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2、gthatthegreatestdecaycommonlyofthebuildingsinRomecamebyfire,andfallingdownofhouses,throughtheovermuchweightbynum-bersofstoreysbuiltoneuponanother:boughtbondmenthatweremasons,carpenters,andthesedevisersandbuilders,andofthosehehadtothenumberoffivehundred.Afterwards,whenthefiretookanyhouse,hew
3、ouldbuythehousewhileitwasa-burning,andthenexthousesadjoiningtoit,whichtheownerssoldforlittle,beingthenhadangerastheywere,anda-burning:sothatbyprocessoftime,themostpartofthehousesinRomecametobehis.Butnotwithstandingthathehadsomanys]avestohisworkmen,heneverbuiltanyhousefromtheground,savinghis
4、ownhousewhereinhedwelt:saying,thatsuchasdelightedtobuild,undidthemselveswithouthelpiofanyenemy.Andthoughhehadmanyminesofsilver,manyploughs,andanumberofhindsandploughmentofollowthesame:yetallthatcommoditywasnothing,inrespectoftheprofithisslavesandbondmenbroughthimdailyin.As_readers,scrivener
5、s,goldsmiths,bankers,receivers,stewardsofhousehold,carvers,andothersuchofficersatthetable,takingpainshimselftohelpthemwhentheywerelearners,andtoinstructthemwhattheyshoulddo:andtobeshort,hethoughtthegreatestcareagoodhouseholderoughttohave,wastoseehisslavesorservantswelltaught,beingthemostliv
6、elycattellandbestinstru-4PLUTARCH'SLIVESWhatmentsofaman'shouse.AndsurelythereinhisbelongtoCood..hopinionwasnotill,attheleastifhethoughtasheI[h°_spake:thatallthingsmustbedonebyservants,b_dryandhisservantsmustberuledbyhim.Forweseethattheartandskilltoheagoodhusband,whenitconsistethingovernment
7、ofthingswithoutlifeorsense,ishutabasething,onlytendingtogain:hutwhenitdependethupongoodorderandgovernmentofmen,methinksthenitistoknowhowtogovernwellacommonwealth.Butashisjudgementwasgoodintheother,sowasitverybadinthis:thathethoughtnomanrich,andwealthy,th