abraham_n be_v bear_v in_o a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n which_o belong_v ah_o unto_o the_o empire_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o now_o have_v superstition_n get_v great_a head_n in_o chaldaea_n as_o it_o have_v all_o over_o else_o so_o there_o be_v but_o only_o the_o house_n of_o thara_n abraham_n father_n that_o serve_v god_n true_o and_o by_o all_o likelihood_n keep_v the_o hebrew_n tongue_n pure_a though_o that_o as_o josuah_n tell_v the_o hebrew_n as_o they_o be_v god_n evident_a people_n in_o egypt_n so_o in_o mesopotamia_n they_o fall_v to_o idolatry_n all_o heber_n other_o son_n become_v other_o nation_n or_o be_v commix_v with_o other_o therefore_o even_o as_o in_o the_o deluge_n of_o water_n noah_n house_n remain_v alone_o to_o repair_v mankind_n so_o in_o this_o deluge_n of_o sin_n and_o superstition_n thare_v house_n only_o remain_v as_o the_o place_n wherein_o god_n city_n be_v plant_v and_o keep_v and_o even_o as_o before_o the_o deluge_n the_o generation_n of_o all_o from_o adam_n the_o number_n of_o year_n and_o the_o reason_n of_o the_o deluge_n be_v all_o reckon_v up_o before_o god_n begin_v to_o speak_v of_o build_v the_o ark_n the_o scripture_n say_v of_o noah_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o noah_n even_o so_o here_o have_v reckon_v all_o from_o sem_fw-mi the_o son_n of_o noah_n down_o unto_o abraham_n he_o put_v this_o to_o the_o conclusion_n as_o a_o point_n of_o much_o moment_n these_o be_v the_o generation_n of_o thara_n thara_n beget_v abraham_n nachor_n and_o aram_n and_o aram_n die_v before_o b_o his_o father_n thara_n in_o the_o land_n wherein_o he_o be_v bear_v be_v a_o part_n of_o chaldaea_n and_o abraham_n and_o nachor_n take_v they_o wife_n the_o name_n of_o abraham_n wife_n be_v sarah_n and_o the_o name_n of_o nachor_n wife_n be_v melca_n the_o daughter_n of_o aram_n who_o be_v father_n both_o to_o melca_n and_o jesea_n who_o some_o hold_v also_o to_o be_v sara_n abraham_n wife_n l._n vives_n which_o ah_o belong_v for_o mela_n pliny_n strabo_n and_o other_o place_n chaldaea_n in_o assyria_n and_o 〈◊〉_d only_o a_o part_n of_o that_o assyria_n which_o the_o ancient_a writer_n call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o syâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d country_n but_o of_o that_o assyria_n also_o which_o strabo_n call_v the_o babylonian_a assyria_n assyria_n 〈◊〉_d make_v a_o difference_n between_o syria_n and_o assyria_n cyropaed_n 1._o b_o before_o in_o his_o faâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d so_o all_o interpreter_n take_v it_o augustine_n may_v perhaps_o understand_v it_o before_o his_o 〈◊〉_d to_o charra_n which_o be_v part_n of_o chaldaea_n charrah_n be_v a_o city_n in_o mesopotamia_n where_o charra_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d kill_v crassus_n the_o roman_a general_n â—…hy_a there_o be_v no_o mention_n of_o nachor_n tharas_n son_n in_o his_o departure_n from_o chaldaea_n to_o mesopotamia_n chap._n 13._o 〈◊〉_d the_o scripture_n proceed_v and_o declare_v how_o thara_n and_o his_o family_n leave_v â—…ldaea_n and_o come_v a_o into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v in_o charra_n but_o of_o his_o 〈◊〉_d â—…chor_n there_o be_v no_o mention_n as_o if_o he_o have_v not_o go_v with_o he_o thus_o say_v the_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o thara_n take_v abraham_n his_o son_n and_o let_v his_o grandchild_n abraâ—…_n 11._o 〈◊〉_d and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n his_o son_n abraham_n wife_n and_o he_o lead_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d country_n of_o chaldaea_n into_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n and_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o 〈◊〉_d there_o here_o be_v no_o word_n of_o nachor_n nor_o his_o wife_n melcha_n but_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d abraham_n send_v his_o servant_n to_o seek_v a_o wife_n for_o his_o son_n isaac_n we_o find_v it_o 〈◊〉_d thus_o so_o the_o servant_n take_v ten_o of_o his_o master_n camel_n and_o of_o his_o master_n â—…4_n 〈◊〉_d â—…th_v he_o and_o depart_v and_o go_v into_o mesopotamia_n into_o the_o city_n of_o nachor_n â—…ce_n and_o other_o beside_o do_v prove_v that_o nachor_n go_v out_o of_o chaldaea_n alâ—…â—…led_v himself_o in_o mesopotamia_n where_o abraham_n and_o his_o father_n have_v dwell_v 〈◊〉_d not_o the_o scripture_n than_o remember_v he_o when_o thara_n go_v thence_o to_o 〈◊〉_d where_o when_o it_o make_v mention_n both_o of_o abraham_n and_o lot_n that_o be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…and-childe_n and_o sara_n his_o daughter_n in_o law_n in_o this_o transmigration_n what_o 〈◊〉_d think_v but_o that_o he_o have_v forsake_v his_o father_n and_o brother_n religion_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d chaldee_n superstition_n and_o afterward_o either_o repent_v for_o his_o fact_n 〈◊〉_d â—…secuted_v by_o the_o country_n suspect_v he_o to_o be_v hollow-harted_n deparâ—…_n himself_o also_o for_o holophernes_n israel_n enemy_n in_o the_o book_n of_o judith_n 〈◊〉_d what_o nation_n they_o be_v and_o whether_o he_o ought_v to_o fight_v against_o they_o 〈◊〉_d answer_v by_o achior_n captain_n of_o the_o ammonite_n let_v my_o lord_n hear_v the_o 〈◊〉_d mouth_n of_o his_o servant_n and_o i_o will_v show_v thou_o the_o truth_n concern_v this_o people_n 〈◊〉_d these_o mountain_n and_o there_o shall_v no_o lie_n come_v out_o of_o thy_o servant_n mouth_n 〈◊〉_d come_v out_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n and_o they_o dwell_v before_o in_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ia_fw-la because_o they_o will_v not_o follow_v the_o god_n of_o their_o father_n that_o 〈◊〉_d â—…us_a in_o the_o land_n of_o chaldaea_n but_o they_o leave_v the_o way_n of_o their_o ancestor_n &_o 〈◊〉_d the_o god_n of_o heaven_n who_o they_o know_v so_o that_o they_o cast_v they_o out_o from_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n and_o they_o flee_v into_o mesopotamia_n and_o dwell_v there_o many_o 〈◊〉_d their_o god_n command_v they_o to_o depart_v from_o the_o place_n where_o they_o 〈◊〉_d to_o go_v into_o the_o land_n of_o chanaan_n where_o they_o dwell_v and_o so_o forth_o as_o 〈◊〉_d ammonite_n relate_v hence_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o thara_n his_o family_n be_v perâ—…_n the_o chaldaean_n for_o their_o religion_n because_o they_o worship_v the_o true_a 〈◊〉_d god_n l._n vives_n mesopotamia_n mesopotamia_n quasi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d between_o two_o sea_n for_o it_o lay_v all_o beâ—…_n mesopotamia_n 〈◊〉_d and_o euphrates_n of_o the_o age_n of_o thara_n who_o live_v in_o charra_n until_o his_o die_a day_n chap._n 14._o thara_n die_v in_o mesopotamia_n where_o it_o be_v say_v he_o live_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o after_o his_o death_n the_o promise_n that_o god_n make_v to_o abraham_n begin_v to_o be_v manifest_v of_o thara_n it_o be_v thus_o record_v the_o day_n of_o thara_n be_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n and_o he_o die_v in_o charra_n he_o live_v not_o there_o all_o this_o time_n you_o must_v think_v but_o because_o he_o end_v his_o time_n which_o amount_v unto_o two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n in_o that_o place_n it_o be_v say_v so_o otherwise_o we_o can_v not_o tell_v how_o many_o year_n he_o live_v because_o we_o have_v not_o the_o time_n record_v when_o he_o come_v to_o charra_n and_o it_o be_v fondness_n to_o imagine_v that_o in_o that_o catalogue_n where_o all_o their_o age_n be_v record_v his_o only_a shall_v be_v leave_v out_o for_o whereas_o the_o scripture_n name_v some_o and_o yet_o name_v not_o their_o year_n it_o be_v to_o be_v understand_v that_o they_o belong_v not_o to_o that_o generation_n that_o be_v so_o lineal_o draw_v down_o from_o man_n to_o man_n for_o the_o stem_n that_o be_v derive_v from_o adam_n unto_o noah_n and_o from_o he_o unto_o abraham_n name_v no_o man_n without_o record_v the_o number_n of_o his_o year_n also_o of_o the_o time_n wherein_o abraham_n receive_v the_o promise_n from_o god_n and_o depart_v from_o charra_n chap._n 15._o but_o whereas_o we_o read_v that_o after_o thara_n death_n the_o lord_n say_v unto_o abraham_n get_v thou_o out_o of_o thy_o country_n and_o from_o thy_o kindred_n and_o from_o thy_o father_n house_n etc._n etc._n we_o must_v not_o think_v that_o this_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o time_n though_o it_o follow_v immediate_o in_o the_o scripture_n for_o so_o we_o shall_v fall_v into_o a_o b_o inextricable_a doubt_n for_o after_o these_o word_n unto_o abraham_n the_o scripture_n follow_v thus_o so_o abraham_n depart_v as_o the_o lord_n speak_v unto_o he_o and_o lot_n go_v with_o he_o and_o abraham_n be_v seventy_o five_o year_n old_a when_o he_o go_v out_o of_o charra_n how_o can_v this_o be_v true_a now_o if_o abraham_n go_v not_o out_o of_o charra_n until_o after_o the_o death_n of_o his_o father_n for_o thara_n beget_v he_o as_o we_o say_v before_o at_o the_o seaventith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n unto_o which_o add_v seventy_o five_o year_n the_o age_n of_o abraham_n at_o this_o his_o departure_n from_o charra_n and_o it_o make_v a_o hundred_o forty_o five_o year_n so_o old_a therefore_o be_v thara_n when_o abraham_n depart_v from_o charra_n that_o city_n of_o mesopotamia_n for_o
together_o hold_v they_o almost_o continual_a war_n with_o the_o veientes_n livius_fw-la lib._n 5._o plutarche_n in_o camillus_n his_o life_n this_o camillus_n be_v say_v to_o have_v deal_v unjust_o in_o share_v the_o veientane_n spoil_v among_o the_o people_n l._n apuleius_n cite_v he_o to_o a_o day_n of_o hear_v but_o he_o to_o avoid_v their_o envy_n though_o innocent_a of_o that_o he_o be_v charge_v with_o get_v he_o away_o to_o live_v at_o ardea_n in_o exile_n this_o fall_v out_o two_o year_n before_o the_o gall_n take_v rome_n ay_o ten_o thousand_o livy_n say_v he_o be_v fine_v in_o his_o absence_n at_o 15000._o assis_n gravis_fw-la plutarch_n at_o 15000._o assium_n ae_z and_o assis_n grave_n be_v all_o one_o as_o one_o my_o budeus_n prove_v k_o be_v soon_o after_o the_o gall_n have_v take_v rome_n camillus_n have_v gather_v a_o army_n together_o of_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o allian_a overthrow_n be_v release_v of_o his_o exile_n &_o in_o a_o counsel_n curiaté_fw-fr make_v dictator_n by_o they_o that_o be_v besiege_v in_o the_o capitol_n at_o first_o he_o expel_v the_o gall_n out_o of_o the_o city_n and_o afterward_o in_o the_o road_n way_n to_o gabii_n eight_o mile_n from_o the_o city_n he_o give_v they_o a_o sore_a overthrow_n liu._n lib._n 5_o thus_o this_o worthy_a man_n choose_v rather_o to_o remember_v his_o country_n affliction_n then_o his_o own_o private_a wrong_n be_v therefore_o style_v another_o romulus_n l_o the_o great_a one_o these_o mischief_n be_v still_o on_o foot_n for_o very_a near_o five_o hundred_o year_n after_o the_o expelling_a of_o their_o king_n the_o patritian_n and_o the_o plebeian_o be_v in_o continual_a sedition_n and_o hatred_n one_o against_o another_o and_o both_o contend_v for_o sovereignty_n which_o ambition_n be_v kindele_v in_o the_o people_n by_o a_o few_o turbulent_a tribune_n and_o in_o the_o noble_n by_o a_o sort_n of_o ambitious_a senator_n and_o hereof_o do_v lucan_n sing_v that_o which_o follow_v et_fw-fr 〈◊〉_d consulibuâ—…_n turbantes_fw-la iura_fw-la tribuni_fw-la tribunes_z and_o consul_n trouble_v right_o at_o once_o what_o the_o history_n of_o saluste_a report_n of_o the_o roman_n condition_n both_o in_o their_o time_n of_o danger_n and_o those_o of_o security_n chap._n 18._o therefore_o i_o will_v keep_v a_o mean_a and_o stand_v rather_o unto_o the_o testimony_n of_o sallust_n himself_o who_o speak_v this_o in_o the_o roman_n praise_v whereof_o we_o but_o now_o discourse_v that_o justice_n and_o honesty_n prevail_v as_o much_o with_o they_o by_o nature_n as_o by_o law_n extol_v those_o time_n wherein_o the_o city_n after_o the_o cast_v out_o of_o her_o king_n grow_v up_o to_o such_o a_o height_n in_o so_o small_a a_o space_n notwithstanding_o all_o this_o this_o same_o author_n confess_v in_o a_o the_o very_a beginning_n of_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o history_n that_o when_o the_o sway_n of_o the_o state_n be_v take_v from_o the_o king_n and_o give_v to_o the_o consul_n b_o within_o a_o very_a little_a while_n after_o the_o city_n grow_v to_o be_v great_o trouble_v with_o the_o oppress_a power_n of_o the_o great_a one_o and_o c_o the_o division_n of_o the_o people_n from_o the_o father_n upon_o that_o cause_n and_o diverse_a other_o dangerous_a dissension_n for_o have_v record_v how_o honest_o and_o in_o what_o good_a concord_n the_o roman_n live_v together_o d_o betwixt_o the_o second_o war_n of_o africa_n and_o the_o last_o and_o have_v show_v that_o it_o be_v not_o the_o love_n of_o goodness_n but_o the_o fear_n and_o distrust_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n might_n and_o perâ—…ideousnesse_n that_o be_v cause_n of_o this_o good_a order_n and_o therefore_o that_o upon_o this_o nasica_n will_v have_v carthage_n stand_v still_o undemolish_v as_o a_o fit_a mean_a to_o debar_v the_o entrance_n of_o iniquity_n into_o rome_n and_o to_o keep_v in_o integrity_n by_o fear_n he_o add_v present_o upon_o this_o these_o word_n e_o but_o discord_n avarice_n ambition_n and_o all_o such_o mischief_n as_o prosperity_n be_v midwife_n unto_o grow_v unto_o their_o full_a light_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o charthage_n intimate_v herein_o that_o they_o be_v sow_v &_o continue_v among_o the_o roman_n before_o which_o he_o prove_v in_o his_o follow_a reason_n for_o as_o for_o the_o violent_a offensivenesse_n of_o the_o great_a person_n say_v he_o and_o the_o division_n betwixt_o the_o patrician_n and_o the_o plebeian_n thence_o arise_v those_o be_v mischief_n among_o we_o from_o the_o beginning_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o long_a respect_n of_o equity_n or_o moderation_n among_o we_o then_o while_o the_o king_n be_v in_o expelling_a and_o the_o city_n and_o state_n quit_v of_o tarquin_n and_o the_o f_o great_a war_n of_o hetruria_n thus_o you_o see_v how_o that_o even_a in_o that_o little_a space_n wherein_o after_o the_o expulsion_n of_o their_o king_n they_o embrace_v integrity_n it_o be_v only_o fear_v that_o force_v they_o to_o do_v so_o because_o they_o stand_v in_o dread_n of_o the_o war_n which_o tarquin_n upon_o his_o expulsion_n be_v combine_v with_o the_o etrurians_n wage_v against_o they_o now_o observe_v what_o sallust_n add_v for_o after_o that_o quoth_v he_o the_o senator_n bgan_v to_o make_v slave_n of_o the_o people_n to_o judge_v of_o head_n &_o g_o shoulder_n as_o bloody_o &_o imperious_o h_o as_o the_o â—…ings_n do_v to_o chase_v man_n from_o their_o possession_n &_o only_o they_o of_o the_o whole_a crew_n of_o faction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…rial_a sway_n of_o all_o with_o which_o outrage_n &_o chief_o with_o their_o extreme_a tax_n and_o â—…tions_n the_o people_n be_v sore_o oppress_v maintain_v both_o soldier_n in_o continual_a arm_n and_o pay_v tribute_n also_o beside_o at_o length_n they_o step_v out_o take_v up_o arm_n and_o draw_v to_o 〈◊〉_d head_n upon_o mount_n aventine_n and_o mount_n sacer._n and_o then_o they_o elect_v they_o 〈◊〉_d and_o set_v down_o other_o law_n but_o the_o second_o war_n of_o africa_n give_v end_n to_o these_o 〈◊〉_d on_o both_o side_n thus_o you_o see_v in_o how_o little_a a_o while_n so_o soon_o after_o the_o expelling_a of_o their_o king_n the_o roman_n be_v become_v such_o as_o he_o have_v describe_v they_o of_o who_o notwithstanding_o he_o have_v affirm_v that_o justice_n and_o honesty_n prevail_v as_o much_o with_o they_o by_o nature_n as_o by_o law_n now_o if_o those_o time_n be_v find_v to_o have_v be_v so_o deprave_a wherein_o the_o roman_a estate_n be_v report_v to_o have_v be_v most_o uncorrupt_a and_o absolute_a what_o shall_v we_o imagine_v may_v then_o be_v speak_v or_o think_v of_o the_o succeed_a age_n which_o by_o a_o gradual_a alteration_n to_o use_v the_o author_n own_o word_n of_o a_o honest_a and_o honourable_a city_n become_v most_o dishonest_a and_o dishonourable_a namely_o after_o the_o dissolution_n of_o carthage_n as_o he_o himself_o relate_v how_o he_o discourse_v and_o describe_v these_o time_n you_o may_v at_o full_a behold_v in_o his_o history_n and_o what_o progress_n this_o corruption_n of_o manner_n make_v through_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o city_n prosperity_n even_o k_o until_o the_o time_n of_o the_o civil_a war_n but_o from_o that_o time_n forward_o as_o he_o report_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o better_a sort_n do_v no_o more_o fall_n to_o decay_v by_o little_a and_o little_a but_o run_v headlong_o to_o ruin_n like_o a_o swift_a torrent_n such_o excess_n of_o luxury_n and_o avarice_n enter_v upon_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o youth_n that_o it_o be_v fit_o say_v of_o rome_n that_o she_o bring_v forth_o such_o l_o as_o will_v neither_o keep_v good_n themselves_o nor_o suffer_v other_o to_o keep_v they_o then_o sallust_n proceed_v in_o a_o discourse_n of_o sylla_n villainy_n and_o of_o other_o barbarous_a blemish_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o to_o his_o relation_n in_o this_o do_v all_o other_o writer_n agree_v in_o substance_n though_o m_o they_o be_v all_o far_o behind_o he_o in_o phrase_n but_o here_o you_o see_v and_o so_o i_o hope_v come_v do_v all_o man_n that_o whosoever_o will_v observe_v but_o this_o shall_v easy_o discover_v the_o large_a gulf_n of_o damnable_a viciousnesse_n into_o which_o this_o city_n be_v fall_v long_o before_o the_o come_n of_o our_o heavenly_a king_n for_o these_o thing_n come_v to_o pass_v not_o only_o before_o that_o ever_o christ_n our_o saviour_n teach_v in_o the_o flesh_n but_o even_o before_o he_o be_v bear_v of_o the_o virgin_n or_o take_v flesh_n at_o all_o see_v therefore_o that_o they_o dare_v not_o impute_v unto_o their_o own_o god_n those_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a mischief_n either_o the_o tolerable_a one_o which_o they_o suffer_v before_o or_o the_o foul_a one_o which_o they_o incur_v after_o the_o destruction_n of_o carthage_n howsoever_o their_o god_n be_v the_o engraffer_n of_o such_o malign_a opinion_n in_o
that_o phygian_a troy_n namely_o of_o the_o albian_o &_o the_o lavinian_n both_o which_o nation_n descend_v from_o the_o trojan_n that_o accompany_v aeneas_n d_o homer_n report_v at_o what_o time_n rome_n be_v build_v or_o at_o what_o time_n homer_n live_v the_o ancient_a writer_n do_v not_o just_o and_o uniform_o define_v though_o the_o first_o be_v less_o dubitable_a than_o the_o latter_a plutarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o romulus_n say_v that_o he_o and_o remus_n first_o found_v the_o wall_n in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o six_o olimpiad_n on_o which_o day_n be_v a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o moon_n dionysius_n and_o eusebius_n say_v the_o 1._o year_n of_o the_o 7._o olympiade_n after_o the_o destruction_n of_o troy_n ccccxxxii_n year_n solin_n in_o polihist_n cincius_n will_v have_v it_o build_v in_o the_o twelth_n olympiad_n pictor_n in_o the_o eight_o nepos_n and_o luctatius_n to_o who_o eratosthenes_n and_o apollodorus_n agree_v the_o seven_o olympiade_n the_o second_o year_n pomponius_n atticus_n and_o tully_n the_o seven_o and_o the_o three_o year_n therefore_o by_o all_o correspondency_n of_o the_o greek_a computation_n to_o we_o it_o be_v build_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o seven_o olympiad_n ccccxxxiii_n year_n after_o the_o ruin_n of_o troy_n about_o homer_n time_n of_o live_v his_o country_n and_o his_o parentage_n the_o greek_a writer_n keep_v a_o great_a ado_n some_o say_v he_o be_v present_a at_o the_o war_n of_o troy_n indeed_o he_o himself_o bring_v in_o his_o phemius_n sing_v in_o the_o banquet_n of_o the_o wooer_n odissi_n but_o whether_o he_o do_v it_o through_o a_o ambitious_a desire_n to_o grace_v his_o mr._n in_o beyond_o the_o reach_n of_o the_o time_n or_o no_o it_o be_v doubtful_a other_o say_v he_o live_v not_o until_o a_o hundred_o year_n after_o this_o war_n of_o phrigia_n and_o some_o there_o be_v that_o ad_fw-la fifty_o more_o unto_o the_o number_n aristarchus_n give_v he_o to_o those_o time_n about_o which_o there_o be_v a_o colonye_n plant_v in_o jonia_n sixty_o year_n after_o the_o subversion_n of_o the_o heraclidae_fw-la cxxx_o year_n after_o the_o trojan_n war_n crates_n think_v that_o there_o be_v not_o fourscore_o year_n between_o the_o demolish_n of_o troy_n and_o the_o birth_n of_o homer_n some_o affirm_v he_o to_o have_v be_v son_n to_o telemachus_n ulysses_n his_o son_n and_o tolycasta_n daughter_n to_o nestor_n in_o the_o chronicle_n of_o eusebius_n bishop_n of_o caesarea_n we_o find_v this_o record_v we_o find_v say_v he_o in_o the_o latin_a history_n that_o agrippa_n reign_v among_o the_o latin_n homer_n flourish_v among_o the_o greek_n as_o appollodorus_n the_o grammarian_n and_o euphorbeus_fw-la the_o historiographer_n do_v both_o testify_v cxxiiii_o year_n before_o the_o build_n of_o rome_n and_o as_o cornelius_n nepos_n say_v before_o the_o fiâ—…st_a olympiade_n a_o c._n year_n howsoever_o than_o it_o fall_v out_o homer_n be_v before_o the_o build_n of_o rome_n which_o tully_n also_o do_v bear_v witness_n of_o in_o his_o quaestiones_fw-la tusculanae_n e_z virgil_n declare_v aeneid_n 5._o pelidae_n tunc_fw-la ego_fw-la fâ—…rti_fw-la congressum_fw-la aeneam_fw-la nec_fw-la diis_fw-la nec_fw-la viribus_fw-la aequis_fw-la nube_fw-la cava_fw-la eripui_fw-la cuperem_fw-la cum_fw-la vertere_fw-la ab_fw-la imo_fw-la structa_n meis_fw-la maâ—…ibus_fw-la periturae_fw-la maenia_fw-la troiae_fw-la etc._n etc._n then_o in_o a_o hollow_a cloud_n i_o save_v he_o when_o he_o combat_v that_o greek_a though_o have_v neither_o fate_n nor_o force_v alike_o then_o when_o my_o ownâ—…_n work_n troy_n i_o seek_v to_o raze_v etc._n etc._n f_z for_o thanks_n and_o thankless_a gratis_o &_o ingratis_fw-la that_o a_o adverbe_n this_o a_o adjective_n g_o neptune_n trojan_n neptune_n after_o that_o laomedon_n have_v thus_o cheat_v he_o be_v always_o a_o heavy_a enemy_n of_o the_o trojan_n but_o apollo_n be_v more_o gentle_a and_o remiss_a be_v as_o good_a friend_n with_o they_o as_o before_o virgil_n aeneid_n 6._o phoebe_n grave_n troiae_fw-la semper_fw-la miscrate_v labâ—…res_n dardana_n qui_fw-fr paridis_n direxti_fw-la â—…ela_fw-la manusque_fw-la corpus_fw-la in_o acacidae_fw-la etc._n etc._n phoebus_n that_o always_o pity_v troy_n distress_n and_o gâ—…ue_v the_o hand_n of_o paris_n good_a success_n against_o achilles_n life_n etc._n etc._n h_z the_o senator_n by_o the_o semprnoian_a law_n which_o caius_n gracchus_n prefer_v the_o gentleman_n of_o rome_n have_v the_o judge_a all_o cause_n twenty_o year_n together_o without_o any_o note_n of_o infamy_n and_o then_o by_o the_o law_n plautian_a be_v select_v fifteen_o out_o of_o every_o tribe_n by_o the_o suffrage_n of_o the_o people_n aurelian_a to_o be_v judge_n for_o that_o year_n this_o be_v do_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o italian_a war_n cn._n pompeius_n son_n to_o sextus_n and_o l._n cato_n be_v consul_n afterward_o the_o law_n cornelian_a which_o silla_n institute_v the_o authority_n