Selected quad for the lemma: book_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	good_a	life_n	write_v	3,155	5	5.4448	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A27425	A dissertation upon the Epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides, and others, and the Fables of AEsop by Richard Bentley.	Bentley, Richard, 1662-1742.	1697 (1697)	Wing B1928; ESTC R14052	72,178	154

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make_v i_o look_v upon_o sir_n t.'s_n mighty_a commendation_n of_o the_o aesopean_a fable_n now_o extant_a which_o be_v the_o occasion_n of_o this_o treatise_n to_o be_v a_o unhappy_a paradox_n neither_o worthy_a of_o the_o great_a author_n nor_o agreeable_a to_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o excellent_a book_n for_o if_o i_o do_v not_o much_o deceive_v myself_o i_o shall_v soon_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o of_o all_o the_o composition_n of_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n these_o that_o we_o have_v now_o leave_v we_o be_v both_o the_o last_o and_o the_o worst_a though_o i_o do_v not_o intend_v a_o set_a discourse_n but_o only_o a_o few_o loose_a thing_n that_o i_o fancy_n may_v have_v escape_v the_o observation_n of_o other_o i._o it_o be_v very_o uncertain_a if_o aesop_n himself_o leave_v any_o fable_n behind_o he_o in_o writing_n the_o old_a man_n in_o 357._o aristophanes_n learn_v his_o fable_n in_o conversation_n and_o not_o out_o of_o a_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v another_o 387._o passage_n in_o the_o same_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o 〈◊〉_d suidas_n and_o from_o he_o erasmus_fw-la scaliger_n etc._n etc._n affirm_v to_o be_v use_v proverbial_o you_o have_v not_o read_v so_o much_o as_o aesop_n speak_v of_o idiot_n and_o illiterate_v from_o whence_o one_o may_v conclude_v that_o aesop_n write_v his_o own_o fable_n which_o be_v in_o every_o body_n hand_n but_o it_o plain_o appear_v from_o the_o poet_n himself_o that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o proverbial_a say_v for_o when_o one_o have_v say_v he_o never_o hear_v before_o that_o bird_n be_v old_a than_o the_o earth_n the_o other_o tell_v he_o he_o be_v unlearned_a and_o unacquainted_a with_o aesop_n who_o say_v that_o the_o lark_n be_v the_o first_o of_o thing_n and_o she_o when_o her_o father_n die_v after_o he_o have_v lay_v five_o day_n unbury_v because_o the_o earth_n be_v not_o yet_o in_o be_v at_o last_o bury_v he_o in_o her_o own_o head_n now_o what_o be_v there_o here_o like_o 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gravis_fw-la aesopus_n quae_fw-la doctus_fw-la roscius_n egit_fw-la but_o the_o aesop_n mean_v by_o our_o poet_n be_v the_o phrygian_a himself_n who_o fable_n be_v call_v jest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o in_o the_o other_o passage_n already_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 631._o dion_n chrysostom_n speak_v of_o our_o aesop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avienus_n in_o his_o preface_n aesopus_n responso_fw-la delphici_n apollinis_fw-la monitus_fw-la ridicula_fw-la orsus_fw-la est_fw-la ii_o the_o first_o that_o we_o know_v of_o who_o assay_v to_o put_v the_o aesopic_a fable_n into_o verse_n be_v socrat._v socrates_n the_o philosopher_n laertius_n seem_v to_o hint_n that_o he_o do_v but_o one_o fable_n and_o that_o with_o no_o great_a success_n the_o beginning_n of_o it_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v observable_a again_o that_o socrates_n do_v not_o say_v he_o make_v 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demetrius_n iv._o after_o he_o there_o be_v some_o body_n who_o name_n be_v now_o lose_v that_o make_v a_o new_a edition_n of_o the_o fable_n in_o elegiac_a verse_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o but_o in_o suidas_n who_o cite_v they_o often_o under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v set_v down_o a_o few_o fragment_n of_o they_o both_o to_o show_v that_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v observe_v that_o i_o know_v of_o and_o to_o enable_v you_o to_o judge_v whether_o if_o we_o can_v change_v our_o modern_a collection_n for_o these_o we_o shall_v not_o get_v by_o the_o