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The Dictes and Sayings the Philoſophers.

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LONDON: ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PaTERNosTER Row.

New York: J. W. BOUTON, 706, Broapway.

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: © OUR hundred years ago, in the year 1477, a great

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marvel appeared in England, and many of her proudeſt nobles and wealthieſt citizens wended their way to the Almonry at Weſtminſter, to ſee the {mall 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.

The “ Dictes and Wife Sayings of the Philoſophers ” was iſſued as a firſt-fruit of Caxton’s prefs, 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 fought 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, whoſe head-quarters were at Bruges, and he was therefore the moſt influential among the many foreigners who reſided in that city. There can be no doubt that during the few months which elapſed before Edward IV. regained the Engliſh Crown Caxton had it in his power to render many important ſervices to his expatriated countrymen, and thus laid the foundations of that

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friendſhip and patronage which in after years proved of ſo much advantage to him, and which was in all probability a ſtrong 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 ſtaunch adherent of the White Roſe, and perhaps alfo a little pardonable vanity in wiſhing to fee in print his own tranſlation, may have led the Earl to patroniſe the infant preſs. So it came to paſs that on the eighteenth day of November, 1477, was completed the “ Dictes and Sayings of the Philoſophers,” the book which is in- diſputably the firſt iſſued in this country bearing a diſtin& indication of its date of printing, and the only ſure ftarting-point in the hiſtory of Engliſh Typography.

What grave incredulity would have ſeized the fagacious Earl and his ſober 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 brighteſt gem of which an Engliſh library could boaſt! How would the printer have laughed to ſcorn the idea that an art which would employ ſunbeams inſtead of types— one almoſt as uſeful and precious as his own—would one day be uſed to reproduce with minuteſt accuracy this early work of the Engliſh prefs, and that this. volume would be deemed a fitting tribute to his memory.

The “ Dictes and Sayings” were a kind of ſober 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 preſent day. Theſe worthies gleaned from its pages pleaſant ſtories and ſmart repartees, wherewith to ſeaſon their converſation, as well as words of wiſdom upon the more ſerious aſpects and events of life.

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True, the philoſophers all talk wonderfully alike, and the pithy ſayings put into the mouth of the firſt, a very apocryphal perſonage named Sedechias, would have been equally well placed in that of Socrates ; while Solon himſelf appears but little, if any, wiſer than the unknown philoſopher, Tac. Many ſpecimens of the philofophic replies of theſe wiſe men might be given—we will quote but two. Hermes, when aſked why he married not, replied, © he that cannot ſwim in the ſea alone, how ſhould he bear another on his back?“ And Diogenes, when queſtioned as to why he talked ſo little, returned for anſwer, there was great virtue in a man's ears.”

Much alſo might be written on the philology and orthography of the work, abounding as it does with French derivations and termina- tions, but we muſt paſs on to a ſhort account of the outward aſpect of the volume.

The firſt thing which ſtrikes the eye is the abſence of any fort of title-page, the book beginning at once with the Prologue of Earl Rivers. We muſt remember here that the manuſcripts 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 diſplaying the title of a work alone on the firſt page.

The next point which attracts attention is the peculiar ſhape of the characters. They are very pictureſque, and as cloſe an imitation of the handwriting of the time as could be made in letters ſeparately caſt; fo that people accuſtomed 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 ſign of early work, and in the cafe of Caxton’s prefs is poſitive evidence that any book in which it occurs was printed before the year 1480.

The ſpace 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 © Dictes.“ The firſt, which is the one now reproduced, bears date the © xvii 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 Engliſh foil, type No. 1 having been uſed only in conjunction with Colard Manſion at Bruges. Thirteen copies of this edition are known to exiſt, two of which are in the Britiſh Muſeum and two at Cam- bridge: theſe are all of which our public libraries can boaſt. Earl Spencer alſo has two copies in his magnificent library at Althorp, one of which poſſeſſes an unique diſtinction of much intereſt in the addition of the following paragraph printed on the laſt page, at the end of Caxton's Epilogue :—

Thus endeth this book of the dyétes and notable wyfe ſayenges of the phyloſophers late tranſlated and drawen out of frenſhe into our englifshe tonge by my forfaide lord Therle of Ryuers and lord Skales' and by hys comandement ſette 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 fineſt copy which has ſurvived the ravages of time is that in the choice collection of Samuel Chriſtie-Miller, Eſq., of Britwell. The ſecond edition, printed about three years later, is an exact copy of the firſt, only diſtinguiſhable by experts, who find that the face of the letter is thinner, ſhowing plain marks of a graver. All the copies known of this edition have the Colophon, which occurs only in the Althorp copy of the firſt 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 eſtimated by the fact that upwards of fifty years ago as much as 250 guineas was given for a copy of the firſt edition, and that a very fine copy would now fetch £1000.

The authorſhip of theſe celebrated Dictes 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 tranſlation. The cauſes which led him to under- take this taſk are narrated in the Earl's prologue, and are remarkably characteriſtic of the habits and cuſtoms of the fifteenth century.

In the extreme north-weſt of Spain, girt around by rugged and barren mountains, ſtands 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 Spaniſh 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 body of Spain’s patron Saint.

The pilgrims to this now forfaken fhrine 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 accomplifhed 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 ſailing 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 Gafcon knight well known at the Englifh Court for his bravery and prowefs. De Bretaylles, whofe character had a literary no lefs than a fighting fide, took with him, to beguile the tedium of the voyage, Guillaume de Tignonville’s verfion of © Les Dicts moraulx des philofophes,” 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 reſolved to tranſlate it into Engliſh, “thinking alfo full neceſſary to my faid lord the underſtanding thereof.” The ſtyle of the tranſlation muſt not be criticiſed too cloſely, for in the then tranſition ſtate of the Engliſh tongue there was no acknowledged ſtandard. 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 tranſlating © The Hiſtories of Troye ” and © Jaſon,” brought his manuſcript to the printer and requeſted him to “overfee” it before it went to preſs. This reviſion reſulted in the addition of a whole chapter containing the © Dittes” of Socrates “ towching women,” which, having been omitted by the Earl, was tranſlated and printed by Caxton, who excuſes 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 exiſted between Earl Rivers and himſelf. © But I ſuppoſe” fays Caxton, © that fome fair lady hath deſired him to leave it out of his book, or elſe he was amorous on ſome noble lady, for whoſe love he would not ſet it in his book,

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or elſe for the very affection, love, and good-will that he hath unto all ladies and gentlewomen, he thought that Socrates ſpared the footh, and wrote of women more than truth, which I cannot think that fo true a man and fo noble a philoſopher as Socrates was ſhould write otherwiſe than truth. For if he had made fault in writing of women, he ought not, nor ſhould not, be believed in his other dictes and ſayings. But I perceive that my faid lord knoweth verily that ſuch defaults be not had nor found in the women born and dwelling in theſe 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 whatſoever condition women be in Greece, the women of this country be right good, wife, pleaſant, humble, diſcreet, ſober, chaſte, obedient to their huſbands, true, ſecret, ſteadfaſt, ever buſy, and never idle, temperate in ſpeaking, and virtuous in all their works, or at leaſt ſhould be fo.” The Earl certainly ſhowed his taſte in the omiſſion of the ſatire, which has little wit but much coarfenefs. The three following“ Dictes“ will ſerve as a ſample :—“ Socrates faid that women be the apparails to catch men, but they take none but them that will be poor, or elſe them that know them not: — And he faw 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 Chaffoygnet (Cheſtnut?) 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 manuſcript 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 ſhows the perſon to have been a prieſt and probably the ſcribe who wrote the volume.

WILLIAM BLADES.

11, ABCHURCH LANE,

May, 1877.