be_v reduce_v to_o the_o senate_n who_o judge_v ten_o year_n together_o most_o partial_o and_o most_o corrupt_o when_o the_o great_a sort_n judge_v say_v tully_n against_o verres_n there_o be_v great_a complain_v of_o unjust_a judgement_n last_o of_o all_o by_o the_o law_n aurelian_a prefer_v by_o m_n aurelius_n cotta_n be_v praetor_n both_o senate_n and_o people_n combine_v have_v the_o hear_n and_o censure_v of_o cause_n ay_o the_o people_n lucan_n in_o his_o first_o book_n hinc_fw-la raptifasces_fw-la precio_fw-la sectorque_fw-la favoris_fw-la ipse_fw-la svi_fw-la populus_fw-la lethalisque_fw-la ambitus_fw-la urbi_fw-la annua_fw-la venali_fw-la referens_fw-la certamima_fw-la campo_fw-it hence_o coin_n fight_v consulship_n through_o this_o dejection_n the_o people_n sell_v their_o voice_n this_o infection_n fill_v mars_n his_o field_n with_o strife_n at_o each_o election_n k_o but_o heap_v up_o for_o the_o judge_n be_v swear_v to_o judge_v true_o and_o the_o people_n before_o they_o give_v their_o voice_n be_v swear_v at_o a_o sacrifice_n not_o to_o hold_v any_o reward_n or_o favour_n of_o the_o worth_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n estate_n and_o safety_n that_o the_o god_n can_v not_o just_o be_v offend_v at_o the_o adultery_n of_o paris_n use_v it_o so_o free_o and_o frequent_o themselves_o chap._n 3._o wherefore_o there_o be_v no_o reason_n to_o say_v that_o these_o god_n who_o support_v the_o empire_n of_o troy_n be_v offend_v with_o the_o trojan_n perjury_n when_o the_o greek_n do_v prevail_v against_o all_o their_o protection_n nor_o be_v it_o as_o some_o say_v in_o their_o defence_n that_o the_o anger_n at_o paris_n his_o a_o adultery_n make_v they_o give_v over_o troy_n defence_n for_o it_o be_v their_o custom_n to_o practice_v sin_n themselves_o and_o not_o to_o punish_v it_o in_o other_o b_o the_o trojan_n say_v sallust_n as_o i_o have_v hear_v be_v the_o first_o founder_n &_o inhabitant_n of_o rome_n those_o be_v they_o that_o come_v away_o with_o aeneas_n and_o wander_v without_o any_o certain_a abode_n if_o paris_n his_o fact_n be_v then_o to_o be_v punish_v by_o the_o god_n judgement_n it_o be_v either_o to_o fall_v upon_o the_o trojan_n or_o else_o upon_o the_o roman_n because_o c_o aeneas_n his_o mother_n be_v chief_a agent_n therein_o but_o how_o shall_v they_o hate_v it_o in_o paris_n when_o as_o they_o hate_v it_o not_o in_o venus_n one_o of_o their_o company_n who_o to_o omit_v she_o other_o prank_n commit_v adultery_n with_o anchises_n and_o by_o he_o be_v beget_v d_o aeneas_n or_o why_o shall_v his_o fault_n anger_n menelus_n and_o she_o e_o please_v vulcan_n i_o do_v not_o think_v the_o god_n such_o abaser_n of_o their_o wife_n or_o of_o themselves_o as_o to_o vouchsafe_v mortal_a man_n to_o partake_v with_o they_o in_o their_o love_n some_o perhaps_o will_v say_v i_o scoff_n at_o these_o fable_n and_o handle_v not_o so_o grave_a a_o cause_n with_o sufficient_a gravity_n why_o then_o if_o you_o please_v let_v we_o not_o believe_v that_o aeneas_n be_v son_n to_o venus_n i_o be_o content_a so_o f_z that_o romulus_n likewise_o be_v not_o hold_v to_o be_v mars_n his_o son_n g_o if_o the_o one_o be_v so_o why_o be_v not_o the_o other_o so_o also_o be_v it_o lawful_a for_o the_o god_n to_o meddle_v carnal_o with_o woman_n and_o yet_o unlawful_a for_o the_o man_n to_o meddle_v carnal_o with_o goddess_n a_o hard_a or_o rather_o a_o incredible_a condition_n that_o what_o be_v lawful_a for_o mars_n h_o by_o venus_n her_o law_n shall_v not_o be_v lawful_a for_o venus_n by_o her_o own_o law_n but_o they_o be_v both_o confirm_v by_o the_o roman_a authority_n for_o ay_o caesar_n of_o late_a believe_v no_o less_o that_o k_o venus_n be_v his_o grandmother_n then_o l_o romulus_n of_o old_a believe_v that_o mars_n be_v his_o father_n l._n vives_n parish_n his_o a_o adultery_n this_o i_o think_v be_v know_v to_o all_o both_o blind_a man_n and_o barber_n as_o they_o say_v that_o the_o war_n of_o troy_n arise_v about_o
creator_n but_o the_o cause_n voluntary_a god_n angel_n man_n and_o diverse_a other_o creature_n have_v often_o in_o their_o will_n and_o power_n ay_o if_o we_o may_v cause_n call_v that_o power_n a_o will_n by_o which_o the_o brute_n beast_n fly_v their_o own_o hurt_n and_o desire_v their_o good_a by_o nature_n instinct_n that_o there_o be_v a_o will_n in_o angel_n i_o do_v absolute_o affirm_v be_v they_o good_a who_o we_o call_v god_n angel_n or_o evil_n who_o we_o call_v the_o devil_n angel_n fiend_n or_o devil_n themselves_o so_o man_n good_a and_o bad_a have_v all_o their_o will_n and_o hereby_o it_o be_v apparent_a that_o the_o efficient_a cause_n of_o all_o effect_n be_v nothing_o but_o the_o decree_n of_o that_o nature_n which_o be_v the_o spirit_n of_o life_n air_n or_o wind_n be_v life_n call_v a_o spirit_n but_o because_o it_o be_v a_o body_n it_o be_v not_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n but_o the_o spirit_n of_o life_n that_o quicken_v all_o thing_n be_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o body_n and_o all_o create_a spirit_n this_o be_v god_n a_o spirit_n from_o eternity_n uncreated_a in_o his_o will_n there_o be_v that_o height_n of_o power_n which_o assist_v the_o will_n of_o the_o good_a spirit_n judge_v the_o bad_a dispose_v of_o all_o give_v power_n to_o who_o he_o please_v and_o hold_v it_o from_o who_o he_o list_v for_o as_o he_o be_v a_o creator_n of_o all_o nature_n so_o be_v he_o of_o all_o power_n but_o not_o the_o giver_n of_o all_o will_n for_o wicked_a will_n be_v not_o of_o he_o be_v against_o that_o nature_n which_o be_v of_o he_o so_o the_o god_n body_n be_v all_o subject_n unto_o diverse_a will_n some_o to_o our_o own_o will_n that_o be_v the_o will_v rather_o of_o man_n then_o of_o beast_n some_o to_o the_o angel_n but_o all_o to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n unto_o who_o all_o will_n be_v subject_a because_o they_o have_v no_o power_n but_o what_o he_o give_v they_o the_o cause_n then_o that_o make_v all_o and_o be_v not_o make_v itself_o be_v god_n the_o other_o cause_n do_v both_o effect_n and_o be_v effect_v such_o be_v all_o create_a spirit_n chief_o the_o reasonable_a one_o the_o corporal_a cause_n which_o be_v rather_o effect_n then_o otherwise_o be_v not_o to_o be_v count_v as_o efficient_a cause_n because_o they_o come_v but_o to_o do_v that_o which_o the_o will_n of_o the_o spirit_n within_o they_o do_v enjoin_v they_o how_o then_o can_v that_o set_a order_n of_o cause_n in_o god_n foreknowledge_n deprive_v our_o will_n of_o power_n see_v they_o bear_v such_o a_o sway_n among_o the_o very_a cause_n themselves_o but_o k_o let_v cicero_n wrangle_v &_o his_o fellow_n that_o say_v this_o cause_n order_n be_v fatal_a or_o rather_o fate_n itself_o which_o we_o abhor_v because_o of_o the_o word_n chiefl_o be_v use_v in_o a_o false_a belief_n but_o whereas_o he_o deny_v that_o god_n know_v assure_o the_o set_a order_n of_o those_o cause_n we_o detest_v his_o assertion_n worse_o than_o the_o stoic_n do_v for_o he_o either_o deny_v god_n which_o he_o indevore_v under_o a_o false_a person_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr god_n nâ—…t_fw-la de_fw-fr or_o if_o he_o do_v acknowledge_v he_o yet_o in_o deny_v he_o this_o foreknowledge_n he_o say_v but_o as_o the_o fool_n say_v in_o his_o heart_n there_o be_v no_o god_n for_o if_o god_n want_v the_o prescience_n of_o all_o future_a event_n he_o be_v not_o god_n and_o therefore_o l_o our_o will_n be_v of_o as_o much_o power_n as_o god_n will_v have_v they_o and_o know_v before_o that_o they_o shall_v be_v and_o the_o power_n that_o they_o have_v be_v they_o free_a to_o do_v what_o they_o shall_v do_v true_o and_o free_o because_o he_o fore-knew_a that_o they_o shall_v have_v this_o power_n and_o do_v these_o act_n who_o foreknowledge_n can_v be_v deceive_v wherefore_o if_o i_o list_v to_o use_v the_o m_z word_n fate_n in_o any_o thing_n i_o will_v rather_o say_v that_o it_o belong_v to_o the_o weak_a and_o that_o will_v belong_v to_o the_o high_a who_o have_v the_o other_o in_o his_o power_n rather_o than_o grant_v that_o our_o liberty_n of_o will_n be_v take_v away_o by_o that_o set_a order_n which_o the_o stoike_fw-gr after_o a_o peculiar_a phrase_n of_o their_o own_o call_v fate_n l._n vives_n either_o ah_o in_o god_n de_n divinat_fw-la lib_n 2._o where_o in_o a_o disputation_n with_o his_o brother_n quintus_n he_o indeavour_v to_o overthrow_v divination_n for_o which_o q._n have_v stand_v in_o the_o book_n before_o for_o he_o say_v that_o there_o be_v nothing_o so_o contrary_a to_o reason_n and_o constancy_n as_o fortune_n be_v so_o that_o i_o think_v god_n himself_o shall_v have_v no_o foreknowledge_n of_o those_o casual_a event_n for_o if_o he_o have_v it_o must_v come_v so_o to_o pass_v as_o he_o know_v and_o then_o it_o be_v not_o casual_a but_o casual_a event_n there_o be_v and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o foreknowledge_n of_o they_o this_o in_o the_o say_a place_n and_o much_o more_o pertain_v to_o the_o explain_v of_o this_o chapter_n which_o it_o suffice_v we_o to_o have_v point_v out_o b_o a_o fate_n to_o the_o star_n they_o all_o do_v so_o but_o some_o give_v fate_n the_o original_n from_o they_o exclude_v god_n c_o lucilius_n balbus_n in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o book_n thus_o he_o conclude_v this_o say_v we_o depart_v velleius_n hold_v cotta_n disputation_n for_o the_o true_a and_o i_o be_v rather_o incline_v to_o balbus_n suit_n d_o of_o himself_o for_o in_o his_o 2._o book_n he_o speak_v himself_o and_o confute_v his_o brother_n assertion_n for_o divination_n e_z stoike_fw-gr of_o this_o in_o the_o next_o chapter_n f_z unless_o fate_n var._n de_fw-la ling._n lat_fw-la l._n 8._o the_o destiny_n give_v a_o fortune_n to_o the_o child_n at_o the_o birth_n and_o this_o be_v call_v fate_n of_o fari_fw-la to_o speak_v lucan_n lib._n 9_o non_fw-la vocibus_fw-la ullis_fw-la numen_fw-la eget_fw-la dixitquesemâ—…l_fw-la nascentibus_fw-la auctor_fw-la quicquid_fw-la scire_fw-la licet_fw-la the_o deity_n never_o need_v much_o language_n fate_n but_o once_o no_o more_o do_v read_v the_o fortune_n of_o each_o birth_n it_o seem_v he_o borrow_v this_o out_o of_o the_o psalm_n here_o cite_v or_o out_o of_o job._n chap._n 33._o v._n 14._o he_o have_v speak_v once_o and_o have_v not_o repeat_v it_o again_o both_o which_o place_n demonstrat_fw-la the_o constancy_n of_o god_n reveal_v knowledge_n by_o that_o his_o once_o speak_a as_o the_o common_a interpretation_n be_v the_o which_o follow_v in_o the_o psalm_n these_o two_o thing_n etc._n etc._n some_o refer_v to_o they_o which_o follow_v that_o power_n belong_v etc._n etc._n other_o to_o the_o two_o testament_n the_o thargum_n of_o the_o chaldee_n come_v near_o this_o late_a opinion_n say_v god_n have_v speak_v one_o law_n and_o we_o have_v hear_v it_o twice_o out_o of_o the_o mouth_n of_o moses_n the_o great_a scribe_n &_o virtue_n be_v before_o our_o god_n and_o thou_o lord_n that_o thou_o will_v be_v bountiful_a unto_o the_o just_a g_o for_o tully_n in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr fato_fw-it follow_v carneades_n he_o set_v down_o three_o kind_n of_o cause_n natural_a arise_v from_o nature_n as_o for_o a_o stone_n to_o fall_v downward_o for_o the_o fire_n to_o burn_v voluntary_a consist_v in_o the_o free_a will_n of_o man_n wherein_o it_o be_v necessary_a there_o kindâ—…_n be_v no_o precedent_a cause_n but_o that_o they_o be_v leave_v free_a and_o casual_a which_o be_v hide_v and_o unknown_a in_o diverse_a event_n herein_o he_o be_v of_o the_o nâ—…turalists_n opinion_n that_o will_v have_v nothing_o come_v to_o pass_v without_o a_o cause_n h_z natural_a fire_n have_v no_o other_o cause_n of_o heat_n a_o stone_n of_o heavynesse_n a_o man_n of_o reason_n procreation_n of_o like_a etc._n etc._n then_o the_o will_n of_o nature_n creator_n who_o have_v he_o please_v may_v 〈◊〉_d have_v make_v the_o fire_n cool_v the_o stone_n mount_v upward_o the_o man_n a_o brute_n beast_n or_o dead_a or_o unable_a to_o beget_v his_o like_a ay_o if_o we_o may_v call_v arist_n de_fw-fr anima_fw-la l._n 3._o put_v will_n only_o in_o reasonable_a creature_n and_o appetite_n be_v that_o instinct_n whereby_o they_o desire_v or_o refuse_v any_o thing_n in_o beast_n will_v in_o creature_n of_o reason_n be_v lead_v by_o reason_n and_o accompany_v by_o election_n or_o rather_o be_v election_n itself_o k_o but_o cicero_n with_o the_o stoike_fw-gr l_o our_o will_n be_v god_n create_v our_o will_n free_a and_o that_o because_o it_o be_v his_o will_n so_o they_o may_v make_v choice_n of_o contrary_n yet_o can_v go_v against_o god_n predestination_n not_o questionless_a ever_o will_v although_o they_o can_v for_o sure_a it_o be_v that_o much_o may_v be_v do_v which_o 〈◊〉_d never_o shall_v so_o
intemperate_a through_o extremity_n of_o cold_a also_o the_o further_a part_n of_o ister_n to_o scythia_n and_o the_o hither_o part_n towards_o thracia_n where_o the_o town_n tomus_fw-la be_v famous_a by_o the_o banishment_n of_o ovid_n who_o often_o write_v that_o he_o live_v among_o the_o getes_n they_o also_o inhabit_v the_o mediterranean_a part_n towards_o germany_n and_o the_o spring_n head_n of_o the_o river_n ister_n strabo_n write_v in_o his_o seven_o book_n that_o in_o former_a time_n they_o be_v name_v daci_n and_o davi_n when_o those_o near_a unto_o pontus_n be_v name_v getes_n by_o the_o greek_n and_o that_o both_o those_o people_n speak_v one_o kind_n of_o language_n although_o pliny_n intimate_v unto_o we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o other_o difference_n between_o this_o people_n but_o that_o the_o greek_n name_v they_o getes_n who_o the_o roman_n call_v daci_n but_o we_o will_v follow_v strabo_n in_o this_o place_n the_o getes_n say_v he_o be_v a_o barbarous_a and_o savage_a nation_n strong_a and_o of_o a_o stout_a mind_n contemn_v death_n because_o they_o be_v persuade_v that_o the_o soul_n do_v return_v again_o as_o mela_n write_v or_o if_o they_o do_v not_o return_v yet_o that_o they_o be_v not_o uttter_o extinguish_v and_o that_o they_o remove_v into_o better_a place_n but_o if_o neither_o happen_v yet_o that_o death_n be_v better_a than_o life_n it_o be_v report_v that_o in_o late_a time_n the_o getes_n be_v name_v ostrogothe_n and_o the_o daci_n call_v visigothe_n after_o their_o country_n name_n because_o these_o border_v more_o towards_o the_o west_n and_o the_o other_o more_o towards_o the_o east_n but_o oftentimes_o these_o name_n be_v attribute_v as_o well_o to_o the_o one_o as_o to_o the_o other_o without_o any_o difference_n both_o by_o the_o old_a and_o new_a writer_n they_o report_v that_o this_o nation_n when_o the_o roman_n do_v flourish_v most_o make_v a_o invasion_n into_o a_o province_n of_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n in_o the_o war_n of_o mithridates_n who_o lucullus_n be_v general_n and_o manage_v the_o military_a affair_n in_o asia_n with_o a_o great_a army_n expel_v out_o of_o misia_n after_o that_o they_o depart_v out_o of_o their_o own_o country_n bound_n with_o baerebista_n their_o captain_n after_o he_o have_v accustom_v they_o to_o labour_n and_o military_a discipline_n and_o that_o they_o bring_v many_o nation_n under_o the_o yoke_n of_o subjection_n and_o that_o have_v pass_v over_o the_o river_n isther_n with_o a_o great_a army_n they_o waste_v and_o spoil_v thracia_n macedonia_n illiryum_fw-la far_a into_o the_o country_n put_v the_o roman_n in_o great_a fear_n of_o they_o and_o that_o while_o the_o roman_n be_v make_v ready_a their_o force_n to_o go_v out_o against_o they_o baerebista_n their_o captain_n die_v augustus_n send_v forth_o almost_o ten_o legion_n against_o they_o and_o so_o waste_v and_o diminish_v their_o force_n that_o he_o bring_v they_o from_o two_o hundred_o thousand_o to_o forty_o thousand_o and_o speed_v so_o well_o against_o they_o that_o he_o have_v almost_o subjugate_v the_o whole_a nation_n to_o the_o roman_a empire_n but_o a_o few_o year_n after_o they_o enter_v into_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o roman_n slay_v opius_n sabinus_n and_o his_o army_n who_o have_v bear_v the_o office_n of_o a_o consul_n yet_o cornelius_n fuscus_n domitian_n be_v emperor_n after_o many_o bicker_n at_o last_v repress_v their_o fury_n traianus_n the_o emperor_n war_v often_o against_o they_o whereby_o he_o get_v himself_o great_a glory_n and_o renown_n antonius_n caracalla_n plague_v they_o grievous_o opportunity_n serve_v his_o turn_n when_o they_o neither_o dream_v nor_o suspect_v any_o such_o matter_n also_o in_o the_o day_n of_o gordianus_n they_o spread_v themselves_o often_o into_o the_o bound_n of_o the_o roman_n but_o gordianus_n the_o young_a compel_v they_o with_o little_a labour_n to_o depart_v out_o of_o their_o province_n with_o great_a loss_n now_o this_o stout_a and_o mutinous_a people_n discontent_v with_o the_o limit_n of_o their_o own_o abode_n many_o time_n hunt_v after_o opportunity_n to_o invade_v the_o possession_n of_o other_o nation_n therefore_o philippus_n vostrensis_fw-la be_v emperor_n who_o first_o of_o the_o roman_a prince_n profess_v christian_a religion_n more_o than_o three_o hundred_o thousand_o of_o they_o make_v a_o great_a slaughter_n and_o spoil_v enter_v forcible_o into_o thracia_n and_o mysia_n adjoin_v neaerest_n unto_o they_o decius_n be_v send_v to_o drive_v they_o away_o who_o have_v such_o bad_a luck_n in_o his_o attempt_n that_o he_o give_v over_o before_o he_o obtain_v his_o purpose_n which_o thing_n he_o close_o smother_v succeed_v philippus_n in_o his_o government_n afterwards_o gallus_n the_o father_n and_o volusianus_n his_o son_n conclude_v a_o peace_n with_o they_o upon_o condition_n unprofitable_a unto_o themselves_o which_o the_o goth_n keep_v not_o very_o long_o bear_v themselves_o bold_a upon_o the_o slothfulness_n and_o idleness_n of_o galienus_n the_o prince_n and_o assail_v not_o only_o to_o make_v a_o attempt_n against_o thracia_n and_o mysia_n but_o also_o against_o asia_n minor_n they_o waste_v and_o spoil_v bythinia_n and_o return_v 〈◊〉_d europe_n they_o make_v great_a spoil_n and_o waste_v in_o thracia_n and_o macedonia_n and_o when_o they_o be_v make_v towards_o achaia_n maâ—…rinus_n encounter_v they_o discomfit_v they_o aâ—…_n put_v they_o to_o flight_n pursue_v they_o so_o hard_o at_o the_o heel_n that_o he_o drive_v they_o into_o their_o own_o bound_n but_o they_o do_v not_o stay_v long_o there_o although_o now_o depart_v out_o of_o their_o bound_n they_o be_v to_o deal_v with_o a_o most_o valiant_a prince_n who_o have_v bone_n no_o less_o fortunate_a than_o he_o be_v valorous_a if_o he_o have_v live_v long_o in_o his_o princely_a government_n claudi_n saint_n be_v the_o man_n which_o partly_o destroy_v and_o partly_o take_v ccc_o thousand_o of_o they_o which_o be_v a_o argument_n that_o the_o number_n of_o this_o people_n be_v almost_o infinite_a for_o not_o many_o year_n after_o they_o rise_v up_o in_o arm_n against_o aureliau_n possess_v the_o empire_n and_o be_v vanquish_v at_o the_o first_o encounter_n at_o danubius_n 〈◊〉_d cotantinus_n make_v such_o a_o slaughter_n of_o they_o that_o at_o last_o he_o enforce_v they_o to_o be_v at_o quiet_a for_o many_o year_n for_o the_o conduit_n on_o of_o their_o fight_n be_v such_o that_o they_o do_v neither_o conquer_v without_o great_a harm_n do_v to_o 〈◊〉_d enemy_n nor_o be_v overcome_v without_o much_o hurt_n do_v to_o themselves_o and_o these_o thing_n be_v act_v by_o the_o goth_n while_o they_o have_v proper_a place_n of_o their_o own_o to_o inhabit_v now_o in_o the_o reign_n of_o prince_n valens_n the_o hunns_n which_o be_v likewise_o scythian_n themselves_o yet_o more_o cruel_a barbarous_a and_o rude_a in_o the_o affair_n of_o humane_a commerce_n remain_v near_o the_o riphaean_a mountain_n enclose_v between_o tanais_n and_o the_o people_n name_v massagetae_n chase_v the_o goth_n by_o force_n out_o of_o the_o region_n which_o they_o do_v inhabit_v and_o although_o this_o region_n be_v not_o very_o commodious_a for_o the_o use_n of_o man_n by_o reason_n of_o the_o extreme_a coldness_n yet_o the_o hunns_n do_v esteem_v it_o to_o be_v more_o wholesome_a and_o pleasant_a than_o all_o the_o rest_n be_v a_o people_n breed_v and_o bring_v up_o in_o a_o soil_n seldom_o warm_v with_o the_o beam_n of_o the_o sun_n now_o the_o goth_n drive_v out_o of_o their_o country_n house_n and_o dwell_a place_n have_v hunns_n be_v accustom_v before_o time_n to_o invade_v the_o bound_n of_o other_o nation_n be_v now_o in_o such_o a_o narrow_a straight_o that_o they_o must_v either_o valiant_o lose_v their_o life_n or_o remain_v within_o the_o possession_n of_o stranger_n have_v none_o of_o their_o own_o there_o be_v some_o that_o affirm_v that_o those_o getes_n which_o we_o say_v be_v name_v ostrogothe_n come_v into_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n but_o that_o the_o visigothe_n dismay_v and_o amate_v with_o the_o adverse_a fortune_n of_o their_o associate_n advise_v themselves_o to_o shift_v their_o dwell_n dread_v to_o abide_v the_o like_a tempest_n that_o the_o ostrogothe_n have_v suffer_v the_o force_n of_o the_o hunns_n overflow_a all_o like_o the_o swell_a sea_n spoil_v and_o destroy_v the_o neighbour_a country_n round_o about_o this_o matter_n induce_v the_o visigothe_n to_o dispatch_v ambassador_n with_o spee_fw-mi thy_fw-mi expedition_n to_o valens_n the_o romame_n emperor_n who_o in_o the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a nation_n humble_o entreat_v that_o he_o will_v grant_v they_o the_o country_n of_o mysia_n which_o be_v on_o this_o side_n the_o river_n danubius_n for_o their_o habitation_n and_o dwelling_n â—…arnestly_o prete_a and_o vow_v in_o the_o behalf_n of_o all_o their_o countryman_n that_o they_o will_v all_o receive_v the_o
