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know thee; but no, i know well thou art anselo, and thouknowest that i a lothario; the isfortune is, it sees to , thatthou art not the anselo thou wert, and t have thought that i anot the lothario i should be; for the thgs that thou hast said to are not those of that anselo who was y friend, nor are those thatthou deandest of what should be asked of the lothario thouknowest true friends will prove their friends and ake e of the,as a poet has said, e ad aras; whereby he ant that they will notake e of their friendship thgs that are ntrary to god&039;swill if this, then, was a heathen&039;s feelg about friendship, howuch ore should it be a christian&039;s, who knows that the dive tnot be forfeited for the sake of any huan friendship? and if a friendshould go far as to put aside his duty to heaven to fulfil his dutyto his friend, it should not be atters that are triflg or oflittle ont, but such as affect the friend&039;s life and honour nowtell , anselo, which of these o art thou iperilled, that ishould hazard yself to gratify thee, and do a thg detestableas that thou seekest of ? neither foroth; on the ntrary, thoudost ask of , far as i understand, to strive and labour to robthee of honour and life, and to rob yself of the at the sa ti;for if i take away thy honour it is pn i take away thy life, as aan without honour is worse than dead; and beg the strunt, asthou wilt have it , of uch wrong to thee, shall not i, too, beleft without honour, and nseently without life? li