The line of liberalitie dulie directinge the wel bestowing of benefites and reprehending the comonly vsed vice of ingratitude. Anno. 1569.
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- The line of liberalitie dulie directinge the wel bestowing of benefites and reprehending the comonly vsed vice of ingratitude. Anno. 1569.
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- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
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- Imprinted at London :: In Fletestrete neare to S. Dunstones Church by Thomas Marshe,
- [1569]
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I Will not passe ouer with scilence what chaunced in Rome of later time.* 1.1 In the reigne of Tiberius Cesar, it was a commō practise and a disease that held w••llnyghe euery mā there, to exhibit and preferre billes of ac∣cusacion one agaīst an other to Tiberius. Which deuise during the while that the warre Ciuile did last, had shrewdly sha∣ken the nobles of Rome. There was presented what talke men had of him as they sat on their alebenche: and scantly could a man haue anye talke familiarlye with his Frinde, but it was blowen to Tiberius eare. There was no astate in safetie, nor any man all most trustye. The least cause that might be was mat∣ter sufficient for him to shew his crewel∣tye. If any haply were detected, it néeded not to listen what should become of him: for euen before the time of his attainder it was knowen welenowgh whether he should. The axe and the blocke sate in
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iudgement of him. It fortuned Paulus y• Pretor at that time, to suppe abrode frō home, and ware vpon his fingar a King in whiche was engraued the picture of Tiberius. This Paulus after he had dronk hard, had lyst to make water, and chaun∣ced to take the chamber pot in that hand wheron he ware that King, by Reason whereof the King touched the pot also. Whiche thing Maro one that was pre∣sent in companie, a Sicophant and picke thanke noted full well reioycing mith∣himself that he had suche matter to re∣port to Tiberius thinking for his tidinges (as it might haue proued if he could ha∣ue brought his deuise about,) to haue had the spoile of Paulus. ••ut as he tor∣ned him about to call witnesses to testi∣fie the fact, the seruaunt of Paulus who stode by his maister and eyed Maro wel, mis••rusting that there was treason wor∣king agaīst his maister, sodeinly pluckt the King frō of his maisters hand. So yt when Maro tourned him again about to
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haue shewed the others and charged thē to record how Paulus had vnreuerentlye and vnhonorably abused the Emperours picture with touchinge soo vnsemelye thinges with it, the seruaunt of Pau∣lus (hys maister not able to saye for him∣self for dronkennes,) denied it was so, and for profe, shewed the King whiche he had in his hande, affirming that his maister before he went about his neces∣saries deliuered it him to kéepe for the time.
Notes
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* 1.1
an other exāple of a pollitik bondmā.