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fowpnly takte Farme | (And) ſaydy Sedechias. Je azar teygneth & a lynch o a prynee (o arfourme hys fore yy Lertue and) ſctenee and) foe he ſhal gouuerne hys lande af tir hym hodde he ſhulde be right Vis & hys people + hodde Br ſhoulde loue andy haunte hys linyghtes not ſufferyng them to Sle & myſtel huntyngis noꝛ offer del neſſes / but inſtructe hem bo haue goode eloquence andy & eſcheue alle Tunes (And) ſapd) Sedechias It aſparteygneth to « Bona) oꝛ to a prynce, if he Bol haue eny nygh ſeruaunt tft & ino de hys gupdync andy oon dictous and) ho We gouuerneth hym eh hys houſe andy amougis Hys ſelladdes . andy if he vnderſtande hym of goode don dicloy and) gounernaunee hauyng pacience in hys Duerſite weep ne and) take hym thy hardely. Rnd) ellis bt be Ware of hym nd) ſaydꝰ Sedechias if thou haue aKrry true frende that louet h the Wele thou ought & eae hym mo re in thy loue andy fauour , tay ony of thy lienneſmey de⸗ ſiryncy thy wth for to haue the fucceffions of thy goodis N ndꝰ ſayd Sedechias commonely euery reſemblance delyteth other Nnd) ſapdy Se dechias fe that Wyl not & chaſtyſed) by fayre and) (ete Boxes . ought to be correc ted) by ſharp andy haꝛde correctioy © Windy ſayd) Sedechi⸗ as the gretteſt richeſſe 16 ſatiſf acid of th herte nd ſaid he is not riche / eo Phom richeſſe lo ſtet hot / ne Whay thy map be ligheky talen a Payt / Wut the beſt richeſſe is that thing/t hat dudeh ore Andy ſayd) Sedechias the obeiſſaunde wy Sp our is more ſexme thay that that is woy by myght ox dred⸗ qi Andy ſaydꝰ that epperperter 13 « go0de Gaſtiſemens ¶ End) fapdp te loliyng) Spy th: ende of

che Borke / pf it be good) + peueth hope bo ke Eenpmipng Rnd ſaide/that goode ren õmeꝛ and) fame is right prof⸗ fitable in this Woꝛlde/ che dedes ther of auaileth m the otfes Boakde ¶ Rudy ſaide/ it is better a may o holde his peas thay & ſpelie myche & np ignoꝛant maß. and & be a lone thay to be acopupned) With euill pope Mind ſaide Tay a Syma oꝛ a prince is eal tachedo and) Sraoup / bettir is to chaim that haue noo lenoſblege of him thay to thoos that be grefteſt maiſters in his fouſe ¶ Nndy ſaide/bettir is a⸗ Womaß to be bareyi thay to bere ay euilk diſpoſid) oꝛ a Wik Redy childe And ſaide / the compante of a poure Wieſe⸗ may is bettir thay of a riche ignorant that Neneth to be Vyſe by fubtilitee ¶ Nndp ſaide/he that offendeth god) his creato4*6y gretter reaſoy he faileth & other (Nudo faire bileue not in him that ſeith he leueth and lino eth trodth and) wth th contrary f Mundy ſaide/the ignorante mey Wok not abſtynt them from their ſenfualite es but loue their Caf for chair pleaſaunce / Vhat deſende ſo euer & made Into theym. right as chil dre enforce them ſelf & ee (Bete thin / ges. and (le rather that tp be chaꝛged) the dont rarie · but it is other Wieſe Wich Pieſemeñ for they loue thir liues but onely & do goode deddis / and to hue J del neſſe g the delecka oſis of this Voꝛlde ! N nd faire, bode may be cõpared the Werkes of che im that ente nde the pfeckioy of tle goode thi; ges perpetuel/(o thaim that Pol but thw delides traſptorp nd (aire that th Wieſe mey bere ew greues g forbes as they Were (Bete vnto them · nod ing hw trouble paciẽtly takey+the onde theꝛof Baſle to their merited (nd faire (hab it is ꝓufitable g goode to do Pele to them tlet haue deſerued it

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lerne goode in there poutfe oꝛ they falle bo malice, and fo ye Hal not ſyme in them ¶ Nnd ſaide. Vorſhip and pray & our loꝛde Bich a clene Pik g a dreſſe al your deſirs to him and fe (Bal lekpe g enhance pou · Phat part fo euer pe go. 7 fubde de your ennempes vnder you ¶ Nnd faite , hay pe Wil faſte-make fizſt clene pour faults of al fil the. that pour faſtig may coi of pure {xs Without op em? eogiencons hide god reputeth vile. and as pe ought to abſtene pour ſelf from metis. ſo ought pe eo abſtene frome ſynne. fot it ſatiſfieth not to ſpare mebes · and do em dedis ¶ Nndꝰ ſaide /n pour ponge age viſite our ler dis houſes and lette al pour oriſtons be in ſ etteneſſe ¢ humilite Vit hout pom⸗ pes oꝛ pꝛide. nd Play ye be mooſte mezp in pour houſes Vith pour folRes laue in remembrance our loꝛ dis poure in diqenk people. and departe Into them your almes ¶ Nnd ſaide/ yeue conforte & pꝛiſoneꝛs. to them that be in ſoroÞe and trouble. Bele the (eRe. clothe the naked, eue mete to the hungery. driſte & the thurſty. harlero de pilgrimes make ſatiſfacroy & pour ereditouꝛs. and pramely fuffre the In turies that bey wy vnto pou ¶ Nnd ſaide/diſconfoꝛt nat few that bey m affliction but hel pe them With (Hee and plea ſaunt Boxes (And if it be ſuche as affore haue hurte vou benignely for peue it them. ſatiſpying pou With the peyne that they fuffre · Ind faire / enfoꝛee your ſelf to Vin ne frendis. g thay firſt preue them ar ye put & moch truſte in them / leſt it le to youre hurt /and that after tlewof ye reg pente you ¶ N nd ſaide/he that god exal ed) in this Dorlas ought to take no pride noꝛ Kipneglorye m hit / noꝛ repute him ſelf gretter thay con of his ſelades for god bath made

riche and poure of 003 creaton through Vhiche ale be egall nd) ſaide/ beware that in pourJre oꝛ Indignacioy ther eſcape out of your mouth noo foule Nodes. for it is dif hon neſte and) ngendreth hate .it is not donuenyent for hym that Wil laue ſcyence + bo ſeſte it by mede oꝛ fox money · but onely by deleckacoß and) bycanſe it 16 more precious thay other Hinges af nd) ſaide that leyng) is good) andy no; ble / tat cauſith in his Foyame coor Tales to le bepte g ma inbeynedꝰ and the Brow to be layde doſdne «And? ſard latgeſſe and) liberalite is Gnother, Bay a may is in neoeſ⸗ fie g pourete, ( paciene. Bhan oor bath power to Juge and Be auenged) </And) faire he that Voꝛch iped te Wyeſe mey loueth Juſtce sandy dot h goode dedis. and) enſoꝛtet h hym & Vynne ferencis and) goode con dicons andy ther ore he (Bal finde that that libeth hym in this Woꝛl de ox in the offer &ndꝰ ſeithᷣ. he is vnhappy lothe here and) there that hach Witte and) Bol lerne noo ſcienee ne dottrine ¶ Nndp faire he that Vol not teche that that he vnderſtodeth in ſtiende x good) oon dicions. he (Balke partenar to the Janoramſe of fro dard folſie Nd) he that denyeth to teche ference to him that it is couenable Into fe ough to be depriued of his &; neſieæ j this World) Sut cher is noone that doth fo ſaue Inoraunt folſtis Biche com̃onely Key enuious froBard andy il Tiley ¶ And ſaide , liberalite and) largeſſe is betttꝛ in ference thay m richeſſe for th: renomme of a Byles may abideth · and) the richeſſes abideth nat. (Andy a man ought not to offen de noꝛ hate him / that Bath treſpaſſed⸗ vnto hym. but ought bo do goode apenſt harme for the Ber, Ree of the Bieſemey is preued) 19,19 Þthinges that is to

