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 and notable reaons of the oules immortalitie tend.

For it is not the weake nature of mortall man, to raie himelfe to the fulfilling of uch high and haughtye matters, as to depie the ramping rage of wide beats, to ieopard himelfe in the watefull ea, to builde Citties, and them with lawes and pollicie to etablih: to looke vp into heauen, and marke the coure of the Starres; and the wayes of the Sunne and Moone, with their riings and etting, to conider their eclipes, their paces, their making of the nights and dayes alike their double conuerions, to behold the order of the windes, the eauen watrie tarres, of winter, of ummer, of tormes, with the violent rage of whirlewindes, and as it were thee labours of the world, to deliuer to poteritie, vnlee in our mindes there were a certaine diuine pirit and vndertanding, which could comprehend and reach vnto the upernaturall knowledge of o great matters.

VVherefore nowe O Axiochus, thou art not in the way to death, but to immortality, neither halt thou (as thou didt eeme right now to feare) bee bereft of all good, but hall hereby enioy true and perfect good: Neither halt thou perceiue uch durty pleaures as are thee, beeing mingled with the puddle of this infull body, but mot pure and perfect delight Rh