

s & ſaxotqis a parte i chende of this Book, ko chenkẽt
che osm bp loꝛdꝰ or onp offer perſone Nhat ſomeuer he
oz ſhe Be eae fit rede oꝛ here ik / (hat If they be not Wel
pleſyd) Both alk chat they Vyth a penne rue it out or el⸗
lys rente the lef out of che boote / Bumbly requyryng and
keſechyng my fapdy lord) o take no diſplayſir on me fo pre
ſumynq) but bo paz done Nlere as he (Bal fynde faulte / and)
al it pleſe hym o taſte che labour of thenpryntyng in are
e thanbie / Vhiche gladly haue wy my dyligence iy thaom⸗
plyſſhyng) of his deſire andp oommandement / In BGp
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ue veffepuydy of his ſayd) loroſßep / Whom J keſeche Al;
myghty god) tenereer and bo dont ynue in his vetuous dif
pſicion in this Worfor udp after chys lyf to lyue euer⸗
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