own_o shame_n he_o shame_v at_o the_o filthiness_n that_o be_v commit_v upon_o she_o though_o it_o be_v l_o without_o her_o consent_n and_o m_z be_v a_o roman_a and_o covetous_a of_o glory_n she_o fear_v that_o n_o if_o she_o live_v still_o that_o which_o she_o have_v endure_v by_o violence_n shall_v be_v think_v to_o have_v be_v suffer_v with_o willingness_n and_o therefore_o she_o think_v good_a to_o show_v this_o punishment_n to_o the_o eye_n of_o man_n as_o a_o testimony_n of_o her_o mind_n unto_o who_o she_o can_v not_o show_v her_o mind_n indeed_o blush_v to_o be_v hold_v a_o partaker_n in_o the_o fact_n which_o be_v by_o another_o commit_v so_o filthy_o she_o have_v endure_v so_o unwilling_o now_o this_o course_n the_o christian_a woman_n do_v not_o take_v they_o live_v still_o howsoever_o violate_a neither_o for_o all_o this_o revenge_n they_o the_o ruin_n of_o other_o upon_o themselves_o lest_o they_o shall_v make_v a_o addition_n of_o their_o own_o guilt_n unto_o the_o other_o if_o they_o shall_v go_v and_o murder_v themselves_o barbarous_o because_o their_o enemy_n have_v force_v they_o so_o beastial_o for_o howsoever_o they_o have_v the_o glory_n of_o their_o chastity_n still_o within_o they_o o_o be_v the_o restimony_n of_o their_o conscience_n this_o they_o have_v before_o the_o eye_n of_o their_o god_n and_o this_o be_v all_o they_o care_v for_o have_v no_o more_o to_o look_v to_o but_o to_o do_v well_o that_o they_o decline_v not_o from_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o law_n divine_a in_o any_o finist_a endeavour_n to_o avoid_v the_o offence_n of_o mortal_a man_n suspicion_n l._n vives_n a_o lvcretia_n this_o history_n of_o lucretia_n be_v common_a though_o dionysius_n relate_v it_o somewhat_o differ_v from_o livy_n they_o agree_v in_o the_o sum_n of_o the_o matter_n b_o revenge_n so_o say_v livy_n in_o his_o person_n but_o give_v i_o your_o right_a hand_n and_o faith_n to_o inflict_v just_a revenge_n upon_o the_o adulterer_n and_o they_o all_o in_o order_n give_v she_o their_o faith_n c_o one_o declaim_v who_o this_o be_v i_o edition_n have_v not_o yet_o read_v one_o gloss_n say_v it_o be_v virgil_n as_o he_o find_v record_v by_o a_o great_a scholar_n and_o one_o that_o have_v read_v much_o but_o virgil_n never_o be_v declamer_n nor_o ever_o plead_v in_o cause_n but_o one_o and_o that_o but_o once_o perhaps_o that_o great_a reader_n imagine_v that_o one_o to_o be_v this_o which_o indeed_o be_v never_o extant_a which_o he_o may_v the_o better_o do_v becasue_v he_o have_v read_v such_o store_n of_o history_n and_o better_a yet_o if_o he_o be_v licentiat_fw-la or_o doctor_n d_o he_o be_v chase_v tarquin_n the_o king_n and_o all_o his_o offspring_n be_v chase_v out_o of_o the_o city_n of_o this_o in_o the_o three_o book_n e_o the_o offender_n death_n cicero_n say_v that_o touch_v a_o roman_n life_n there_o be_v a_o decree_n that_o no_o judgement_n shall_v pass_v upon_o it_o without_o the_o assent_n of_o the_o whole_a people_n in_o the_o great_a comitia_fw-la or_o parliament_n call_v centuriata_fw-la the_o form_n and_o manner_n of_o which_o judgement_n he_o set_v down_o in_o his_o oration_n for_o his_o house_n and_o so_o do_v plutarch_n in_o the_o gracchi_n f_z lucretia_n herself_o which_o aggravat_v the_o fact_n do_v by_o lucretia_n a_o noble_a and_o worthy_a matron_n of_o the_o city_n g_o place_v among_o these_o virgil_n in_o the_o 6._o of_o his_o aenead_n divide_v hell_n into_o nine_o circle_n and_o of_o the_o three_o he_o circle_n speak_v thus_o proxima_fw-la deinde_fw-la tenent_fw-la maesti_fw-la loca_fw-la qui_fw-la sibi_fw-la lethum_fw-la insontes_fw-la peperere_fw-la manu_fw-la lucemque_fw-la perosi_fw-la proiecere_fw-la animas_fw-la quam_fw-la vellent_fw-la athere_o in_o alto_fw-mi nunc_fw-la &_o pauperiem_fw-la &_o durâ—…s_n perferre_v labores_fw-la fata_fw-la obstant_fw-la tristique_fw-la palus_fw-la innabilis_fw-la unda_fw-la alligat_fw-la &_o novy_n styx_n interfusa_fw-la coercet_fw-la in_o english_a thus_o in_o the_o succeed_a round_n of_o woe_n they_o dwell_v that_o guiltless_a spoil_v themselves_o through_o black_a despite_n and_o cast_v their_o soul_n away_o through_o hate_n of_o light_n o_o now_o they_o wish_v they_o may_v return_v to_o abide_v extreme_a need_n and_o sharp_a toil_n beside_o but_o fate_n and_o deep_n forbid_v their_o passage_n thence_o and_o styx_n that_o nine_o time_n cut_n those_o groundless_a fen_n h_z which_o none_o can_v know_v for_n who_o can_v tell_v whether_o she_o give_v consent_n by_o the_o touch_n of_o find_v some_o incite_v pleasure_n ay_o her_o learned_a defender_n *_o it_o be_v better_a to_o read_v her_o learned_a defender_n or_o she_o not_o unlearned_a defender_n than_o her_o unlearned_a defender_n as_o some_o copy_n have_v it_o k_o be_v there_o any_o way_n it_o be_v a_o dilemma_n if_o she_o be_v a_o adulteress_n why_o be_v she_o commend_v if_o chaste_a why_o murder_v the_o old_a rethorician_n use_v to_o dissolve_v this_o kind_n of_o argument_n either_o by_o overthrow_v one_o of_o the_o part_n or_o by_o retort_v it_o call_v in_o greek_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o antistrophe_n conversion_n or_o retortion_n example_n there_o be_v diverse_a in_o cicero_n de_fw-la rethorica_fw-la now_o augustine_n say_v that_o this_o conclusion_n be_v inextricable_a &_o unavoidable_a by_o either_o way_n l_o without_o praise_n her_o consent_n for_o she_o abhor_v to_o consent_v unto_o this_o act_n of_o lust_n m_o a_o roman_a the_o roman_a nation_n be_v always_o most_o greedy_a of_o glory_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v vincet_fw-la amor_fw-la patriae_fw-la laudumque_fw-la immensa_fw-la cupido_fw-la their_o country_n love_n &_o boundless_a this_o of_o glory_n etc._n and_o ovid_n say_v of_o lucrece_n in_o his_o fasti_fw-la succubuit_fw-la famae_fw-la victa_fw-la pvella_fw-la metu_fw-la conquer_a with_o fear_n to_o loose_v her_o fame_n she_o fall_v n_o if_o she_o live_v after_o this_o uncleanness_n commit_v upon_o she_o o_o be_v the_o testimony_n for_o our_o glory_n be_v this_o say_v saint_n paul_n 2._o cor._n i._n 12._o the_o testimony_n of_o our_o conscience_n and_o this_o the_o stoike_fw-gr and_o all_o the_o heathenish_a wise_a man_n have_v ever_o teach_v that_o there_o be_v no_o authority_n which_o allow_v christian_n to_o be_v their_o own_o death_n in_o what_o cause_n soever_o chap._n 19_o for_o it_o be_v not_o for_o nothing_o that_o we_o never_o find_v it_o commend_v in_o the_o holy_a canonical_a scripture_n or_o but_o allow_v that_o either_o for_o attain_v of_o immortality_n or_o avoid_v of_o calamity_n we_o shall_v be_v our_o own_o destruction_n we_o be_v forbid_v it_o in_o the_o law_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v especial_o because_o it_o add_v not_o thy_o 〈◊〉_d neighbour_n as_o it_o do_v in_o the_o pohibition_n of_o false_a witness_n thou_o shall_v not_o bear_v false_a witness_n against_o thy_o neighbour_n yet_o let_v no_o man_n think_v that_o he_o be_v free_a of_o this_o late_a crime_n if_o he_o bear_v false_a witness_n against_o himself_o because_o he_o that_o love_v his_o neighbour_n begin_v his_o love_n from_o himself_o see_v it_o be_v write_v thou_o shall_v love_v thy_o neighbour_n as_o thyself_o now_o if_o he_o be_v no_o less_o guiltless_a of_o false_a 2â—…_n witness_n that_o testify_v false_o against_o himself_o than_o he_o that_o do_v so_o against_o his_o neighbour_n since_o that_o in_o that_o commandment_n wherein_o false_a witness_n be_v forbid_v it_o be_v forbid_v to_o be_v practise_v against_o one_o neighbour_n whence_o misunderstand_a conceit_n may_v suppose_v that_o it_o be_v not_o forbid_v to_o bear_v false_a witness_n against_o one_o self_n how_o much_o plain_a be_v it_o to_o be_v understand_v that_o a_o man_n may_v not_o kill_v himself_o see_v that_o unto_o the_o commandment_n thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v nothing_o be_v add_v exclude_v all_o exception_n both_o of_o other_o &_o of_o he_o to_o who_o the_o command_n be_v give_v and_o therefore_o some_o will_v extend_v the_o intent_n of_o this_o precept_n even_o unto_o beast_n and_o cattle_n and_o will_v have_v it_o unlawful_a to_o kill_v any_o of_o they_o but_o why_o not_o unto_o herb_n also_o and_o all_o thing_n that_o grow_v and_o be_v nourish_v by_o the_o earth_n for_o though_o these_o kind_n can_v be_v say_v to_o have_v ah_o sense_n or_o feeling_n yet_o they_o be_v say_v to_o be_v live_v and_o therefore_o they_o may_v die_v and_o consequent_o by_o violent_a usage_n be_v kill_v wherefore_o the_o apostle_n speak_v of_o these_o kind_n of_o seed_n say_v thus_o fool_n that_o which_o thou_o sowe_v be_v not_o quicken_v except_o first_o it_o die_v and_o the_o psalmist_n say_v he_o destror_v their_o vine_n with_o bail_n but_o what_o 47._o shall_v we_o therefore_o think_v it_o sin_n to_o cut_v up_o a_o twig_n because_o the_o commandment_n say_v thou_o shall_v not_o kill_v and_o so_o involve_v ourselves_o in_o the_o foul_a error_n of_o the_o
undoubted_a faith_n in_o our_o scripture_n all_o which_o make_v choice_n rather_o to_o endure_v the_o tyranny_n of_o their_o enemy_n then_o be_v their_o own_o butcher_n but_o now_o we_o will_v prove_v out_o of_o their_o own_o record_n that_o regulus_n be_v cato_n better_a in_o this_o glory_n for_o cato_n never_o over-came_v caesar_n unto_o who_o he_o scorn_v to_o be_v subject_a and_o choose_v to_o murder_v himself_o rather_o then_o be_v servant_n unto_o he_o but_o regulus_n over-came_v the_o african_n and_o in_o his_o generalship_n return_v with_o diverse_a noble_a victory_n unto_o the_o roman_n never_o with_o any_o notable_a loss_n of_o his_o citizen_n but_o always_o of_o his_o foe_n and_o yet_o be_v afterward_o conquer_v by_o they_o he_o resolve_v rather_o to_o endure_v slavery_n under_o they_o then_o by_o death_n to_o free_v himself_o from_o they_o and_o therein_o he_o both_o preserve_v his_o paciencie_n under_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o his_o constancy_n unto_o the_o roman_n neither_o deprive_v the_o enemy_n of_o his_o conquer_a body_n nor_o his_o countryman_n of_o his_o unconquered_a mind_n neither_o be_v it_o the_o love_n of_o this_o life_n that_o keep_v he_o from_o death_n this_o he_o give_v good_a proof_n of_o when_o without_o dread_n he_o return_v back_o unto_o his_o foe_n to_o who_o he_o have_v give_v worse_a cause_n of_o offence_n in_o the_o senate-house_n with_o his_o tongue_n then_o ever_o he_o have_v do_v before_o in_o the_o battle_n with_o his_o force_n &_o therefore_o this_o so_o great_a a_o conqueror_n and_o contemner_n of_o this_o life_n who_o have_v rather_o that_o his_o foe_n shall_v take_v it_o from_o he_o by_o any_o torment_n then_o that_o he_o shall_v give_v death_n to_o himself_o howsoever_o must_v needs_o hold_v that_o it_o be_v a_o foul_a guilt_n for_o man_n to_o be_v his_o own_o murderer_n rome_n among_o all_o her_o worthy_n and_o eternize_v spirit_n can_v show_v one_o better_a than_o he_o be_v for_o he_o for_o all_o his_o great_a victory_n continue_v b_o most_o poor_a nor_o can_v mishap_n amate_v he_o for_o with_o a_o fix_a resolve_n and_o a_o undaunted_a courage_n return_v he_o unto_o his_o deadly_a enemy_n now_o if_o those_o magnanimous_a and_o heroical_a defender_n of_o their_o earthly_a habitacle_n and_o those_o true_a and_o sound_a servant_n of_o their_o indeed_o false_a god_n who_o have_v power_n to_o cut_v down_o their_o conquer_a foe_n by_o law_n of_o arm_n see_a themselves_o afterwards_o to_o be_v conquer_v of_o their_o foe_n nevertheless_o will_v not_o be_v their_o own_o butcher_n but_o although_o they_o fear_v not_o death_n at_o all_o yet_o will_v rather_o endure_v to_o be_v slave_n to_o their_o foe_n superiority_n then_o to_o be_v their_o own_o executioner_n how_o much_o more_o than_o shall_v the_o christian_n that_o adore_v the_o true_a god_n and_o aim_v whole_o at_o the_o eternal_a dwelling_n restrain_v themselves_o from_o this_o foul_a wickedness_n whensoever_o it_o please_v god_n to_o expose_v they_o for_o a_o time_n to_o taste_v of_o temporal_a extremity_n either_o for_o their_o trial_n or_o for_o correction_n sake_n see_v that_o he_o never_o forsake_v they_o in_o their_o humiliation_n for_o who_o he_o be_v most_o high_a humble_v himself_o so_o low_o e_o especial_o be_v that_o they_o be_v person_n who_o no_o law_n of_o arm_n or_o military_a power_n can_v allow_v to_o destroy_v the_o conquer_a enemy_n l._n vives_n in_o a_o his_o flesh_n for_o he_o be_v afflict_v with_o a_o sore_a kind_n of_o ulcere_fw-la b_o most_o poor_a livy_n in_o his_o eighteen_o book_n and_o valerius_n in_o his_o example_n of_o poverty_n write_v this_o when_o attilius_n know_v that_o his_o generalship_n be_v prolong_v another_o year_n more_o he_o write_v to_o the_o senate_n to_o have_v poverty_n they_o send_v one_o to_o supply_v his_o place_n his_o chief_a reason_n why_o he_o will_v resign_v his_o charge_n be_v because_o his_o seven_o acre_n of_o ground_n be_v all_o the_o land_n he_o have_v be_v spoil_v by_o the_o hire_a soldier_n which_o if_o it_o continue_v so_o his_o wife_n and_o child_n can_v not_o have_v whereon_o to_o live_v so_o the_o senate_n give_v the_o charge_n of_o this_o unto_o the_o aedile_n look_v better_a ever_o after_o unto_o attilius_n his_o patrimony_n c_o especial_o be_v that_o they_o he_o make_v fight_v as_o far_o from_o christian_a piety_n as_o religious_a humanity_n be_v from_o barbarous_a inhumanity_n that_o sin_n be_v not_o to_o be_v avoid_v by_o sin_n chap._n 24._o what_o a_o pernicious_a error_n than_o be_v here_o creep_v into_o the_o world_n that_o a_o man_n shall_v kill_v himself_o because_o either_o his_o enemy_n have_v injure_v he_o or_o mean_n to_o injure_v he_o whereas_o he_o may_v not_o kill_v his_o enemy_n whether_o he_o have_v offend_v he_o or_o be_v about_o to_o offend_v he_o this_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v fear_v indeed_o that_o the_o body_n be_v subject_a unto_o the_o enemy_n lust_n with_o touch_n of_o some_o entice_a delight_n do_v not_o allure_v the_o will_n to_o consent_v to_o this_o impurity_n and_o therefore_o say_v they_o it_o be_v not_o because_o of_o another_o guilt_n but_o for_o fear_n of_o one_o own_o that_o such_o man_n ought_v to_o kill_v themselves_o before_o sin_n be_v commit_v upon_o they_o nay_o the_o mind_n that_o be_v more_o true_o subject_a unto_o god_n and_o his_o wisdom_n then_o unto_o carnal_a concupiscence_n will_v never_o be_v bring_v to_o yield_v unto_o the_o lust_n of_o the_o own_o flesh_n be_v it_o never_o so_o provoke_v by_o the_o lust_n of_o another_o but_o if_o it_o be_v a_o damnable_a fact_n and_o a_o detestable_a wickedness_n to_o kill_v one_o self_n at_o all_o as_o the_o truth_n in_o plain_a term_n say_v it_o be_v what_o man_n will_v be_v so_o fond_a as_o to_o say_v let_v we_o sin_n now_o lest_o we_o sin_n hereafter_o let_v we_o commit_v murder_n now_o lest_o we_o fall_v into_o adultery_n hereafter_o if_o wickedness_n be_v so_o predominant_a in_o such_o a_o one_o as_o he_o or_o she_o will_v not_o choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v in_o innocence_n than_o to_o escape_v by_o guilt_n be_v it_o not_o better_a to_o adventure_v on_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o future_a adultery_n than_o the_o certainty_n of_o the_o present_a murder_n be_v it_o not_o better_a to_o commit_v such_o a_o sin_n as_o repentance_n may_v purge_v than_o such_o a_o one_o as_o leave_v no_o place_n at_o all_o for_o repentance_n this_o i_o speak_v for_o such_o as_o for_o avoid_v of_o guilt_n not_o in_o other_o but_o in_o themselves_o and_o fear_v to_o consent_v to_o the_o lust_n in_o themselves_o which_o another_o lust_n incit_v do_v imagine_v that_o they_o ought_v rather_o to_o endure_v the_o violence_n of_o death_n but_o far_o be_v it_o from_o a_o christian_a soul_n that_o trust_v in_o his_o god_n that_o hope_v in_o he_o and_o rest_v on_o he_o far_o be_v it_o i_o say_v from_o such_o to_o yield_v unto_o the_o delight_n of_o the_o flesh_n in_o any_o consent_n unto_o uncleanness_n but_o if_o that_o a_o concupiscential_a disobedience_n which_o dwell_v as_o yet_o in_o our_o b_o die_v flesh_n do_v stir_v itself_o by_o the_o own_o licence_n against_o the_o law_n of_o our_o will_n how_o can_v it_o be_v but_o faltlesse_a in_o the_o body_n of_o he_o or_o she_o that_o never_o consent_v when_o it_o stir_v without_o guilt_n in_o the_o body_n that_o sleep_v l._n vives_n concupiscential_a ah_o disobedience_n the_o lust_n of_o the_o body_n be_v move_v of_o itself_o even_o against_o all_o resistance_n and_o contradiction_n of_o the_o will_v and_o then_o the_o will_n be_v overcome_v by_o the_o flesh_n from_o hence_o arise_v shame_n as_o we_o will_v show_v more_o at_o large_a hereafter_o b_o die_v flesh_n our_o member_n be_v subject_a unto_o death_n do_v die_v every_o day_n and_o yet_o seem_v to_o have_v in_o they_o a_o life_n distinct_a from_o the_o life_n of_o the_o soul_n if_o then_o the_o lustful_a motion_n that_o betide_v we_o in_o sleep_n be_v faltlesse_a because_o the_o will_n do_v not_o consent_n but_o nature_n effect_n they_o without_o it_o how_o much_o more_o faltlesse_a shall_v those_o be_v wherein_o the_o will_n be_v so_o so_o far_o from_o rest_v only_o that_o it_o resist_v and_o strive_v against_o they_o of_o some_o unlawful_a act_n do_v by_o the_o saint_n and_o by_o what_o occasion_n they_o be_v do_v chap._n 25._o but_o there_o be_v a_o some_o holy_a woman_n say_v they_o in_o these_o time_n of_o persecution_n who_o fly_v from_o the_o spoiler_n of_o their_o chastity_n throw_v themselves_o headlong_o into_o a_o swift_a river_n which_o drown_v they_o and_o so_o they_o die_v and_o yet_o their_o martirdome_n be_v continual_o honour_v with_o religious_a memorial_n in_o the_o catholic_a church_n well_o of_o these_o i_o dare_v not_o judge_v rash_o in_o any_o thing_n
not_o to_o destroy_v carthage_n but_o even_o not_o to_o begin_v a_o war_n with_o the_o carthaginian_n without_o a_o lawful_a and_o sufficient_a cause_n livy_n and_o other_o c_o as_o if_o they_o be_v young_a puny_n ualerius_n write_v that_o appius_n claudius_n use_v often_o to_o say_v that_o employment_n do_v far_o more_o extâ—…l_a the_o people_n of_o rome_n then_o quiet_a that_o excess_n of_o leisure_n and_o rest_n melt_v they_o into_o quiet_a slothfulness_n but_o the_o rough_a name_n of_o business_n keep_v the_o manner_n of_o the_o city_n in_o their_o pristine_a state_n undeformed_a when_o the_o sweet_a sound_n of_o quiet_a ever_o lead_v in_o great_a store_n of_o corruption_n d_o when_o carthage_n be_v raze_a sallust_n in_o his_o war_n of_o jugurth_n say_v thus_o for_o before_o carthage_n be_v raze_a the_o senate_n and_o people_n of_o rome_n govern_v the_o weal-public_n well_o quiet_o and_o modest_o betwixt_o thâ—…-selues_n nor_o be_v there_o any_o contention_n for_o glory_n or_o domination_n among_o they_o the_o fear_n of_o the_o foe_n keep_v all_o the_o city_n in_o good_a art_n &_o order_n but_o that_o fear_n be_v once_o remove_v and_o abolish_v than_o the_o attendant_n of_o prosperous_a estate_n pride_n and_o luxury_n thrust_v in_o unrestrained_a e_z and_o bloody_a sediâ—…_n as_o first_o that_o of_o tiberius_n gracchus_n then_o that_o of_o caius_n his_o brother_n in_o which_o two_o be_v the_o first_o civil_a effusion_n of_o citizen_n blood_n behold_v the_o first_o of_o these_o happen_v ten_o year_n after_o carthage_n be_v destroy_v f_z by_o continual_a give_v of_o worse_a and_o worse_a cause_n for_o through_o the_o sedition_n of_o caius_n gracchus_n be_v the_o office_n of_o the_o tribuneship_n invent_v and_o bestow_v on_o liâ—…_n wâ—…res_v drusus_n who_o the_o senator_n oppose_v against_o the_o gentleman_n who_o stand_v for_o the_o law_n that_o gracchus_n have_v make_v hence_o arise_v the_o war_n call_v sociale_a bellum_n because_o drusus_n reform_v not_o the_o city_n as_o he_o promise_v and_o hence_o arise_v the_o war_n of_o mithridates_n who_o take_v advantage_n of_o this_o discord_n of_o italy_n make_v many_o thousand_o of_o the_o italian_n that_o traffic_v in_o his_o dominion_n to_o be_v slay_v and_o hence_o arise_v the_o civil_a war_n of_o marius_n who_o seek_v to_o get_v the_o undertake_n of_o this_o province_n and_o war_n of_o mithridates_n from_o sylla_n and_o from_o the_o seed_n of_o this_o war_n spring_v the_o war_n of_o sertorius_n lepidus_n the_o conspiracy_n of_o catiline_n and_o last_o the_o war_n of_o pompey_n and_o from_o that_o spring_v the_o empire_n of_o caesar_n and_o after_o his_o death_n the_o civil_a war_n of_o anthony_n of_o brutus_n and_o cassius_n at_o the_o philippi_n of_o sextus_n pompeius_n in_o sicilia_n and_o that_o of_o actiâ—…_n and_o last_o the_o commonweal_n freedom_n turn_v into_o a_o tiriannical_a monarchy_n by_o what_o degree_n of_o corruption_n the_o roman_n ambition_n grow_v to_o such_o a_o height_n chap_n 30._o for_o when_o 〈◊〉_d eâ—…er_v this_o lust_n of_o sovereignty_n cease_v in_o proud_a mind_n until_o it_o 〈◊〉_d by_o coâ—…_n of_o honour_n attain_v unto_o the_o dignity_n of_o regal_a domination_n and_o if_o their_o ambition_n do_v not_o prevail_v they_o then_o have_v no_o mean_a to_o continue_v their_o honour_n now_o ambition_n will_v not_o prevail_v but_o among_o a_o people_n 〈◊〉_d whole_o corrupt_v with_o coveteousnes_n and_o luxury_n and_o the_o people_n be_v alwâ—…s_o infect_v with_o these_o two_o contagion_n by_o the_o mean_n of_o affluent_a prosperity_n which_o nasica_n do_v wise_o hold_v fit_a to_o be_v foresee_v and_o prevent_v by_o not_o condiscend_v to_o the_o abolish_n of_o so_o strong_a so_o powerful_a and_o so_o rich_a a_o city_n of_o their_o enemy_n thereby_o to_o keep_v luxury_n in_o awful_a fear_n that_o so_o it_o may_v not_o become_v exorbitant_a and_o by_o that_o mean_n also_o covetousness_n may_v be_v repress_v which_o two_o vice_n once_o chain_v up_o virtue_n the_o city_n supporter_n may_v flourish_v and_o a_o liberty_n befit_v this_o virtue_n may_v stand_v strong_a and_o hence_o it_o be_v out_o of_o this_o most_o circumspect_a zeal_n unto_o his_o country_n that_o your_o say_a high_a priest_n who_o be_v choose_v by_o the_o senate_n of_o those_o time_n for_o the_o best_a man_n without_o any_o difference_n of_o voice_n a_o thing_n worthy_a of_o often_o repetition_n when_o the_o senate_n will_v have_v build_v ah_o a_o theatre_n dissuade_v they_o from_o this_o vain_a resolution_n and_o in_o a_o most_o grave_a oration_n persuade_v they_o not_o to_o suffer_v the_o b_o luxury_n of_o the_o greek_n to_o creep_v into_o their_o old_a condition_n nor_o to_o consent_v unto_o the_o entry_n of_o foreign_a corruption_n to_o the_o subversion_n and_o extirpation_n of_o their_o native_a roman_a perfection_n work_v so_o much_o by_o his_o own_o only_a authority_n that_o the_o whole_a bench_n of_o the_o judicious_a senate_n be_v move_v by_o his_o reason_n express_o prohibit_v the_o use_n of_o c_o those_o mooveable_a seat_n which_o the_o roman_n begin_v as_o then_o to_o use_v in_o the_o behold_n of_o play_n how_o earnest_n will_v he_o have_v be_v to_o have_v cleanse_v the_o city_n of_o play_n rome_n of_o the_o d_o play_v themselves_o if_o he_o dare_v have_v oppose_v their_o authority_n who_o he_o hold_v for_o god_n be_v ignorant_a that_o they_o be_v malicious_a devil_n or_o if_o he_o know_v it_o than_o it_o seem_v he_o hold_v that_o they_o be_v rather_o to_o be_v please_v then_o despise_v for_o as_o yet_o that_o heavenly_a doctrine_n be_v not_o deliver_v unto_o the_o world_n which_o purify_n the_o heart_n by_o faith_n change_v the_o affect_v with_o a_o zealous_a piety_n to_o desire_v and_o aim_v at_o the_o blessing_n of_o heaven_n or_o those_o which_o be_v above_o the_o heaven_n and_o free_v man_n absolute_o from_o the_o slavery_n of_o those_o proud_a and_o ungracious_a devil_n l._n vives_n bvilt_v he_o a_o theatre_n livy_n in_o his_o 48._o book_n and_o valerius_n maximus_n de_fw-fr instit._fw-la antiq_n write_v that_o ualerius_n messala_n and_o cassius_z be_v censor_n have_v give_v order_n for_o a_o theatre_n to_o be_v erect_v build_v wherein_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n may_v sit_v and_o see_v play_n but_o nasica_n labour_v so_o with_o the_o senate_n that_o it_o be_v hold_v a_o thing_n unfit_a as_o prejudicial_a to_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o people_n so_o by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n all_o that_o preparation_n for_o the_o theatre_n be_v lay_v aside_o and_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o no_o man_n shall_v place_v any_o seat_n or_o sit_v to_o behold_v any_o play_n within_o the_o city_n or_o within_o a_o mile_n of_o the_o wall_n and_o so_o from_o a_o little_a while_n after_o the_o three_o african_a war_n until_o the_o sack_n of_o corinthe_n the_o people_n behold_v all_o their_o play_n stand_v but_o as_o then_o lucius_n memmius_n set_v up_o a_o theatre_n for_o the_o play_n at_o his_o triumph_n but_o it_o stand_v but_o for_o the_o time_n that_o this_o triumph_n last_v the_o first_o stand_v theatre_n pompey_n the_o great_a build_v at_o rome_n of_o square_a stone_n as_o cornelius_n tacitus_n write_v lib._n 14._o the_o model_n whereof_o he_o have_v at_o mytilene_n in_o the_o mithridatique_fw-la war_n cavea_fw-la here_o in_o the_o text_n signify_v the_o middle_a front_n of_o the_o theatre_n theatre_n which_o afterward_o be_v divide_v into_o seat_n for_o the_o gentleman_n sever_v into_o rank_n and_o gallery_n sometime_o it_o be_v take_v for_o the_o whole_a audience_n as_o servius_n note_v upon_o the_o eight_o of_o the_o aenead_n b_o the_o luxury_n of_o the_o greek_n the_o grecian_n have_v theater_n before_o the_o roman_n many_a age_n and_o the_o very_a greek_a name_n prove_v that_o they_o come_v first_o from_o greece_n for_o theatre_n be_v derive_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v spectare_fw-la to_o behold_v c_o those_o movable_a seat_n stand_v but_o for_o a_o time_n for_o such_o theater_n be_v first_o in_o use_n at_o rome_n before_o the_o stand_n the_o continue_a theater_n come_v in_o and_o be_v make_v with_o mooveable_a seat_n as_o tacitus_n say_v and_o the_o stage_n build_v for_o the_o present_a time_n d_o the_o play_v themselves_o such_o as_o be_v present_v upon_o the_o stage_n whereof_o in_o the_o next_o book_n we_o shall_v discourse_v more_o at_o large_a of_o the_o first_o induce_v of_o stageplay_n chap._n 31._o but_o know_v you_o that_o know_v not_o this_o and_o mark_v you_o that_o make_v show_v as_o if_o you_o know_v it_o not_o and_o murmur_v at_o he_o that_o have_v set_v you_o free_a from_o such_o lord_n that_o your_o stageplay_n those_o ah_o spectacle_n of_o uncleanness_n those_o licentious_a vanity_n be_v not_o first_o bring_v up_o at_o rome_n by_o the_o corruption_n of_o the_o man_n but_o by_o the_o direct_a command_n of_o
