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A44772 An institution of general history from the beginning of the vvorld to the monarchy of Constantine the Great : composed in such method and manner as never yet was extant / by William Howel ... Howell, William, 1631 or 2-1683. 1661 (1661) Wing H3136; ESTC R14308 1,415,991 898

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shall_v not_o receive_v it_o without_o his_o leave_n nero_n now_o grow_v now_o worse_a and_o worse_o break_v out_o into_o most_o horrid_a impiety_n well_o nigh_o beyond_o all_o belief_n 34._o the_o next_o year_n be_v the_o 817_o of_o the_o city_n etc._n idem_fw-la ibid._n cap_n 37_o 38_o etc._n etc._n the_o 65th_o after_o the_o birth_n of_o christ_n and_o of_o his_o own_o reign_n the_o 10._o c._n lecanius_n bassus_n and_o m._n licinius_n crassus_n be_v consul_n act_v the_o common_a stage-player_n and_o give_v up_o himself_o to_o all_o luxury_n and_o unheard-of_a pollution_n 38._o sueton_n in_o n●●urone_n cap._n 38._o among_o the_o rest_n he_o marry_v himself_o as_o a_o woman_n to_o one_o of_o his_o filthy_a crew_n call_v pythagoras_n all_o thing_n be_v provide_v and_o celebrate_v as_o at_o a_o marriage_n he_o make_v himself_o also_o the_o husband_n of_o sporus_n from_o who_o he_o take_v as_o much_o of_o the_o male_a as_o possible_a and_o order_v he_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o he_o in_o a_o veil_n as_o a_o bride_n wickedness_n nero_n wickedness_n be_v offend_v at_o the_o deformity_n of_o the_o old_a building_n and_o the_o narrowness_n of_o the_o street_n or_o else_o to_o feed_v his_o cruel_a eye_n with_o so_o sad_a a_o spectacle_n as_o he_o have_v read_v to_o have_v happen_v at_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n he_o cause_v the_o city_n to_o be_v set_v on_o fire_n which_o burn_v six_o day_n and_o seven_o night_n of_o the_o fourteen_o division_n four_o only_a remain_v whole_a 44._o a._n d._n 65._o v._o ●_o 817._o idem_fw-la ibid._n cap._n 16._o tacitus_n ut_fw-la suprà_fw-la cap._n 44._o the_o other_o be_v waste_v or_o deface_v with_o the_o fury_n of_o the_o flame_n he_o behold_v the_o fire_n from_o the_o tower_n of_o maecenas_n and_o very_o merry_a at_o the_o beauty_n of_o it_o as_o he_o term_v it_o in_o a_o player_n habit_n sing_v the_o destruction_n of_o ilium_n this_o calamity_n be_v general_o attribute_v to_o he_o as_o the_o cause_n he_o accuse_v the_o christian_n thereof_o christian_n set_v rome_n on_o fire_n he_o accuse_v and_o persecute_v the_o christian_n and_o raise_v the_o first_o persecution_n torture_v they_o with_o most_o exquisite_a kind_n of_o punishment_n about_o this_o time_n he_o send_v gessius_n florus_n into_o judaea_n to_o succeed_v albinus_n who_o desire_v to_o gratify_v they_o of_o jerusalem_n for_o all_o the_o mischief_n he_o have_v do_v ere_o his_o departure_n bring_v out_o all_o the_o prisoner_n whereof_o those_o that_o be_v commit_v for_o any_o capital_a offence_n he_o put_v to_o death_n but_o the_o rest_n he_o fine_v only_o and_o dismiss_v whereby_o all_o the_o gaol_n be_v thus_o empty_v the_o country_n be_v fill_v with_o thief_n more_o than_o before_o the_o year_n follow_v be_v discover_v a_o conspiracy_n against_o nero_n which_o give_v he_o occasion_n further_a to_o indulge_v his_o cruel_a humour_n 35._o who_o be_v the_o author_n of_o it_o be_v uncertain_a as_o also_o upon_o what_o particular_a ground_n it_o be_v hatch_v though_o all_o the_o person_n bear_v he_o malice_n etc._n idem_fw-la ibid._n c._n 49_o etc._n etc._n as_o they_o think_v they_o have_v reason_n but_o lucan_n the_o poet_n who_o write_v the_o civil_a war_n betwixt_o caesar_n and_o pompey_n he_o a_o conspiracy_n against_o he_o and_o be_v nephew_n to_o seneca_n by_o his_o brother_n annaeus_n mela_n be_v aggrieve_v that_o nero_n envy_v he_o the_o glory_n he_o have_v get_v by_o his_o verse_n and_o several_a other_o join_v with_o they_o out_o of_o love_n to_o cn._n piso_n the_o head_n of_o the_o party_n it_o be_v discover_v by_o milichus_n the_o freedman_n of_o sceninus_fw-la who_o have_v command_v he_o to_o scour_v his_o dagger_n and_o provide_v necessary_n for_o wound_n whereupon_o some_o will_v have_v have_v piso_n to_o have_v go_v to_o the_o rostra_fw-la and_o lay_v open_v the_o tyrant_n to_o the_o people_n to_o