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laertius_n do_v who_o have_v be_v so_o absurd_a as_o to_o inform_v we_o particular_o of_o several_a less_o considerable_a piece_n of_o he_o and_o to_o pass_v over_o altogether_o in_o silence_n this_o epic_a poem_n dr._n bentley_n will_v be_v please_v at_o his_o leisure_n to_o produce_v his_o voucher_n in_o this_o point_n which_o i_o be_o apt_a to_o believe_v he_o will_v do_v at_o the_o same_o time_n that_o he_o let_v we_o know_v where_o the_o buda_n ms._n of_o petronius_n be_v to_o be_v meet_v with_o empedocles_n write_v many_o thing_n in_o hexameter_n indeed_o but_o dr._n bentley_n sure_o can_v be_v so_o wretched_o ignorant_a as_o to_o think_v that_o every_o large_a copy_n of_o verse_n write_v in_o hexameter_n be_v a_o epic_a poem_n aristotle_n will_v have_v inform_v he_o that_o empedocles_n be_v so_o far_o from_o be_v a_o epic_a poet_n a_o poet_n of_o the_o first_o rank_n that_o he_o scarce_o deserve_v the_o name_n of_o a_o poet_n at_o large_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 1._o there_o be_v nothing_o that_o homer_n and_o empedocles_n agree_v in_o but_o their_o verse_n and_o therefore_o homer_n indeed_o may_v just_o be_v call_v a_o poet_n but_o empedocles_n rather_o a_o naturalist_n than_o a_o poet._n or_o if_o aristotle_n be_v too_o good_a a_o book_n for_o dr._n bentley_n to_o converse_v with_o there_o be_v a_o writer_n of_o less_o size_n 32._o even_o his_o friend_n mr._n wotton_n who_o will_v have_v teach_v he_o the_o distinction_n between_o philosophical_a and_o epical_a poem_n that_o be_v such_o as_o empedocles_n and_o lucretius_n write_v on_o the_o one_o side_n and_o homer_n and_o virgil_n on_o the_o other_o he_o who_o be_v so_o nice_o severe_a upon_o phalaris_n for_o confound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 59_o shall_v have_v take_v care_v not_o to_o have_v give_v phalaris_n friend_n a_o opportunity_n of_o make_v reprisal_n the_o fatal_a mistake_n in_o this_o case_n be_v that_o 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though_o he_o be_v a_o champion_n of_o ten_o time_n as_o much_o strength_n and_o prowess_n as_o dr._n bentley_n think_v himself_o to_o be_v beside_o single_a adversary_n die_v and_o drop_v off_o but_o society_n be_v immortal_a their_o resentment_n be_v sometime_o deliver_v down_o from_o hand_n to_o hand_n and_o when_o once_o they_o have_v begin_v with_o a_o man_n there_o be_v no_o know_v when_o they_o will_v leave_v he_o it_o be_v well_o too_o if_o he_o will_v think_v it_o a_o point_n of_o prudence_n to_o observe_v some_o measure_n of_o decency_n towards_o the_o dead_a as_o well_o as_o the_o live_n and_o not_o give_v himself_o that_o insufferable_a liberty_n of_o attacking_z their_o reputation_n and_o their_o work_n in_o hope_n that_o nobody_o will_v be_v generous_a enough_o to_o stand_v up_o in_o their_o behalf_n and_o speak_v for_o those_o who_o can_v speak_v for_o themselves_o he_o have_v defy_v phalaris_n and_o use_v he_o very_o coarse_o under_o the_o assurance_n as_o he_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v out_o of_o his_o reach_n 40._o many_o of_o phalaris_n enemy_n think_v the_o same_o thing_n and_o repent_v of_o their_o vain_a confidence_n afterward_o in_o his_o bull._n dr._n bentley_n be_v perhaps_o by_o this_o time_n or_o will_v sudden_o be_v satisfy_v that_o he_o also_o have_v presume_v a_o little_a too_o much_o upon_o his_o distance_n but_o it_o will_v be_v too_o late_o to_o repent_v when_o he_o begin_v to_o bellow_v finis_fw-la errata_fw-la p._n 53_o l._n 18_o for_o one_o of_o they_o be_v r._n two_o of_o they_o be_v p._n 54_o l._n ult_n first_o inventor_n r._n first_o inventor_n p._n 