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i love youlike a father, and have no wish to ru you like a stepfather, ipropose to do with you what i have for ti back ditated, andafter ature deliberation decided upon you are now of an a tochoose your le of life or at least ake choice of a callg thaill brg you honour and profit when you are older; and what i haverelved to do is to divide y property to four parts; three iwill give to you, to each his portion without akg any difference,and the other i will reta to live upon and support yself forwhatever reader of life heaven ay be pleased to grant but iwish each of you on takg possession of the share that falls to hito follow one of the paths i shall dicate this spa of oursthere is a proverb, to y d very true- as they all are, beg shortaphoriss drawn fro long practical experience- and the one i refer tosays, &039;the church, or the sea, or the kg&039;s hoe;&039; as uch as tosay, pner langua, whoever wants to flourish and bee rich,let hi follow the church, or go to sea, adoptg rce as hiscallg, or go to the kg&039;s service his hoehold, for they say,&039;better a kg&039;s crub than a lord&039;s favour&039; i say becae it isy will and pleasure that one of you should follow letters, anothertrade, and the third serve the kg the wars, for it is a difficultatter to ga adission to his service his hoehold, and if wardoes not brg uch wealth it nfers great distction and faeight days hence i will give you your full shares oney, withoutdefraudg you of a farthg, as you will see