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mapntepne tem and) kfere may noo Vele be in a Lopate Wie houte it & ha bildaunt of people for the decuy of aLopany is fa dee of people. Wid. if they Wich draVe y th prince is left Loree alone and kler fore remern ore Wel thy devis andy eftſones thinke oy thy ſaule and put 19 that gariſoy OR that thou ſhalt haue nede of 19 the other Woꝛl dy N nd pf it happen that thou muſt god in the Perce in thyy one rerfone , beſdare Bele that thin ennemyes ſupriſe the not by FPoBEH ful ſoiournyng) . (Nndy Why thou gooſt to hataile lolie that firſt thou ſolicite andy evorte thy people as corgeouſely as thou ]. and) PoRe that alle thyy babil mentis of Werre & redp , and) enery may ſet n hys Warde and) appointed) foe they ſ hal fight and) ſette oute

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laſtyky but that sp map haue leyſir of reptn@aunce, andy tat offer let hem be Rept til thou knoſde the twuth · We⸗ ther they be gylty oz not · Geddare alſo,(Pſe not thyn oF; ne counſeple oneky · But be auyſed) by men of ge anda diſcreaoy , (Ando fuche as heey experte i many thynges A ndꝰ Bay thou ſFals inde ony fue Juſt and vightfu be counſeple dy by hy / Nndp elles veporte the to th; mooſt lolſome oppmoy of alk thy ooun ſeyllours , and) god) (Bae hel pe the nd ſaydꝰ . He Jo noble that Sith coors neſſe. · nd) It is a grete goodeneſſe & vſe Inſtyee andy chaſtyte + and) to peue lylerally oꝛ It ſe axidꝰ © And) ſapd) + Whay N kpna oz a prynce ory nox Bp reſtray⸗ ne hys cup Dios « couetiſe, hodde ſhulde ſe repreue his {cx tuauntes. and) Whay he cay not wrrecte hys pꝛopꝛe ſezuaun tis. fotbe ſhulde he correcte and) gy alle hys people · andy ſpecially thoos that bey ferre from hym + Tlerfore It hy houeth N ſiynq) oꝛ a prynce fyrſt bo & lorde outr hym ſelf And) aftiz Sp ock Gp oe d (Andy ſepw goods kynq 02 « prynq ſhulde not be & full of Sufpecoy for Jt Wol make mey drake from hom . And alſo fk ought not & haue enp of that dyſpoſicioy in hys houſe. N ndꝰ in efpeepa ft. ¶Malibytezs , Contryuets oꝛ Peprtere of tales For Whay there Jo dyuyfioy oꝛ twuble ij & kyngps oꝛ ma pryndes bouſe+ Eyghtly no good) Counſeyllours 02 ſeꝛuaumtis Wolde ahyde there

(@) (Ne fapdy he that cay not refrapne his Tre bath no pRes ourr his Witte ¶ And ſaid aÞyſe Rina oꝛ a

prince duchs not & malie compariſons noꝛ diſpute in dif; creo} Wich a greter and myghtier thay he is ¶ nd ford han a Gpna ox « prince Bath conquered andy ouer come his ennemyes he ounht ko mapnteyne them 19 Juſtier. in coor cuſtumes and) liberalite and) pacienee, (Ando fo map be make of aimempes his Friveel] nd ſaid pf a king oꝛ « pez aſſembledy ay outrageous trſour and) diſpente it nol as it aqpartepueth he Bal leſe boch it g his Popatime ¶ And) ſane, the prople ar & th: lynch as th Tyne & a grebe fyere, for the more the Pynde is the ſtrenger is the nig Qing) ſaide a liyng) or a prince ought to knoVe thoos tat Wele andy tviely haue ſerued) him and) eſtabliſ Be khoos a boute hym ſelf after krouth Witte and) doſiyng and) ought to yeue and) de lounte wous Into the ym af tir hexe merites. Bind if he he geue by Wil eo noughey fol lis this haue not deſerued) it /it putech « eye the courage of his godde ſeꝛnaun tis · ko ſerue hym Bek exp lenger. and fo ſhal hebe baſti?p fo full? of noughty people that Ney be Wolde he cay not be delyuerede of hp] Wnd) (ardp it ts conueinent for a kyng) oz a prince to lerne and knoſde but not all fox there is many thinges that a Byway oꝛ a priuce dughe not to ſenoſde noꝛ vnderſtande lquinus ſayde + that mey recepue grebe benefi⸗ ess dayly of god) oure creafour al be it that they le ſpuners They they be boüde. to thanke hym for

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fur yen doch to che ſeliethal is to ſaye ſofteky and packen ly but and) tfou Vilt correcte thy ſelf /diſpoſe the as khe hurt may, wth to the leche · Ie Bas axedꝰ hym/ho de amay myght Reve hym from ire/he anſ Weredꝛ/aman ought alle Wape & haue » Lemebraunce that he ary not at alk tymes be ſerued) but ſomtyme ſ hal le fepy to do ſeruice / and) alſo he (Sal not be al eye obeyde but at ſumtyme he muſt oleye. aa Be (Bab not at alle tymes be — in bps Kyl kut at fumtyme he muſt hauyng) thys ny hys mynde / it ſhulde appeaſe Gee Jew Gen om cee ae Alexandre ſittynq at his dyner / Niche praiſed) hy ou; krageoſely · and) dyuerſe herkened) geeteky therto the ſaid dyogenes began & ete faſter thay be fore + ſom axedy hyy Why he fexfienedy nor the fepre ſeyngis of the geſter/he an⸗ ſWered). J do moze prouſficablp thay to herliey leſyngys What is ſache prapſing) Worth, Tay be is neuer the better kherſore nd) ſapdy / pf thou tallie Tpth a ſtraunger ſpelie not inode tit thou haue firſt made com pariſon by tene the connynch of his ſtiende and) thyy / and) pf thou hy thyy better thay hys / (pele che boldelier and) ellis lde thp peace and) lerne at hym Qf Dpuers dylicious perſones blamed) hym of hys manete of leuyng) and) he ſaydꝛ/it lieth Bele in my poder pf mp lyſt to lyue afrer youre giuſe / but it is nat in pour power & kyue after mp maner <>] (Rnd) it Bas cole hym that eertapy perſones oo ſap cup of hym in hys abſence / he anſ Wered) it i not Surge me though amay (trike at me and) touche me not, ¶ Rnd) ſayd) . it is achurliſſh oon dictoy 6 anſ dere difhoneſtely/ andy a noble eon diet oy to anf Were

paeyeikly ¶ Windy ſapd? “Chee is no greter kreſour thay Diſerecioy and) Wpete / Nox greteꝛ pouerte thay Jano ratme / Moꝛ becteꝛ frendeſhip thay goode condicons/noꝛ better guydeꝛ thay Js goode fortune ¶ Ind ſapd) / Se⸗ keneſſe Jo ch pryſoy of the body · Andꝰ fomibe Jo te pry; for of thy ſaule + Ther Vas maß of se byrthe that ve Buked) hym / To Wow he ſapd)-/My bloxe and) lynage is enfaunſed) by me / and) thyy Js hurt and) loued) by the Th ſapd) , Dyogenes Vas of litik ſpeche / Rnd one aſked) hym Why he fpake no more / He anſueꝛdꝰ Ther Was grete er tue in Nmamiys eres ¶ Tks Was amay ſaydꝰ hym grete upſanye eo Vhay ze fapdy No Wore One aſked) hym Why he anſuered) not / He 'ſapdy J cour do hym no retter dpſPoxſhyp thay he wth hym ſelfe For he hach oontrybuedy blame Into hym that bach not wferucd it ¶ One aſked) hym / Hob be ſhulde trouble hys ennempes . He anſuered) Enforce thy ſelf to be Fr; tuous and) good) N nd) If thou Walt, hat thy goodeneſ ſe appere grete Into ſtraungeꝛs / Tepute & them thy ſelf ee nd) fayd) .Jf tu peue power & thy Vyff one ky & trede vpoy thy fote oy the moro de (fe Boldy trede v⸗ y thy hede ¶ Andy ſapd) · Company of Women Js ay — chat cay not be eſcheuedꝰ ¶ End) fapdp, He thae doch good) for th: goodenoſſe of hit onely / ought not & Drew Before Vhom he dot h not for te pꝛaiſing ne blame ths of ET One af Bed him Whar he ſhulde knoVe his frende/ſa ſapdy in neceſſite for in pꝛoſpeperite euery may is frendel Ther Was anotheꝛ may ſaide vilanye Into him Wher al & oft noy angre t Vas aſked him Why le Was fo mace

