XIV.
As for my self, truly (I speak modestly, and therefore may be permitted) I am not only well content, but highly pleased with the
Epicurus's morals collected partly out of his owne Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca ; and faithfully Englished.
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- Epicurus's morals collected partly out of his owne Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca ; and faithfully Englished.
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- Epicurus.
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- London :: Printed by W. Wilson for Henry Herringman, and are to be sold at his shop ...,
- 1656.
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"Epicurus's morals collected partly out of his owne Greek text, in Diogenes Laertius, and partly out of the rhapsodies of Marcus Antoninus, Plutarch, Cicero, & Seneca ; and faithfully Englished." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38506.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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Plants and Fruits growing in these my own little Gardens; and have this Inscription over the door: Stranger, Here, if you please, you may abide in a good condition; Here, the Supreme Good is Pleasure; the Steward of this homely Cottage is hospi∣table, humane, and ready to receive you; He shall afford you Barly broth, and pure Water of the spring, and say Friend, are you not well entertained? For, these Gardens do not invite Hunger, but satisfie it; nor encrease your thirst with drinks, while they should extinguish it, but wholly overcome it with a Naturall and Gratefull Liquor.