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therefore_o agree_v exact_o with_o this_o emendation_n for_o live_v in_o that_o emperor_n day_n he_o may_v well_o cite_v a_o roman_a author_n sabidius_n pollio_n but_o to_o take_v away_o all_o manner_n of_o scruple_n this_o very_a book_n about_o falsify_v history_n be_v ascribe_v to_o apollonides_n nicenus_n by_o vocab_n ammonius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d just_a as_o the_o writer_n of_o aratus_n life_n say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o aesop_n '_o s_o fable_n i_o can_v easy_o go_v on_o and_o discover_v to_o you_o many_o more_o imposture_n of_o this_o kind_n the_o epistle_n of_o anacharsis_n heraclitus_n democritus_n hypocrates_n diogenes_n crates_n and_o other_o but_o perhaps_o i_o may_v be_v exhort_v
compliment_n will_v he_o have_v make_v upon_o that_o subject_n of_o their_o kindred_n if_o any_o one_o know_v a_o express_a testimony_n that_o there_o be_v a_o athenian_a colony_n at_o that_o astypalaea_n he_o can_v teach_v i_o more_o than_o i_o now_o remember_v this_o i_o know_v in_o general_a from_o 〈◊〉_d thucydides_n and_o other_o that_o the_o athenian_n send_v colony_n to_o most_o of_o the_o island_n and_o so_o that_o may_v come_v in_o among_o the_o rest_n but_o what_o then_o must_v the_o language_n for_o ever_o afterward_o be_v attic_a wherever_o the_o athenian_n once_o have_v foot_v thucydides_n say_v in_o the_o same_o passage_n that_o they_o plant_v jonia_n they_o have_v colony_n at_o miletus_n at_o ephesus_n and_o most_o of_o the_o maritime_a town_n of_o asia_n minor_n nay_o the_o jonians_n and_o the_o attic_n be_v ancient_o one_o people_n and_o the_o language_n the_o same_o and_o when_o homer_n say_v 392._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o latter_a he_o be_v know_v 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be_v find_v to_o speak_v doric_a if_o we_o make_v a_o conjecture_n from_o their_o neighbourhood_n and_o the_o company_n they_o be_v put_v in_o we_o can_v scarce_o question_v but_o they_o be_v dorian_n 488._o strabo_n say_v the_o island_n lie_v between_o cos_n and_o rhodes_n and_o crete_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o all_o these_o three_o use_v the_o doric_a dialect_n be_v too_o well_o know_v to_o need_v any_o proof_n but_o let_v we_o hear_v the_o second_o apology_n for_o the_o atticism_n of_o phalaris_n scripserunt_fw-la he_o defend_v he_o by_o the_o like_a practice_n of_o other_o that_o be_v dorian_n bear_v repudiate_v their_o vernacular_a idiom_n for_o that_o of_o the_o athenian_n as_o diodorus_n of_o agyrium_n empedocles_n of_o agrigentum_n and_o ocellus_n of_o lucania_n so_o that_o though_o phalaris_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v a_o native_a of_o sicily_n yet_o here_o be_v a_o excuse_n for_o he_o for_o quit_v the_o language_n but_o i_o conceive_v with_o submission_n that_o this_o argument_n be_v build_v partly_o upon_o a_o vulgar_a mistake_n and_o partly_o upon_o such_o instance_n as_o be_v quite_o different_a and_o alien_n from_o the_o case_n of_o our_o epistle_n ocellus_n lucanus_n the_o pythagorean_n philosopher_n write_v a_o small_a treatise_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universe_n which_o have_v be_v several_a time_n print_v and_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a greek_a but_o if_o i_o may_v expect_v thanks_o for_o the_o discovery_n i_o dare_v engage_v to_o make_v out_o that_o the_o author_n compose_v it_o not_o in_o the_o dress_n that_o it_o now_o wear_v but_o in_o doric_a his_o own_o country_n fashion_n for_o i_o find_v it_o be_v agree_v and_o covenant_v among_o all_o the_o scholar_n of_o that_o italian_a sect_n 202._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o use_v their_o own_o mother-tongue_n this_o be_v the_o injunction_n of_o pythagoras_n this_o be_v the_o tessera_fw-la of_o the_o whole_a party_n and_o those_o that_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o story_n will_v believe_v they_o will_v have_v lose_v their_o life_n rather_o than_o have_v break_v it_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a if_o one_o have_v publish_v a_o book_n against_o that_o injunction_n he_o will_v have_v be_v banish_v the_o society_n beside_o when_o jamblichus_n tell_v we_o of_o this_o compact_a of_o they_o he_o make_v not_o one_o exception_n to_o it_o which_o he_o can_v not_o have_v miss_v neither_o from_o ignorance_n nor_o forgetfulness_n if_o so_o common_a a_o tract_n as_o this_o of_o ocellus_n have_v be_v write_v in_o the_o attic._n nay_o we_o be_v assure_v that_o other_o piece_n of_o this_o author_n be_v make_v in_o the_o doric_a as_o one_o of_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cite_v by_o 16._o stobaeus_n the_o fragment_n begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o which_o be_v plain_a demonstration_n four_o citation_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o 24._o same_o writer_n out_o of_o this_o very_a book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universe_n all_o which_o be_v in_o doric_a and_o not_o as_o they_o be_v now_o extant_a in_o the_o ordinary_a dialect_n the_o first_o of_o they_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v thus_o extant_a in_o the_o vulgar_a cantab._n ocellus_n p._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o second_o thus_o beginning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extant_a p._n 17._o the_o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thus_o extant_a p._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extant_a in_o ordinary_a greek_a p._n 31._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o which_o passage_n these_o two_o point_n be_v manifest_o evince_v that_o ocellus_n compose_v his_o write_n in_o doric_a and_o so_o be_v false_o bring_v in_o for_o a_o excuse_n to_o our_o phalaris_n and_o which_o be_v much_o more_o considerable_a that_o this_o tract_n of_o his_o now_o extant_a be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v for_o a_o genuine_a work_n which_o hitherto_o learned_a man_n have_v doubt_v of_o from_o this_o very_a business_n of_o the_o dialect_n for_o we_o now_o see_v by_o these_o fragment_n that_o every_o word_n of_o the_o true_a book_n be_v faithful_o preserve_v the_o doric_a only_a being_n change_v into_o the_o ordinary_a language_n at_o the_o fancy_n of_o some_o copy_a since_o the_o day_n of_o stobaeus_n as_o for_o empedocles_n and_o diodorus_n a_o poet_n and_o a_o historian_n their_o case_n be_v wide_o remote_a from_o that_o of_o our_o tyrant_n the_o former_a be_v to_o write_v a_o epic_a poem_n show_v a_o excellent_a judgement_n in_o lay_v aside_o his_o country_n dialect_n for_o that_o of_o the_o jonians_n which_o homer_n and_o his_o follower_n have_v use_v before_o he_o and_o have_v give_v it_o as_o it_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o all_o heroic_a poetry_n for_o the_o doric_a idiom_n have_v not_o grace_n and_o majesty_n enough_o for_o the_o subject_a 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