bargain_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o belong_v to_o the_o fable_n about_o the_o two_o bag_n that_o every_o man_n carry_v one_o before_o where_o he_o put_v other_o man_n fault_n another_o behind_o he_o where_o he_o put_v his_o own_o this_o be_v mention_v by_o catullus_n horace_n phaedrus_n galen_n themistius_n stobaeus_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v a_o blot_n upon_o our_o modern_a sett_n that_o there_o it_o be_v want_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o of_o they_o it_o seem_v be_v all_o hexameter_n 220._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o find_v what_o fable_n these_o piece_n relate_v to_o and_o i_o think_v they_o be_v all_o extant_a in_o the_o present_a collection_n v._o this_o you_o see_v by_o this_o specimen_fw-la be_v no_o contemptible_a author_n and_o after_o he_o come_v one_o babrius_n that_o 〈◊〉_d give_v a_o new_a turn_v of_o the_o fable_n into_o choliambic_n no_o body_n that_o i_o know_v of_o mention_v he_o but_o suidas_n avienus_n and_o io._n tzetzes_n there_o be_v one_o gabrias_n indeed_o yet_o extant_a that_o have_v comprise_v each_o fable_n in_o four_o sorry_a jambic_n but_o our_o babrius_n be_v a_o writer_n of_o another_o size_n and_o quality_n and_o be_v his_o book_n now_o extant_a it_o may_v just_o be_v oppose_v if_o not_o prefer_v to_o the_o latin_a of_o phaedrus_n there_o be_v a_o whole_a fable_n of_o his_o yet_o preserve_v at_o the_o end_n of_o gabrias_n of_o the_o swallow_n and_o the_o nightingale_n suidas_n bring_v many_o citation_n out_o of_o he_o all_o which_o show_v he_o a_o excellent_a poet_n as_o this_o of_o the_o sick_a lion_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o of_o the_o boar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o great_a many_o other_o vi_o i_o

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 to_o mean_v the_o athenian_n and_o yet_o we_o see_v that_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o colony_n have_v a_o different_a dialect_n from_o that_o of_o the_o mother_n nation_n why_o then_o must_v astypalaea_n needs_o be_v attic_a and_o that_o so_o tenacious_o that_o twenty_o year_n live_v in_o sicily_n can_v not_o at_o all_o alter_v it_o in_o one_o of_o her_o islander_n he_o be_v part_n of_o that_o time_n a_o stratag_n publican_n or_o collector_n of_o tax_n and_o custom_n can_v not_o that_o perpetual_a negoce_fw-mi and_o converse_v with_o dorian_n bring_v his_o mouth_n by_o degree_n to_o speak_v a_o little_o broad_a will_v not_o he_o that_o ibid._n aim_v at_o monarchy_n and_o for_o that_o design_n study_v to_o be_v popular_a have_v quit_v his_o old_a dialect_n for_o that_o of_o the_o place_n and_o not_o by_o every_o word_n he_o speak_v make_v the_o invidious_a discovery_n of_o his_o be_v a_o stranger_n but_o what_o if_o after_o all_o even_o the_o astypalaean_n themselves_o shall_v 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 he_o be_v engage_v in_o be_v proper_a indeed_o for_o mimes_n comedy_n and_o pastoral_n where_o man_n of_o ordinary_a rank_n be_v represent_v or_o for_o epigram_n a_o poem_n of_o a_o low_a vein_n or_o for_o lyric_n and_o the_o chorus_n of_o tragedy_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o doric_a music_n but_o not_o to_o be_v use_v in_o heroic_a without_o great_a disadvantage_n and_o the_o historian_n likewise_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o and_o other_o dorian_n nation_n philistus_n timaeus_n ephorus_n herodotus_n dionysius_n halic_fw-mi etc._n etc._n have_v great_a reason_n to_o decline_v the_o use_n of_o their_o vernacular_a tongue_n as_o improper_a for_o history_n which_o beside_o the_o affectation_n of_o eloquence_n aim_v at_o easiness_n and_o perspicuity_n and_o be_v design_v for_o general_a use_n but_o the_o doric_a be_v course_n and_o rustic_a and_o always_o cloud_v with_o a_o obscurity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v 205._o porphyry_n who_o attribute_n the_o decay_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n sect_n to_o their_o writing_n in_o that_o dialect_n and_o we_o have_v just_a now_o see_v a_o instance_n of_o it_o since_o some_o body_n think_v it_o worth_a his_o labour_n to_o transcribe_v ocellus_n into_o another_o idiom_n and_o now_o what_o affinity_n be_v there_o between_o phalaris_n case_n and_o that_o of_o historian_n or_o heroic_a poet_n what_o mighty_a motive_n can_v be_v here_o for_o assume_v a_o foreign_a dialect_n the_o letter_n be_v date_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o sicily_n most_o direct_v to_o the_o next_o town_n or_o to_o some_o of_o his_o own_o domestic_n about_o private_a affair_n or_o even_o the_o expense_n of_o his_o family_n and_o never_o design_v for_o the_o public_a view_n if_o any_o will_v still_o excuse_v the_o tyrant_n for_o atticize_v in_o those_o circumstance_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o deny_v they_o the_o