fe aunſBred) offer halh he ſand foth ox liedo/pf he haue far. twuth/ ] ought not do be angry and pet leſſe if he haue lied). he fake aman cates fo muche that thr cole no bo dy make hym holde his eus /e Phom he ſaide/frende thou haſt y eeres and but oy tunge / Pherſoꝛ thou oughteſt to heꝛſtey double aſ moche / as thou ſpelieſt · he (abe a faire yon) may Sat we grete diligende eo lerne /to hom he ſane ye do paſ⸗ fing) Wele & make pour dedis aſſemble pour Raker, crabs mr grelies konge is bo fap /Reper of Juſ⸗ tice he Vas maned apenſt the cuſtume of that coil;

boolzis noꝛ paue no doctrine & his diſciples / but onefy by Voꝛdes of diſcipline/and) that opimoy he helde of Tumo Whiche Was his maiſtr for as the ſaide Socrates beyng) of tẽdre age axed his maiſter / Vhy dil ye not fuffre me to Write the doctrines that pe &<e me Tun aunf ered hin touete ſt thou more the Weed beeſtes / ſliynnes to be Voꝛſh ip ped) With ſapiende thay thengyne of may ] ſette che caſe that on mete the in the Bild ſeld/and) axe the conſeile vpoy a queſtioy. Tere it goody that thou ſhuldeſt ſape/let me go

home and ouer foe my boltes firſt. It Were more honeſt & ha ue a vecours to thy remembrance andy terupoy briefly to de termyne/ It Tere fo oer tamely ſapd) Socrates / Rel they, reteyne it Wel in thy mynde . that thou ſhalt lerne · Andy put it not in thy Sooke in Thiche opynpy the ſaid Serates veſted / he defended that no may ſhul d Woꝛſh ip falſe poles But Volde chat ale fomour and) Voꝛſh ip ſh ul d be referred & th creatour of alt chyngys , and) for that opynyon he Das eon dẽpnedꝰ to deth by xi · Juges of Nthenes · Phiche oꝛdeigned) that he ſhuld) drinlte oertem poxſons / Merof the Lyng of that oountre Was forp. but he ode not reuoke the ſentence, ſe gaf him as Lona reſpit of his Juge nent as he myght. The ſao bkyng ha dde a Bip charged With thingee that in oertam tymes ſhuld) be offred) in the temple lo the

pdoles , fe hade a euſtume that he Toor peue noo Jugemẽt and) eſpecially vpoy mannes det h). tile che ſaidꝰ ſhip Bere retourned) & at henes / Vhiche Bas not yet dom home And Vpo0y her tom̃yng) home one of Socrates ſela des axlled)

Inelites col de hym in the priſoy-that te ſaid) (Dip ſholde come & the poꝛte oy the moro de oꝛ the next day. Vherſore he ſarde , It Ver goody that Be (Hula yeue. CC CC. pees of gol de to thy ſiepers · that thy Vol d leeee the ſecretely efcape and) Bay myghteſt thou go to rome and) nedeſt litik &

drede them of athenes · e anſ wered. alk that ] haue is not Worth four honderdꝰ . peeis of gold). no ſaid) Inclites · and) thy frendis haue fo muche Whiche We Wok 9 4 peue thy Ropers to ſaue thy lxf if it pleaſe the 60 the Þhichs ſoerates anſ Reved this cy her J muſt fuffre deth. is

th naturaſt place of my birth Brim] muſt dye Pit hout

ceſerupng onely by cauſe that 4 repreue hem Froty doyng in tuft dedes / and for Woꝛſ hippyng the falſe and Vapne poles and) that J Wold haue them Fonour the true god). Vherfo⸗ re J fape If this mey of mp nacion pezſceute me for ſuſtey nyng & ſeyng twuth/right fo Vil ſtrangeꝛs do bletſomenes 4 &eoome, for ] Wol neues ſpare & fap crouch not Be no leſinges / and) ertapnly ooo Wolde haue leſſe meꝛey of me than tloos of this Cobre, here in ] am Sen / It Goyer ned) that the tleꝛde daye his diſciples um vnto him g fore him m pryſoy Bp the oma undement of the /dij / Juges they aped) him many doddta ble queſtiond /touchyng the ſaule/ he anſuetd) thy / as largely and) as gladely as euer he deve le of they mexuepNed) & ſc fo grete gftaunce ij amay fo nygh his wth / One of his diſciples calledꝰ Demay ſat de maiſtre ) Enoſde Nele „It is ay harde thing & the. for & (be and) teche vs in the cage / that thou node ſtandeſt m g Malina of thy lore is 6 vs atamegeous thing for in this Noꝛlde haſt thou no ſela We of good) dockyne / So, crates anſueꝛdꝰ. Spare not & enquere of me Who it plea; ſeth pou for it is to me a greee pleaſcz thep axed him queſ tions of the ſaule / Whiche he anſueꝛd / g after tp aped him of the (late of the Woꝛl de /andꝰ compoſicioy of ehe Elemen⸗ tis Vhiche alſo he anſuerd) right per fundely / Windy & fare Sno them J two We the hour of my wth azprocheth npgh J Nil bayne me g malte me clene in this Voꝛlde/ g ſep myn on fone bo thentẽt that ) (Bal haue no payne af ex my delh Phe fore J pꝛay you ſpare me for a While/ſe ortred) & alous and Laigned him ¢ ſaid his oriſ ds /g thay called his Tyf g childe⸗ rey 2 gaue them many fete doctrines g badde them payne them

for & do goode adreſſe there ſaules (o hym that afl ereatedy andy thay aum one from th Juges to hym With wyſoy to drinke ain (aro O ſocrates thinke not that J am he that malteth the bo dye-for J RnoWe thou art the ſt may that euer arm in this lande / but ) am ſent from the Juges for to ſle the /g here is the cõſectioy þ chou muſt drin bie talie it paciẽtly ſithey thou maiſt not ſcape it / Soerates ſaidzJ fake it Vieh goode hert /e Gnole Pele thou art not gylty therof /g fo drinke it And Vhay his frẽdes falbe that/chey made grete Veping) g lamentacioy Vherof he blamed) them ſeynig J haue ſent a Bape the Women by cafe they ſhulde not do as pe do/he Went alitil from ehem /g ſaide O god ba, Ur merep vpoy me /g anone his ſpneſdes \Franlte his fete Wexed oolde / and thay he leide him wÞy / one of his diſciples (oolie a bo ddeliyn e priklied him in his feete / and axed him Jf & fete 00 thing). Nndp le ſaid) nape/thay he priltlied⸗ him in his thyghes andy apedy him if he felt it Le fapdo nape, Nnone che cole ſtralte vp Into his ſydes thay ſocra tes faire Dhar the ool de cometh & my hert J muſt nedis dye Thay ſaide Inelites O dere maiſtre Welle of ſapienee and) of ference correct and) teche vs yet / Vhyle thy ſpeche laſtech € Phom he faite] can noy ot her Vieſe fie Be your node dyyng thay J haus wor afore in my lyf The ſaid) Inclites ſane, for domaunde me What khync) pe Wyk, he anſ ered) noo tpn), and) lift vp his epey to the (Rye ſeyng) ] preſent mp ſole to the maker of alle the Poꝛldy andy fo vpedy Thx (apdy ſocrates hu de. yy, M, diſciples andy diſ⸗ ciples of his diſciples nd. in hys lyf he deuyſed) that mey (Gules be guyded) aftre , ih, oꝛdres that is eo ſaie m

