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 for the wonted company & urpaing delights of that æternall fellowhip; whereby it is euident that the paage from life, is a change from much euill to great good.

Since therefore O Socrates thou deemet this life o tedious and troubleome, why doot thou till abide in the ame? beeing as thou art a man of o great wiedome and experience, whoe knowledge reacheth farre aboue our common ence and beyond the vuall reaon of mot men.

Thou Axiochus doot not report rightly of me: for thou iudget as the common people of Athens, that becaue you ee I am giuen to eeke and earch out many things, therefore I know omehwat. But to ay the truth, I would hartely wih, and would the ame account in great parte of happinee, if I knew but thee common and cutomable matters: o farre am I from the knowledge of thoe high and excellent things. For thee things which I nowe declare, are the ayings of Prodicus the wie man: ome of them beeing brought for a pennye: ome for two groats, and other ome for