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 high loft onely ouerlooked the troubles and tempets of the common-wealth, but we know the ame more auredly, hauing made proofe therefore in ourelues, for the common people indeede our freends Socrates is vnthankefull, didainefull, cruell, enuious, and vnlearned, as that is gathered together of the cumme and dregs of the racall route, and a orte of idle loels: whome hee that flattereth and feedeth is much wore himelfe than they.

Since therefore O Axiochus, thou doot o greatly diallow that opinion, which of all other, is counted mot honet and liberall; what hall we iudge of the other trades of life? hall wee not thinke that they are likewie to bee hunned: I remember that I once heard Prodicus ay; that death pertayneth neither to the liuing nor to the dead.

How meane you that, Socrates?

Mary thus; that death toucheth not them that are, as for thoe that are departed out of