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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
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The thirde booke entituled of Theologie Philosophicall
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The Fourth Booke entituled of mentall powers or vertues.
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The Fyfth Booke entituled of pollecie and gouernaunce of common Weales.
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The Syxth Booke entituled of morall and naturall vertues.
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The seuenth booke entituled of haps and chaunces, and of contentment in any degree.
  
[by nature all men be equall in dignitie]
  
The summe of all.
  
The summe of all.
  
[the more that a man hath of aboundaunce]
  
[He is neither riche, happy, nor wise]
  
[treasures, which falshode semeth to augment]
  
[The hauing of riches, is not so commodiouse]
  
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[to the auariciouse is no suffisaunce]
  
[For couetouse people to dye is the best]
  
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[stoppe the beginning so shalte thou be sure]
  
The summe of all.
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The eyght booke entituled of vices, faultes, and corruptions, to be aduoided.
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The nynth booke of precepts, counsels, prouerbs and sayings of the wise.

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The summe of all

[Inordinate desire, of welth and auctoritie]

Inordinate desire, of welth and auctoritie,
is the very roote of all mischiefe and wickednes,
it subuerteth loue, credence, good name and honesty,
yea, and lost is that soule, that is rooted in couetousnes
Fortifie then thy soule, with the trade of godlines,
and couet not to spare, but right honestly spende,
for most wretched are niggardes vntill their liues ende.
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