Cleꝛqie / in arpa before x m comones and) orreranedy the tleꝛgie aboue ih Eup Rowe / the Rupahefore aboue the prple andy tat te clergie ſhulde pray for the Enpahthore g the prple th: linyghehode ſholde deſende the clexgie g the yas people to labour for the cleꝛgie andy the knight hode

ſayde ſocrates Was of rede cofour /g of competent ſtature ho re heded) / and) Bele facedo/demure of ſpeche/a grete ſtu dyer and) lolter vpoy the eꝛthe / and) They he fpake he Vaggedy his Gal Fpnger fe lyued) four ſcore · j yeres / Bas Lapetery in his ſcale/pacioice g good) byleue in god) malketh amay vickorious / Ind) Was Prpttey i his girdel/hauing reſpect and) confireractoy & them of euery thinge cauſech che fals uacion of the ſaule and) of th body / fe eſtabliſſtedo ſakes Whiche Were ſent into the Eeſt/eſt/South/g Moꝛth/g alt Was goueꝛ ned) by them ¶ And) ſapd) Che firſt ching that thou ſhulde fixe thy Til i is to Reve dyuyne Juſtice and) to applye thy Vil & che ſame / and) not & do ſacre fi⸗ ces NOs no iniuſt thinges noꝛ to (Tere no falſe otles / And ſaydꝰ /right as a may is heled) of his ſelteneſſe / by dertue of a medpctne-right fo is ay euyl may heled) of his malice by Krtue of the lade ¶ Indy (aire co his Diſciples J am a til may / and) Lertues bey the ſedes / and) ſtudy is the Vater that meiſteth them / Wheꝛfore if the ſedes le not elene · nor the Water fufficiené , What fomenes be ſoſden pro fitet h Bal End? ſaid / one ought eo meꝛueile af hym that ſoꝛgetetß the perpetual goodeneſſe of the otheꝛ Worle for the goodes of this Voꝛlde/that is not durable End ſayd · the Belk of poſed ſaule loueth to do Vele · g the euil diſpoſeth ſaule buct & do farm And ſeid th goode ſaule graffeth goodneſſe g

the fruyt therof is ſakuactoy, Nnd the euil difpoſed) / 2 the fruyt chef is dãpnacioy eet th: goode fable is kinoſdey by p Be recepued gladly truth | TS ew ſaule by that Ge —.— alad\Fſpnges (Nudy ſaid) tat Bey aperſonne do eth m do xte fut thingis and is ſtedfaſt ny thoos that key oper and eu: dẽt bo che eye /it is ſigne that he is of goode vnderſtan ding (Nudo ſaid) that te ſaules of them that bey goode / Ber foro fall of th Verkis of chem that beey emi? ¶ nd ſaid the may that foloſdeth oouetiſe leſeth him ſelf endeleſky/e at the [aft is alk diſ ſonoured Nnd Bhoo that hates it geteth vnough /g at the ende is right Bele Voꝛſh ipped Gad ſaid that the goode ſable ſaueth him ſelf. g otfer ben ſaued) by him ¶ And ſaid) th fable knoVeth ak thinges / thay he that knoſdeth his ſaVle RnoVÞpth euery thing. g be that ſino eth not his ſa wle /ſenodeth not hing Gd, ſaide he that is Rept to him ſelf/he is more ſeytif to anotler g he that is liberal & him ſelf / is oom̃onely liberal eo anotlet {andy faire litik teching fuffiſeth & the coor ſales to the cut ſoule mode teching may not a daile ¶ Nndp ſaide that. vj. maner of mey be / that neuer be out of angre / that is & Vitte / che firſt is he that may not foꝛgete his trouble the. ij ay niuous may that dÞelleth Vith fol bis newly en⸗ richyd) ; the · ih · E chat dBellech m a place here another bath thriuey g he cay finde no prouffitk here. che · iin. a che may fallen in pouer tie. che. v. be that enforceth him ſelf to dom & the ſtate that is not bylonging to him bo haue (Rnd the. vj. he chat hath deli) With a Pyeſemay / and) bath noo thing lernedꝰ of him ¶ And ſaide Who ſo faynelh him

(LF to ſe dock zyne & amay of eupl couracerefembREh to him /that Vol maiſtrie a ſtrong hoꝛs / Vhiche if he pare him not a ſtrong bitte Vith a cork fy (Gal nenex coy gouer ne him! And ſayde to mode haunting feliſſhip enge dꝛerlß not grete loue bit Lene them / abſteynyng from them aw; ſeth ennemytees /g thay it is beſt to rele therm moderately And) ſaide he that doth good) is better thay the goode · g he that «tb euyl/is Gore thay the eri (Nudp ſaid) ſcience is had by oiler of mey / but diſcrecioy cometh of god. nd faire Byf dom is the lee of the lade /ꝛ moneye is th; ſelie⸗

neſſe . Wher the leche may not ble him ſelf/ſode chulde be Bole another indy ſaide thou maiſt not be pfectely good if thu hateſt thyy one ny / What (Bale thou be thay if thou ha teſt thy frẽde Andy ſaide this Voꝛlde may be likened) to

a ay ful of thiſtlles in a manere brow hes amay is pꝛilt lied / that entreeh ty it /e if he aſpie them he Pol be Ware of it And ſaide he that Couch the Woꝛl de/hal h but labour 1; he

that hatech it /hath reſt udp fair he is right ſrple that is ceꝛceyn bo parte from this Voꝛlde /g beſiech him bo malie in hit his bil digis Qld. ſaid this Voꝛlde is like a light be ning fyre/Vhezof alitil is good & Rpndpl his light & (Rebbe him the Wey/g he dee & moche therof map ligh tely Brey him ſelf Wit h al arty ſaid) he that ſecteth afk his mide in this Mork Lefer his ſaule /g he that thenlieth oy his ſaule hateth this Voꝛlde nd ſaide le that fourth this Woꝛlde map not faile to falk in one of theſe/ h/ incoͤue⸗ mẽ tis oꝛ both/that is co ſay/otleꝛ & diſpleaſe our lord god ozellts & be enuted at of mightieꝛ men they he is / And faire im ay chat (eR eH to haue oinempes ſeketh his diſtructioy/g

he that bath many oxupers g omempes is in the Wileer of eral foꝛtun nd) ſane this Woꝛlde is but a paſſacce ry to the offer Vo:kde-and) ther fore. ſe that purucieh him of 415 neceſſarie for that paſſage/is the farce ſoz all pills End ſaide er ouble not thy ſelf gretly/ Wilh Noꝛdely ac quiſic de /but reſemble the birddes of the ſpe, Whiche in tho moꝛnyng (eRe but their vefection for that day ¢ ſemblaby the Dil de beſtes that coffe oute of the * fee the ir fore sandy at nyght vepeire home ayen ¶ ndꝰ ſayd⸗ che exroux is EnoÞey in the one bo be curl / and) that that is goode / is the more clerly ſcey after therby/ Plato Hoke Spy bim eo go in a Wyage andy wfiredp & knoNe of Socrates ode he ſhulde gouerne hum ſelf therm /andꝰ he ſaide tolbte the — thou knoVeſt-z Kibave of thoos chat thou RnoBes noc /g go not by nyghl / ete noon her bes that thou Enoddeſt not /g Poe that thou Rope the high Weye/klough it be kle lenger / wilẽde not & chaſtiſe him /that is oute of alle reaſoy / ſor thou ſ halt make hym therby thin ene tnt ſayde Pye not With a Bomar Withoute neceſſite conſtrapne eC Wind) ſayde tido khynges be laudable/that is for to fape Late and) ſapieite /lalde bepeth right yſneſſe / andy apince auſith good condicions, Socrates acompamtedy hym (eff With a Fiche may , and) kley mette theues in ay byah Naye/ ehe Fiche may ſaid) It Were daſigewus bo me if they node me N udp focrates ſaid) Jt Bere the better for me / If y Pere knoVey by the nd) ſapd) aBpfer may onght & Ble hys apes in one of theſe (o maneres chat is io fepe', ny that that may exuſe hym to haue Jove in thys Worlde and) m the oeher . o in that / that

