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ANY and diuers are the ayinges of our wye and auncient Fathers poken to exhort man to quietnee, and to make himelfe wonderfull in behauiour, wye and ware in thee wordly thinges, and pacient of life. That noble Romaine that fought and laboured to bring the people and communaltie to loue their Magitrates and uperiours, tolde them a pretie tale (to write it happilye in this Booke for him that knoweth it not) howe the handes were angrie with the bodie, and thus at variaunce would not for malice giue meate to the mouth: as thoe that thought themelves inferiour to no other member, and thought corne to take uche paynes, and the other members not. By reaon whereof ving this