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the infancy thereof was the principal cause of the imr 

 greatness of that state which followed, so the 011! and 

 manurance of minds in youth hath such a forcibM oh 

 unseen) operation, as hardly any length of time or contSon 

 of labour can countervail it afterwards. And it is not ami 

 also how small and mean faculties gotten by educa 



Caesar, Blaesus the heutenant had committed some of the 



mutineers which were suddenly rescued; whereupon Vibu 



lenus got to be heard speak, which he did in this manner - 



Ihese poor innocent wretches appointed to cruel death vou 



bro?&amp;gt;J eS red t0 b S ld the Hght ! butwho BhaU ratcr^m? 

 brother to me, or life unto my brother, that was sent hither 

 in message from the legions of Germany, to treat of the 

 common cause? and he hath murdered him this last ni*h? 

 by some of his fencers and ruffians, that he hath about him 

 tor his executioners upon soldiers. Answer, Blaesus what &quot;s 

 done with his body? The mortalest enemies do not deny 



SkLr^? P * f ^ ll * 1- * duties to ^e corpse 

 with kisses, with tears, command me to be slain besides him 



Z!??^i T fell WS f r Ur g d ^eaning and our tme 

 hearts to the legions, may have leave to bury us &quot; Wifh 

 which speech he put the army into an Site fury ai 1 

 uproar : whereas truth was he had no brothei neither was 







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those that are received, yet would I not be thought to dSallow 

 all those divisions which I do not use. For there is 

 necessity unposed upon me of altering the Sons The 

 one, because it differeth in end and purpose, to sort toother 

 arenext 11 ?? 8 whwh re n / xt in nature, and P those SSpSSS 

 are next in use. ior if a secretary of estate should sort J, 



KhVYh s e f hi % study orgeneral ?3SS1?S3EKS 



together things of a nature, as treaties, instructions, 4c But 



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