Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . again ft whome the wild beafls armed be f Are armd *gavifl themfelmswith rage. Doe thej fuch warres vnmftly wage,Becaufetheir hues, andwi&nners dijagreefAnd fo thtmfclucs with mutual weapons kUl^ Ala*, butthn revenge isfmall, Wonldjt than glue due defert to all?Ltue then thegood7 andpitty thou the Th e , ftoetius complainethjbat profperity andaduer/ity art common both to goodand badde. See (quoth I) what felicity .,or mi-fery is placed in the deferts of ho-neft> and difhoneft men. But Iconiider that there is fomewhatgoodjOre
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . again ft whome the wild beafls armed be f Are armd *gavifl themfelmswith rage. Doe thej fuch warres vnmftly wage,Becaufetheir hues, andwi&nners dijagreefAnd fo thtmfclucs with mutual weapons kUl^ Ala*, butthn revenge isfmall, Wonldjt than glue due defert to all?Ltue then thegood7 andpitty thou the Th e , ftoetius complainethjbat profperity andaduer/ity art common both to goodand badde. See (quoth I) what felicity .,or mi-fery is placed in the deferts of ho-neft> and difhoneft men. But Iconiider that there is fomewhatgoodjOreuilleuen in this popular fortune*For no wife man had rather Hue in banifh-mentjpouerty and ignominie -> then profperin his owne countrey Dbeing rich, refpe&ed,and powerfull. For in this manner is theoffice of wifedome performed with morecredite and rcnowne D when the gouernourshappinefleis participated by their people 5 fo Vbilofophicall Comfort. 107 fo chiefcly becaufe prifons 5 chaines 5 and o-ther torments of legall punifhments are ra-ther due to pemitious fubiedts , for whomthey were alfo ordained. Wherefore Imuch marucilcjwhy thefe things are thusturned vpiide downe 5 and the puniihmentsofwickedneife oppreflfe the good 3 while c-uill men obtaine the rewards of the goodAnd I defire to know of thee ^ what mayfeemc to be the reafon of fo v
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