[Thus endeth the secrete of secretes of Arystotle]

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[Thus endeth the secrete of secretes of Arystotle]
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[[London] :: Imprynted by Robert Copland at Londo[n] in the flete-strete at the sygne of the Rose garla[n]de,
The yere of our lorde. M.CCCCC.xxviij. the. vij. day of August the. xx yere of the reygne if our moost dradde souerayne and naturall kynge Henry the. viij. defender of the fayth. [1528]]
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Education of princes -- Early works to 1800.
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"[Thus endeth the secrete of secretes of Arystotle]." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21368.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 15, 2024.

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r ¶Of the worldly desyres of a kynge.

ALexander ryght worthy sone / coueyt not alwayes wordly thynges / for they be cor¦ruptyble. And thynke that thou must lea¦ue all. Demaūde than suche thynges as cannot be corrupte. That is the lyce that

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cannot chaunge and the realme perdurable. And rey¦se thy thoughtes in goodnesse / and therin kepe y strō¦ge & gloryous. And leaue the lyfe of bestes y alwaye lyue in theyr fylthynesse. Beleue not lyghtly al thyn¦ge that is tolde to the. And be not enclyned to pardon them / agaynst whome thou hast had vyctory. And thynke on the tyme & of thynges that may happen. For thou knowest what is to come. And set not thy de¦syres in meates & drynkes / in echery / nor to moche slepe / nor in carnall desyres.

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