man_n write_v express_o against_o all_o those_o name_v above_o and_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d sufficient_o confute_v the_o tradition_n of_o the_o two_o wife_n for_o my_o own_o part_n i_o dare_v pin_v my_o belief_n upon_o two_o such_o excellent_a judgement_n as_o plutarch_n and_o panaetius_n and_o upon_o their_o credit_n alone_o pronounce_v this_o letter_n to_o be_v a_o imposture_n what_o ground_n they_o proceed_v on_o i_o can_v now_o tell_v but_o i_o think_v there_o be_v apparent_a reason_n for_o reject_v the_o story_n even_o lay_v aside_o their_o testimony_n for_o none_o of_o socrates_n acquaintance_n not_o plato_n not_o xenophon_n say_v one_o word_n of_o this_o myrto_n aristotle_n we_o see_v be_v the_o first_o that_o mention_v she_o but_o ibid._n plutarch_n suspect_v that_o book_n to_o be_v spurious_a so_o that_o all_o this_o tradition_n rise_v at_o first_o from_o a_o falsary_a that_o counterfeit_a aristotle_n name_n beside_o they_o do_v not_o agree_v in_o tell_v their_o tale_n one_o say_v that_o he_o have_v both_o wife_n together_o another_o that_o myrto_n be_v his_o first_o wife_n and_o the_o second_o come_v after_o her_o death_n another_o that_o xanthippe_n be_v the_o first_o let_v either_o of_o they_o come_v first_o and_o our_o epistle_n be_v false_a for_o here_o we_o have_v both_o survive_v he_o and_o live_v together_o ibid._n one_o say_v this_o myrto_n be_v aristides_n daughter_n another_o his_o granddaughter_n and_o another_o his_o grandson_n daughter_n whatsoever_o she_o be_v if_o she_o outlive_v her_o husband_n according_a to_o the_o letter_n pray_v where_o be_v her_o ladyship_n at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o suffering_n apolog._n xanthippe_n like_o a_o love_a wife_n attend_v he_o in_o the_o prison_n but_o the_o other_o never_o come_v near_o he_o it_o be_v a_o mistake_n sure_a that_o have_v pass_v upon_o the_o world_n that_o xanthippe_n be_v the_o scold_n it_o shall_v seem_v that_o myrto_n have_v the_o better_a title_n to_o that_o 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against_o the_o pass_n of_o such_o a_o bill_n 23._o as_o we_o know_v what_o the_o roman_a matron_n do_v when_o papirius_n praetextatus_n make_v a_o like_a story_n to_o his_o mother_n it_o be_v very_o odd_a too_o that_o no_o body_n but_o hieronymus_n shall_v ever_o hear_v of_o this_o statute_n and_o he_o too_o a_o suspect_a witness_n because_o he_o bring_v it_o to_o serve_v a_o turn_n and_o to_o help_v at_o a_o hard_a pinch_n but_o certain_o such_o a_o political_a occurrence_n have_v it_o be_v true_a can_v never_o have_v lie_v hide_v from_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o historian_n it_o have_v very_o well_o deserve_v not_o only_o a_o mention_n but_o a_o remark_n but_o how_o can_v it_o possible_o escape_v the_o fancy_n and_o spleen_n of_o all_o the_o comedian_n of_o that_o age_n how_o can_v they_o miss_v so_o pleasant_a a_o argument_n of_o jest_n and_o ridicule_n those_o that_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o condition_n of_o those_o time_n will_v look_v upon_o this_o as_o next_o to_o a_o demonstration_n but_o let_v we_o grant_v if_o you_o will_v half_o a_o dozen_o wife_n to_o socrates_n yet_o nevertheless_o our_o epistle_n will_v be_v still_o in_o the_o mire_n for_o here_o our_o sophist_n make_v the_o two_o woman_n live_v amicable_o together_o which_o be_v pretty_a hard_a to_o believe_v for_o as_o graecos_n those_o that_o make_v they_o two_o tell_v the_o story_n of_o they_o while_o their_o husband_n be_v alive_a they_o be_v perpetual_o fight_v but_o which_o be_v worse_o yet_o there_o be_v other_o letter_n in_o the_o bundle_n that_o plain_o suppose_v