scirent_fw-la &_o longos_fw-la ubi_fw-la circumflectere_fw-la cursus_fw-la say_v virgil._n here_o do_v aencas_n set_v upon_o a_o oak_n a_o signal_n which_o inform_v the_o sailor_n plain_a how_o far_o to_o row_v and_o where_o to_o turn_v again_o aevead_n 〈◊〉_d i_o have_v see_v this_o place_n of_o the_o text_n read_v thus_o in_o a_o old_a copy_n quâ_fw-la mollis_fw-la flexus_fw-la et_fw-la unde_fw-la which_o indeed_o be_v not_o much_o amiss_o anthony_n of_o lebrixa_n our_o industrious_a grammarian_n read_v it_o so_o d_o wealth_n mean_v out_o of_o plato_n whence_o persius_n have_v all_o his_o morallitie_n in_o the_o dialogue_n call_v phaedo_fw-la socrates_n pray_v thus_o o_o my_o dear_a pan_n and_o all_o you_o other_o god_n give_v i_o that_o eternal_a beauty_n grant_v that_o all_o my_o external_a adjunct_n may_v be_v confine_v to_o my_o affect_n within_o let_v i_o think_v he_o only_o wealthy_a that_o be_v wise_a let_v i_o have_v but_o so_o much_o of_o riches_n as_o no_o man_n but_o he_o that_o be_v temperate_a can_v sway_v or_o dispose_v off_o thus_o pray_v socrates_n and_o indeed_o moderate_a wealth_n be_v better_a worth_n wish_v than_o excess_n e_z and_o that_o for_o which_o this_o he_o have_v from_o alcibiades_n in_o plato_n lib._n 2._o de_fw-la voto_fw-la wherein_o plato_n teach_v he_o what_o to_o pray_v for_o the_o say_a sentence_n of_o socrates_n valerius_n rehearse_v also_o lib._n 7._o of_o prayer_n iwenall_n say_v thus_o orandum_fw-la est_fw-la ut_fw-la sit_fw-la mens_fw-la sana_fw-la in_o corpore_fw-la sano_fw-la pray_v for_o a_o sound_a soul_n in_o as_o sound_v a_o breast_n perhaps_o this_o limitation_n of_o persius_n have_v reference_n to_o that_o which_o follow_v how_o to_o use_v money_n f_z how_o to_o use_v money_z asper_n in_o the_o text_n join_v with_o nummus_fw-la signify_v the_o roughness_n of_o the_o coin_n be_v new_o stamp_v and_o which_o be_v wear_v smooth_a by_o pass_v from_o hand_n to_o hand_n so_o pliny_n call_v carve_v vessel_n which_o be_v grace_v with_o any_o boss_n or_o branch_n stand_v out_o aspera_fw-la silver_n rough_a suetonius_n say_v that_o nero_n seek_v for_o try_a gold_n and_o rough_a or_o new_a coin_a money_n with_o exceed_a greediness_n whether_o it_o be_v take_v here_o for_o newl_o coin_a or_o because_o rough_a piece_n be_v better_a than_o the_o smooth_a or_o what_o they_o be_v i_o know_v not_o but_o that_o the_o same_o vneuened_a piece_n be_v call_v rough_a the_o definition_n of_o roughness_n in_o plato_n his_o timaeus_n do_v show_v roughness_n define_v say_v he_o be_v hardness_n commix_v with_o unevenesse_n g_o god_n in_o we_o intend_v this_n be_v out_o of_o plato_n also_o who_o make_v god_n the_o commander_n of_o all_o mankind_n assign_v every_o one_o his_o particular_a station_n as_o in_o a_o pitch_a field_n from_o whence_o he_o may_v not_o depart_v without_o his_o command_n and_o it_o be_v a_o good_a help_n unto_o the_o instruction_n of_o our_o life_n that_o each_o of_o we_o know_v in_o what_o rank_n of_o mankind_n he_o be_v place_v so_o to_o adapt_v his_o life_n to_o his_o estate_n and_o discharge_v his_o function_n due_o be_v he_o a_o husbadman_n or_o a_o citizen_n a_o free_a man_n or_o a_o servant_n a_o craftsman_n a_o scholar_n a_o minister_n a_o soldier_n a_o officer_n 〈◊〉_d prince_n or_o a_o private_a man_n that_o the_o philosopher_n instruction_n be_v weak_a and_o bootless_a in_o that_o they_o bear_v no_o divine_a authority_n because_o that_o the_o example_n of_o the_o god_n be_v great_a confirmation_n of_o vice_n in_o man_n than_o the_o wisemen_n disputation_n be_v on_o the_o contrary_a part_n chap._n 7._o do_v you_o think_v they_o will_v mention_v their_o philosophy_n school_n unto_o we_o as_o for_o they_o first_o of_o all_o they_o be_v derive_v from_o greece_n and_o not_o from_o rome_n or_o if_o you_o say_v they_o be_v now_o roman_a because_o greece_n be_v become_v a_o province_n of_o the_o roman_n i_o answer_v again_o that_o the_o instruction_n give_v there_o be_v not_o of_o the_o document_n of_o your_o god_n but_o the_o invention_n of_o man_n who_o quick_a wit_n especial_a endeavour_n be_v to_o find_v by_o disputation_n a_o what_o secret_n be_v hide_v in_o the_o treasury_n of_o nature_n b_o what_o be_v to_o precept_n be_v desire_v and_o what_o to_o be_v avoid_v in_o our_o morality_n c_o and_o what_o be_v coherent_a by_o the_o law_n of_o disputation_n or_o not_o follow_v the_o induction_n or_o quite_o repugnant_a unto_o it_o and_o some_o of_o these_o give_v light_a to_o great_a invention_n as_o the_o grace_n of_o god_n assist_v they_o but_o yet_o they_o evermore_o err_v as_o the_o frailty_n of_o man_n possess_v they_o the_o go_n divine_a providence_n just_o oppose_v d_o their_o vain_a glory_n to_o show_v the_o tract_n of_o piety_n to_o rise_v from_o humbleness_n unto_o height_n by_o their_o comparrison_n which_o we_o shall_v hereafter_o take_v a_o occasion_n to_o search_v into_o further_a by_o the_o will_n of_o the_o true_a and_o everlasting_a god_n but_o if_o it_o be_v true_a that_o these_o philosopher_n invent_v any_o mean_n sufficient_a to_o direct_v one_o to_o the_o attain_n of_o a_o happy_a course_n of_o life_n be_v there_o not_o far_o great_a reason_n to_o give_v they_o d_o divine_a honour_n then_o the_o other_o how_o much_o more_o honest_a be_v it_o for_o to_o hear_v plato_n book_n read_v in_o a_o temple_n of_o he_o than_o the_o galli_n geld_v in_o the_o devil_n to_o view_v the_o e_z effeminate_a consecrate_v the_o lunatic_a gash_a with_o cut_n and_o each_o thing_n else_o either_o cruel_a or_o bestial_a or_o bestial_o cruel_a or_o cruel_o bestial_a so_o common_o celebrate_v in_o the_o sollemnity_n of_o such_o god_n be_v it_o not_o far_o more_o worthy_a to_o have_v some_o good_a law_n of_o the_o god_n rehearse_v unto_o the_o youth_n for_o their_o instruction_n in_o integrity_n then_o to_o pass_v the_o time_n in_o vain_a commendation_n of_o the_o labour_n of_o illude_v antiquity_n but_o indeed_o f_z all_o the_o worshipper_n of_o such_o god_n as_o soon_o as_o they_o be_v initiate_v unto_o those_o luxurious_a and_o venomous_a adoration_n g_o as_o persius_n say_v do_v look_v more_o after_o jupiters_n deed_n than_o either_o plato_n doctrine_n or_o cato_n opinion_n h_z and_o here-upon_a it_o be_v that_o terence_n bring_v in_o the_o lustful_a youth_n gaze_v upon_o a_o table_n picture_n wherein_o be_v draw_v how_o jove_n send_v down_o a_o shower_n of_o gold_n into_o the_o lap_n of_o danae_n and_o this_o be_v a_o fit_a precedent_n for_o this_o youth_n to_o follow_v in_o his_o lust_n with_o a_o boast_n that_o he_o do_v but_o imitate_v a_o god_n but_o what_o god_n say_v he_o even_o he_o that_o shake_v the_o temple_n with_o his_o thunder_n since_o he_o aid_v thus_o shall_v i_o a_o mean_a wretch_n to_o he_o make_v bone_n of_o it_o no_o i_o do_v it_o with_o all_o my_o heart_n l._n vives_n what_o ah_o secret_n be_v hide_v he_o touch_v the_o three_o kind_n of_o philosophy_n in_o this_o place_n the_o natural_a b_o what_o be_v to_o be_v desire_v here_n the_o moral_a c_o what_o be_v coherent_a hear_v the_o rational_a or_o logical_a of_o these_o hereafter_o d_o their_o vain_a glory_n because_o all_o that_o they_o invent_v they_o ascribe_v unto_o their_o own_o wit_n sharpness_n and_o not_o a_o whit_n unto_o god_n influence_n of_o this_o lactantius_n dispute_v at_o large_a e_z effeminate_a consecrate_v all_o these_o galli_n be_v all_o of_o they_o beastly_a villain_n sodomite_n give_v to_o all_o filthiness_n in_o the_o world_n of_o who_o apuleyus_fw-la relate_v most_o abominable_a thing_n in_o the_o eight_o and_o nine_o book_n of_o his_o ass_n so_o do_v lucian_n also_o whence_o appuleyus_fw-la have_v his_o argument_n f_z all_o the_o worship_n the_o example_n of_o those_o who_o we_o reverence_v do_v move_v we_o much_o for_o we_o endeavour_n to_o imitate_v they_o in_o all_o thing_n be_v they_o god_n or_o man_n the_o people_n affect_v the_o fashion_n of_o the_o prince_n the_o scholar_n of_o the_o master_n they_o honour_v and_o all_o mortal_a man_n their_o condition_n who_o they_o hold_v immortal_a and_o hereuppon_a be_v our_o saviour_n christ_n and_o his_o saint_n set_v before_o all_o of_o our_o religion_n to_o be_v observe_v and_o imitate_v plato_n lib._n de_fw-la repub._n 2._o among_o diverse_a reason_n why_o he_o will_v not_o tolerate_v poet_n in_o his_o commonwealth_n bring_v this_o for_o one_o because_o their_o fiction_n of_o the_o god_n give_v example_n very_o prejudicial_a unto_o the_o honesty_n of_o the_o reader_n as_o their_o war_n theft_n sedition_n adultery_n and_o such_o like_a out_o of_o which_o lucian_n have_v the_o word_n he_o give_v to_o menippus_n in_o his_o necromantia_fw-la i_o say_v he_o be_v a_o boy_n and_o hear_v hesiod_n and_o homer_n sing_v of_o sedition_n and_o war_n not_o only_o those_o
and_o there_o be_v mimike_n which_o be_v call_v otherwise_o plaine-feete_n plani-pedes_a wear_v neither_o shoe_n nor_o buskin_n but_o come_v mimike_v barefoot_n upon_o the_o stage_n the_o satyr_n notwithstanding_o and_o the_o miâ—…kes_n be_v both_o include_v under_o the_o comedy_n and_o some_o say_v so_o be_v the_o tragedy_n too_o but_o the_o tragedy_n discourse_v of_o lamentable_a fortune_n extreme_a affect_n and_o horrible_a villainy_n but_o far_o from_o turpitude_n the_o comedy_n treat_v of_o the_o knavery_n and_o trick_n of_o love_n be_v bring_v into_o it_o by_o menander_n to_o please_v the_o macedonian_n that_o stand_v affect_v to_o such_o passage_n the_o satire_n contain_v the_o loose_a faun_n and_o sylvan_n who_o rustical_a jest_n delight_v much_o and_o sometime_o they_o will_v lament_v but_o as_o they_o be_v uâ—…lceanely_o and_o slovenly_a god_n so_o be_v their_o speech_n often_o time_n foul_a and_o dishonest_a to_o hear_v but_o the_o mimike_n forbear_v no_o beastliness_n but_o use_v extreme_a licentiousness_n and_o yet_o these_o be_v more_o tolerable_a than_o other_o thing_n which_o be_v act_v in_o the_o sollemnity_n of_o bacchus_n which_o for_o their_o incredible_a filthiness_n be_v expel_v out_o of_o italy_n by_o a_o decree_n of_o the_o senate_n also_o in_o the_o saturnalia_fw-la and_o floralia_fw-la which_o two_o feast_n be_v celebrate_v by_o common_a floralia_fw-la strumpet_n and_o the_o most_o rascally_a sort_n of_o all_o man_n the_o actor_n of_o the_o floralia_fw-la though_o they_o reverence_v not_o their_o own_o goddess_n yet_o when_o cato_n come_v they_o reverence_v he_o and_o will_v not_o act_v cato_n they_o in_o his_o presence_n what_o the_o komaines_n opinion_n be_v touch_v the_o restraint_n of_o the_o liberty_n of_o poesy_n which_o the_o greek_n by_o the_o counsel_n of_o their_o goad_n will_v not_o have_v restrain_v at_o all_o chap._n 9_o what_o the_o roman_n hold_v concern_v this_o point_n a_o cicero_n record_v in_o his_o book_n which_o he_o write_v of_o the_o common_a wealth_n where_o scipio_n be_v bring_v in_o say_v thus_o if_o that_o the_o priutledge_n of_o a_o old_a custom_n have_v not_o allow_v they_o comedy_n can_v never_o have_v give_v such_o proof_n of_o their_o uâ—…esse_n upon_o theater_n and_o some_o of_o the_o ancient_a greek_n pretend_v a_o convenince_n in_o their_o vicious_a opinion_n and_o make_v it_o a_o law_n that_o c_o the_o comedian_n may_v speak_v what_o he_o will_v of_o any_o man_n by_o his_o name_n wherefore_o as_o africanus_n say_v well_o in_o the_o same_o book_n who_o do_v not_o the_o poet_n touch_v nay_o who_o do_v he_o not_o vex_v who_o spare_v he_o perhaph_n so_o say_v one_o he_o quipt_v a_o sort_n of_o wicked_a seditious_a vulgar_a fellow_n as_o d_o cleo_n e_o clytophon_n and_o f_o hyperbolus_n to_o that_o we_o assent_v quoth_v he_o again_o though_o it_o be_v fit_a for_o such_o fault_n to_o be_v tax_v by_o the_o g_o censor_n then_o by_o a_o poet_n but_o it_o be_v no_o more_o decent_a that_o h_z pericles_n shall_v be_v snuff_v at_o have_v so_o many_o year_n govern_v the_o city_n so_o well_o both_o in_o war_n and_o peace_n than_o it_o be_v for_o ay_o our_o plautus_n or_o naevius_n to_o deride_v k_o publius_n or_o cneius_n scipio_n or_o for_o l_o caecilius_n to_o mock_v m_o marcus_n cato_n and_o again_o a_o little_a after_o our_o twelve_o table_n quoth_v he_o have_v decree_v the_o observation_n but_o of_o a_o very_a few_o thing_n n_o upon_o pain_n of_o death_n yet_o think_v it_o good_a to_o establish_v this_o for_o one_o of_o that_o few_o that_o none_o shall_v o_o write_v or_o act_v any_o verse_n derogatory_n from_o the_o good_a name_n of_o any_o man_n or_o prejudicial_a unto_o manner_n excellent_o well_o for_o our_o life_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v the_o object_n for_o poet_n to_o play_v upon_o but_o for_o lawful_a magistracy_n and_o thorough_o inform_v justice_n to_o judge_v upon_o nor_o be_v it_o fit_a that_o man_n shall_v here_o themselves_o reproach_v but_o in_o such_o place_n as_o they_o may_v answer_v and_o defend_v their_o own_o cause_n in_o thus_o much_o out_o of_o cicero_n in_o his_o four_o book_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n which_o i_o think_v good_a to_o rehearse_v word_n for_o word_n only_o i_o be_v force_v to_o leave_v out_o somewhat_o and_o somewhat_o to_o transpose_v it_o for_o the_o easy_a understanding_n for_o it_o give_v great_a light_n unto_o the_o proposition_n which_o i_o if_o so_o be_v i_o can_v must_v prove_v and_o make_v apparent_a he_o proceed_v further_a in_o this_o discourse_n and_o in_o the_o end_n conclude_v thus_o that_o the_o ancient_a roman_n utter_o dislike_v that_o any_o man_n shall_v be_v either_o praise_v or_o dispraise_v upon_o the_o stage_n but_o as_o i_o say_v before_o the_o greek_n in_o this_o though_o they_o use_v less_o modesty_n yet_o they_o follow_v more_o convenience_n see_v they_o see_v their_o god_n so_o well_o to_o approve_v of_o the_o represent_v disgrace_n not_o only_o of_o man_n but_o even_o of_o themselves_o when_o they_o come_v upon_o the_o stage_n whether_o the_o play_n be_v fiction_n of_o poetry_n or_o true_a history_n of_o their_o deed_n and_o i_o wish_v their_o worshipper_n have_v hold_v they_o only_o worth_a the_o laugh_n at_o and_o not_o worth_a imitation_n for_o it_o be_v too_o much_o pride_n in_o a_o prince_n to_o seek_v to_o have_v his_o own_o fame_n preserve_v when_o he_o see_v his_o god_n before_o he_o set_v they_o at_o six_o and_o seven_o for_o where_o as_o it_o be_v say_v in_o their_o defence_n that_o these_o tale_n of_o their_o god_n be_v not_o true_a but_o mere_o poetical_a invention_n and_o false_a fiction_n why_o this_o do_v make_v it_o more_o abominable_a if_o you_o respect_v the_o purity_n of_o your_o religion_n and_o if_o you_o observe_v the_o malice_n of_o the_o devil_n what_o cunning_a or_o more_o deceitful_a fetch_n can_v there_o be_v for_o when_o a_o honest_a &_o worthy_a ruler_n of_o a_o country_n be_v slander_v be_v not_o the_o slander_n so_o much_o more_o wicked_a &_o impardonable_a as_o this_o party_n life_n that_o be_v slander_v be_v clear_a and_o sound_a from_o touch_n of_o any_o such_o matter_n what_o punishment_n then_o can_v be_v sufficient_a for_o those_o that_o offer_v their_o god_n such_o foul_a and_o impious_a injury_n l._n vives_n cicero_n a_o record_v in_o his_o if_o of_o all_o the_o ancient_a monument_n of_o learning_n which_o be_v either_o republica_fw-la whole_o perish_v or_o yet_o unpublish_v if_o i_o shall_v desire_v any_o one_o extant_a it_o shall_v be_v cicero_n his_o six_o book_n de_fw-fr republica_n for_o i_o doubt_v not_o but_o the_o work_n be_v admirable_a and_o guess_v but_o by_o the_o fragment_n which_o be_v extant_a i_o do_v hear_v that_o there_o be_v some_o that_o have_v these_o book_n but_o they_o keep_v they_o as_o chary_o as_o gold_n apple_n but_o until_o they_o come_v forth_o to_o light_n let_v we_o make_v use_n of_o the_o conjecture_n record_v in_o other_o place_n of_o cicero_n his_o work_n b_o where_o scipio_n the_o cornelian_a family_n among_o other_o sur-name_n get_v up_o that_o of_o scipio_n from_o one_o of_o their_o blood_n that_o be_v as_o a_o staff_n scipionis_fw-la vicè_fw-la to_o his_o kind_n and_o sickly_a father_n of_o this_o family_n sciâ—…_n be_v many_o famous_a man_n of_o who_o we_o mean_v to_o speak_v somewhat_o in_o their_o due_a place_n this_o who_o tully_n bring_v in_o speak_v in_o his_o work_n de_fw-fr republica_n be_v son_n unto_o l._n aemilius_n paulus_n that_o conquer_a perseus_n king_n of_o macedon_n scipio_n the_o son_n of_o the_o great_a scipio_n african_a adopt_v he_o for_o his_o son_n and_o so_o he_o be_v call_v aemilianus_n of_o the_o stock_n of_o whence_o he_o be_v descend_v he_o raze_v carthage_n and_o numance_n c_o the_o comedian_n this_o be_v the_o old_a comedy_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o of_o this_o we_o say_v before_o that_o the_o citizen_n for_o fear_n of_o be_v bring_v upon_o the_o stage_n will_v either_o begin_v to_o live_v well_o if_o so_o they_o intend_v or_o at_o least_o forbear_v to_o be_v see_v do_v evil_a comedy_n socrates_n say_v it_o be_v meet_v to_o expose_v one_o self_n free_o to_o the_o comic_a pen_n for_o if_o they_o write_v true_a of_o our_o vice_n they_o be_v a_o mean_a to_o reform_v we_o if_o they_o write_v false_a it_o concern_v not_o us._n yet_o even_o socrates_n himself_o that_o innocent_a hurtless_a man_n be_v mock_v by_o aristophanes_n in_o his_o nebulae_fw-la a_o knavish_a comedy_n set_v forth_o only_o to_o that_o end_n and_o this_o be_v one_o of_o the_o great_a proof_n that_o the_o nebuâ—…ae_fw-la poet_n of_o this_o old_a kind_n of_o comedy_n at_o that_o time_n have_v mercenary_a pen_n and_o follow_v perverse_a and_o malevolent_a affect_n c_o cleon_n he_o be_v a_o letherseller_n a_o seditious_a
beside_o those_o which_o flattery_n consecrate_v to_o the_o dead_a caesar_n as_o one_o to_o c._n caesar_n by_o antony_n law_n which_o cicero_n reprove_v phillippic_n 2._o one_o to_o augustus_n and_o so_o to_o diverse_a other_o but_o those_o that_o numa_n make_v be_v the_o principal_a always_o and_o the_o principal_a of_o they_o be_v joves_n flamen_n the_o dial_n he_o only_o of_o all_o the_o rest_n go_v in_o a_o white_a hat_n and_o be_v hold_v the_o most_o reverend_a his_o ceremony_n and_o law_n be_v recount_v both_o by_o plutarch_n in_o his_o problem_n and_o also_o by_o gellius_n lib._n 10._o out_o of_o fabius_n pictor_n massurius_n sabinus_n varro_n and_o other_o the_o low_v in_o degree_n of_o all_o the_o flamen_fw-la goddess_n be_v the_o pomonall_a flamine_fw-la because_o pomona_n the_o goddess_n of_o apple_n be_v of_o the_o least_o esteem_n other_o there_o be_v of_o mean_a dignity_n as_o vulcan_n furidà s_o father_n falacer_n the_o goddess_n that_o pretect_v mount_n palatine_n and_o mother_n florà s_o d_o which_o kind_n of_o priesthood_n though_o the_o flamen_fw-la be_v of_o great_a authority_n yet_o be_v all_o obedient_a unto_o the_o chief_a priest_n for_o so_o the_o people_n command_v it_o shall_v be_v when_o in_o the_o second_o war_n of_o africa_n l._n mettellus_n be_v chief_a priest_n withhold_v the_o consul_n posthumus_n be_v mars_n his_o flamine_fw-la and_o will_v not_o let_v he_o leave_v his_o order_n nor_o his_o sacrifice_n and_o likewise_o in_o the_o first_o war_n of_o asia_n p._n licinius_n high_a priest_n staid_a q._n fabius_n pictor_n then_o praetor_n and_o quirinall_n flamine_fw-la from_o go_v into_o sardinia_n e_o as_o their_o crest_n they_o wear_v apèx_n be_v any_o thing_n that_o be_v add_v to_o the_o top_n or_o high_a part_n of_o a_o thing_n crest_n here_o it_o be_v that_o which_o the_o flamine_fw-la bear_v upon_o his_o head_n his_o cap_n or_o his_o tufte_n of_o will_v lucan_n et_fw-la tollens_fw-la opicem_fw-la gentroso_fw-la vertice_fw-la flamen_fw-la the_o flamine_fw-la with_o his_o cap_n and_o lofty_a crest_n sulpitius_n lose_v his_o priesthood_n because_o his_o crest_n fall_v of_o whilst_o he_o be_v a_o sacrifice_a say_v valerius_n lib._n 1._o the_o roman_n give_v not_o this_o crest_n but_o unto_o their_o great_a man_n in_o religion_n as_o now_o we_o give_v mitre_n they_o call_v it_o apex_n say_v servius_n upon_o the_o eight_o aenead_v ab_fw-la apendo_fw-la which_o be_v to_o overcome_v and_o hence_o come_v aptus_fw-la &_o apiculum_n filum_fw-la that_o be_v the_o small_a tuft_a thread_n which_o the_o flamen_fw-la fold_v their_o crest_n in_o fabius_n speak_v of_o these_o crest_n and_o virgil_n hinâ—…_n exultantes_fw-la salâ—…os_fw-la nudosque_fw-la laper_n choose_fw-la lanigerosque_fw-la apices_fw-la here_z salii_fw-la dance_v naked_a lupeâ—…ci_n there_o and_o there_o the_o tuft_a crown_n aenead_n 8._o f_z only_a three_o of_o those_o their_o chief_a and_o true_a flamen_fw-la inheritor_n of_o the_o ancient_a flaminshippe_n g_o the_o love_n of_o his_o citizen_n romulus_n be_v dead_a the_o people_n begin_v to_o suspect_v that_o the_o senate_n have_v butcher_v he_o secret_o among_o themselves_o so_o julius_n proculus_n appease_v the_o rage_n of_o the_o god_n multitude_n by_o affirm_v that_o he_o see_v romulus_n ascend_v up_o into_o heaven_n livye_v in_o his_o first_o book_n ennius_n bring_v in_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n lament_v for_o romulus_n in_o these_o word_n o_o romule_n romule_fw-la dic_fw-la qualem_fw-la te_fw-la patriae_fw-la custodem_fw-la dij_fw-la genuerunt_fw-la tu_fw-la proauxisti_fw-la nos_fw-la intra_fw-la lumiâ—…s_fw-la oras_fw-la o_fw-la pater_fw-la o_fw-la genitor_fw-la patriae_fw-la o_fw-la sanguine_fw-la disoâ—…iunde_fw-la o_o romulus_n o_o romulus_n show_v we_o how_o they_o thy_o country_n guard_n the_o god_n beget_v thou_o bring_v we_o first_o to_o light_v o_o thou_o our_o father_n thy_o country_n father_n bear_v of_o heavenly_a seed_n h_z call_v quirinus_n many_o of_o such_o man_n name_n have_v be_v change_v after_o their_o deyfy_n to_o make_v they_o more_o venerable_a have_v cast_v of_o their_o style_n of_o mortality_n for_o so_o be_v leda_n so_o call_v quirinus_n when_o she_o be_v alive_a after_o her_o death_n and_o deification_n style_v nemesis_n and_o circe_n marica_n and_o ino_n matuta_n and_o aeneas_n jupiter_n indiges_n romulus_n be_v call_v quirinus_n to_o gratify_v the_o sabine_n in_o which_o respect_n also_o the_o roman_n be_v call_v quirite_n of_o cure_n a_o town_n of_o the_o sabine_n or_o else_o as_o ovid_n say_v sive_fw-la quòd_fw-la hasta_fw-la quiris_fw-la priscis_fw-la est_fw-la dicta_fw-la sabinis_fw-la