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¶ Of Concorde Cap. 42.
WIth Fréendship hath Concorde greate affinitie.* 1.1 For euen as Fréendship and Amitie ioyneth a fewe togither in good wil: so Concorde linketh many and a whole multitide. This con∣corde as M. Varro saith is deriued from consenting of many harts togither. Dis∣corde is clene contrary. For by it the peo¦ple can agrée in no thing. The praises of Concorde are many and singular. For some call it a tower of strength, inuinci∣ble against all inuasions. Others a∣ffirme that no other thinge is ment by those towers of Adamant (which the Po∣ets talke of) but the looue of citizens,* 1.2 who by no force, strength, or pollicie can be o∣uer come, as long as they in harte holde togither, and by discorde shrink not a∣way from their brethern.* 1.3 Some com∣pare it vnto a creature whose life would continue for euer, if it killed not him self. Seleucus considering how goodly a thing it is for brethern to holde togither in vni¦tie,* 1.4 called his fiftie sonnes togither and after this maner adhorted them to con∣corde. He tooke a bundle of darts fast boūd togither, and willed them to breake