socrates_n to_o have_v have_v but_o one_o wife_n four_o he_o himself_o write_v to_o some_o body_n tell_v he_o this_o domestic_a news_n that_o xanthippe_n and_o the_o child_n be_v well_o but_o say_v not_o a_o word_n of_o my_o lady_n myrto_n xxi_o xenophon_n send_v a_o letter_n top_n full_a of_o kindness_n and_o commendation_n to_o xanthippe_n and_o the_o little_a one_o but_o it_o be_v very_o uncivil_a in_o he_o to_o take_v no_o notice_n of_o the_o other_o since_o according_a to_o the_o story_n she_o bring_v her_o husband_n the_o more_o child_n nay_o if_o we_o allow_v this_o letter_n of_o xenophon_n to_o be_v genuine_a he_o play_v a_o false_a and_o dirty_a trick_n much_o against_o his_o character_n for_o at_o the_o date_n of_o this_o epistle_n if_o we_o believe_v the_o very_a next_o xxii_o to_o it_o he_o be_v write_v socrates_n memoir_n so_o that_o while_o he_o here_o in_o his_o letter_n wheedle_n the_o poor_a woman_n and_o make_v her_o little_a present_n and_o commend_v she_o for_o her_o love_n to_o her_o husband_n and_o for_o many_o good_a quality_n in_o his_o book_n 876._o he_o traduce_v she_o to_o that_o present_a age_n and_o to_o all_o posterity_n for_o the_o most_o curse_a and_o devilish_a shrew_n that_o ever_o be_v or_o ever_o will_v be_v nay_o which_o make_v it_o the_o base_a he_o be_v the_o only_a man_n that_o say_v this_o of_o she_o for_o neither_o plato_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o old_a socratics_n write_v a_o word_n about_o her_o scold_v which_o make_v 219._o athenaeus_n suspect_v it_o be_v a_o calumny_n especial_o since_o aristophanes_n and_o his_o brethren_n of_o the_o stage_n in_o all_o their_o raillery_n and_o satyr_n upon_o socrates_n never_o once_o twit_v he_o about_o his_o wife_n well_o let_v that_o be_v as_o it_o will_v but_o what_o shall_v we_o say_v to_o xenophon_n double_a deal_n for_o my_o part_n rather_o than_o i_o will_v harbour_v such_o a_o thought_n of_o that_o great_a man_n i_o will_v quit_v a_o whole_a cartload_n of_o such_o letter_n as_o these_o fourteen_o xenophon_n in_o the_o xv_o letter_n tell_v this_o story_n of_o plato_n to_o who_o he_o bear_v a_o grudge_n that_o he_o shall_v say_v none_o of_o his_o write_n be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o himself_o but_o to_o socrates_n young_a and_o handsome_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o this_o sentence_n be_v take_v out_o of_o plato_n second_o epistle_n to_o dionysius_n the_o young_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o be_v a_o blunder_n with_o a_o witness_n from_o the_o sophist_n ignorance_n in_o chronology_n for_o his_o forge_a letter_n of_o xenophon_n bear_v date_n immediate_o after_o socrates_n death_n but_o the_o true_a one_o of_o plato_n which_o xenophon_n here_o allude_v to_o be_v recenter_n by_o a_o vast_a while_n for_o dionysius_n come_v but_o to_o the_o crown_n olymp._n ciii_o i._n which_o be_v xxxii_o year_n after_o the_o trial_n of_o socrates_n i_o must_v observe_v one_o thing_n more_o that_o by_o no_o mean_n shall_v be_v omit_v there_o be_v former_o more_o epistle_n of_o xenophon_n extant_a than_o appear_v in_o this_o collection_n a_o large_a fragment_n be_v cite_v in_o 81._o stobaeus_n out_o of_o his_o letter_n to_o crito_n 123._o two_o fragment_n out_o of_o a_o letter_n to_o sotira_n 5._o and_o two_o more_o out_o of_o one_o to_o lamprocles_n none_o of_o which_o be_v find_v here_o in_o allatius_n parcel_n theodoret_n produce_v a_o passage_n out_o of_o a_o letter_n of_o he_o to_o aeschines_n wherein_o he_o jerk_n plato_n 〈◊〉_d for_o his_o ambition_n and_o voluptuousness_n to_o gratify_v which_o he_o go_v to_o sicily_n to_o dionysius_n '_o s_o court._n 12._o eusebius_n have_v this_o passage_n and_o more_o out_o of_o the_o same_o epistle_n and_o the_o whole_a be_v extant_a in_o 78._o stobaeus_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o the_o true_a letter_n of_o xenophon_n be_v extant_a in_o those_o day_n or_o that_o those_o too_o be_v a_o cheat_n and_o belong_v to_o the_o same_o volume_n whence_o these_o of_o allatius_n be_v take_v and_o so_o as_o i_o observe_v before_o they_o will_v be_v old_a than_o libanius_n time_n i_o be_o afraid_a it_o will_v be_v think_v ill_a manner_n to_o question_v the_o judgement_n of_o eusebius_n and_o theodoret._n but_o we_o