bellicus_n a_o 〈◊〉_d veâ—…t_v in_o astra_fw-la deus_fw-la sive_fw-la suâ—…_n reginomenposuâ—…re_v quirite_n seu_fw-la qâ—…a_fw-la romanis_n iunxerat_fw-la ille_fw-la cures_n or_o for_o the_o sabine_n spear_n quirite_n call_v his_o weapon_n name_v make_v he_o celestial_a or_o else_o they_o so_o enstilâ—…_n he_o hereupon_o because_o he_o make_v they_o and_o the_o cure_n one_o that_o if_o the_o roman_a god_n have_v have_v any_o care_n of_o justice_n the_o city_n shall_v have_v have_v their_o form_n of_o good_a government_n from_o they_o rather_o than_o to_o go_v and_o borrow_v it_o of_o other_o nation_n chap._n 16._o if_o the_o roman_n can_v have_v receive_v any_o good_a instruction_n of_o morality_n from_o their_o god_n they_o will_v never_o have_v be_v ah_o behold_v to_o the_o athenian_n for_o rome_n solon_n law_n as_o they_o be_v some_o year_n after_o rome_n be_v build_v which_o law_n notwithstanding_o they_o do_v not_o observe_v as_o they_o receive_v they_o but_o endeavour_v to_o better_v they_o and_o make_v they_o more_o exact_a and_o though_o b_o lycurgus_n feign_v that_o he_o give_v the_o lacedaemonian_n their_o law_n by_o the_o authorization_n of_o apollo_n yet_o the_o roman_n very_o wise_o will_v not_o give_v credence_n to_o he_o c_o &_o therefore_o give_v no_o admission_n to_o these_o law_n indeed_o d_o numa_n pompilius_n romulus_n his_o sucessor_n be_v say_v to_o have_v give_v they_o some_o law_n but_o e_o all_o too_o insufficient_a for_o the_o government_n of_o a_o city_n he_o teach_v they_o many_o point_n of_o their_o religion_n f_z but_o it_o be_v not_o report_v that_o he_o have_v these_o institution_n from_o the_o god_n those_o corruption_n therefore_o of_o mind_n conversation_n and_o condition_n which_o be_v so_o great_a that_o the_o g_o most_o learned_a man_n dare_v affirm_v that_o these_o be_v the_o canker_n by_o which_o all_o commonweal_n perish_v though_o their_o wall_n stand_v never_o so_o firm_a those_o do_v these_o god_n never_o endeavour_v to_o withhold_v from_o they_o that_o worship_v they_o but_o as_o we_o have_v prove_v before_o do_v rather_o strive_v to_o enlarge_v and_o augment_v they_o with_o all_o their_o care_n and_o full_a diligence_n l._n vives_n behold_v a_o to_o the_o athenian_n in_o the_o 300._o year_n after_o rome_n building_n when_o there_o have_v be_v many_o contention_n between_o the_o patrician_n &_o the_o plebeian_o they_o send_v three_o ambassador_n to_o athens_n to_o copy_n out_o solon_n law_n and_o to_o learn_v the_o policy_n and_o civility_n of_o the_o rest_n 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o greek_n that_o the_o roman_a estate_n may_v be_v conform_v and_o settle_v after_o the_o manner_n of_o the_o grecian_n chaerephanes_n be_v then_o governor_n of_o athens_n it_o be_v the_o 82._o olympiade_n the_o ambassador_n dispatch_v their_o affair_n with_o all_o diligence_n and_o return_v the_o next_o year_n after_o and_o then_o be_v the_o decemuiri_fw-la elect_v to_o decree_v law_n and_o those_o write_v the_o first_o ten_o table_n of_o the_o roman_n civil_a law_n and_o afterward_o they_o add_v two_o more_o all_o which_o be_v approve_v in_o the_o great_a parliament_n call_v comitia_fw-la centuriata_fw-la and_o these_o be_v their_o noble_a law_n which_o be_v write_v in_o the_o twelve_o table_n livy_n lib._n 3._o dionys._n lib._n 10_o &_o other_o also_o b_o lycurgus_n the_o law_n which_o lycurgus_n give_v as_o â—…e_a feign_a by_o apollo_n oracle_n to_o the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v very_o famous_a the_o greek_a and_o latin_a author_n be_v full_a of_o this_o man_n honour_n and_o of_o the_o hard_a law_n which_o he_o give_v the_o spartan_n there_o be_v a_o work_n of_o xenophons_n extant_a only_o of_o these_o law_n and_o many_o of_o they_o be_v record_v in_o plutarche_n i_o need_v not_o trouble_v the_o reader_n in_o so_o plain_a a_o matter_n 〈◊〉_d c_o therefore_o give_v no_o admission_n and_o also_o because_o solon_n law_n be_v more_o accommodate_v and_o appliable_a to_o 〈◊〉_d education_n and_o mansuetude_n than_o the_o rough_a severe_a one_o of_o lycurgus_n as_o plato_n and_o aristotle_n do_v very_o well_o observe_v for_o his_o law_n aim_v at_o no_o other_o end_n but_o to_o make_v the_o spartanis_fw-la warrior_n d_o numa_n pompilius_n he_o be_v bear_v at_o cure_n in_o the_o country_n of_o the_o sabine_n and_o be_v the_o bestman_n of_o his_o time_n in_o the_o world_n of_o this_o
light_n infinite_a be_v the_o signification_n of_o word_n and_o the_o propriety_n of_o phrase_n which_o only_o budaeus_fw-la have_v fetch_v out_o of_o deep_a oblivion_n and_o expose_v they_o to_o man_n understand_n and_o yet_o all_o these_o singular_a and_o admirable_a gift_n have_v he_o attain_v to_o by_o his_o own_o industry_n alone_o without_o help_n of_o any_o master_n o_o happy_a fertile_a wit_n that_o in_o itself_o alone_o find_v both_o master_n and_o scholar_n and_o method_n of_o instruction_n that_o who_o ten_o part_n other_o can_v hardly_o leâ—…of_o great_a and_o cunning_a master_n he_o alone_o without_o help_n of_o other_o draw_v whole_o from_o himself_o i_o have_v not_o yet_o say_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o knowledge_n in_o the_o law_n which_o he_o alone_o have_v begin_v to_o restore_v from_o ruin_n nor_o of_o his_o philosophy_n whereof_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr ass_n he_o have_v give_v such_o proof_n as_o no_o man_n possible_o can_v but_o such_o a_o one_o as_o have_v daily_a conversation_n with_o such_o read_n of_o all_o the_o philosopher_n and_o deep_a instruction_n in_o those_o study_n to_o all_o this_o may_v be_v add_v that_o which_o indeed_o excel_v all_o thing_n else_o a_o honesty_n congruent_a to_o all_o this_o learning_n so_o rare_a and_o so_o admirable_a that_o be_v but_o consider_v without_o the_o other_o grace_n of_o wit_n and_o learning_n it_o may_v seem_v the_o world_n miracle_n his_o honesty_n no_o more_o than_o his_o learning_n acknowledge_v none_o his_o superior_a a_o man_n that_o in_o all_o the_o diverse_a action_n of_o his_o life_n give_v his_o religion_n always_o the_o first_o place_n a_o man_n that_o have_v wife_n and_o many_o child_n be_v never_o draw_v from_o his_o true_a square_n with_o any_o profit_n or_o study_v to_o augment_v his_o estate_n but_o evermore_o sway_v both_o himself_o and_o his_o fortune_n and_o direct_v both_o fortune_n can_v never_o lead_v he_o away_o though_o she_o promise_v never_o so_o fair_a he_o have_v she_o always_o in_o his_o power_n a_o man_n continual_o in_o court_n in_o embassage_n yet_o never_o follow_v prince_n favour_n nor_o nousle_v they_o with_o flattery_n he_o never_o augment_v his_o patrimony_n because_o he_o will_v never_o depart_v a_o haires-breadth_n from_o honesty_n he_o be_v always_o a_o severe_a censor_n of_o his_o own_o condition_n then_o of_o any_o other_o and_o have_v undergo_v office_n which_o be_v object_n of_o the_o great_a envy_n he_o never_o find_v calumny_n from_o any_o tongue_n nor_o incur_a suspicion_n of_o any_o error_n though_o he_o have_v to_o do_v with_o a_o free_a nation_n and_o a_o people_n as_o ready_a to_o accuse_v as_o froward_a to_o suspect_v i_o see_v i_o have_v forget_v brevity_n bound_n be_v whirl_v beyond_o they_o with_o the_o love_n i_o have_v to_o relate_v the_o virtue_n of_o my_o honour_a friend_n now_o to_o our_o purpose_n salusts_n meaning_n therefore_o be_v that_o as_o well_o this_o civil_a equity_n which_o they_o call_v law_n as_o that_o natural_a equity_n which_o nature_n produce_v in_o the_o mind_n of_o the_o judicious_a and_o than_o which_o nothing_o be_v better_a it_o be_v therefore_o call_v good_a be_v no_o more_o powerful_a with_o the_o roman_n in_o their_o decretal_a law_n then_o in_o the_o natural_a discretion_n of_o understand_v man_n b_o out_o of_o this_o justice_n a_o most_o bitter_a irony_n a_o 〈…〉_z 〈◊〉_d quip_n c_o that_o the_o sabine_a virgin_n when_o as_o romulus_n can_v not_o obtain_v woman_n of_o 〈◊〉_d neighbour_a nation_n for_o his_o citizen_n to_o marry_v with_o by_o the_o advice_n of_o his_o grandfather_n numitor_n and_o the_o senate_n he_o give_v it_o out_o that_o he_o will_v celebrate_v some_o game_n in_o honour_n of_o neptune_n the_o horserider_n or_o hippoposeidon_n so_o the_o woman_n their_o neighbour_n come_v to_o see_v the_o sport_n the_o roman_n take_v they_o all_o away_o by_o force_n especial_o the_o sabine_n out_o of_o the_o midst_n of_o the_o exercise_n for_o so_o have_v romulus_n and_o his_o companion_n resolve_v the_o four_o month_n after_o the_o build_n of_o rome_n as_o dionysius_n relate_v out_o of_o fabius_n pictor_n plutarch_n say_v it_o be_v the_o 14._o of_o the_o calends_n of_o september_n and_o both_o agree_v for_o the_o city_n be_v begin_v to_o be_v build_v the_o 12._o of_o the_o calends_n of_o may_n on_o the_o feast_n day_n call_v palilia_n though_o gellius_n not_o aulus_n with_o the_o attican_a night_n but_o another_o ancient_a writer_n affirm_v it_o be_v in_o the_o 4._o year_n that_o this_o be_v do_v which_o be_v the_o likely_a to_o be_v true_a they_o take_v away_o as_o dionysius_n say_v six_o hundred_o and_o eighty_o which_o i_o do_v hold_v for_o the_o more_o likely_a than_o that_o which_o other_o talk_n of_o three_o hundred_o from_o whence_o the_o name_n of_o the_o curiae_fw-la or_o the_o ward_n juba_n add_v three_o more_o to_o the_o number_n before_o antias_n valerius_n thalassus_fw-la name_v but_o five_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o seven_o some_o say_v that_o thalassus_fw-la be_v not_o a_o man_n but_o only_o the_o sign_n give_v to_o show_v they_o when_o to_o begin_v their_o rape_n festus_n out_o of_o varro_n say_v it_o be_v so_o take_v about_o spin_v of_o will_v as_o a_o man_n will_v say_v ah_o panier_fw-ge or_o a_o basket_n d_o herein_o indeed_o b_n those_o nation_n of_o whence_o the_o woman_n be_v who_o they_o force_v away_o as_o also_o other_o who_o the_o romulus_n rest_n by_o their_o lamentable_a entreaty_n and_o the_o fear_n of_o their_o own_o danger_n move_v take_v up_o arm_n against_o the_o roman_n the_o sabine_n the_o ceninenses_n the_o crustumerians_n and_o the_o atennate_v all_o combine_a against_o they_o romulus_n see_v so_o dangerous_a a_o war_n likely_a to_o ensue_v upon_o he_o confederate_v with_o the_o etrurians_n who_o power_n at_o that_o time_n be_v very_o great_a &_o caelius_n vibennus_fw-la prince_n caelius_n of_o hetruria_n give_v romulus_n aid_n of_o who_o this_o mount_n caelius_n in_o rome_n take_v the_o name_n his_o grandfather_n also_o send_v he_o succour_n so_o that_o with_o small_a ado_n he_o overthrow_v the_o force_n of_o the_o ceninenses_n the_o crustumerians_n and_o the_o attenuate_v and_o contend_v with_o the_o sabine_n in_o a_o doubtful_a and_o dangerous_a war_n upon_o a_o sudden_a by_o the_o entreaty_n of_o the_o woman_n themselves_o the_o war_n cease_v and_o both_o the_o party_n join_v in_o league_n and_o amity_n together_o e_z the_o circensian_a play_n every_o year_n be_v there_o play_n or_o game_n celebrate_v unto_o neptune_n equéster_n and_o they_o be_v diverse_o call_v the_o circensian_a play_n the_o great_a play_n the_o roman_a play_n and_o among_o the_o ancient_n consualia_n god_n of_o consus_n a_o god_n to_o who_o they_o offer_v sacrifice_n and_o believe_v he_o to_o govern_v all_o counsel_n and_o of_o he_o romulus_n ask_v instruction_n in_o all_o his_o peril_n &_o in_o the_o doubt_n of_o those_o marriage_n his_o altar_n be_v hide_v in_o the_o earth_n because_o as_o plato_n say_v counsel_n ought_v not_o only_o to_o be_v hold_v â—…oly_a but_o secret_a also_o f_z after_o tarquin_n another_o ironical_a taunt_n g_o l._n tarquin_n collatine_n the_o king_n be_v cashier_v out_o of_o rome_n by_o the_o great_a centuriall_n parliament_n which_o servius_n tullus_n consul_n have_v before_o institute_v l_o junius_n brutus_n and_o l._n tarquin_n collatine_n lucraetias_n husband_n be_v elect_v consul_n the_o late_a of_o which_o be_v son_n to_o egerius_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n his_o brother_n as_o livy_n say_v but_o nephew_n to_o he_o say_v dionysius_n brutus_n be_v desirous_a not_o only_o to_o expel_v the_o king_n himself_o but_o all_o his_o name_n with_o he_o disannul_v the_o magistracy_n of_o his_o fellow_n because_o his_o name_n be_v tarquin_n and_o so_o he_o willing_o take_v his_o good_n and_o depart_v the_o city_n go_v to_o collatium_n to_o dwell_v now_o tully_n offic._n lib._n 3._o confess_v that_o this_o be_v no_o very_a honest_a part_n of_o brutus_n but_o because_o it_o be_v most_o profitable_a to_o the_o assurance_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n therefore_o it_o past_a for_o a_o act_n of_o honesty_n it_o have_v be_v observe_v say_v julius_n obsequens_n that_o no_o man_n that_o ever_o abrogate_a his_o fellow_n magistracy_n live_v his_o year_n to_o a_o end_n the_o first_o that_o do_v so_o be_v this_o brutus_n the_o next_o tiberius_n gracchus_n the_o three_o p._n tarqvinius_n h_z marcus_n camillus_n this_o be_v he_o that_o take_v the_o city_n veii_n camillus_n after_o ten_o year_n continual_a siege_n at_o that_o time_n begin_v the_o roman_n first_o to_o lodge_n in_o tent_n &_o under_o beast_n skin_n in_o winter_n because_o they_o hate_v this_o people_n so_o deadly_a that_o they_o will_v not_o depart_v thence_o until_o the_o war_n be_v end_v for_o ever_o since_o the_o reign_n of_o romulus_n for_o three_o hundred_o year_n
censorinus_n the_o roman_n call_v a_o c_o year_n a_o age_n as_o valerius_n antias_n varro_n &_o livy_n lib._n 136._o age._n do_v report_n but_o by_o the_o quindecimvirs_n commentary_n and_o augustus_n his_o edict_n together_o with_o horace_n his_o verse_n it_o include_v a_o space_n of_o ten_o year_n more_o and_o every_o c._n x._o year_n those_o play_n be_v keep_v though_o this_o verse_n of_o horace_n certus_n undenos_fw-la deciès_fw-fr per_fw-la annos_fw-la which_o censorinus_n and_o other_o trust_v to_o i_o can_v see_v but_o may_v be_v read_v certus_n ut_fw-la denos_fw-mi decies_fw-la per_fw-la annos_fw-la and_o so_o diverse_a do_v read_v it_o but_o there_o be_v another_o greek_a verse_n cite_v by_o zosimus_n cut_v of_o the_o sibyl_n book_n he_o say_v wherein_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d without_o point_n or_o accent_n beside_o the_o crier_n call_v the_o people_n inthese_n word_n come_v to_o those_o play_n that_o none_o of_o you_o ever_o see_v nor_o hereafter_o ever_o shall_v see_v hence_o come_v vitellius_n flattery_n to_o claudius_n present_v those_o play_n may_v you_o do_v it_o often_o poplicola_n as_o we_o say_v first_o present_v they_o ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la con_v ccxliiii_o year_n they_o be_v renew_v ab._n ur_fw-la con._n d._n i._n consul_n p._n cl._n pulcher_n and_o l._n juni._n brutus_n the_o xi_o year_n of_o the_o first_o african_n war_n act_v again_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o second_o punic_a war_n consul_n m._n manlius_n m._n censorinus_n four_o before_o their_o time_n l._n aem._n lepidus_n and_o l._n aurel._n orestes_n consul_n the_o five_o augustus_n and_o arippa_n present_v have_v bring_v they_o to_o the_o just_a time_n consul_n furnius_n and_o sillanus_n the_o six_o c_o l._n caesar_n too_o soon_o for_o the_o time_n himself_o and_o l._n vitellius_n the_o three_o consul_n the_o seven_o domitian_n after_o a_o true_a computation_n himself_o and_o l._n minutius_n ruffus_n be_v consul_n the_o eight_o septimius_n severus_n at_o their_o just_a time_n conss_fw-la chilo_n and_o vibo_n the_o nine_o philip_n vostrensis_fw-la ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la con_v a_o m._n year_n aemilianus_n and_o aquilinus_n be_v conss_fw-la cassiodore_n thus_o much_o of_o the_o secular_a play_n from_o varro_n valer._n horat._n l._n florus_n festus_n game_n zosimus_n herodian_a suetonius_n censorinus_n cassiodorus_n porphiry_n aeron_n and_o politian_n now_o to_o the_o rest_n b_o renew_v here_n seem_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o play_n of_o dis_n and_o proserpina_n and_o the_o secular_a play_n but_o indeed_o there_o be_v none_o unless_o augustine_n divide_v the_o infernal_a orgy_n from_o the_o sacrifice_n offer_v at_o the_o same_o time_n to_o other_o god_n and_o true_o the_o infernal_a orgy_n and_o the_o secular_a play_n seem_v to_o differ_v in_o their_o original_n for_o festus_n say_v thus_o the_o tauri_n be_v game_n make_v in_o honour_n of_o the_o infernal_a god_n upon_o this_o occasion_n in_o the_o reign_n of_o tarquin_n the_o proud_a there_o fall_v a_o great_a death_n among_o the_o child-bearing_a woman_n arise_v out_o of_o the_o too_o great_a plenty_n of_o bulls-flesh_n that_o be_v sell_v to_o the_o people_n hereupon_o they_o ordain_v game_n in_o honour_n of_o the_o infernal_n call_v they_o tauri_n thus_o far_o festus_n beside_o the_o secular_a play_n be_v keep_v unto_o apollo_n on_o the_o day_n and_o diana_n on_o the_o night_n but_o the_o tauri_n be_v keep_v to_o the_o infernal_a power_n c_o surely_n brass_n some_o put_v aerei_fw-la airy_a for_o arei_fw-la brazen_a and_o more_o fit_v to_o augustine_n opinion_n for_o the_o platonist_n say_v the_o devil_n be_v airy_a creature_n who_o doctrine_n augustine_n do_v often_o approve_v in_o some_o thing_n as_o we_o will_v show_v hereafter_o in_o blush_v the_o blood_n adorn_v the_o face_n with_o redness_a d_o overflowing_a oros._n l._n 4._o e_o fire_n ib._n liu._n lib._n 19_o ovid._n fast._n 6._o sencca_n declamer_n dispute_v whether_o metellus_n shall_v be_v deprive_v of_o his_o priesthood_n or_o no_o be_v blind_a the_o law_n command_v they_o to_o have_v a_o perfect_a man_n to_o their_o priest_n f_o harbour_n and_o temple_n because_o there_o be_v the_o fire_n worship_v as_o be_v immediate_o declare_v g_o honour_a their_o honour_n be_v universal_a great_a their_o very_a magistrate_n give_v the_o way_n unto_o vâ—…stas_n priest_n h_z metellus_z l._n caecilius_n metellus_n be_v high_a priest_n twice_o consul_n dictator_n master_n of_o the_o horse_n quindecemvir_n in_o the_o share_n of_o the_o land_n and_o he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o lead_v elephant_n in_o triumph_n in_o the_o first_o african_n war_n of_o who_o q._n metellus_n his_o son_n leave_v record_v mettellus_n in_o his_o funeral_n oration_n that_o he_o attain_v the_o ten_o thing_n so_o powerful_a and_o so_o admirable_a that_o the_o wise_a have_v spend_v all_o their_o time_n in_o their_o quest_n that_o be_v to_o be_v a_o singular_a warrior_n a_o excellent_a orator_n a_o dreadless_a commander_n a_o fortunate_a undertaker_n a_o especial_a advancer_n of_o honour_n a_o absolute_a man_n of_o wisdom_n a_o worthy_a commonwealth_n man_n a_o man_n of_o a_o great_a estate_n well_o get_v a_o father_n to_o a_o fair_a progeny_n and_o the_o most_o illustrious_a of_o the_o whole_a city_n plin._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 4._o ay_o three_o city_n ilium_n lavinium_n alba._n k_o the_o fire_n never_o this_o place_n be_v extreme_o deprave_a we_o have_v give_v it_o the_o best_a sense_n befit_v it_o of_o the_o sad_a accident_n that_o befall_v in_o the_o second_o african_a war_n wherein_o the_o power_n on_o both_o side_n be_v whole_o consume_v chap._n 19_o but_o all_o too_o tedious_a be_v it_o to_o relate_v the_o slaughter_n of_o both_o nation_n in_o the_o second_o african_a war_n they_o have_v so_o many_o fight_v both_o far_a and_o near_o that_o by_o a_o their_o own_o confession_n who_o be_v rather_o rome_n commender_n then_o true_a chronicler_n the_o conqueror_n be_v ever_o more_o like_a to_o the_o conquer_a then_o otherwise_o for_o when_o hannibal_n arise_v out_o of_o spain_n and_o break_v over_o the_o pirenean_n hill_n all_o france_n and_o the_o very_a alps_n gather_v huge_a power_n and_o do_v horrible_a mischief_n in_o all_o this_o long_a tract_n rush_v like_o a_o inondation_n into_o the_o face_n of_o italy_n o_o what_o bloody_a field_n be_v there_o pitch_v what_o battle_n strike_v how_o often_o do_v the_o roman_n abandon_v the_o field_n how_o man_n city_n fall_v to_o the_o foe_n how_o many_o be_v take_v how_o many_o be_v raze_v what_o victory_n do_v that_o hannibal_n win_v and_o what_o glory_n do_v he_o build_v himself_o upon_o the_o ruin_a roman_n in_o vain_a shall_v i_o speak_v of_o b_o cannae_n horrible_a overthrow_v where_o hanniball_n own_o excessive_a thirst_n of_o blood_n be_v so_o full_o glut_v upon_o his_o foe_n that_o he_o c_o himself_o bid_v hold_v ah_o whence_o he_o send_v three_o bushel_n of_o ring_n unto_o carthage_n to_o show_v how_o huge_a a_o company_n have_v fall_v at_o that_o fight_n that_o they_o be_v easy_a to_o be_v measure_v they_o number_v and_o hence_o may_v they_o conjecture_v what_o a_o massacre_n there_o be_v of_o the_o mean_a sort_n that_o have_v no_o ring_n to_o wear_v and_o that_o the_o poor_a they_o be_v the_o more_o of_o they_o perish_v final_o such_o a_o defect_n of_o soldier_n follow_v this_o overthrow_n that_o the_o roman_n be_v fain_a to_o get_v e_o malefactor_n to_o go_v to_o war_n for_o quittance_n of_o their_o guilt_n f_z to_o set_v all_o their_o slave_n free_a and_o out_o of_o this_o graceless_a crew_n not_o to_o supply_v their_o defective_a regiment_n but_o even_o to_o g_o make_v up_o a_o whole_a army_n nay_o these_o slave_n o_o h_o let_v we_o not_o wrong_v they_o they_o be_v free_a man_n now_o want_v even_o weapon_n to_o fight_v for_o rome_n withal_o that_o they_o be_v fain_o to_o fetch_v they_o out_o of_o the_o temple_n as_o if_o they_o shall_v say_v to_o their_o god_n come_v pray_v let_v these_o weapon_n go_v you_o have_v keep_v they_o long_o enough_o to_o no_o end_n we_o will_v see_v whether_o our_o bondslave_n can_v do_v more_o good_a for_o we_o with_o they_o than_o your_o god_n can_v yet_o do_v and_o then_o the_o treasury_n fail_v the_o private_a estate_n of_o each_o man_n become_v public_a so_o that_o each_o one_o give_v what_o he_o be_v able_a their_o ring_n nay_o their_o very_a boss_n the_o wretched_a mark_n of_o their_o dignity_n be_v all_o bestow_v the_o senate_n themselves_o much_o more_o the_o other_o company_n &_o i_o tribe_n leave_v not_o themselves_o any_o money_n in_o the_o world_n who_o can_v have_v endure_v the_o rage_n of_o those_o man_n if_o they_o have_v be_v drive_v to_o this_o poverty_n in_o these_o our_o time_n see_v we_o can_v very_o hardly_o endure_v they_o as_o yâ—_z world_n go_v now_o although_o they_o have_v store_n now_o to_o
