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Rh as their Shoulders, to help him up, though he be but their younger Brother. They are sparing in Diet, both for to live in health, and to live handsomly: making their Bellies contribute to the maintenance of their Backs, and their Kitchen help to the keeping of their Stable. They are ambitious still of Honours, remembring they are the Successors of the Masters of the thethe [sic] World, the Old Romans; and to put the World still in mind of it, they take to themselves the glorious Names of Camillo, Scipione, Julio, Mario, Pompeo, &c. They are as sensible also of their Honour, as desirous of Honours; and this makes them strickt to their Wives, even to jealousie, knowing that for one Cornelius Tacitus, there have been ten Publii Cornelii; and that Lucius Cornificius is the most affronting man. They are hard to be pleased, when they have been once red hot with offence; but they will not meet revenge in the face, and field; and they will rather hire it, than take it. In fine, they affect very