Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.

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Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.
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Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533.
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[Enprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de worde,
[ca. 1525]]
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Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.
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"Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09627.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 3, 2024.

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¶Of ye volūtary afflecciō & paynīg of his own body.

OUer all this: many times (whiche is not to be kepte secrete) he gaue almes of his owne body: we knowe many men which (as saynt Hierom sayth) put forth theyr hande to poore folke: but with the ple∣sure of y flesshe they be ouercomē: but he: many days (and namely those dayes whiche represent vnto vs y passyon & deth y Chryste suffred for our sake) bet and scourged his owne fleshe in the remembraūce of that grete benefyte and for clensynge of his olde offences.

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