upon_o his_o neighbour_n through_o the_o greedy_a desire_n he_o have_v to_o increase_v his_o kingdom_n chap._n 6._o ivstine_n that_o write_v the_o a_o greek_n or_o rather_o universal_a history_n after_o torgus_fw-la pompeyu_v not_o only_o in_o latin_a for_o so_o do_v he_o but_o in_o a_o more_o succinct_a manner_n begin_v his_o book_n thus_o b_o the_o sway_n and_o rule_v of_o nation_n at_o the_o first_o be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o king_n who_o get_v their_o height_n of_o majesty_n not_o by_o popular_a ambition_n kingdom_n but_o by_o their_o own_o moderate_a carriage_n approve_v by_o good_a man_n the_o people_n have_v no_o law_n but_o c_o the_o king_n will_n their_o care_n and_o custom_n be_v the_o keep_n not_o the_o augment_v of_o their_o dominion_n limmitte_v every_o man_n kingdom_n be_v bound_v within_o his_o own_o country_n d_o ninus_n of_o assyria_n be_v the_o first_o thâ—…t_n follow_v the_o lust_n of_o sovereignty_n in_o break_v the_o old_a hereditary_a law_n of_o nation_n e_z he_o first_o war_v on_o the_o adjoin_v country_n subdue_a the_o people_n as_o yet_o unacquainted_a with_o art_n military_a as_o far_o as_o lybia_n and_o a_o little_a after_o ninus_n confirm_v his_o conquest_n by_o continue_v possession_n of_o it_o and_o have_v subdue_v the_o neighbour_a nation_n from_o they_o he_o 〈◊〉_d strong_a power_n and_o set_v far_o foot_n into_o the_o world_n until_o by_o make_v one_o victory_n the_o continual_a mean_n of_o another_o he_o have_v make_v a_o entire_a conquest_n of_o all_o the_o east_n f_z how_o true_o soev_a he_o or_o trogus_n write_v this_o for_o i_o have_v find_v they_o both_o elsewhere_o erroneous_a by_o true_a proof_n yet_o it_o be_v certain_a by_o the_o record_n of_o other_o writer_n that_o ninus_n enlarge_v the_o assyrian_n monarchy_n exceed_o and_o that_o it_o continue_v long_o than_o the_o g_o roman_n have_v do_v as_o yet_o for_o as_o the_o chronicler_n do_v deliver_v up_o account_n it_o be_v mccxl_o year_n from_o ninus_n his_o reign_n to_o the_o translation_n of_o this_o monarchy_n to_o the_o median_n now_o to_o war_n upon_o one_o neighbour_n and_o to_o proceed_v to_o the_o hurt_n of_o such_o as_o hurt_v not_o you_o for_o greedy_a desire_n of_o rule_n and_o sovereignty_n what_o be_v this_o but_o flat_a the_o every_o in_o a_o great_a excess_n and_o quantity_n then_o ordinary_a l._n vives_n the_o a_o greek_n troâ—…s_n pompeyu_v write_v a_o universal_a history_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o nation_n unto_o his_o own_o time_n this_o great_a work_n do_v justine_n contract_n into_o a_o epitome_n call_v it_o so_o as_o florus_n do_v livy_n work_n though_o more_o at_o large_a i_o will_v florus_n have_v not_o be_v florus_n so_o brief_a justine_n be_v now_o read_v for_o trogus_n i_o have_v hear_v some_o say_v they_o have_v see_v trogus_n whole_a in_o italy_n it_o may_v be_v so_o in_o a_o dream_n b_o the_o sway_n every_o family_n at_o first_o have_v a_o king_n either_o king_n the_o elder_a wise_a or_o most_o just_a of_o the_o household_n afterward_o one_o king_n begin_v to_o rule_v many_o family_n and_o sometime_o many_o king_n over_o one_o who_o the_o people_n be_v compel_v to_o receive_v as_o guide_n and_o governor_n or_o watchman_n over_o the_o weal-public_n nor_o do_v this_o election_n follow_v chance_n nobility_n nor_o ambition_n every_o man_n own_o private_a good_a and_o the_o common_a good_a withal_o which_o each_o man_n due_o respect_v make_v he_o choose_v the_o best_a and_o fit_a man_n c_o the_o king_n will_n for_o if_o he_o be_v good_a his_o will_n be_v better_a than_o a_o law_n arist._n de_fw-fr rep._n d_o ninus_n son_n to_o ninus_n belus_n of_o he_o elsewhere_o e_z he_o first_o there_o be_v war_n before_o he_o the_o egyptian_n and_o the_o african_n war_v with_o staff_n harden_v with_o fire_n which_o they_o call_v phalanges_fw-la pliny_n say_v war_n that_o the_o phaenician_o be_v the_o first_o fighter_n lib._n 5._o vexores_fw-la the_o egyptian_a king_n and_o tanais_n the_o scythian_a say_v justine_n do_v first_o invade_v the_o adjoin_v nation_n for_o desire_v of_o glory_n and_o ninus_n first_o for_o desire_v of_o sovereignty_n f_z how_o true_o the_o greek_n either_o through_o desire_n to_o flourish_v in_o lyâ—…s_n their_o style_n or_o for_o their_o country_n admiration_n or_o for_o delight_v their_o reader_n or_o by_o some_o natural_a gift_n have_v not_o fail_v to_o lie_v wonderful_o in_o all_o their_o history_n and_o the_o latin_n that_o meddle_v with_o their_o affair_n be_v force_v to_o follow_v they_o fall_v into_o the_o same_o defect_n as_o trogus_n and_o curtius_n ruffus_n do_v g_o roman_n have_v of_o the_o continuance_n of_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n monarchy_n there_o be_v no_o certainty_n it_o last_v mccxl_o year_n say_v eusebius_n mccclx_o say_v diodorus_n siculus_n thirty_o less_o say_v ctesias_n who_o computation_n justine_n follow_v in_o the_o asian_a affair_n nor_o be_v the_o number_n of_o the_o king_n know_v they_o be_v thirty_o say_v diodorus_n thirty_o six_o say_v eusebius_n thirty_o three_o velleius_n successive_o the_o son_n to_o the_o father_n from_o ninus_n to_o sardanapalus_n work_n augustine_n write_v this_o work_n in_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o honorius_n and_o theodosius_n the_o young_a about_o mclxx._n year_n after_o rome_n be_v build_v whether_o the_o pagan_a god_n have_v any_o power_n either_o to_o further_o or_o hinder_v the_o progress_n increase_n or_o defect_n of_o earthly_a kingdom_n chap._n 7._o if_o this_o kingdom_n continue_v so_o long_o and_o so_o spacious_a without_o the_o assistance_n of_o any_o of_o those_o god_n why_o be_v they_o repute_v as_o the_o enlarger_n and_o preserver_n of_o rome_n monarchy_n there_o be_v the_o like_a reason_n for_o both_o but_o if_o assyria_n be_v bind_v to_o thank_v the_o god_n i_o demand_v which_o god_n for_o the_o nation_n that_o ninus_n conquer_v have_v none_o and_o if_o the_o assyrian_n have_v any_o peculiar_a one_o that_o be_v better_a state-wrights_a what_o be_v they_o dead_a then_o when_o the_o monarchy_n be_v translate_v to_o the_o mede_n or_o be_v they_o unpaid_a or_o have_v the_o a_o median_n promise_v they_o better_a wage_n that_o they_o will_v needs_o thither_o &_o b_o from_o they_o again_o into_o persia_n at_o the_o invitation_n of_o cyrus_n as_o promise_v they_o somewhat_o that_o better_a like_v they_o the_o c_o persian_n ever_o since_o a_o little_a after_o the_o short_a though_o spacious_a monarchy_n of_o alexander_n the_o great_a confirm_v their_o estate_n in_o that_o large_a country_n of_o the_o east_n and_o be_v a_o kingdom_n at_o this_o day_n if_o this_o be_v so_o then_o either_o the_o god_n have_v no_o faith_n in_o that_o they_o keep_v this_o flit_a from_o the_o friend_n to_o the_o foe_n which_o camillus_n will_v not_o do_v though_o rome_n be_v most_o unthankful_a to_o he_o for_o his_o most_o avayleable_a conquest_n of_o the_o veii_n but_o bury_v the_o wrong_n free_v it_o the_o second_o time_n from_o the_o gall_n or_o else_o they_o be_v not_o so_o valiant_a as_o god_n shall_v be_v but_o may_v be_v conquer_v and_o chase_v away_o by_o human_a strength_n and_o cunning_a or_o when_o they_o do_v fight_v it_o be_v the_o god_n on_o the_o one_o side_n that_o beat_v the_o god_n on_o the_o tother_o and_o not_o the_o man_n oh_o then_o belike_o they_o be_v foe_n among_o themselves_o aswell_o as_o human_a creature_n good_a the_o city_n shall_v never_o give_v they_o any_o more_o worship_n than_o it_o hold_v to_o be_v due_a to_o any_o other_o people_n or_o nation_n whatsoever_o that_o help_v they_o but_o howsoever_o this_o flight_n or_o this_o remoovall_a or_o this_o kill_n of_o these_o god_n fall_v out_o the_o name_n of_o christ_n be_v not_o yet_o know_v in_o those_o time_n and_o place_n when_o and_o wherein_o these_o change_n of_o state_n do_v thus_o follow_v the_o effect_n of_o war_n for_o if_o that_o d_o after_o those_o mcc_n year_n and_o the_o overplus_a when_o the_o aslyrian_a monarchy_n be_v remove_v christian_n religion_n have_v come_v in_o and_o preach_v of_o another_o a_o eternal_a monarchy_n and_o condemn_v all_o their_o god_n for_o false_a and_o feign_a and_o their_o sacrifice_n for_o sacrilegious_a foolery_n what_o will_v the_o vain_a man_n of_o that_o nation_n have_v reply_v but_o that_o the_o kingdom_n be_v overthrow_v because_o they_o have_v leave_v their_o old_a religion_n and_o receive_v this_o of_o we_o in_o which_o foolish_a answer_n let_v these_o our_o late_a antagonist_n behold_v themselves_o as_o in_o a_o glass_n and_o blush_v if_o they_o be_v not_o past_a grace_n to_o follow_v so_o fond_a a_o precedent_n e_z though_o indeed_o the_o roman_a empire_n be_v rather_o afflict_v then_o alter_v or_o translate_v as_o it_o be_v often_o before_o christ_n come_n and_o as_o it_o recover_v from_o those_o affliction_n before_o so_o may_v
sarpedon_n from_o death_n the_o fate_n constrain_a he_o to_o die_v and_o neptune_n grieve_v that_o he_o coulâ—…_n not_o hinder_v ulysses_n his_o return_n home_o and_o revenge_v the_o blindness_n of_o his_o son_n cyclops_n fate_n have_v decree_v the_o contrary_a and_o jupiter_n in_o ovid_n say_v tu_fw-la sola_fw-la insuperabile_fw-la satum_fw-la nate_fw-fr movere_fw-la putas_fw-la daughter'tis_fw-la only_o thou_o can_v move_v relentless_a fate_n say_v he_o and_o a_o little_a after_o quae_fw-la â—…que_fw-la conâ—…ursum_fw-la caeli_fw-la nec_fw-la fulminiâ—…_n iram_fw-la nec_fw-la â—…tuunt_fw-la ullas_fw-la tuta_fw-la atque_fw-la aeterna_fw-la ruinas_fw-la which_o fear_n nor_o thunder_n god_n nor_o power_n infernal_a but_o stand_v vnaw_v unmooved_a and_o eternal_a there_o be_v some_o that_o hold_v nothing_o casual_a but_o all_o fix_a certain_a and_o immutable_a democritus_n empedocles_n and_o heraclitus_n be_v all_o of_o this_o opinion_n which_o many_o other_o maintain_v after_o they_o as_o other_o do_v the_o position_n of_o epicurus_n lucan_n phar_n lib._n 2._o declare_v both_o the_o opinion_n in_o these_o word_n sive_fw-la parens_fw-la rerum_fw-la primùm_fw-la informia_fw-la regna_fw-la materiamque_fw-la rudem_fw-la flammâ_fw-la cedente_fw-la recepit_fw-la fiâ—…xit_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la causas_fw-la quà _fw-la cuncta_fw-la coâ—…_n cet_fw-fr se_fw-la quoque_fw-la lege_fw-la tenens_fw-la &_o secula_fw-la iussa_fw-la â—…rentem_fw-la fatorum_fw-la immoto_fw-la divisit_fw-la limit_fw-la mundum_fw-la sive_fw-la nihil_fw-la positum_fw-la est_fw-la sed_fw-la sor_n incerta_fw-la vagatur_fw-la fértque_fw-la refertque_fw-la vice_n &_o habent_fw-la mortalia_fw-la casum_fw-la etc._n etc._n or_o nature_n god_n when_o first_o he_o bind_v the_o fire_n and_o wrought_v this_o maâ—…e_n into_o one_o form_n entire_a forge_v eternal_a cause_n all_o effect_n himâ—…elfe_n and_o all_o the_o world_n estate_n subiect_v to_o destiny_n inchangeable_a direct_n oâ—…_n be_v our_o state_n in_o fortune_n governance_n to_o rise_v or_o fall_v and_o all_o by_o only_a chance_n fortune_n be_v often_o use_v for_o destiny_n and_o the_o event_n of_o thing_n which_o when_o they_o fall_v out_o as_o we_o desire_v that_o we_o call_v felicity_n if_o contrary_a infelicity_n thus_o much_o here_o more_o elsewhere_o b_o the_o will_n of_o god_n of_o this_o by_o and_o by_o c_o a_o power_n of_o the_o starrr_n wherein_o the_o stoic_n plato_n and_o almost_o all_o the_o other_o philosopher_n do_v place_n fate_n follow_v the_o chaldee_n and_o egyptian_n to_o who_o all_o the_o mathematician_n also_o do_v give_v their_o voice_n d_o some_o do_v separate_a some_o say_v the_o operation_n of_o the_o star_n be_v a_o distinct_a power_n from_o the_o will_n of_o god_n and_o in_o attribute_v this_o universal_a power_n to_o they_o exclude_v god_n providence_n from_o human_a affair_n beside_o there_o be_v that_o affirm_v that_o although_o god_n do_v look_v to_o the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n yet_o the_o star_n have_v their_o peculiar_a dominion_n in_o we_o nevertheless_o so_o hold_v manilius_n and_o firmicus_n and_o the_o poet_n most_o dominion_n common_o other_o subject_n they_o all_o unto_o the_o will_n of_o god_n omnipotent_a as_o plato_n and_o the_o stoike_fw-gr do_v affirm_v all_o their_o operation_n to_o be_v but_o the_o prescript_n law_n of_o he_o e_z but_o if_o the_o star_n origen_n upon_o that_o place_n of_o genesis_n let_v they_o be_v for_o sign_n chapt._n 1_o vers_fw-la 14._o say_v that_o the_o star_n do_v signify_v but_o effect_n nothing_o they_o be_v say_v he_o as_o a_o book_n open_v wherein_o may_v be_v read_v all_o thing_n to_o come_v which_o may_v be_v prove_v by_o this_o that_o they_o have_v often_o signify_v thing_n past_a but_o this_o book_n can_v be_v read_v by_o any_o wit_n of_o man_n plotine_n be_v of_o origen_n opinion_n also_o deny_v the_o plotine_n star_n any_o act_n in_o those_o thing_n but_o only_a signification_n seneca_n speak_v of_o the_o star_n say_v they_o either_o cause_n or_o signify_v the_o effect_n of_o all_o thing_n but_o if_o they_o do_v cause_n they_o what_o avail_v seneca_n it_o we_o to_o know_v that_o we_o can_v alter_v and_o if_o they_o but_o signify_v they_o what_o good_a do_v it_o thou_o to_o foresee_v that_o thou_o can_v not_o avoid_v f_z mars_n in_o such_o mars_n be_v a_o star_n bloody_a fiery_a and_o violent_a be_v in_o the_o seven_o house_n say_v firmicus_n lib._n 3._o in_o a_o partise_n aspect_n with_o the_o horoscope_n staâ—…_n that_o be_v in_o the_o west_n he_o portend_v huge_a mischief_n stain_v the_o nativity_n with_o murder_n and_o many_o other_o villainy_n g_o to_o grant_v they_o he_n allude_v unto_o tully_n chrysippus_n de_fw-la fato_fw-la that_o will_v teach_v the_o mathematician_n how_o to_o speak_v in_o their_o art_n of_o the_o mutual_a sympathy_n and_o dissimilitude_n of_o health_n of_o body_n and_o many_o other_o accident_n in_o twin_n of_o one_o birth_n chap._n 2._o cicero_n a_o say_v that_o hypocrates_n that_o excellent_a physician_n write_v that_o two_o child_n that_o be_v brethren_n fall_v sick_a and_o the_o sickness_n wax_a and_o wane_v in_o both_o alike_o be_v here-upon_a suspect_v to_o be_v twin_n b_o and_o posidonius_n a_o stoic_a and_o one_o much_o affect_v to_o astrology_n labour_v to_o prove_v they_o to_o have_v be_v bear_v both_o under_o one_o constellation_n and_o c_o conceive_v both_o under_o one_o so_o that_o which_o the_o physician_n ascribe_v to_o the_o similitude_n of_o their_o temperature_n of_o body_n the_o astrologian_n attribute_n to_o the_o power_n and_o position_n of_o the_o star_n in_o their_o nativity_n but_o true_o in_o this_o question_n the_o physician_n conjecture_n stand_v upon_o more_o probability_n because_o their_o parent_n temperature_n may_v be_v easy_o transfuse_v into_o they_o both_o alike_o at_o their_o conception_n and_o their_o first_o growth_n may_v participate_v equal_o of_o their_o mother_n disposition_n of_o body_n &_o then_o be_v nourish_v both_o in_o one_o house_n with_o one_o nourishment_n in_o one_o air_n country_n and_o other_o thing_n correspondent_a this_o now_o may_v have_v much_o power_n in_o the_o proportionate_v of_o both_o their_o nature_n alike_o as_o physic_n will_v testify_v beside_o use_v of_o one_o exercise_n equal_o in_o both_o may_v form_v their_o body_n into_o a_o similitude_n which_o may_v very_o well_o admit_v all_o alteration_n of_o health_n alike_o and_o equal_o in_o both_o but_o to_o draw_v the_o figure_n of_o heaven_n and_o the_o star_n unto_o this_o purity_n of_o passion_n it_o be_v likely_a that_o a_o great_a company_n of_o the_o great_a diversity_n of_o affect_n that_o can_v be_v may_v have_v original_a in_o diverse_a part_n of_o the_o world_n at_o one_o and_o the_o same_o time_n be_v a_o presumption_n unpardonable_a for_o d_o we_o have_v know_v two_o twin_n that_o have_v have_v both_o diverse_a fortune_n and_o different_a sickness_n both_o in_o time_n and_o nature_n whereof_o i_o think_v hipocrates_n give_v a_o very_a good_a reason_n from_o the_o e_z diversity_n of_o nourishment_n and_o exercise_n which_o may_v be_v cause_n of_o different_a health_n in_o they_o yet_o that_o diversity_n be_v effect_v by_o their_o will_n and_o election_n at_o first_o and_o not_o by_o their_o temperature_n of_o body_n but_o neither_o posidonius_n nor_o any_o patron_n of_o this_o fate_n in_o the_o star_n can_v tell_v what_o to_o say_v in_o this_o case_n and_o do_v not_o illude_v the_o single_a and_o ignorant_a with_o a_o discourse_n of_o that_o they_o know_v not_o for_o that_o they_o talk_v of_o the_o space_n of_o time_n between_o that_o point_n which_o they_o call_v the_o f_o horoscope_n in_o both_o the_o twin_n nativity_n it_o be_v either_o not_o so_o significant_a as_o the_o diversity_n of_o will_n act_n manner_n and_o fortune_n of_o the_o twin_n bear_v do_v require_v or_o else_o it_o be_v more_o significant_a than_o their_o difference_n of_o honour_n state_n nobility_n or_o meanness_n will_v permit_v both_o which_o diversity_n they_o place_v only_o in_o the_o figure_n of_o the_o nativity_n but_o if_o they_o shall_v be_v both_o bear_v ere_o the_o horoscope_n be_v full_o vary_v then_o will_v i_o require_v a_o unity_n in_o each_o particular_a of_o their_o fortune_n which_o g_o can_v be_v find_v in_o any_o two_o twin_n that_o ever_o yet_o be_v bear_v but_o if_o the_o horoscope_n be_v change_v ere_o both_o be_v bear_v then_o for_o this_o diversity_n i_o will_v require_v a_o h_z difference_n of_o parent_n which_o twin_n can_v possible_o have_v l._n vives_n cicero_n a_o say_v i_o can_v remember_v where_o i_o believe_v in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr fato_fw-la which_o be_v wonderful_o mutilate_v and_o defective_a as_o we_o have_v it_o now_o and_o so_o shall_v any_o one_o find_v that_o will_v observe_v it_o b_o who_o posidonius_n a_o rhodian_a and_o a_o teacher_n of_o rhodes_n he_o be_v also_o at_o rome_n possidonius_fw-la a_o follower_n of_o panaetius_n cicero_n c_o conceive_v both_o for_o the_o conception_n be_v of_o as_o
k_o opinion_n of_o the_o state_n of_o the_o city_n as_o it_o be_v then_o &_o as_o it_o have_v be_v before_o think_v not_o say_v he_o that_o our_o ancestry_n bring_v the_o city_n unto_o this_o height_n by_o arm_n if_o it_o be_v so_o we_o â—…ld_v make_v it_o far_o more_o admirable_a than_o ever_o but_o they_o have_v other_o mean_n which_o we_o want_v industry_n at_o home_n equity_n abroad_o freedom_n in_o consultation_n and_o purity_n of_o mind_n in_o all_o â—…en_n free_a from_o lust_n and_o error_n for_o these_o have_v we_o get_v riot_n and_o avarice_n public_a beggary_n and_o private_a wealth_n riches_n we_o praise_v and_o sloth_n we_o follow_v good_a &_o bad_a be_v now_o undisiâ—…guished_v ambition_n devour_v all_o the_o guerdon_n due_a to_o virtue_n nor_o wonder_v at_o it_o when_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d patch_v up_o a_o private_a estate_n when_o you_o serve_v your_o lust_n at_o home_n and_o your_o profit_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ffect_v here_o this_o be_v that_o that_o lay_v the_o state_n open_a to_o all_o incursion_n of_o other_o l_o he_o that_o â—…deth_v these_o word_n of_o cato_n in_o sallust_n may_v think_v that_o the_o old_a roman_n be_v all_o such_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ose_n who_o we_o have_v show_v to_o be_v so_o praiseworthy_a before_o it_o be_v not_o so_o for_o oâ—…wise_o his_o word_n which_o we_o relate_v in_o our_o second_o book_n shall_v be_v false_a where_o he_o say_v that_o the_o city_n grow_v trouble_v with_o the_o oppress_a power_n of_o the_o great_a one_o &_o 〈◊〉_d â—…he_a people_n grow_v to_o a_o division_n from_o their_o father_n upon_o this_o cause_n that_o there_o weâ—…_n diâ—…ers_v other_o dangerous_a dissension_n and_o that_o they_o agree_v in_o honesty_n &_o concoâ—…_n long_o than_o they_o stand_v in_o fear_n of_o tarquin_n &_o of_o the_o great_a war_n of_o hetruria_n which_o be_v end_v the_o senator_n begin_v to_o make_v slave_n of_o the_o people_n to_o â—…udg_v 18._o of_o their_o life_n as_o imperious_o as_o the_o king_n have_v do_v to_o chase_v man_n from_o their_o possession_n &_o only_o their_o faction_n bear_v the_o sway_n of_o all_o unto_o which_o discord_n the_o one_o desyre_v to_o rule_v &_o the_o other_o refuse_v to_o obey_v the_o second_o african_a war_n give_v end_n because_o a_o fear_n begin_v then_o to_o return_v upon_o they_o and_o call_v their_o turbulent_a spirit_n â—…om_o those_o alteration_n to_o look_v to_o the_o main_a and_o establish_v a_o concord_n but_o all_o the_o great_a affair_n be_v manage_v by_o a_o few_o that_o be_v as_o honest_a as_o the_o time_n afford_v and_o so_o by_o tolerate_v those_o evil_n the_o state_n grow_v well_o up_o through_o the_o providence_n of_o a_o few_o good_a governor_n for_o as_o this_o writer_n say_v that_o have_v hear_v &_o read_v of_o many_o memorable_a military_a deed_n of_o the_o roman_n by_o sea_n &_o land_n he_o have_v a_o great_a desire_n to_o know_v what_o it_o be_v that_o support_v those_o great_a busyness_n wherein_o the_o roman_n very_o often_o with_o a_o handful_n of_o man_n to_o count_v of_o have_v hold_v out_o war_n with_o most_o powreful_a rich_a &_o victorious_a king_n &_o have_v look_v well_o into_o it_o he_o find_v that_o the_o egregious_a virtue_n of_o a_o very_a few_o citizen_n have_v be_v cause_n of_o this_o happy_a success_n of_o all_o the_o rest_n surmount_v wealth_n by_o poverty_n &_o multitude_n by_o scarcity_n but_o after_o that_o corruption_n have_v eat_v through_o the_o city_n say_v he_o than_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n support_v the_o viciousnesse_n of_o her_o magistrate_n so_o the_o virtue_n of_o a_o few_o aim_v at_o glory_n honour_n &_o sovereignty_n by_o a_o true_a line_n that_o same_o virtue_n be_v that_o which_o cato_n so_o prefer_v this_o be_v the_o industry_n at_o home_n that_o he_o so_o commend_v which_o make_v their_o public_a treasury_n rich_a though_o the_o private_a be_v but_o mean_v m_o and_o the_o corruption_n of_o manner_n he_o bring_v in_o as_o the_o just_a contrary_n produce_v public_a beggary_n through_o private_a wealth_n wherefore_o whereas_o the_o monarchy_n of_o the_o east_n have_v be_v along_o time_n glorious_a god_n resolve_v to_o erect_v one_o now_o in_o the_o west_n also_o which_o although_o it_o be_v after_o they_o in_o time_n yet_o shall_v be_v before_o they_o in_o greatness_n and_o dignity_n and_o this_o he_o leave_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o such_o man_n as_o sway_v it_o especial_o to_o punish_v the_o vicious_a state_n of_o other_o nation_n and_o those_o man_n be_v such_o as_o for_o honour_n &_o domination_n saâ—…e_o will_v have_v a_o absolute_a care_n of_o their_o country_n whence_o they_o receive_v this_o honour_n and_o will_v not_o stick_v to_o lay_v down_o their_o own_o life_n for_o their_o fellow_n suppress_v covetousness_n &_o all_o other_o vice_n only_o with_o the_o desire_n of_o honour_n l._n vives_n call_v a_o consul_n that_o consul_n come_v of_o consulo_fw-la this_o all_o do_v acknowledge_v but_o consulo_fw-la signify_v many_o thing_n and_o here_o arise_v the_o doubt_n in_o what_o sense_n consul_n be_v derive_v from_o it_o consul_n quintil._n lib._n 1._o whether_o consul_n come_v of_o provide_v for_o or_o of_o judge_v for_o the_o old_a writer_n use_v consulo_fw-la to_o judge_n and_o it_o be_v yet_o a_o phrase_n boni_fw-la consulas_fw-la judge_v well_o livy_n and_o quintil._n say_v that_o the_o consul_n be_v once_o call_v judge_n but_o i_o rather_o hold_v with_o varro_n that_o the_o consul_n be_v a_o name_n of_o ministry_n imply_v that_o he_o have_v no_o power_n nor_o authority_n in_o the_o state_n but_o only_o to_o be_v the_o warner_n of_o the_o senate_n and_o to_o ask_v the_o people_n counsel_n what_o they_o will_v have_v do_v for_o the_o senate_n of_o old_a never_o do_v any_o thing_n but_o the_o conful_n first_o ask_v the_o people_n mind_n and_o bring_v they_o word_n how_o it_o pass_v whence_o this_o ordinary_a phrase_n arise_v he_o entreat_v the_o consul_n to_o bring_v word_n back_o how_o this_o or_o this_o pass_v caesar_n letter_n be_v bring_v by_o fabius_n to_o the_o consul_n the_o tribâ—…s_n can_v very_o hardly_o with_o much_o contention_n obtain_v that_o they_o shall_v be_v read_v in_o the_o senate_n but_o thâ—…_n their_o content_n shall_v be_v relate_v to_o the_o senate_n they_o can_v not_o be_v persuade_v caes._n 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr bello_fw-la pompey_n lib._n 1._o whereby_o it_o appear_v that_o the_o senate_n give_v not_o their_o verdict_n upon_o any_o thing_n but_o what_o be_v relate_v to_o they_o by_o the_o consul_n which_o custom_n be_v due_o observe_v in_o old_a time_n but_o afterward_o some_o of_o the_o magistrate_n get_v pour_v to_o enforce_v the_o senate_n voice_n to_o any_o thing_n what_o they_o list_v prefer_v uarro_n word_n be_v these_o de_fw-la ling._n lat_fw-la lib._n 4._o he_o be_v call_v yâ—_z consâ—…l_o for_o 〈◊〉_d with_o the_o people_n and_o senate_n unless_o it_o be_v as_o actius_n say_v in_o brutus_n he_o that_o judge_v right_n qâ—…i_fw-la recte_fw-la consulat_fw-la let_v he_o be_v consul_n b_o saluste_fw-la in_o bello_fw-la catiline_n c_o gowned_a right_o goâ—…d_v â—…ith_o serâ—…_n for_o all_o age_n and_o sex_n there_o ware_a gâ—…nes_n d_o assaracus_n grandsire_n to_o anchises_n father_n to_o 〈◊〉_d of_o who_o come_v aeneas_n of_o he_o julus_n of_o he_o the_o alban_n king_n and_o of_o 〈◊〉_d they_o roâ—…lus_n e_z 〈◊〉_d this_n be_v touch_v the_o revenge_n of_o troy_n that_o their_o country_n that_o burâ—…ed_v troy_n shall_v be_v subdue_v by_o a_o progeny_n of_o trojan_n so_o say_v the_o aenead_n 〈◊〉_d ille_fw-la argos_n agamemnoniasque_fw-la mycenae_n 〈◊〉_d aâ—…cidem_fw-la genus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d acâ—…li_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d troiâ—…_n &_o templa_fw-la 〈◊〉_d minerva_fw-la the_o tower_n of_o argos_n he_o shall_v undermine_v and_o wrack_n pelides_n that_o great_a son_n of_o thou_o revenge_a â—…roy_n and_o pallas_n wrong_v shrine_n phthia_n be_v achilles_n his_o native_a soil_n a_o town_n in_o phtheias_n a_o part_n of_o macedoniae_n he_o be_v larissa_n broâ—…ght_v up_o tho_o at_o larissa_n and_o therefore_o call_v larissaeus_n though_o phithia_n and_o larissa_n be_v both_o in_o achaia_n as_o else_o where_o i_o will_v make_v plain_a as_o also_o that_o the_o argive_a tower_n be_v call_v larissa_n phthia_n in_o macedonea_n be_v subdue_v by_o l._n aemilius_n after_o he_o have_v overthrow_v persâ—…_n micaenae_fw-la â—…nae_fw-la be_v in_o argolis_n as_o mela_n testify_v and_o from_o thence_o the_o kingdom_n be_v transfer_v to_o â—…gos_n l._n mummius_n conquer_v it_o together_o with_o all_o achaia_n argos_n be_v near_o mycenae_n say_v argos_n mâ—…_n the_o kingdom_n be_v the_o argive_n from_o inachus_n to_o pelops_n dxliiii_o year_n euseb._n juâ—…_n higiâ—…us_n say_v that_o virgil_n err_v in_o these_o verse_n for_o he_o that_o conquer_v argos_n do_v not_o 〈◊〉_d â—…hrow_v pyrrhus_n so_o that_o he_o will_v have_v the_o middle_a verse_n take_v out_o but_o servius_n say_v 〈◊〉_d