64_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 66_o in_o marg_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 76_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 79_o l._n 12_o this_o r._n he_o p._n 81_o in_o marg_n gron._n de_fw-fr rec._n r._n pec._n p._n 110_o l._n 32_o a_o word_n of_o r._n a_o word_n of_o be_v kind_a to_o p._n 114_o l._n 2_o care_n r._n cave_n p._n 136_o l._n 18_o d._n as_o he_o say_v p._n 139_o l._n 13_o lit_fw-fr r._n hit_v ibid._n l._n ult_n phalaris_n r._n the_o letter-writer_n p._n 140_o l._n 1_o he_o r._n phalaris_n p._n 179_o l._n 1_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 186_o l._n 21_o fathom_n r._n fashion_n p._n 198_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 212_o naogorgo_v for_o naogeorgo_n p._n 222_o l._n 3_o enclytick_n r._n encliticks_n p._n 272_o l._n ult_n be_v r._n it_o a_o short_a account_n of_o dr_n bentley_n by_o way_n of_o index_n dr_n bentley_n true_a story_n of_o the_o ms_n prove_v false_a by_o the_o testimony_n of_o mr_n bennet_n pag._n 6_o mr_n gibson_n p._n 7_o dr_n king_n p._n 8_o dr_n bentley_n p._n 19_o dr_n bentley_n civil_a usage_n of_o mr_n boyle_n p._n 10_o p._n 7_o &_o 8._o in_o dr_n king_n and_o mr_n bennet_n letter_n p._n 199_o 284._o his_o civil_a language_n to_o &_o mr_n boyle_n p._n 11_o 94_o 238_o 284._o sir_n w._n temple_n p._n 94_o 199_o 200._o his_o singular_a humanity_n to_o mr_n boyle_n p._n 7_o 9_o 11_o sir_n edward_n sherburne_n p._n 15_o 16_o foreigner_n p._n 14_o 15_o his_o ingenuity_n in_o relate_v matter_n of_o fact_n from_o p._n 2_o to_o p._n 24_o cite_v author_n p._n 17_o 18_o 25_o 26_o 29_o 117_o 127_o 132_o 133_o 150_o 169_o 212_o 219._o transcribe_v and_o plunder_v note_n and_o preface_n of_o mr_n boyle_n p._n 35_o 113_o 114_o 131_o 143_o vizzanius_n from_o p._n 54_o to_o 60.133_o 193_o 194_o nevelet_n p._n 247_o 248_o 261_o 262_o 263_o 264_o 265_o 269_o camerarinus_n 273_o editor_n of_o hesychius_n p._n 156_o salmasius_n ibid._n dr._n bentley_n p._n 192_o his_o appeal_n to_o foreigner_n a_o suspicious_a plea_n p._n 13_o a_o false_a one_o p._n 14_o 15_o his_o charge_n against_o the_o sophist_n return_v upon_o himself_o for_o forge_v history_n p._n 16_o 117_o 127_o for_o solaecism_n p._n 34._o 91_o 178_o for_o egregious_a dulness_n p._n 74_o 106_o 119_o 135_o 136_o 137_o 241_o for_o pedantry_n from_o p._n 93_o to_o 99_o 144_o 216_o for_o declaim_v p._n 49_o 50_o 115_o 116_o his_o elegant_a simile_n p._n 11_o 94_o 97_o his_o clean_a and_o gentile_a metaphor_n p._n 11_o 97_o 188_o his_o nice_a taste_n in_o wit_n p._n 28_o in_o style_n and_o language_n in_o greek_n p._n 60_o to_o 73_o 203_o 208_o in_o latin_n p._n 34_o 191_o 206_o 211_o in_o english_a p._n 34_o 185_o to_o 192_o his_o old_a say_n and_o proverb_n p._n 11_o 94_o 116_o his_o collection_n of_o asinine_a proverb_n with_o a_o addition_n p._n 220_o his_o extraordinary_a talon_n at_o drollery_n p._n 36_o 73_o 117_o 133_o 214_o 215_o his_o choice_n of_o weighty_a point_n to_o debate_v p._n 156_o 192_o his_o exactness_n in_o chronology_n p._n 118_o 119_o 140_o 142_o 165_o 241_o 243_o his_o familiar_a acquaintance_n with_o book_n that_o he_o never_o see_v p._n 76_o 98_o 115_o 232_o his_o respect_n to_o the_o bible_n p._n 22_o 62_o 63_o 67_o 68_o 121_o his_o new_a discovery_n of_o the_o buda_n m_o p._n 29_o 30_o empedocles_n epic_a poem_n p._n 45.195_o his_o old_a discovery_n of_o ocellus_n lucanus_n be_v write_v in_o doric_a p._n 54_o of_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n transprose_v from_o babrias_n scazon_n p._n 248_o his_o dogmatical_a air_n p._n 97_o his_o modesty_n and_o decency_n in_o contradict_v great_a man_n plato_n p._n 238_o stobaeus_n p._n 27_o suidas_n ibid._n fazellus_n