A treatyce of Moral philosophy containing the sayinges of the wise ::

A treatyce of Moral philosophy containing the sayinges of the wise

Wherein you maye see the worthye and pithye sayinges of ye Philosophers, Emperors, kinges, and oratours, of their liues, their aunswers, of what lignage they came of, and of what cou[n]trey they were, whose worthy and notable preseptes, counsailes parables and semblables doth hereafter folow: First gathered and englished by Willia[m] Baldwin, after that, twise augmented by Thomas Paulfreyman ... & now once againe enlarged by the first aucthor

Baldwin, William (ca. 1518-1563?)

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The second booke conteining the lyues of sundrye princes, poets, oratours, & doctours, aswel hethen as christien

The thirde booke entituled of Theologie Philosophicall

The summe of all.

The Fourth Booke entituled of mentall powers or vertues.

The Fyfth Booke entituled of pollecie and gouernaunce of common Weales.

The Syxth Booke entituled of morall and naturall vertues.

The seuenth booke entituled of haps and chaunces, and of contentment in any degree.

The eyght booke entituled of vices, faultes, and corruptions, to be aduoided.

The nynth booke of precepts, counsels, prouerbs and sayings of the wise.

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The summe of all.

[Of all the good creatures of goddes creating]

Of all the good creatures of goddes creating
most pure and precious is the soule of man,
a perfect substaunce at no time abating
which with the body, the passions suffer can.
In vertue ioyous, in vice both woe and waune,
which after death shall receiue the rewarde
of woorkes, which in life time it moste did regarde.

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The summe of all.

[Of all the good creatures of goddes creating]