may arufe hi m to haue goode name in this Worker (And) ſaide this Voꝛlde is deleckacioy of ay houre / z ſoro de of ma; ny daies /g the other Voꝛlde is grete reſte g long ioye / Andy ſaid Vhoſomeueꝛ eee the one Kone of ſoprece doch the mos re goode / thay if he gafe the of his geld Mrd ſaid (Bere not by our loꝛd/ſoꝛ no ma nere of lutre al be it thy cauſe be true /ſox ſom Vol thinſie thou forſ wereſt thy ſelf ¶ nd fat de take hede hoe thou peueſt thy peftes/ for fom ſiple fol lies eue to the vnnt dp / and) refuſe hit bo thoos that haue nede Ind) ſaide If thou Tilt Wine afrende / ſpelte good of him for Tae t encodieth loue /g euil ſpeche engendꝛelh hate red) (And) ſaid a being ought to put from him all cup diſpoſed pſones for the hazme that they of his oom panye do is reputed his dede Gn faite he that exreth ¢ knoVeeH hit. and) after repenteth him theꝛof Bath deſezuid) par den End ſaide he that medleth to correct eueꝛy may auſeth eh mooſt part & hate him ¶ Ind (aire & a may that ha dde ve ptoued his linage /f J be che Voꝛſe for my linage as thou ſayeſt thy linage is che Woꝛſe for the ¶ Und ſaide he that ſe Reh the whee of this Voꝛlde is like vnto him (hat ſeliec h 6 mG zarab Wenyng it Vere Bates g rẽneth to mine it tik he be Wery/ g Ihay he cometh to hit. he findeth no thing e Bar he is more (hriſty than he Bas before for zarab is a myſt in a medeſß/ Phiche at ſõtyme by veflection of ehe (One ſemeth a abeꝛ g is none in dede (And) ſaidy a may Gath neueꝛ pfy& reſte @ Jope in this Bort), for fe ary not al Wape pſcuere in dſcctacion g poſſeſſe his Vinningis g oft bath twuble g ang Wyſſhe/aſ Bele fox loſſe of his frẽdis as otheꝛ wyſe / Nnd ſaid the loue of this Woꝛl d ſtoppeerh mines

teres / from hering ſapiẽce / g blyn fildeth the eyen froin ſept” twuth. a hit caufath alſo amgy bo be muied) x on ” from doyng goode de die ¶ (dp ſaid he that Louch a v 00 frouth bach moo ¢ gretet ſeruauntis tay a kin ſayd) Be is not free that byndel h him to another nd ſap de afferme noo thing /til thou knoVe the twuth not do nod thing. but it le couenable noꝛ begi ne nothing /but if thou fe Soe to bringe it & good) conclufion, Ther Bas a ihe may ſaid) & him /O ſocrates hp art thou fo pure / Eo Vhom he anfuerd If thou kneweſt That is pouͤtee thou Bol weft haue more foroBe of thy puerte thay of my nd? ſaid It is a grete merueile to ſe a Dpfemay angry. nd ſaid) de det h is a thing that map not be eſheVed) /g ther ought none to drede hit / but ſuche as haue cõmitted) grete iniqinte e dy litil iuſtide / xz fore they ſhuld drede dãpna coy for their demerites after their det nd) [a1 good? deth is not & be diſpiſed / hut o be mace fied g prepſed fox it maliith traſmutacioy from the Þorld) of vnckeneſ ſe and) ſhame & the Woꝛld) of Woꝛſhip + from the Woꝛld⸗ not durable & che Voꝛld) perpetuel From the Voꝛl de of for lie and dunites & the Woꝛld) of ſapiẽce reaſoy and trouth nd fro the Woꝛld) of traueile and) peyne to the Bor of conſolacioy and) veſte ¶ End) ſapd) Jt is merueile f him that do dteth to dye / g wth thiges contrary bo his ſa uacion And) ſaid det h is lyſfe & him that bnoPeth to faue ioye after it Indo ſaid he that Cucth Wek Gal die Bele Ind ſaid better it is Borf Bip fick det h chay ſhamefut liſe. Nnd ſaid dech is the reſt of couebous peple for the lege thy lyue the more multyplie che ir oouetiſes . ¢ ſo Nth is

more coucnabl for thy thay Cf for the deth of eutl prople is the Vele and) ſurete of the good) Mectuſe they (Falk do nomore ſynne no: hurt & the people ¶ And) ſapdy the lyf Jugeh indereckely amongis the ded And) ſaid) . one ought not to Wepe for him that is ſlapne Vit houte cauſe, but for hm that hach (Rayne him / for he chat ſleeth vniuſte ty aap Hin ſelf Ede fib Be Be Dee on thing / ought & his per & be Ware eof Alſo be that © wibeeth o haue peines for his ſinnes af tit his wth, ought fo to dele /khat he map eſcheue that pave (nd) ſaide Thay chou Bolt do eny khing lolie for What cceafion hit is Andy if thou ſeeſt che onde theꝛof goode/haſte the ooncluſion · and eſis reſiſte chy Bil nd ſaide bettir is to amay bo Cue harde. thay to loro dde of him chat reputeth his Gal lones g pef tes & be grete g Vithoute exuſe Bol khinlie aman to be iy his danger ¶ Ind faire take in no preiſyng the lone o peft of him that bath diſ Woꝛſß ipped the for the diſhonour g ſhame tferof is moze thay the Gpming He loued al Rep to lerne / Vherof fon rebulted him · o Plow he ſaide/t he gretteſt ſbame/ that aay dome to ay olde may is to be ignoꝛãt/he forte a pong may that ha dde foliſſhly ſport a Bafted his fabſtace and) Was broght & ſuche pouerte · that he Was ſeyn & ete olyues /o Whory lx ſaide if the olyues hadde be as goode & che at the begynnyng / as they be node. chou ſhuldeſt haue adde pet largely of thy goodes Ind) ſayde ther is noo difference bit ip agrebe teller of kydyngis , and) a lper End faire the nobleſt thnic) that childꝛen may lerne is ſcience / ſor cher by chey eſche de & do euilk Werkkis And) ſaide the greteſt Vynnyng that amay map haue / is & gete

atrue frẽde/ſe herde amah ſap tha one Bas furer ty lieping his tunge / thay in moche ſpelting for in moche langact one map lighely erre. To Wlom he ſaid one ought not to Sunder ſtãde that in them that ſpebe Bele, Nnd ſaide the prof fie of ſilẽce/is leſſe thay the pwuffit / of ſpeche. 2 the harme of firey che is more / (hay the harme of ſilence · Ando ſayd one may benolde a Byſcmay by Barking 7 lol ding his tüge. ¢ amay may linodde a fole by his moche claberẽg. Ind ſaid he that Vol not holde his peas til he be gftrepned is not to be blamed @ be that Dil holde his ras til he be boden ſpelie is to be prep ſedy. And farde It is ay ignoꝛãt thing to diſpute ny thins ges p map nat be vInderſtãde / Nnd ſaide the meane is beſt

in ail chẽges. N nd) faite mode rẽning maketh mode He rineſſe. And ſaide if the Titte of a may oumaiſtnie not his fraifte fe (Bab fone be outcome ¢ Brought to noughelſNnd ſaid he is akeſt that cay not diſ derne the good fw the euil And ſaid ke is a good frẽde that wth the good /g a myghty Frente /t hat defedeth the fw m haꝛme He Vrote Suto a ling vecõſoꝛting him Whay his ſone Vas wee in this maneꝛ / god made this Voꝛlde ay fous of deleckacioy g reÞazd g tle tou bles m this Doꝛlde cauſen vemuneracioy in the other Find

ſaid no may ought to repute him ſelf Fyſe / And ſaid this Woꝛlde peucth evemple & thoos that abyde by thaim p depart And ſaid the loſſe of [Sure is leꝛnĩg to other / Nnd ſaid he

that truſteth in this Voꝛl de is veceiued/ z le that is ſuſpecti ous is in grett ſoroVeOne of his diſciples gafe him a gif te/g he Vas troubled Vith al/ It Was axed him Whp he re ioyſed it nat / he ſaid the recepcioy of this gif te hat h pared hie Poꝛſ hip ¢ put me in his dãgeꝛ / And ſaid be bo thy fader