p._n 32_o capellus_n ibid._n mr_n selden_n ibid._n grotius_n p_o 158_o 159_o scaliger_n p_o 158_o 159_o all_o the_o modern_n p_o 158_o 159_o casaubon_n p._n 156_o 158_o erasmus_n p._n 236_o scaliger_n p._n 236_o sir_n w._n temp._n p._n 27.92.199_o mr_n barnes_n p._n 39.40_o everybody_n p._n 27.226.237_o his_o happiness_n in_o confident_a assertion_n for_o want_n of_o read_v p._n 30.31.36.40.62.63.64.65.66.67.68.85.100.101.107.126.205.206.269_o of_o judgement_n p._n 69.74.109.110.161.182.237_o of_o sincerity_n p._n 76.84.111.127.132.212.214.215_o his_o surprise_v consequence_n p._n 52.55.59.114.115.124.125.135.136.140.144.151.158.209.210.211.232.235.236.240.241.246.253.256.257.259.273.274.277.278.279_o his_o profound_a skill_n in_o criticism_n from_o begin_n to_o the_o end_n p._n 68_o see_v the_o passage_n at_o length_n p._n 5._o 5._o p._n 66._o 66._o p._n 66._o 66._o p._n 66._o 66._o p._n 66._o 66._o p._n 71._o 71._o p._n 71._o 71._o p._n 75._o 75._o p._n 67._o 67._o p._n 76._o 76._o p._n 74._o p._n 68_o 68_o p._n 415_o &_o 416._o 416._o p._n 11._o 11._o epist._n 207._o 207._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n p._n 144._o 144._o plut._n vers_fw-la 142._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 100_o 117_o 118_o 119_o 137_o 140_o 148_o etc._n etc._n etc._n p._n 53._o 53._o p._n 12._o 12._o p._n 11_o &_o 12._o 12._o ep._n 207._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ib._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 64._o 64._o p._n 5._o 5._o p._n 13._o 13._o p._n 44._o 44._o p._n 41._o 41._o p._n 41._o 41._o neque_fw-la cum_fw-la siculis_fw-la scriptoribus_fw-la placuerit_fw-la semper_fw-la dialectus_fw-la dorica_n agrigentinorum_n qui_fw-la antiquitus_fw-la dores_n erant_fw-la tyrannus_n alia_fw-la uti_fw-la debuit_fw-la p._n 2._o 2._o p._n 44._o 44._o in_o greg._n invect_n p._n 143._o 143._o astypalaea_n a_o city_n in_o crete_n never_o mention_v before_o by_o any_o geographer_n dissert_n p._n 44._o our_o diligent_a editor_n make_v that_o discovery_n in_o geography_n for_o it_o can_v not_o be_v learn_v any_o where_o else_o dissert_n p._n 58._o 58._o hist._n sicil._n &_o mag._n gr._n ex_fw-la numism_n p._n 126._o patre_fw-la cretensis_n urbe_fw-la astyphalide_n astyphalide_n rer._n sic._n dec._n 1_o l._n 6_o c._n 1._o phalaris_n cretâ_fw-la
disser_fw-fr p._n 63._o 63._o disser_fw-fr p._n 64._o 64._o vide_fw-la p._n 121_o sy_n of_o his_o book_n book_n disser_fw-fr p._n 65._o 65._o disser_fw-fr p._n 69._o 69._o dissert_n p._n 69._o 69._o disseâ—_n p._n 70._o 70._o dissert_n p._n 75._o 75._o dissert_n p._n 71._o 71._o ibid._n p._n 72._o 72._o epistola_fw-la in_o â—ine_z malalae_n p._n 39_o 39_o dissert_n p._n 13._o 13._o disser_fw-fr p._n 73._o 73._o vide_fw-la praef._n p._n 3._o 3._o dissert_n p._n 140._o 140._o ibid._n p._n 27._o 27._o ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ep._n 70._o 70._o ep._n 92._o 92._o disser_fw-fr p._n 29._o 29._o ibid._n p._n 75._o 75._o p._n 29_o 30._o 30._o p._n 29_o 30._o 30._o p._n 29_o 30._o 30._o p._n 29_o 30._o 30._o the_o epitomiser_n of_o anthenaeus_fw-la at_o the_o very_a entrance_n tell_v we_o this_o ulpian_n be_v such_o a_o insufferable_a pedant_n that_o he_o will_v neither_o eat_v nor_o drink_v any_o thing_n till_o he_o have_v ask_v the_o question_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o satisfy_v himself_o in_o what_o greek_a author_n the_o word_n by_o which_o it_o be_v call_v be_v to_o be_v find_v from_o whence_o he_o say_v he_o get_v the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o desire_v dr._n bentley_n may_v be_v add_v to_o chlonthachonthlus_n as_o a_o like_a istance_n of_o the_o name_n of_o a_o man_n but_o once_o mention_v in_o old_a