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OF EQUITY.
hold it, than his own figure, reflected in the mirror, shall return the poison upon himself, and kill him." Alexander took their advice, and thus saved his followers. (37)
APPLICATION.
My beloved, look into the glass of reflection, and by remembrance of human frailty, destroy the vices which time elicits.
TALE LX.
OF EQUITY.
The emperor Heraclius, amongst many other virtues, was remarkable for his inflexible justice. It happened that one knight accused another of murder, in this form—"That
