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follow_v for_o that_o vanity_n say_v i_o that_o it_o be_v at_o all_o begin_v for_o contempt_n of_o it_o say_v apollo_n of_o who_o sundry_a counsel_n they_o take_v of_o which_o this_o be_v one_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o make_v the_o garland_n or_o crown_n of_o a_o fruitful_a tree_n but_o of_o a_o wild_a olive_n beset_v with_o cobweb_n of_o which_o kind_a one_o among_o many_o be_v find_v in_o a_o wood_n there_o and_o be_v wall_v about_o for_o to_o be_v keep_v still_o fol._n of_o the_o olympia_n by_o phlegon_n freeman_n of_o adrianus_n caesar_n i_o think_v it_o behooveable_a to_o tell_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o olympia_n chanse_v to_o be_v set_v up_o and_o this_o be_v it_o after_o pisus_fw-la and_o pelops_n and_o also_o hercules_n the_o first_o erecter_n of_o the_o solemnity_n &_o game_n in_o olympiades_n the_o peloponnesian_n leave_v off_o the_o toy_n religion_n a_o certain_a time_n for_o which_o be_v number_v 28_o olympiades_n unto_o iphitus_n &_o choroebus_n eleus_n when_o they_o have_v thus_o neglect_v the_o game_n a_o sedition_n arise_v in_o peloponnesus_n then_o lycurgus_n the_o lacedaemonian_a the_o son_n of_o prytaneus_fw-la of_o europus_n of_o sosus_n of_o procleus_n of_o aristodemus_n of_o aristomachus_n of_o cleodaeus_n of_o hyllus_n of_o hercules_n and_o deianira_n and_o iphitus_n son_n of_o haemon_n or_o by_o some_o of_o praxonides_n a_o man_n of_o elis_n of_o hercules_n lineage_n &_o cleosthenes_n son_n of_o cleonicus_n a_o man_n of_o pisa_n willing_a to_o restore_v the_o people_n to_o amity_n &_o peace_n derermine_v to_o renew_v the_o olympic_a solemnity_n &_o to_o keep_v the_o gymnike_n game_n then_o some_o be_v send_v unto_o delphos_n to_o consult_v with_o apollo_n whether_o he_o also_o advise_v to_o do_v thus_o apollo_n say_v it_o be_v best_a to_o do_v it_o &_o command_v to_o proclaim_v truce_n for_o the_o city_n that_o will_v be_v partaker_n
be_v ephorus_n olympiade_n the_o sixth_o by_o sosigenes_n fifty_o sixth_o a_o full_a 200._o difference_n prove_v a_o great_a diversity_n receive_v in_o these_o account_n which_o be_v grant_v all_o this_o work_n of_o olympiade_n reckoninge_n by_o fire_n of_o judgement_n wylbe_n consume_v as_o straw_n 12_o africanus_n twice_o strike_v himself_o for_o he_o begin_v olympiades_n 1020._o from_o moses_n in_o eusâ—b_a praeâ—â—_n and_o in_o dem._n 8._o geve_v the_o macedonian_n 370._o year_n of_o gevernement_n with_o such_o thorn_n do_v they_o prick_v their_o eye_n who_o marry_v scripture_n to_o profane_v heathen_a and_o mar_v the_o light_n of_o our_o happy_a redemption_n 13_o thus_o it_o appear_v what_o the_o testimony_n be_v worth_a which_o so_o certain_o place_v cyrus_n reign_v in_o olympiade_n 55._o which_o be_v fortify_v by_o the_o name_n of_o phlegon_n thallus_n castor_n diodorus_n and_o all_o that_o handle_v olympiades_n euseb_n praep_v 10._o 80._o 14_o by_o some_o heathen_a who_o make_v he_o live_v 100_o year_n the_o matter_n come_v near_o some_o famous_a reckonyng_n for_o his_o first_o princehood_n but_o not_o for_o his_o last_o year_n where_o old_a divine_n cite_v heathen_a against_o their_o meaning_n for_o heathen_a place_n cyrus_n first_o time_n in_o olympiade_n 55._o and_o not_o his_o monarchy_n as_o do_v eusebius_n and_o story_n make_v he_o reign_v 70._o afore_o that_o as_o i_o have_v touch_v afore_o but_o i_o will_v more_o full_o handle_v cyrus_n with_o olympike_a confusion_n after_o i_o have_v once_o brief_o go_v through_o unto_o alexander_n time_n of_o darius_n hystaspis_n darius_n hystaspis_n reign_n by_o lilius_fw-la gyraldus_n touch_v olympiade_n 80._o whereby_o cyrus_n after_o phlegon_n come_n to_o the_o same_o time_n it_o may_v seem_v by_o this_o as_o by_o other_o argument_n that_o cyrus_n and_o cambyses_n last_o year_n be_v at_o babylon_n fall_n and_o they_o also_o be_v hold_v true_a who_o think_v that_o darius_n madai_n be_v no_o other_o than_o he_o who_o greek_n call_v darius_n the_o first_o and_o reason_n will_v gather_v that_o his_o war_n against_o scythia_n in_o revenge_n of_o cyrus_n death_n and_o against_o athens_n upon_o his_o return_n shall_v be_v soon_o after_o of_o which_o the_o late_a be_v ten_o year_n afore_o xerxes_n voyage_n into_o grece_n and_o that_o will_v somewhat_o agree_v with_o ctesias_n and_o horod_n confer_v for_o darius_n time_n and_o it_o may_v draw_v xerxes_n war_n within_o less_o than_o 30._o year_n of_o babel_n fall_n of_o the_o olympiade_n 75._o join_v to_o xerxes_n war_n 1_o by_o the_o former_a it_o may_v appear_v that_o xerxes_n war_n fall_v not_o in_o any_o agreement_n stablysh_v on_o olympiade_n 75._o for_o which_o time_n pausanias_n have_v a_o singular_a example_n of_o unpossibility_n in_o this_o kind_n for_o oebotas_n a_o olympionike_n win_v the_o race_n in_o olympiade_n the_o sixth_o and_o fight_v against_o mardonius_n in_o the_o 75._o that_o be_v near_o 280._o year_n after_o pausanias_n 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