author_n author_n nos_fw-la phalarin_n grammaticum_fw-la habemus_fw-la qui_fw-la perperà m_fw-la scripta_fw-la etiam_fw-la capite_fw-la punit_fw-la cic._n in_o pison_n pison_n in_o his_o letter_n to_o menage_n before_o diogenes_n laertius_n laertius_n reflect_v upon_o anc._n and_o mod._n learning_n p._n 385._o 385._o oevures_n mêleé_v troisieme_n tom_n p._n 28._o 28._o le_fw-fr cler._n praef._n ad_fw-la art_n crit._n crit._n dissert_n p._n 35._o 35._o par._n 1_o p._n 83._o 83._o dissert_n p._n 113._o 113._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n explain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o that_o very_a place_n place_n ad_fw-la initium_fw-la iliadis_fw-la a._n a._n sch._n in_o plut._n 11_o 11_o p._n 136._o 136._o dissert_n p._n 136._o 136._o or_o know_v to_o be_v his_o his_o see_v the_o passage_n before_o quote_v p._n 236._o 236._o l._n 2_o c._n 15._o 15._o disser_fw-fr p._n 64._o 64._o leucon_n carry_v one_o thing_n and_o his_o ass_n another_o p._n 74._o something_o useful_a to_o a_o liar_n beside_o a_o pretty_a invention_n p._n 17._o 17._o dr._n bently_n have_v venture_v to_o make_v use_n of_o these_o very_a explode_a argument_n of_o athenaeus_n to_o discredit_v socrates_n be_v epistle_n and_o usher_v they_o in_o with_o this_o glorious_a character_n among_o other_o error_n in_o chronology_n for_o which_o athenaeus_n chastise_v plato_n diss._n p._n 93._o 93._o p._n 138._o 138._o plato_n in_o his_o phoedrus_n have_v employ_v it_o just_a in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 273._o i._n e._n tisiam_fw-la ipsum_fw-la accuratè_fw-la trivisti_fw-la perlegisti_fw-la serranus_n have_v mistake_v the_o sense_n of_o it_o and_o translate_v it_o graviter_fw-la pessum_fw-la dedisti_fw-la dedisti_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 134._o 134._o disser_fw-fr p._n 138._o 138._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v suidas_n suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suid._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suid._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suid._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d disser_fw-fr p._n 139._o 139._o dissert_n p._n 140._o 140._o suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v i_o suppose_v a_o corruption_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o strict_a measure_n of_o the_o verse_n require_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o paint_n be_v more_o lively_a according_a to_o the_o present_a number_n number_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d §_o vi_o vi_o §_o vii_o vii_o §_o viii_o viii_o disser_fw-fr p._n 143._o 143._o ibid._n p._n 142._o 142._o p._n 141._o 141._o not._n in_o fab._n 175_o 175_o dissert_n p._n 36._o 36._o disser_fw-fr p._n 143._o 143._o fab._n cclxiii_o cclxiii_o suid._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o last_o be_v a_o corrupt_a read_n read_n p._n 143._o 143._o p._n 147._o 147._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist._n 3_o rhet._n c._n 8._o and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d senarios_fw-la &_o hipponacteos_n i_o e._n iambic_n and_o scazon_n effugere_fw-la vix_fw-la possumus_fw-la magnam_fw-la enim_fw-la partem_fw-la ex_fw-la jambis_n nostra_fw-la constat_fw-la oratio_fw-la cic._n orator_n orator_n dissert_n p._n 146._o 146._o disser_fw-fr p._n 146._o 146._o from_o hence_o the_o epithet_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesych_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o which_o nicander_n use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o hesychius_n may_v be_v interpret_v ave_n pencil_n bird_n hang_v up_o in_o cage_n the_o wording_n and_o