The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke.
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The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke.
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
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1614.
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"The workes of Lucius Annæus Seneca, both morrall and naturall Containing, 1. His bookes of benefites. 2. His epistles. 3. His booke of prouidence. 4. Three bookes of anger. 5. Two bookes of clemencie. 6. His booke of a blessed life. 7. His booke of the tranquilitie of the minde. 8. His booke of the constancie of a wiseman. 9. His booke of the shortnesse of life. 10. Two bookes of consolation to Martia. 11. Three bookes of consolation to Heluia. 12. His booke of consolation to Polibius. 13. His seuen bookes of naturall questions. Translated by Tho. Lodge, D. in Physicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A11899.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2025.
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CHAP. VI.
WEE must likewise make some choyce of men,* 1.1 and to consider whether they are worthie on whome wee should employ a part of our life, & whethe•• the losse of our time may be redeemed to our profite. There are some that thinke that wee are bound to doe them pleasure before wee bee desired. Athenodorus saith, that he would not goe to supper with him who would not thinke it a curtesie in him to accept the same. I belieue thou conceiuest, that much lesse would hee be inuited by them, who requite their friends curtesies with feasts, and account
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their many dishes for a debt, as if they were intemperate to do an other man ho∣nour, take from them their witnesses and spectators, they will conceiue no de∣light in their secret banquets. Thou art to consider whether thy nature bee more apt for publike busines, or for idle study and contemplation; and thether art thou to encline, whether the vigour of thy minde carrieth thee. Isocrates being laide holde on by the Ephone, withdrew himselfe from publike pleas, supposing himselfe to bee more fitte and profitable to write histories; for in∣forced wits neuer satisfie expectation, and the labour is in vaine where nature repineth against it.
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* 1.1
He aduiseth vs to shun the se∣crets of vngrate∣full persons, and such as are proud who thinke that all the world is bound vnto thē, and feed on no∣thing but vaine glorie.