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_Revellers_
are made _drunk_, 4.
they _stumble_, 5.
they _spue_, 6.
and _babble_, 7.
_Heluones_ (ganeones)
_inebriantur_, 4.
_titubant_, 5.
_ructant_ (vomunt), 6.
& _rixantur_, 7.
From _Drunkenness_
proceedeth _Lasciviousness_;
E _Crapula_
oritur _Lascivia_;
from this a _lewd Life_
amongst _Whoremasters_, 8.
and _Whores_, 9.
ex hâc _Vita libidinosa_
inter _Fornicatores_, 8.
& _Scorta_, 9.
in _kissing_,
_touching_,
_embracing_,
and _dancing_, 10.
_osculando_ (basiando),
_palpando_,
_amplexando_,
& _tripudiando_, 10.
CXIII.
Fortitude.
Fortitudo.
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_Fortitude_, 1.
is undaunted in adversity,
and bold as a _Lion_, 2. but
not haughty in Prosperity,
_Fortitudo_, 1.
impavida est in adversis,
& confidens ut _Leo_, 2. at
non tumida in Secundis,
leaning on her own _Pillar_, 3.
_Constancy_, and
being the same in all things,
ready to undergo both
_estates_ with an even mind.
innixa suo _Columini_, 3.
_Constantiæ_; &
eadem in omnibus,
parata ad ferendam utramque
_fortunam_ æquo animo.
She receiveth the strokes
of _Misfortune_
with the _Shield_, 4.
of _Sufferance_: and
keepeth off the _Passions_,
Excipit ictus
_Infortunii_
_Clypeo_, 4.
_Tolerantiæ_: &
propellit _Affectus_,
the enemies of quietness
with the _Sword_, 5.
of _Valour_.
hostes Euthymiæ
_gladio_, 5.
_Virtutis_.
CXIV.
Patience.
Patientia.
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_Patience_, 1.
endureth _Calamities_, 2.
and _Wrongs_, 3. meekly
like a _Lamb_, 4.
as the Fatherly
_chastisement of God_, 5.
_Patientia_, 1.
tolerat _Calamitates_, 2.
& _Injurias_, 3. humiliter
ut _Agnus_, 4.
tanquam paternam
_ferulam Dei_, 5.
In the meanwhile she leaneth
upon the _Anchor of Hope_, 6.
(as a _Ship_, 7.
tossed by waves in the Sea)
Interim innititur
_Spei Anchoræ_, 6.
(ut _Navis_, 7.
fluctuans mari)
_she prayeth to God_, 8.
weeping,
and expecteth the _Sun_, 10.
after _cloudy weather_, 9.
suffering evils,
and hoping better things.
_Deo supplicat_, 8.
illacrymando,
& expectat _Phœbum_, 10.
post _Nubila_, 9.
ferens mala,
sperans meliora.
On the contrary,
the _impatient person_, 11.
waileth, lamenteth,
_rageth against himself_, 12.
Contra,
_Impatiens_, 11.
plorat, lamentatur,
_debacchatur_, 12. _in seipsum_,
grumbleth like a _Dog_, 13.
and yet doth no good;
at the last he despaireth,
and becometh
_his own Murtherer_, 14.
obmurmurat ut _Canis_, 13.
& tamen nil proficit;
tandem desperat,
& fit
_Autochir_, 14.
Being full of rage he desireth
to revenge wrongs.
Furibundus cupit
vindicare injurias.
CXV.
Humanity.
Humanitas.
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