matter_n of_o the_o fable_n will_v fall_v in_o very_o natural_o with_o this_o guest_n about_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o it_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dissert_n p._n 147._o 147._o dissert_n p._n 135._o 135._o dissert_n p._n 140._o 140._o par._n 47â—_n 47â—_n dissert_n p._n 33._o 33._o disser_fw-fr p._n 135._o 135._o ibid._n p._n 147_o 147_o the_o learned_a cardinal_n bessario_n in_o a_o treatise_n he_o write_v against_o planudes_n long_o after_o his_o death_n have_v this_o apostrophe_n to_o he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n opusc._n aurea_n p._n 622._o arcudius_n the_o collector_n of_o these_o piece_n and_o who_o differ_v as_o much_o in_o his_o sentiment_n from_o planudes_n as_o bessario_n do_v have_v in_o his_o preface_n this_o honourable_a character_n of_o he_o planudem_fw-la monachus_fw-la groecum_fw-la celeberrimum_fw-la philosophum_fw-la &_o theologum_fw-la &_o in_o utrà que_fw-la linguâ_fw-la versatissimum_fw-la and_o the_o epithet_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o bessario_n bestow_v upon_o he_o be_v give_v he_o also_o in_o the_o title_n of_o his_o manuscript_n piece_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n which_o show_v that_o though_o planudes_n be_v a_o monk_n yet_o the_o scholar_n of_o those_o time_n be_v far_o from_o think_v he_o a_o idiot_n idiot_n ars_fw-la crit._n p._n 172._o 172._o dissert_n p._n 147._o 147._o dissert_n p._n 149._o 149._o ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vit._n ae_z in_o initio_fw-la planudes_n here_o intimate_v the_o same_o derivation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o eustathius_n that_o be_v as_o to_o the_o word_n themselves_o from_o whence_o it_o come_v though_o he_o take_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o sense_n of_o uro_fw-mi and_o not_o of_o splendeo_fw-la which_o he_o think_v the_o easy_a etymology_n as_o need_v no_o antiphrasis_n to_o justify_v it_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 397._o 397._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d il._n β._n 215._o upon_o which_o eustathius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d il._n α._n 599._o 599._o p._n 157._o 157._o p._n 149._o 149._o p._n 157._o 157._o p._n 149_o 150._o 150._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n il._n p._n 410._o 410._o p._n 150_o 151._o 151._o ibid._n ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v plutarch_n in_o conviv_n if_o that_o piece_n may_v be_v allow_v to_o be_v quote_v serious_o for_o good_a history_n history_n p._n 151._o 151._o p._n 152._o 152._o vide_fw-la p._n 124_o of_o this_o book_n book_n in_o the_o answer_n to_o the_o diâ—sâ—â—â—â—â—iâ—n_n on_o pâ—ala_n be_v be_v in_o 〈◊〉_d 4_o 5._o 5._o adu._n 〈◊〉_d l._n 1_o p._n 51._o 51._o all_o these_o particular_n but_o the_o last_o be_v take_v from_o xenophon_n xenophon_n diog._n laert._n in_o socrate_n tertul._n in_o apol._n apol._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laer._n ibid._n ibid._n arist._n rhet._n l._n 2._o 2._o cic._n in_o catone_n catone_n xen._n in_o symp._n symp._n plat._n in_o conviv_n conviv_n ibid._n ibid._n disser_fw-fr p._n 68_o 68_o lexiphanes_n be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o famous_a pedant_n fond_a of_o hard_a word_n and_o affect_a expression_n lucian_n in_o a_o dialogue_n of_o he_o give_v a_o vomit_n to_o he_o and_o bring_v they_o all_o up_o one_o after_o another_o his_o disease_n be_v excellent_o well_o describe_v by_o lucian_n in_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d luc._n in_o lexiph_n lexiph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ibid._n ibid._n dissert_n p._n 40._o