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Necessity of fighting doubles
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Necessity of fighting doubles
courage in the souldier, and an impossibility of escape adds spirit to the coward: it is great wisedome in a Com∣mander, always to leave a Port open, to encourage his enemy to flight: it is better to build him a silver bridge to invite him to go, then bul-warks of earth to necessitate him to stay.