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Slaunder no man; vvhether hee be thy friend or thy foe; neither speake any euill of thy neighbour behind his back. For hee that defameth another vvith his tongue, woundeth his owne soule by his words.
And, a common slaunderer, striuing to bring other men forth of fauour, through his detracting speeches, becommeth there∣by odious himselfe.
Boetius.
Polion.