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noꝛ neue: light Biehout texKeneſſe-nox neue: veſt Ticheute labour / not aſſemble Withoute depazting (Rnd) ſapte, ke as the fortune of this Porlte , ſhal make reiopſing) Bpoy thiy nnempe-naght ſo may it malie thpy ennempe haue re; ropſanc) of the nd) fapdo he that ſtabrliſſſeth,and) fet; EB him ſelf in cournable place / is the more ſure for the pe⸗ ryls of this Voꝛlde Ind ſayd he that is fulfilled Vith the loue of this Poꝛlde diſpoſeth him & , ti), thinges / that

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Nomen Vhiche is not trãſlated / Nnd it Bas aped of him to Phat ſciẽce it Vas beſt & ſette his childe coſcole/he anfues de / bo lerne that that is bothe profficable in this Woꝛlde x ehe

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credence be yeuen & alle his Tones Be anfBeved,fo that my Pordes haue be goode and) reaſomable] geue no grete force To hach beleued) them oꝛ no ¶ Nndꝰ ſaid) He is goode sy the hpeſt degre of goodeneſſe. that enfoꝛceth hym to be good) Bing felf Andy h; is iy ſe h. degre ti enforeeth hin 6 cauſe other & be goode/and he that velilꝛelh of none of thieſe h. 16 & be deſpreiſed) ¶ And) faire & his diſciples & not deſi-ous to haue the coor not durable. Put couctte & haue that is perpetuellp good) ¶ And) ſaid) · be not inguiſitif vyoh offer folſkis leſt they be jnquiſitif vpoy the atin ſad) put Vit and) diferecion afore the in alk thy Verlies · and thou ſhalt be th better qranyſſſed Phan thou ſhalt com & thepecucioy of the ſame ¶ And) ſaid) for bere not & do goode dedis alk be it they be vnknoſden. There Was one dif; prepſed? his face. fo Whom he faite it Bas not my poder & malte mp face/and) ther fore J ought not be blamed if it be foule that that J haue pouer ouerJ haue made fair and that tat thou haddeſt power ouer thou haſt ſoyled⸗ Cnty ſaid be true Into hym that companpeth Vith the-andy Kereth twuth vnto the. and) thou ſhalt be te more fare to eſchedde daſigiers ¶ And ſaid do & eher as thou Dol deſt they ſhuld do to th Nnd do fo noon offer but as thou oldeſt be won fo And) ſatd) amay ought bo be corrected) rience and) taught by the mutacioy of this Voꝛlde ¶ Andꝰ ſaid he is Geral + Bath greteꝛ deleckaeioy bo aue goode venoume thay money And) ſaide protence is g ſtrong caſtell. and haſtyneſſe oicyrdreth ve pen ta une And ſaid) honour 16 (e frupte of trwuth,andy fos thy trouth thy froꝛdes ſ hate Horſhip the. Ind thy goodeneſſe (Balk kino den nol ſparig

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le that ſettith fo litil by him ſelf that he thenlieth not oy his ſaule /leſeth) him filf he chat is pacient doth Wele/ and) (Gal not vepente him / and he that holdeth his peas ſaucth his mungiet ¶ &nd ſard let thy ſees & goode Woꝛlies / z thou [Pale gadre flours of Joye andy of gla ddenſſe T Ando ſaid) / tpou (Galt haue reſt ty the com panye of a Byfe may, labour 1 the companye of afool ¶ And ſaid) & be Si fied) Wich lictel is Woꝛſhip/and) not to be ſactiſfiedy Pit mock: is ſhamed Nndd ſaidy enquere Bay thou haſt wor eny deffaulte / and) if thou haue exved) cozrect thy (eff and repent the and) af tir that repentaunce Pare thou falle nd more theꝛto/and) lobe thou Taunt the not of np of 4 goode dedis ¶ (And) ſaide be that pꝛeiſeth him that doch

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in lhem ſelf · khat fyude fabio m aff otleꝛ ¶ nd) ſapd⸗ to a may that fled) Senqueff Ged from alataille/tlou doſt euyl to flee From the honourable wth to the ſhameffutk lpff ¶ And fapdy he that erret h/ oꝛ he lino de the twuth ought the formes 6 haue ſoꝛgeueneſſe indy (aid moche Vyne g ſapience may not actoꝛde / for they be in maner gfrarious (Rnd ſatd) /ſu ffiſaun ee is a caſte chat Reeth Pyſemen fw euyl Berkis Gnd ſaid if he cay not eſchedde ire pet Rove it ſeize ¶ Ind ſaid that thing that afook leſeth cay neues be vecoutd But a Ax ſenay cay leſe no thing / There Was a foole that. blamed him / Ver fore one of his fela des aped him leue to auẽge him /to whom he faire /a Þpſemay pe ueth neue: licẽ te to do amyſſe «Andy ſard ak thinges be ſtrengthed) g fuſteyned by Juſtyte /g all thnges be amy nyſſkey e FATED) by Jniaſtice And (at aft cht thou voſt may not & kept gſeile/al be it / it be nat node vndez ſtandey it ſhalbe lenolden ee ſayd good) renomme is bettir thay richeſſe/ſoꝛ richeſſe Volle loſte andy renome Vol laſte / Sapioꝛde is a richeſſe chat Bil neuer faile nor Wusste, nd faire Bare the of mokenfFip for the Lit that is ouͤcome Nit h Ppne/16 Oke the hoꝛs that caf &th his maiſtre ¶ Nndp ſard take hede of the guy dyng) of him that thou aves gſeyle of / if he goueꝛne hym ſelf euyll by GRE pfore right fo Tp! ge gupde ch / fer Bp reafoy he ought o loue him (ef fe better thay the ¶ Andy ſaydy be Ware thou bꝛelie not the ſabes chat Be for the cõmone pꝛouffyt ¶ Ind faire pueztee is Better thay eupl gotey richeſſe. Andy ſaide ama Lit houte ſciece is PpRe a wyaume Vihout a kia / Rnd ſaid) ale ing) ought to take none to his ſezurce but ſuche as

Be Meg preuedy afore good andy true e Ando (aidy hx tfas taketh ree in like don dicioy / may not make hem al his frendes ( (And) ſaide / e õmitte alt thy mules & god Vith out eny eveepaoy ¶ Ind ſard/vepute not thy ſynnes litil noꝛ magnifye thy good de dis for thou Hal haue new of chem if they Bere move] nd ſaid & his diſciples abe Wa re of this Woꝛlde cf Sipe if is a tfoꝛny buſſhe that thou muſt cer Spon ¶ nd ſaid iſe as thoos that le Woꝛdely Wyſe Kepe them from angre in the preſence of klxir lxng) by as grete veaſoy ought they to be Bare / ho de they degre them afore god that is & vndeꝛſt anden in euerx place for god is ouer a nd ſaid he that is long oꝛ le be angry / is fax des o azpeaſe/thay he that is lightly Broth right as the gre ne Bore is kottex thay the other Bhan it is Wel bymeledy/ Thez Were brought afore him oeꝛtu py people Vhiche ſard dy uezſe Jmutes to hym/he anſ ed) Af ye haue exp olheꝛ ma tere & Byrne of me they this / do it orellis hol de poure peas Theꝛ Pas gretes reueꝛẽ ce made & another may /thay to him Pier ſore ooh apxede him if fe hadde enp enuie theꝛat/he anſſde red if he ha dde more ſciẽde thay J/ ] Wolde haue ha dde eure at him oꝛ ellis not Nnd ſaid. ſapiẽce g goode renõme is net founte but m goode ꝑſones Wheꝛ fore they be better thay the gre te richeſſe chat is found in fooks ¢ curl propel nd ſaid thy ſaule ought eo thinlie Vel /g thy body bo hel pe therto And ſaid chat chou oughteſt Beye ſelivet 19 thy corrage dif outs it not (oeueꝛy mã Ind ſaid oon vnto him þ ſaVe him in a pure clothing this is not Socrates thus poueꝛly arraied Hat paue the la es bo þ peple of athẽs / oõ Bly fe anſ dered p true laÞ is not made by good arrapemẽt but by