〈◊〉_d o_o â—…en_o say_v they_o it_o be_v a_o hard_a controversy_n and_o so_o leave_v it_o never_o look_v nor_o if_o they_o woâ—…ld_v can_v they_o discern_v who_o cause_n be_v better_a defend_v because_o they_o do_v not_o understand_v it_o 〈◊〉_d even_o as_o augustine_n say_v here_o uanity_n have_v more_o word_n than_o verity_n those_o fool_n ofteâ—…â—…on_n that_o side_n that_o keep_v the_o most_o coil_n c_o o_o wretched_a tusc._n l._n 5._o speak_v of_o cinâ—…_n be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…appy_a that_o slay_v those_o man_n no_o i_o rather_o think_v he_o wretched_a not_o only_o for_o do_v it_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ied_v himself_o so_o to_o get_v the_o licence_n to_o do_v it_o though_o to_o offend_v be_v unlawful_a and_o liâ—…â—…o_o man_n we_o abuse_v the_o world_n for_o that_o be_v lawful_a which_o each_o man_n good_a have_v leave_v 〈◊〉_d â—…o_o perform_v or_o follow_v finis_fw-la lib._n 5._o the_o content_n of_o the_o six_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o of_o those_o that_o affirm_v they_o do_v worship_v these_o god_n for_o eternal_a life_n and_o not_o for_o temporal_a respect_n 2._o what_o may_v be_v think_v of_o varroes_n opinion_n of_o the_o god_n who_o deal_v so_o with_o they_o in_o his_o discovery_n of_o they_o and_o their_o ceremony_n that_o with_o more_o reverence_n unto_o they_o he_o may_v have_v hold_v his_o peace_n 3._o the_o division_n of_o varroes_n book_n which_o 〈◊〉_d style_v the_o antiquity_n of_o divine_a &_o human_a affair_n 4._o that_o by_o varroes_n disputation_n the_o affair_n of_o those_o man_n that_o worship_v the_o god_n be_v of_o far_o more_o antiquity_n than_o those_o of_o the_o god_n themselves_o 5._o of_o varroes_n three_o kind_n of_o divinity_n fabulous_a natural_a and_o politic_a 6._o of_o the_o fabulous_a and_o politic_a divinity_n against_o varro_n 7._o the_o coherence_n and_o similitude_n between_o the_o fabulous_a divinity_n and_o the_o civil_a 8._o of_o the_o natural_a interpretation_n which_o the_o paynim_n doctor_n pretend_v for_o their_o go_n 9_o of_o the_o office_n of_o each_o peculiar_a god_n 10._o of_o senecaes_n free_a reprehension_n of_o the_o civil_a theology_n than_o varroes_n be_v of_o the_o fabulous_a 11._o senecaes_n opinion_n of_o the_o jew_n 12._o that_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o discovery_n of_o the_o pagan_a god_n vanity_n that_o they_o can_v give_v eternal_a life_n have_v no_o power_n to_o help_v in_o the_o temporal_a finis_fw-la the_o six_z book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n write_v by_o saint_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n unto_o marcellinus_n of_o those_o that_o affirm_v they_o do_v worship_v these_o god_n for_o eternal_a life_n and_o not_o for_o temporal_a respect_n chap._n 1._o in_o the_o five_o precedent_a book_n i_o think_v they_o be_v sufficient_o confound_v that_o hold_v that_o worship_n just_o give_v unto_o these_o false_a god_n which_o be_v peculiar_a only_o to_o one_o true_a god_n and_o in_o greek_a be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o this_o worship_n ought_v to_o be_v offer_v unto_o they_o for_o temporal_a commodity_n all_o which_o god_n christianity_n convince_v either_o to_o be_v frivolous_a and_o unprofitable_a image_n and_o damn_a spirit_n or_o at_o least_o and_o at_o best_a no_o creator_n but_o creature_n but_o who_o know_v not_o that_o neither_o those_o five_o book_n nor_o all_o that_o a_o man_n can_v make_v will_v stay_v and_o satisfy_v excess_n of_o obstinacy_n for_o it_o be_v some_o man_n glory_n vain_a indeed_o never_o to_o yield_v to_o the_o truth_n but_o oppose_v it_o to_o their_o own_o perdition_n in_o who_o bosom_n sin_n have_v so_o large_a a_o empire_n for_o their_o disease_n exceedth_n all_o cure_n not_o through_o the_o physician_n want_v of_o skill_n but_o the_o patient_n impatient_a frowardness_n but_o as_o for_o such_o as_o read_v the_o say_a book_n without_o any_o obstinate_a intent_n or_o with_o little_a and_o ponder_v the_o thing_n they_o read_v in_o a_o unpartial_a discretion_n those_o shall_v approve_v that_o our_o labour_n in_o their_o satisfaction_n have_v rather_o perform_v more_o than_o the_o question_n require_v then_o otherwise_o and_o that_o all_o the_o malice_n wherein_o they_o â—…ke_v christianity_n the_o cause_n of_o all_o the_o affliction_n fall_v upon_o this_o transitory_a world_n the_o best_a learned_a of_o they_o dissemble_v their_o knowledge_n against_o their_o oâ—…â—…sciences_n be_v not_o only_o void_a of_o all_o reason_n and_o honesty_n but_o fraught_v 〈◊〉_d rashness_n and_o pernicious_a impudence_n now_o therefore_o as_o our_o method_n 〈◊〉_d be_v they_o to_o be_v deal_v withal_o that_o make_v eternity_n the_o end_n of_o this_o erroniâ—…_n worship_n which_o christian_a religion_n so_o reject_v let_v we_o take_v our_o beginning_n from_o the_o holy_a and_o oraculous_a psalmist_n that_o say_v ah_o bless_v be_v the_o man_n that_o make_v 4._o the_o â—…rd_n his_o trust_n and_o regard_v not_o the_o proud_a nor_o such_o as_o turn_v aside_o to_o lie_n but_o of_o all_o such_o as_o do_v go_v astray_o in_o those_o error_n the_o philosopher_n be_v least_o falty_n that_o can_v never_o abide_v the_o fond_a opinion_n of_o the_o vulgar_a who_o make_v their_o god_n image_n &_o fable_v diverse_a thing_n of_o they_o most_o false_a and_o unworthy_a the_o deity_n or_o else_o believe_v they_o from_o the_o report_n of_o other_o and_o from_o that_o belief_n intrude_v they_o into_o the_o ceremony_n and_o make_v they_o part_n of_o their_o worship_n wherefore_o with_o such_o as_o b_o though_o they_o dare_v not_o open_o yet_o secret_o dislike_v those_o thing_n this_o question_n may_v beâ—…lty_n dispute_v of_o whether_o it_o be_v fit_a to_o worship_v one_o god_n the_o maker_n of_o all_o body_n and_o spirit_n for_o the_o life_n to_o come_v or_o many_o god_n c_o be_v all_o by_o their_o best_a philosopher_n confession_n both_o create_v and_o advance_v but_o who_o can_v endure_v to_o hear_v it_o say_v that_o the_o god_n which_o i_o reckon_v up_o in_o part_n in_o the_o 4._o book_n and_o have_v peculiar_a charge_n can_v give_v one_o life_n eternal_a and_o those_o sharp_a witted_a man_n that_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o good_a they_o do_v by_o write_v of_o these_o thing_n in_o instruct_v the_o people_n what_o to_o entreat_v at_o each_o of_o their_o hand_n will_v they_o commit_v such_o a_o gross_a absurdity_n as_o that_o which_o the_o mimic_n do_v in_o jest_n ask_v water_n of_o bacchus_n and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o nymph_n as_o thus_o will_v they_o teach_v a_o man_n that_o pray_v unâ—…_n the_o nymph_n for_o wine_n if_o they_o answer_v he_o we_o have_v no_o wine_n go_v to_o â—…hus_o for_o that_o then_o to_o reply_v if_o you_o have_v no_o wine_n i_o pray_v you_o then_o give_v i_o life_n eternal_a what_o grosser_n foolery_n can_v there_o be_v then_o this_o will_v not_o the_o nymph_n fall_v a_o laugh_v for_o they_o be_v d_o prone_a to_o laughter_n when_o they_o do_v not_o affect_v deceit_n as_o the_o devil_n use_v to_o do_v and_o say_v to_o he_o why_o fond_a man_n do_v thou_o think_v we_o have_v life_n eternal_a at_o command_n that_o have_v not_o a_o cup_n of_o wine_n at_o command_n as_o thou_o hear_v such_o fruitless_a absurdity_n shall_v it_o be_v to_o ask_v eternal_a life_n or_o hope_n for_o it_o of_o such_o god_n as_o be_v so_o bind_v to_o peculiar_a charge_n in_o thing_n respect_v god_n this_o frail_a and_o transitory_a life_n that_o it_o be_v like_o mymicall_a scurrility_n to_o demand_v any_o thing_n of_o any_o one_o of_o they_o which_o rest_v under_o the_o dispose_n of_o another_o which_o when_o the_o mimike_v do_v man_n do_v very_o worthy_o laugh_v at_o they_o in_o the_o theatre_n and_o when_o ignorant_a fool_n do_v it_o they_o be_v far_o more_o worthy_o deride_v in_o the_o world_n wherefore_o the_o peculiar_a position_n that_o we_o ought_v to_o make_v unto_o every_o god_n by_o the_o governor_n of_o city_n their_o learned_a man_n have_v compile_v and_o leave_v unto_o memory_n which_o must_v be_v make_v to_o bacchus_n which_o to_o the_o nymph_n vulcan_n etc._n etc._n part_n whereof_o i_o recite_v in_o the_o four_o book_n and_o part_n i_o willing_o omit_v now_o than_o if_o it_o be_v a_o error_n to_o ask_v wine_n of_o ceres_n bread_n of_o bacchus_n water_n of_o vulcan_n and_o sire_n of_o the_o nymph_n how_o much_o more_o be_v it_o a_o error_n to_o ask_v life_n eternal_a of_o any_o one_o of_o they_o wherefore_o if_o that_o in_o our_o disputation_n about_o the_o earthly_a kingdom_n and_o in_o who_o power_n they_o shall_v be_v we_o show_v that_o it_o be_v direct_o false_a to_o believe_v that_o they_o consist_v in_o the_o power_n of_o any_o one_o of_o those_o imaginary_a god_n be_v it_o not_o outrageous_a madness_n then_o to_o believe_v that_o the_o life_n eternal_a with_o which_o the_o kingdom_n of_o the_o earth_n be_v no_o way_n worthy_a to_o be_v
fact_n by_o the_o villain_n of_o his_o court_n and_o among_o the_o rest_n the_o christian_n who_o nero_n be_v assure_v shall_v smart_v for_o all_o because_o they_o be_v of_o a_o new_a religion_n so_o they_o do_v indeed_o and_o be_v so_o extreme_o torture_v that_o their_o pang_n draw_v tear_n from_o their_o severe_a spectator_n seneca_n mean_v while_o beg_v leave_v to_o retire_v into_o the_o contrie_n for_o his_o health_n sake_n which_o not_o obtain_v he_o keep_v himself_o close_o in_o his_o chamber_n for_o diverse_a month_n tacitus_n say_v it_o be_v because_o he_o will_v not_o partake_v in_o the_o malice_n that_o nero_n sacrilege_n procure_v but_o i_o think_v rather_o it_o be_v for_o that_o he_o can_v not_o endure_v to_o see_v those_o massacre_n of_o innocent_n b_o manichee_n they_o revile_v the_o old_a testament_n and_o the_o jew_n law_n august_n de_fw-fr haeres_fw-la ad_fw-la quodvultdeum_fw-la they_o scripture_n they_o say_v god_n do_v not_o give_v but_o one_o of_o the_o prince_n of_o darkness_n against_o those_o augustine_n write_v many_o book_n that_o it_o be_v plain_a by_o this_o discovery_n of_o the_o pagan_a god_n vanity_n that_o they_o can_v give_v eternal_a life_n have_v not_o power_n to_o help_v in_o the_o temporal_a chap._n 12._o now_o for_o the_o three_o theology_n mythycall_a physical_a and_o political_a or_o fabulous_a natural_a and_o civil_a that_o the_o life_n eternal_a be_v neither_o to_o be_v expect_v from_o the_o fabulous_a for_o that_o the_o pagan_n themselves_o reject_v and_o reprehend_v nor_o from_o the_o civil_a for_o that_o be_v prove_v but_o a_o part_n of_o the_o other_o if_o this_o be_v not_o sufficient_a to_o prove_v let_v that_o be_v add_v which_o the_o forepast_a book_n contain_v chief_o the_o 4._o concern_v the_o giver_n of_o happiness_n for_o if_o felicity_n be_v a_o goddess_n to_o who_o shall_v one_o go_v for_o eternal_a life_n but_o to_o she_o but_o be_v none_o but_o a_o gift_n of_o god_n to_o what_o god_n must_v we_o offer_v ourselves_o but_o to_o the_o giver_n of_o that_o felicity_n for_o that_o eternal_a and_o true_a happiness_n which_o we_o so_o entire_o affect_v but_o let_v no_o man_n doubt_v that_o none_o of_o those_o filth-adored_n god_n can_v give_v it_o those_o that_o be_v more_o filthy_o angry_a unless_o that_o worship_n be_v give_v they_o in_o that_o manner_n and_o herein_o prove_v themselves_o direct_a devil_n what_o be_v say_v i_o think_v be_v sufficient_a to_o convince_v this_o now_o he_o that_o can_v give_v felicity_n how_o can_v he_o give_v eternal_a life_n eternal_a life_n we_o call_v endless_a felicity_n for_o if_o the_o soul_n live_v eternal_o in_o pain_n as_o the_o devil_n do_v that_o be_v rather_o life_n eternal_a death_n for_o there_o be_v no_o death_n so_o sore_a nor_o sure_a as_o that_o which_o never_o end_v but_o the_o soul_n be_v of_o that_o immortal_a nature_n that_o it_o can_v but_o live_v some_o way_n therefore_o the_o great_a death_n it_o can_v endure_v be_v the_o deprivation_n of_o it_o from_o glory_n and_o constitution_n in_o endless_a punishment_n so_o he_o only_o give_v eternal_a life_n that_o be_v endlesse_o happy_a that_o give_v true_a felicity_n which_o since_o the_o politic_a god_n can_v give_v as_o be_v prove_v they_o be_v not_o to_o be_v adore_v for_o their_o benefit_n of_o this_o life_n as_o we_o show_v in_o our_o first_o five_o precedent_a book_n and_o much_o less_o for_o life_n eternal_a as_o this_o last_o book_n of_o all_o by_o their_o own_o help_n have_v convince_v but_o if_o any_o man_n think_v because_o old_a custom_n keep_v fast_a root_n that_o we_o have_v not_o show_v cause_n sufficient_a for_o the_o reject_v of_o their_o politic_a theology_n let_v he_o peruse_v the_o next_o book_n which_o by_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n i_o intend_v shall_v immediate_o follow_v this_o former_a finis_fw-la lib._n 6._o the_o content_n of_o the_o seven_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o whether_o divinity_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o select_a god_n since_o it_o be_v not_o extant_a in_o the_o politic_a theology_n chapter_n 1._o 2._o the_o select_a god_n and_o whither_o they_o be_v except_v from_o the_o base_a god_n function_n 3._o that_o these_o god_n election_n be_v without_o all_o reason_n since_o that_o base_a god_n have_v noble_a charge_n 4._o that_o the_o mean_a god_n be_v bury_v in_o silence_n more_o better_a use_v then_o the_o select_a who_o 〈◊〉_d be_v so_o shameful_o traduce_v 〈◊〉_d of_o the_o pagan_n more_o abstruse_a phisiologicall_a doctrine_n 6._o of_o â—…rro_fw-la his_o opinion_n that_o god_n be_v the_o soul_n 〈◊〉_d world_n and_o yet_o have_v many_o soul_n under_o 〈◊〉_d on_o his_o part_n all_o which_o be_v of_o the_o divine_a nature_n 7._o whether_o it_o stand_v with_o reason_n that_o janus_n and_o terminus_n shall_v be_v two_o god_n 8._o 〈◊〉_d the_o worshipper_n of_o janus_n make_v he_o two_o 〈◊〉_d yet_o will_v have_v he_o set_v forth_o with_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…es_v power_n and_o janus_n his_o compare_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ther_n janus_n and_o jove_n be_v right_o diâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d or_o no._n 〈◊〉_d of_o joves_n surname_n refer_v all_o unto_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n not_o as_o to_o many_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jupiter_n be_v call_v pecunia_n also_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o interpretation_n of_o saturn_n and_o 〈◊〉_d â—…rove_v they_o both_o to_o be_v jupiter_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o function_n of_o mars_n and_o mercury_n 〈◊〉_d of_o certain_a star_n that_o the_o pagan_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o apollo_n diana_n and_o other_o select_a god_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ts_v of_o the_o world_n 〈◊〉_d that_o varro_n himself_o hold_v his_o opinion_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v ambiguous_a 18._o the_o likely_a cause_n of_o the_o propagation_n of_o paganism_n 19_o the_o interpretation_n of_o the_o worship_n of_o saturn_n 20._o of_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o ceres_n elusyna_n 21._o of_o the_o obscaenity_n of_o bacchus_n sacrifice_n 22._o of_o neptune_n salacia_n and_o venillia_n 23._o of_o the_o earth_n hold_v by_o varro_n to_o be_v a_o goddess_n because_o the_o world_n soul_n his_o god_n do_v penetrate_v his_o low_a part_n and_o communicate_v his_o essence_n therewith_o 24._o of_o earth_n surname_n and_o signification_n which_o though_o they_o arise_v of_o diverse_a original_n yet_o shall_v they_o not_o be_v account_v diverse_a god_n 25._o what_o exposition_n the_o greek_a wiseman_n give_v of_o the_o gelding_n of_o atys_n 26._o of_o the_o filthiness_n of_o this_o great_a mother_n sacrifice_n 27._o of_o the_o naturallist_n figment_n that_o neither_o adore_v the_o true_a deity_n nor_o use_v the_o adoration_n thereto_o belong_v 28._o that_o varro_n doctrine_n of_o theology_n hang_v no_o way_n together_o 29._o that_o all_o that_o the_o naturalist_n refer_v to_o the_o world_n part_n shall_v be_v refer_v to_o god._n 30._o the_o mean_n to_o discern_v the_o creator_n from_o the_o creature_n and_o to_o avoid_v the_o worship_v of_o so_o many_o god_n for_o one_o because_o their_o be_v so_o many_o power_n in_o one_o 31._o the_o peculiar_a benefit_n beside_o his_o common_a bounty_n that_o god_n bestow_v upon_o his_o servant_n 32._o that_o the_o mystery_n of_o our_o redemption_n by_o christ_n be_v not_o obscure_a in_o the_o precedent_a time_n but_o continual_o intimate_v in_o diverse_a signification_n 33._o that_o christianity_n only_o be_v of_o power_n to_o lay_v open_a the_o devil_n subtle_o and_o delight_v in_o illude_v of_o ignorant_a man_n 34._o of_o numa_n his_o book_n which_o the_o senate_n for_o keep_v their_o mystery_n in_o secret_a do_v command_v shall_v be_v burn_v 35._o of_o hydromancy_n whereby_o numa_n be_v mock_v with_o apparition_n finis_fw-la the_o seven_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n write_v by_o saint_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n unto_o marcellinus_n whether_o divinity_n be_v to_o be_v find_v in_o the_o select_a god_n since_o it_o be_v not_o extant_a in_o the_o politic_a theology_n chap._n 1._o whereas_o i_o employ_v my_o most_o diligent_a endeavour_v about_o the_o extirpation_n of_o inveterate_a and_o deprave_a opinion_n which_o the_o continuance_n of_o error_n have_v deep_o root_v in_o the_o heart_n of_o mortal_a man_n and_o whereas_o i_o work_v by_o that_o grace_n of_o god_n who_o as_o the_o true_a god_n be_v able_a to_o bring_v this_o work_n to_o effect_v according_a to_o my_o poor_a talon_n the_o quick_a and_o apprehensive_a spirit_n that_o have_v draw_v full_a satisfaction_n from_o the_o work_v precedent_n must_v bear_v my_o proceed_n with_o pardon_n and_o patience_n and_o not_o think_v my_o subsequent_a discourse_n to_o be_v superfluous_a unto_o other_o because_o it_o be_v needless_a unto_o they_o the_o affirmation_n that_o divinity_n be_v not_o to_o be_v seek_v for_o terrestrial_a vie_v though_o thence_o we_o must_v desire_v all_o seek_v earthly_a supply_n that_o we_o need_v but_o for_o the_o celestial_a glory_n which_o be_v never_o not_o eternal_a
