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Prologue:
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(1088 Vv.)
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- Preface, Temporal Rulers, The Church, The Commons, Nabugodonosor, Four Monarchies
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Book I:
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Love (3425 Vv.)
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- Introduction (Venus - Genius - Confession)
- Sins of seeing and hearing
- The five ministers of Pride (Hypocrisy, Inobedience, Presumption, Avantance, Vainglory)
- Humility is Pride's remedy
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Book II:
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Envy (3530 Vv.)
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- Detraction, Fals Semblant, Supplantation
- Charity is set against Envy
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Book III:
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Wrath (2774 Vv.)
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- Wrath is the enemy of Patience
- Melancholy, Cheste, Homicide
- Set Pity against Wrath
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Book IV:
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Sloth (3692 Vv.)
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- Lachesce, Pusillanimity, Forgetfullness, Negligence, Idleness, Somnolence, Tristece
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Book V:
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Avarice (7844 Vv.)
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- Midas, Tantalus, Jealousy, Vulcan & Venus
- The religions of the world
- Coveitise, Perjury, Usury, Scarceness, Ingratitude, Ravine, Robbery, Stealth, Sacrilege
- Largesse is Avarice's enemy
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Book VI:
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Gluttony (2440 Vv.)
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- Drunkenness, Delicacy, Sorcery
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Book VII:
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Aristotle and Alexander (5438 Vv.)
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- Theoric, Rhetoric, Practic
- Largess, Justice, Pity, Chastity
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Book VIII:
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Conclusion (3172 Vv.)
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- The Laws of Marriage
- Examples of Incest
- Conclusion
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