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to refrapy his Breath Whee it apparteigneth andy ſhewe hit Where it nedeth/& Beye him from eouetiſe to be true to co / uerne him as nygh as le may aftir his goode predeceſſous & yeue & his mey as they haue deſeꝛued). to deffende 2 lie pe the lade g the feith · g euir to do Bele af tir his might / ¢ if the ſtrength of his 65 faile him the nne to Rope the mighe of his coracre-Þy the Vhiche he ſ halbe the more aſſured iy all his ne dis (And) ſaid) che ling that gouerneth him e his waume Wel 8p his Myſ dom Js Woꝛthy to be greetly praiſed c fauded) ¶ And ſaid) b Nlexandte / ſeche to Pynne the riz cheſſes that be not trã ſitories. the lyf that is not moeuable

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laſt ing Joye. + be pite fir but not ſomoche that thou ſtãde in daumqgiez cherby / do pugnicioy ( Juſtide & thaim that haue vez ſerued) it Vit hout delay krauaille th & fortiffie th la Be

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It is bettir tha thou correcke thy ſelf and amende the aftir the evemple of thy predeceſſours thay thy ſu ceſſours ſhuld amend hem aftir the evemple of the (And? ſaid Woꝛſhipre the goode men g theꝛby thou ſhalt haue the loue of the people andy ſette not al thy Wil m this Woꝛld) in ele Phiche hou maiſt not long abyde nv (aire Woꝛſ hippe ſapiẽer x For, tiffie it by good) maiſtris Viſciples g ſcolers / Woꝛſ hip hem paye for the ir expencis g Reve hem of thy houſehold) / af tir that chou ſtukt ſe they (tall preuffyted e ſped) ty the ſion ce Nd) thou ſhalt fynde that grete pwuffyt @ Vo: ſhip (5° dom to the tlerfore 6(Nnd? ſaidyle is of bygge g ſtrong) dorage of good) diſerecioy g laudable feith / that bereth pra, entelp alk his duezſitees for a may oxy not be Enoben in his proſperyte ¶ Nndp (aid thou ought & thinbe that tle Webefe of alk thyy oinemyes is ſiwonger thay thy ſelf nd) ſaxdꝰ thou ought & cheriſſhe thy kenightis g thy pomanry/and to haue hem in as grete loue m Epme of peas as in tyme of Verre/ſoꝛ if thou ſette litil by them in tyme of pas / they (Bal forſake the Whay thou (Pale haue more ne de of hem ¶ Nndp ſaide the gretteſt provffpe tat tou canſt do in thy ropame is to talte albepe tle Tyklird prple/2 bo re Barre the goode And) ſaide a may 16 of ank g dia oy that fake no Bore but to the Brees g fabees of offer yy diſprey⸗ ſing of them ¶ N nd ſaid Voꝛſ hipful deth 26 bett thay (ho meful liff Indy ſaid the ſapiẽce of a may of lodde ware is Woꝛſhip g the felie of him that is of high ware is aſſame e auarict is the thig that talteth a Wey the na me of gen til⸗ neſſe (And ſaid the good price ought eo gotine th pple as his goody p debeſſours haue wy or 6 cheriſſte the good)

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not Vwoug fully ¶ And) ſaid no may ought & & aſſha med to do Juſtiœ/ſoꝛ if the Eing be not iuſtꝛcial he is not Enigy But he is violent and ra pax ¶ Nndy ſaid) te Bhs mey oleye for dꝛede/and) the goode fot cheire goodeneſſe ¶ Nndꝰ ſaid) mey ought & do Pele to the good) peple ¢ to chaſtiſe

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1 he Brotte alſo & al ꝛpãdꝛe that he ſhulde not be Will ing to correcte alt mẽnes fa Wies to rige wuſely fox it lith not entierky in mannes poder bo Bere him from

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loꝛdſhip of their bodies thou Faſt not the loꝛ dſhip of Chew her tis ne of the ir oour ages /g that ſhalt thou finde Phay thou calleſt vpoy their ſeꝛ uiſe at ty nede Vherfor it is a crete da gieꝛ for al ing to do ſuture and do make his peple hate him

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as bo coucpée vn duelp the goodes of his peple Ando ſay⸗ de he that bath aliti of trouth defireth to haue more / And ſaide reaſoy malieth ama to be more ſouueram thay heeſ tis & he that bach no reaſoy is but abeeſte m many thinges the ne weſt is the beſt / but loue is dont raꝛye / for the elder if is the more it 16 Woꝛth/ g one N hꝛaliyn lord of ſcimees axed) him What thing ama ought bo lerne firſt that ſeleth ſapi nebo hoy he anſ Werd) the gouernemẽt of th ſaule/ Jy af moche as ſhe is euerlaſting and) more noble Vit hout arp companiſoy thay orp thing that De haue / Thay they apeds him ho de may the ſaule acquere ſapience / andy he anf ered) as a ſee may ſelieth his fifiaen and as ablynde may enque⸗ wth of the colours to theym that ſe hem /andꝛ it Bas apedp of him fotbe a ſaule might fe her ſelf/and he anf ered the ſaule that lakReth ſapiende cay ſe not hing as che eyen Vith out light that nether fe hem ſelf nor other UMnd ſaid all manere of thinges haue propertes / ano) the properte 0 diſcvecioy is & cheſe Bele the good from the anlk © And ſaid? the loꝛdſhippes Dome bp ſtudy dangiers andy peynes and) ſo kept /ought Bek & dontynne and) proſpere; N nd thoos p be lightly Bone x Kept m Joye and pleſaunce / om me to alice prouffpt atte laſt /g We fe cõmonely the tones Wem te inha bitaun tes take grete labour be thele mayntey⸗ ned and enereſſe WEG grete richeſſes / and) the cod nes full of pleaſaunce g deliœs falk & mpne ¢ diſtructioy ¶ Ind fat & haſtineſſe of ſpeche maketh men to ere Nnd ſaid j mes ueille holde p mey lade Vithout cuuſe accept it 2 is ple aſed Nich all /g he of Bom men fap euil Without uſe is an cry With ae nd ſaid lolie that thou & not as the Sub tes

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louedo ¶ Andy anotfer fapre afook Bence ener that god bath no thing Bele roy nor employed) / but that he hach yo; uey him & ſemeth that he ode haue made g oꝛdeigned⸗ bis Borlon bettir thay god bath doy/hodd be it he can no? crore his one pſone onely U And) another ſaide be Villyng & peut the nedy peple/g in ſo doyng thou ſFakt do ſeruice {x ple afer co our loꝛde cod) Rnd) anoffer faire bettir is amay to holde his peas thay to gtrarpe g aꝛgue Rich a ſoole/g is as goode & haue the ennempte of Kid) peple as ther frondes (Sip -2 ehe Garde g the ſharp lyf n; Bele doyng · is bettir thay the ſ Wetteſt 1y doyr g ay k dedis /g it is bettir to le Without fame Bary & haue hit bad) /g pouerte is bettir thay the riches of ſieptepues /g the youre may Without Biers is lettir Bay tle riche may that is Voꝛſzipped for his ſinnes Andy ano cher ſaide It Were bettir not to linodde ay muſt ling thay & & his gſeyll our. o: neve in his doe ind) another ſaid If tfou peue for & haue fame oneky ther by/that is not libe ralite for thou doſt it hut for thyy one auailt N nd ano ther ſaid) He is of no laudable lf that is not this day as

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this Hold) . Andy he anſuerd / The Vyſemay at hys

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(Andy anottes ſaido / afoole for a litik thing) epoſeth him

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him ny thnges inpoſſible/ne ſap thinges not illable/ne

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