Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . xcell ? For ifamong Mile thou fliouldcft (ee oneclaime iurifdi&ion and power toMmfelfe ouer the reft, to what a, laughter would it moue thee ?. Andwhat, if thou reipe&eft the body,canft thou find;more weake then man fyhiiofdpbicail Qomfort. \ man, whom caen the biting of lit-;tie Flies, or the entring of creepingvyormes doth often kill ? Now,howcan any man exerciie itirifdictionvpon any other, except onely vponclicir bodies, and that _, which is in-i ur to their bodies,! meane theirvnes ? Can ft thou euer imperi-pufly impofe any thing vpon a free!f mi
Five books of philosophicall comfort ... . xcell ? For ifamong Mile thou fliouldcft (ee oneclaime iurifdi&ion and power toMmfelfe ouer the reft, to what a, laughter would it moue thee ?. Andwhat, if thou reipe&eft the body,canft thou find;more weake then man fyhiiofdpbicail Qomfort. \ man, whom caen the biting of lit-;tie Flies, or the entring of creepingvyormes doth often kill ? Now,howcan any man exerciie itirifdictionvpon any other, except onely vponclicir bodies, and that _, which is in-i ur to their bodies,! meane theirvnes ? Can ft thou euer imperi-pufly impofe any thing vpon a free!f mind ? Canftthou remoue afoulcietled in firme reafon from thequiet (late, which it poiTeiTeth ?When a b tyrant thought to com-pel! a certaine free man by tor-ments, to bewray his confederatesof a con(pirac?e. attempted ag2infl:him,hec bic off his tongue andipitit out vpon the tyrants face, by thatmeanes wifely making thofe tor-tures^ which the tyrant thoughtmatter of crueltie^o bee to him oe«cafion of vertue. Now,c what isG 2 there. >TberoJDiJfree. or Smtdas. c Whatfo-euer onefan doe toanother,ai-other maydoetohittu Boetius hu 4 King of f Egypt- *M4tcusAitihuiRt- gulus aConful of |Rome. there,that any can enforce vpon an-other, which he may not bee enfor-ced to fuftaine by another? We read,that d *Bu(:rides wont to kill hisgueftes, washimfelfeflaineby hisgueft Hercules. t(I{egulHs had lavedfetters vpon many Ajfricanes takenin warre, but ere long hee found hisowne hands inuironed with hisConquerours chaines. Whereforethinkeft thou the power of thatman to bee any thing worth, whocannot hinder another from doingthat to him, which hee can doe toanother ? Moreouer, iff dignitiesand power had any naturall andproper good in them, they befto wed vpon the worftmen, foroneoppofnevfethnottoaceompanie another. Nature refu-fethtohaue contraries ioyned. Sothat, ilnce there is no doubt, but that f Dignitiesand poweroften be-ftowedonthe wor
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