for_o what_o pride_n those_o wicked_a fiend_n have_v their_o fall_n hence_o arise_v those_o rout_n of_o god_n whereof_o partly_o we_o have_v speak_v and_o other_o of_o other_o nation_n as_o well_o as_o those_o we_o now_o be_v in_o hand_n with_o the_o senate_n of_o select_a god_n select_v indeed_o but_o for_o villainy_n not_o for_o virtue_n who_o rite_n varro_n seek_v by_o reason_n to_o reduce_v to_o nature_n and_o to_o cover_v turpitude_n with_o a_o honest_a cloak_n can_v by_o no_o mean_n make_v they_o square_v together_o because_o indeed_o the_o cause_n that_o he_o hold_v or_o will_v have_v other_o hold_v for_o their_o worship_n be_v no_o such_o as_o he_o take_v they_o nor_o cause_n of_o their_o worship_n for_o if_o they_o or_o their_o like_a be_v so_o though_o they_o shall_v not_o concern_v the_o true_a god_n nor_o life_n eternal_a which_o true_a religion_n must_v afford_v yet_o their_o colour_n of_o reason_n will_v be_v some_o mitigation_n for_o the_o absurd_a act_n of_o ignorance_n which_o varro_n do_v endeavour_n to_o bring_v about_o in_o diverse_a their_o theater-fable_n or_o temple-mystery_n wherein_o he_o free_v not_o the_o theater_n for_o their_o correspondence_n with_o the_o temple_n but_o condemn_v the_o temple_n for_o their_o correspondence_n with_o the_o theater_n yet_o endeavour_v with_o natural_a reason_n to_o wipe_v away_o the_o filthy_a shape_n that_o those_o presentment_n imprint_v in_o the_o sense_n of_o numa_n his_o book_n which_o the_o senate_n for_o keep_v their_o mystery_n in_o secret_a do_v command_v shall_v be_v burn_v chap._n 34._o but_o contrariwise_o we_o do_v find_v as_o varro_n himself_o say_v of_o numa_n his_o book_n that_o these_o natural_a reason_n give_v for_o these_o ceremony_n can_v no_o way_n be_v allow_v of_o nor_o worthy_a of_o their_o priest_n read_v no_o not_o so_o much_o as_o their_o secret_a reserve_n for_o now_o i_o will_v tell_v you_o what_o i_o promise_v in_o my_o three_o book_n to_o relate_v in_o convenient_a place_n one_o a_o terentius_n as_o varro_n have_v it_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr cultu_fw-la deorum_fw-la have_v some_o ground_n near_o to_o mount_v janiculus_fw-la and_o his_o servant_n plough_v near_o to_o nâ—…_n his_o tomb_n the_o plough_n turn_v up_o some_o book_n contain_v the_o ceremony_n institution_n b_o terentius_n bring_v they_o into_o the_o city_n to_o the_o praetor_n who_o have_v look_v in_o they_o bring_v this_o so_o weighty_a a_o affair_n before_o the_o senate_n where_o have_v read_v some_o of_o the_o first_o cause_n why_o he_o have_v institute_v this_o and_o that_o in_o their_o religion_n the_o senate_n agree_v with_o dead_a numa_n and_o like_v c_o religious_a father_n give_v order_n to_o the_o praetor_n for_o the_o burn_a of_o they_o every_o one_o here_o may_v believe_v as_o he_o list_v nay_o let_v any_o contentious_a mad_a patron_n of_o absurd_a vanity_n say_v here_o what_o he_o list_v suffice_v it_o i_o show_v that_o the_o cause_n that_o nâ—…_n their_o king_n give_v for_o his_o own_o institution_n ought_v neither_o to_o be_v show_v to_o people_n senate_n no_o nor_o to_o the_o priest_n themselves_o and_o that_o numa_n by_o his_o unlawful_a 〈◊〉_d come_v to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o such_o devilish_a secret_n as_o he_o be_v worthy_a to_o be_v religion_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ded_v for_o write_v of_o yet_o though_o he_o be_v a_o king_n that_o fear_v no_o man_n he_o duâ—…_n for_o all_o that_o either_o publish_v they_o or_o abolish_v they_o publish_v they_o he_o will_v noâ—…â—…are_v of_o teach_v wickedness_n burn_v they_o he_o dare_v not_o for_o fear_v of_o offendiâ—…_n devil_n so_o he_o bury_v they_o where_o he_o think_v they_o will_v be_v safe_a d_o not_o 〈◊〉_d â—…he_o turn_v up_o of_o his_o grave_n by_o a_o plough_n but_o the_o senate_n fear_v to_o reâ—…_n their_o ancestor_n religion_n and_o so_o agree_v with_o numa_n doctrine_n yet_o hold_v 〈◊〉_d â—…kes_v too_o pernicious_a either_o to_o be_v bury_v again_o least_o man_n mad_a cuâ—…_n shall_v seek_v they_o out_o or_o to_o be_v put_v to_o any_o use_n but_o burn_v to_o the_o end_n 〈◊〉_d seeiâ—…g_n they_o must_v needs_o stick_v to_o their_o old_a superstition_n they_o may_v do_v it_o with_o â—…ame_n by_o conceal_v the_o cause_n of_o it_o who_o knowledge_n will_v have_v disturâ—…_n whole_a city_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d terentius_n the_o story_n be_v write_v by_o livy_n ualerius_n plutarch_n and_o lactantius_n livy_n 〈◊〉_d â—…erius_fw-la his_o ordinary_a follower_n say_v that_o q._n petilius_n find_v the_o book_n pliny_n out_o of_o 〈◊〉_d that_o gn._n terentius_n find_v they_o in_o one_o chest_n not_o two_o livy_n call_v that_o year_n 〈◊〉_d c._n bebius_n pamphilus_n and_o m._n amilius_n lepidus_n for_o who_o hemina_n put_v p._n corâ—…â—…gus_n after_o numa_n his_o reign_n dxxxv_o of_o the_o book_n the_o several_a opinion_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 13._o cap._n 13._o b_o terentius_n petilius_n they_o say_v some_o say_v he_o desire_v the_o praetor_n they_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ead_n other_o that_o he_o bring_v a_o scrivener_n to_o read_v they_o the_o history_n in_o livy_n lib._n 40._o 〈◊〉_d and_o pliny_n lib._n 1._o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o show_v the_o place_n he_o say_v he_o bring_v they_o inâ—…_n for_o though_o numa_n tomb_n be_v in_o the_o city_n namely_o in_o the_o fourteen_o region_n 〈◊〉_d yet_o be_v beyond_o tiber_n such_o as_o come_v to_o the_o senate_n house_n seem_v to_o come_v out_o 〈◊〉_d â—…bes_n or_o country_n c_o religious_a father_n as_o touch_v with_o fear_n that_o religion_n shall_v 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o publication_n of_o those_o book_n some_o read_v religious_a in_o reference_n unto_o book_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ng_v scruple_n of_o religion_n in_o man_n mind_n for_o that_o be_v the_o signification_n of_o the_o latin_a 〈◊〉_d any_o man_n will_v read_v it_o irreligious_a d_o not_o fear_v it_o be_v a_o great_a and_o religious_a 〈◊〉_d â—…as_v have_v over_o sepulcher_n of_o old_a none_o may_v violate_v or_o pull_v they_o down_o it_o be_v a_o sepulcher_n 〈◊〉_d twelve_o table_n and_o also_o one_o of_o solon_n and_o numa_n &_o of_o most_o old_a lawgivers_n greek_n â—…es_n belong_v rather_o to_o their_o religion_n then_o their_o civil_a law_n for_o they_o hold_v sepulcher_n 〈◊〉_d â—…les_v of_o the_o infernal_a god_n and_o therefore_o they_o write_v upon_o they_o these_o letter_n d._n m._n s._n 〈◊〉_d â—…anibus_fw-la sacrum_fw-la a_o place_n sacred_a to_o the_o god_n of_o hell_n and_o their_o sollemnity_n be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…cia_fw-la cicero_n de_fw-fr legib_fw-la lib._n 2._o of_o hydromancie_n whereby_o numa_n be_v mock_v with_o apparition_n chap._n 35._o 〈◊〉_d nâ—…ma_fw-la himself_o be_v not_o instruct_v by_o any_o prophet_n or_o angel_n of_o god_n 〈◊〉_d fain_a to_o fall_v to_o d_o hydromancie_n make_v his_o god_n or_o rather_o his_o devil_n to_o hydrâ—…mancie_n 〈◊〉_d in_o water_n and_o instruct_v he_o in_o his_o religious_a institution_n which_o kind_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…n_n say_v varro_n come_v from_o persia_n and_o be_v use_v by_o numa_n and_o afterward_o 〈◊〉_d â—…thagoras_n wherein_o they_o use_v blood_n also_o and_o call_v forth_o spirit_n infernal_a 〈◊〉_d â—…ncie_n the_o greek_n call_v it_o but_o necromancy_n or_o hydromancie_n whether_o you_o like_v 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v that_o the_o dead_a seem_v to_o speak_v how_o they_o do_v these_o thing_n look_v they_o necromancy_n 〈◊〉_d for_o i_o will_v not_o say_v that_o their_o law_n prohibit_v the_o use_n of_o such_o thing_n in_o 〈◊〉_d city_n before_o the_o come_n of_o our_o saviour_n i_o do_v not_o say_v so_o perhaps_o they_o 〈◊〉_d allow_v it_o but_o hence_o do_v numa_n learn_v his_o ordinance_n which_o he_o publish_v 〈◊〉_d publish_v their_o cause_n so_o afraid_a be_v he_o of_o that_o which_o he_o have_v learned_a 〈◊〉_d which_o afterward_o the_o senate_n burn_v but_o why_o then_o do_v varro_n give_v they_o such_o a_o sort_n of_o other_o natural_a reason_n which_o have_v they_o be_v in_o numa_n book_n they_o have_v 〈◊〉_d be_v burn_v or_o else_o varro_n that_n be_v dedicate_v to_o c_o caesar_n the_o priest_n shall_v have_v be_v burn_v for_o company_n so_o that_o numa's_n have_v nymph_n a_o â—…ia_n to_o his_o wife_n be_v as_o varro_n say_v nothing_o but_o his_o use_n of_o water_n in_o hydromâ—…cy_n for_o so_o use_v action_n to_o be_v spice_a with_o falsehood_n and_o turn_v into_o fable_n so_o by_o that_o hydromancy_n do_v this_o curious_a king_n learn_v his_o religious_a law_n that_o he_o give_v the_o roman_n and_o which_o the_o priest_n have_v in_o their_o book_n marry_o for_o their_o cause_n they_o he_o learn_v also_o but_o keep_v to_o himself_o and_o after_o a_o sort_n entoumb_v they_o in_o death_n with_o himself_o such_o be_v his_o desire_n to_o conceal_v they_o from_o the_o world_n so_o then_o either_o be_v these_o book_n fill_v with_o the_o devil_n best_o all_o desire_n and_o thereby_o all_o the_o politic_a theology_n that_o present_v they_o such_o filthyness_n make_v
because_o prevarication_n be_v add_v c_o the_o law_n be_v also_o contemn_v 〈◊〉_d the_o lust_n of_o sin_n why_o do_v we_o recite_v this_o because_o as_o the_o law_n be_v not_o 〈◊〉_d â—…en_o it_o excit_v concupiscence_n in_o the_o bad_a so_o earth_n be_v not_o good_a when_o it_o inâ—…th_v the_o glory_n of_o the_o good_a neither_o the_o law_n when_o it_o be_v forsake_v by_o sinner_n and_o 〈◊〉_d they_o prevaricator_n nor_o death_n when_o it_o be_v under-taken_a for_o truth_n and_o maâ—…_n they_o martyr_n consequent_o the_o law_n forbid_v sin_n be_v good_a and_o death_n 〈◊〉_d the_o reward_n of_o sin_n evil_a but_o as_o the_o wicked_a use_n all_o thing_n good_a and_o evil_a bad_o so_o the_o just_a use_n all_o thing_n evil_a and_o good_a well_o therefore_o the_o wicked_a use_n the_o 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v good_a bad_o and_o the_o use_n death_n that_o be_v bad_a well_o l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o of_o it_o be_v natural_a unto_o exorbitant_a mind_n the_o more_o a_o thing_n be_v forbid_v they_o forbid_v 〈◊〉_d to_o affect_v it_o as_o woman_n who_o mind_n be_v most_o unstayed_a desire_v that_o only_o that_o 〈◊〉_d â—…hibited_v so_o that_o whereas_o man_n know_v not_o what_o it_o be_v to_o go_v to_o the_o stew_n nor_o 〈◊〉_d upon_o it_o in_o come_v the_o law_n and_o say_v thou_o shall_v not_o go_v and_o so_o teach_v they_o all_o 〈◊〉_d to_o go_v set_v their_o deprave_a nature_n upon_o pursuit_n of_o those_o unlawful_a act_n i_o 〈◊〉_d say_v paul_n what_o concupiscence_n be_v until_o the_o law_n tell_v i_o thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v 〈◊〉_d that_o solâ—…_n set_v down_o no_o law_n against_o parricide_n which_o be_v unknown_a he_o be_v 〈◊〉_d to_o declare_v then_o punish_v pro_fw-la ros._n amerin_n b_o that_o sin_n the_o old_a book_n read_v 〈◊〉_d â—…ner_n augustine_n ad_fw-la simplic_fw-la a_o lib_n 1._o quote_v it_o thus_o that_o the_o sinner_n may_v be_v out_o 〈◊〉_d a_o sinner_n etc._n etc._n but_o his_o quotation_n be_v both_o false_a for_o thus_o it_o shall_v be_v read_v indeed_o 〈◊〉_d â—…er_n may_v be_v out_o of_o measure_n sinful_a etc._n etc._n sinner_n be_v refer_v to_o sin_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d â—…ith_o the_o greek_a unless_o you_o will_v make_v sinful_a a_o noun_n and_o no_o participle_n as_o sallust_n â—…tens_v and_o terence_n fugitans_n c_o the_o law_n all_o the_o terror_n of_o the_o law_n be_v contemâ—…_n such_o as_o have_v turn_v their_o custom_n of_o sin_n into_o their_o nature_n the_o general_a evil_n of_o that_o death_n that_o sever_v soul_n and_o body_n chap._n 6._o wherefore_o as_o for_o the_o death_n that_o divide_v soul_n and_o body_n when_o they_o suffer_v it_o who_o we_o say_v be_v a_o die_a it_o be_v good_a unto_o none_o for_o it_o have_v a_o sharp_a ah_o â—…rall_a sense_n by_o which_o nature_n be_v wring_v this_o way_n and_o that_o in_o the_o composition_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d live_v creature_n until_o it_o be_v dead_a and_o until_o all_o the_o sense_n be_v go_v wherein_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o body_n be_v combine_v which_o great_a trouble_n one_o stroke_n of_o the_o boâ—…_n or_o one_o rapture_n of_o the_o soul_n oftentime_o prevent_v and_o out_o run_v sense_n in_o â—…tnesse_n but_o whatsoev_a it_o be_v in_o death_n that_o take_v away_o b_o our_o sense_n with_o so_o â—…ous_a a_o sense_n be_v faithful_o endure_v it_o augment_v the_o merit_n of_o paciâ—…â—…ut_o take_v not_o away_o the_o name_n of_o pain_n it_o be_v sure_a the_o death_n of_o the_o first_o man_n â—…pagate_v though_o if_o it_o be_v endure_v for_o faith_n and_o justice_n it_o be_v the_o glory_n of_o â—…nerate_a thus_o death_n be_v the_o reward_n of_o sin_n sometime_n quit_v sin_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ll_v reward_v l._n vives_n unnatural_a ah_o sense_n sense_n for_o passion_n b_o our_o sense_n with_o so_o grievous_a a_o sense_n the_o first_o active_a the_o second_o passive_a the_o great_a passion_n take_v away_o our_o power_n of_o ience_n of_o the_o death_n of_o such_o as_o be_v not_o regenerate_v do_v suffer_v for_o christ._n chap._n 7._o for_o whosoever_o he_o be_v that_o be_v not_o yet_o regenerate_v die_v for_o confess_v of_o christ_n it_o free_v he_o of_o his_o sin_n as_o well_o as_o if_o he_o have_v receive_v the_o sacrament_n of_o 116._o baptism_n for_o he_o that_o say_v unless_o a_o man_n be_v bear_v again_o of_o water_n and_o of_o the_o holy_a spirit_n he_o shall_v not_o enter_v into_o the_o kingdom_n of_o god_n except_v these_o elsewhere_o in_o as_o general_a a_o say_n whosoever_o confess_v i_o before_o man_n he_o will_v i_o confess_v before_o my_o father_n which_o be_v in_o heaven_n and_o again_o he_o that_o lose_v his_o soul_n for_o i_o shall_v find_v it_o hereupon_o it_o be_v that_o precious_a in_o the_o sight_n of_o the_o lord_n be_v the_o death_n of_o the_o saint_n for_o what_o be_v more_o dear_a than_o that_o death_n wherein_o all_o a_o man_n badness_n be_v abolish_v and_o his_o good_a augment_v those_z thad_z die_v daptize_v because_o they_o can_v live_v no_o long_o be_v not_o of_o that_o merit_n that_o those_o that_o die_v willing_o where_o as_o they_o may_v have_v live_v long_o because_o these_o have_v rather_o die_v in_o confess_v of_o christ_n then_o deny_v he_o and_o so_o come_v to_o baptism_n ah_o which_o if_o they_o have_v do_v this_o sacrament_n will_v have_v for_o give_v it_o because_o they_o deny_v he_o for_o fear_n of_o death_n for_o in_o it_o even_o their_o b_o villainy_n be_v forgive_v that_o murder_a christ._n c_o but_o how_o cold_a they_o love_v christ_n so_o dear_o as_o to_o contemn_v life_n for_o he_o but_o by_o abound_v in_o the_o grace_n of_o that_o spirit_n that_o inspire_v where_o it_o please_v precious_a therefore_o be_v the_o death_n of_o those_o saint_n who_o take_v such_o gracious_a hold_n of_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n that_o they_o stick_v not_o to_o engage_v their_o own_o soul_n in_o the_o quest_n of_o he_o and_o who_o death_n show_v that_o they_o make_v use_v of_o that_o which_o before_o be_v the_o punishment_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o produce_v of_o a_o great_a harvest_n of_o glory_n but_o death_n ought_v not_o to_o seem_v good_a because_o it_o be_v god_n help_n and_o not_o the_o own_o power_n that_o have_v make_v it_o of_o such_o good_a use_n that_o be_v once_o propound_v as_o a_o penalty_n lay_v upon_o sin_n it_o be_v now_o elect_a as_o a_o deliverance_n from_o sin_n and_o a_o expiation_n of_o sin_n to_o the_o crown_n of_o justice_n with_o glorious_a victory_n l._n vives_n which_o ah_o if_o intimate_v that_o no_o guilt_n be_v so_o great_a but_o baptism_n will_v purge_v it_o b_o theâ—…_n villainy_n it_o be_v like_a he_o mean_v of_o some_o that_o have_v holpen_v to_o crucify_v christ_n and_o be_v afterward_o convert_v c_o but_o how_o it_o can_v not_o be_v but_o out_o of_o great_a abundance_n of_o grace_n that_o they_o shall_v love_v christ_n as_o well_o as_o those_o that_o be_v baptize_v already_o in_o he_o that_o the_o saint_n in_o suffer_v the_o first_o death_n for_o the_o truth_n be_v quit_v from_o the_o second_o chap._n 8._o for_o if_o we_o mark_v well_o in_o die_v well_o and_o laudable_o for_o the_o truth_n be_v a_o worse_z death_n â—…oyded_v and_o therefore_o we_o take_v part_n of_o it_o lest_o the_o whole_a shall_v fall_v upon_o 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o second_o that_o shall_v never_o have_v end_n we_o undertake_v the_o separation_n of_o the_o body_n from_o the_o soul_n lest_o we_o shall_v come_v to_o have_v the_o soul_n sever_v from_o god_n and_o then_o from_o the_o body_n and_o so_o man_v first_o death_n be_v pass_v the_o second_o that_o endless_a one_o shall_v fall_v present_o upon_o he_o wherefore_o the_o dâ—…th_n as_o i_o say_v that_o we_o suffer_v ah_o when_o we_o die_v and_o cause_v we_o die_v be_v good_a unto_o bad_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o it_o be_v well_o tolerate_v for_o attain_v of_o good_a but_o when_o man_n once_o be_v in_o death_n and_o call_v dead_a than_o we_o may_v say_v that_o it_o be_v good_a to_o the_o good_a and_o bad_a to_o the_o bad_a for_o the_o good_a soul_n be_v sever_v from_o their_o body_n be_v in_o rest_n &_o the_o evil_a in_o torment_n until_o the_o body_n of_o the_o first_o rise_v to_o life_n eternal_a and_o the_o late_a unto_o the_o eternal_a or_o second_o death_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o when_o the_o dead_a and_o the_o die_a be_v say_v both_o to_o be_v in_o death_n death_n be_v both_o in_o 〈◊〉_d departure_n and_o after_o in_o the_o first_o as_o a_o passion_n in_o the_o second_o as_o a_o privation_n both_o be_v of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o author_n virg._n 〈◊〉_d â—…amus_fw-la quanquam_fw-la media_fw-la iam_fw-la morte_fw-la tenetur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lie_v now_o in_o midst_n of_o death_n that_o be_v a_o die_a and_o the_o 〈◊〉_d morte_fw-la neoptolemi_n regnorum_fw-la reddita_fw-la
he_o be_v think_v to_o live_v after_o the_o 〈◊〉_d where-upon_o some_o think_v that_o he_o live_v this_o time_n not_o upon_o earth_n 〈◊〉_d be_v not_o a_o soul_n of_o those_o escape_v but_o in_o the_o place_n to_o which_o his_o son_n 〈◊〉_d â—…slated_v with_o he_o until_o the_o deluge_n be_v come_v and_o go_v because_o they_o 〈◊〉_d call_v the_o authority_n of_o these_o truth_n into_o question_n see_v the_o church_n 〈◊〉_d â—…wed_v they_o nor_o believe_v that_o the_o jew_n have_v the_o truth_n rather_o than_o we_o 〈◊〉_d that_o this_o shall_v rather_o be_v a_o error_n in_o we_o then_o in_o those_o oâ—…_n of_o who_o 〈◊〉_d it_o by_o the_o greek_a but_o say_v they_o it_o be_v incredible_a that_o the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d â—…ers_n who_o translate_v all_o at_o one_o time_n and_o in_o one_o senâ—…_n can_v erâ—…_n or_o will_v falsify_v in_o a_o thing_n impertinent_a unto_o they_o but_o that_o the_o jew_n envy_v out_o translation_n of_o their_o law_n and_o their_o prophet_n alter_v diverse_a thing_n in_o their_o book_n to_o subvert_v the_o authority_n of_o we_o this_o opinionative_n suspicion_n every_o one_o may_v take_v as_o he_o please_v but_o this_o be_v once_o sure_a mathusalem_n live_v not_o after_o the_o deluge_n but_o die_v in_o the_o same_o year_n if_o the_o hebrew_n account_n be_v true_a concern_v the_o septuagint_n translation_n i_o will_v speak_v my_o mind_n hereafter_o when_o i_o come_v by_o god_n help_n to_o the_o time_n themselves_o as_o the_o method_n of_o the_o work_n shall_v exact_v suffice_v it_o for_o this_o present_a question_n to_o have_v show_v by_o both_o book_n that_o the_o father_n of_o old_a live_v so_o long_o that_o one_o man_n may_v see_v a_o number_n of_o his_o own_o propagation_n sufficient_a to_o build_v a_o city_n l._n vives_n notable_a ah_o question_n hierome_n say_v it_o be_v famous_a in_o all_o the_o church_n hierom_n affirm_v that_o the_o 70._o err_v in_o their_o account_n as_o they_o do_v in_o many_o thing_n else_o and_o gather_v out_o of_o the_o jew_n and_o samaritan_n book_n that_o mathusalem_n die_v in_o that_o year_n wherein_o the_o deluge_n begin_v whereupon_o augustine_n do_v just_o deride_v those_o that_o will_v rather_o trust_v the_o translation_n than_o the_o original_n of_o such_o as_o believe_v not_o that_o man_n of_o old_a time_n live_v so_o long_o as_o be_v record_v chap._n 12._o nor_o be_v any_o ear_n to_o be_v give_v unto_o those_o that_o think_v that_o one_o of_o our_o ordinary_a year_n will_v make_v ten_o of_o the_o year_n of_o those_o time_n they_o be_v so_o short_a and_o therefore_o say_v they_o nine_o hundred_o year_n of_o they_o that_o be_v to_o say_v ninety_o of_o we_o their_o ten_o be_v our_o one_o and_o their_o hundred_o our_o ten_o thus_o think_v they_o that_o adam_n be_v but_o twenty_o and_o three_o year_n old_a when_o he_o beget_v seth_n and_o seth_n but_o twenty_o and_o a_o half_a when_o he_o beget_v enos_n which_o the_o scripture_n call_v two_o hundred_o and_o five_o year_n for_o as_o these_o man_n hold_v the_o scripture_n divide_v one_o year_n into_o ten_o part_n call_v each_o part_n a_o year_n and_o each_o ah_o part_n have_v a_o sixefolde_n quadrate_n because_o that_o in_o six_o day_n god_n make_v the_o world_n to_o rest_v upon_o the_o seven_o whereof_o i_o have_v already_o dispute_v in_o the_o eleven_o book_n now_o six_o time_n six_o for_o six_o make_v the_o sixe-fold_n quadrate_n be_v thirty_o six_o and_o ten_o time_n thirty_o six_o be_v three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o that_o be_v twelve_o month_n of_o the_o moon_n the_o five_o day_n remain_v and_o that_o quarter_n of_o a_o day_n which_o b_o four_o time_n double_v be_v add_v to_o the_o leap_n year_n those_o be_v add_v by_o the_o ancient_n afterward_o to_o make_v up_o the_o number_n of_o other_o year_n and_o the_o roman_n call_v they_o dies_fw-la intercalares_fw-la day_n enterpose_v so_o enos_n be_v nineteen_o year_n of_o age_n when_o he_o beget_v cayâ—…n_o the_o scripture_n say_v he_o be_v one_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o ten_o year_n and_o so_o down_o through_o all_o generation_n to_o the_o deluge_n there_o be_v not_o one_o in_o all_o our_o book_n that_o beget_v any_o son_n at_o a_o hundred_o or_o a_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n or_o thereabouts_o but_o he_o that_o be_v the_o young_a father_n be_v one_o hundred_o and_o three_o score_n year_n of_o age_n because_o say_v they_o none_o can_v beget_v a_o child_n at_o ten_o year_n of_o age_n which_o that_o number_n of_o a_o hundred_o make_v but_o at_o sixteen_o year_n they_o be_v of_o ability_n to_o generate_v and_o that_o be_v as_o the_o scripture_n say_v when_o they_o be_v one_o hundred_o and_o threescore_o year_n old_a and_o to_o prove_v this_o diversity_n of_o year_n likely_a they_o fetch_v the_o egyptian_a year_n of_o four_o month_n the_o acarnan_n of_o six_o month_n and_o the_o latin_n of_o thirteen_o month_n c_o pliny_n have_v record_v that_o some_o live_v one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n some_o ten_o more_o some_o two_o hundred_o year_n some_o three_o hundred_o some_o five_o hundred_o some_o six_o hundred_o nay_o some_o eight_o hundred_o hold_v that_o all_o this_o grow_v upon_o ignorance_n in_o computation_n for_o some_o say_v he_o make_v two_o year_n of_o summer_n and_o winter_n some_o make_v four_o year_n of_o the_o four_o quarter_n as_o the_o arcadian_n do_v with_o their_o year_n of_o three_o month_n and_o the_o egyptian_n say_v he_o beside_o there_o little_a year_n of_o 4._o month_n as_o we_o say_v before_o make_v the_o course_n of_o the_o moon_n to_o conclude_v a_o year_n every_o month_n thus_o among_o they_o aithâ—…he_o be_v some_o record_v to_o have_v live_v a_o thousand_o year_n these_o probability_n have_v some_o bring_v not_o to_o subvert_v the_o authority_n of_o holy_a writ_n but_o to_o prove_v it_o credible_a that_o the_o partiarche_n may_v live_v so_o long_o and_o persuade_v themselves_o think_v it_o no_o folly_n neither_o to_o persuade_v other_o so_o in_o like_a manner_n that_o their_o year_n in_o those_o day_n be_v so_o little_a that_o ten_o of_o they_o make_v but_o one_o of_o we_o &_o a_o hundred_o of_o they_o ten_o of_o we_o but_o i_o will_v lay_v open_a the_o eminent_a falseness_n of_o this_o immediate_o yet_o ere_o i_o do_v it_o i_o must_v first_o touch_v at_o a_o more_o credible_a suspicion_n we_o may_v overthrow_v this_o assertion_n out_o of_o the_o hebrew_n book_n who_o say_v that_o adam_n be_v not_o two_o hundred_o &_o thirty_o but_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n old_a when_o he_o beget_v his_o three_o son_n which_o if_o they_o make_v but_o thirteen_o year_n than_o he_o beget_v his_o first_o son_n at_o the_o eleaventh_o or_o twelve_o year_n of_o his_o age_n and_o who_o can_v in_o nature_n ordinary_a course_n now_o beget_v a_o child_n so_o young_a but_o let_v we_o except_v adam_n perhaps_o he_o may_v have_v beget_v one_o as_o soon_o as_o he_o be_v create_v for_o we_o may_v not_o think_v that_o he_o be_v create_v a_o little_a one_o as_o our_o child_n be_v bear_v but_o now_o his_o son_n seth_n be_v not_o two_o hundred_o year_n old_a as_o we_o read_v but_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o when_o he_o beget_v enos_n and_o by_o their_o account_n but_o eleven_o year_n of_o age_n what_o shall_v i_o say_v of_o canaan_n who_o beget_v malalehel_n at_o seventy_o not_o at_o a_o hundred_o and_o seventy_o year_n of_o age_n say_v the_o hebrew_n if_o those_o be_v but_o seven_o year_n â—…at_a man_n can_v beget_v a_o child_n then_o l._n vives_n each_o ah_o part_n have_v he_o a_o number_n quadrate_n be_v that_o which_o be_v form_v by_o multiplication_n of_o itself_o 〈◊〉_d three_o time_n three_o four_o time_n four_o and_o six_o time_n six_o the_o year_n have_v 365._o day_n and_o six_o number_n 〈◊〉_d those_o computator_n do_v exclude_v the_o five_o day_n and_o six_o hour_n and_o divide_v the_o three_o â—…dred_n &_o sixty_o into_o ten_o part_n the_o quotient_n be_v thirty_o six_o b_o four_o time_n of_o this_o read_v 〈◊〉_d in_o caesar._n censorin_n macrob._n and_o bâ—…da_n before_o caesar_n time_n the_o year_n have_v three_o hundred_o â—…-five_a day_n and_o observe_v that_o the_o true_a year_n require_v ten_o day_n and_o six_o hour_n more_o it_o be_v put_v to_o the_o priest_n at_o the_o end_n of_o february_n to_o interpose_v two_o and_o twenty_o day_n and_o because_o that_o these_o six_o hour_n every_o four_o year_n become_v a_o day_n than_o it_o be_v add_v and_o this_o month_n be_v 〈◊〉_d nothing_o but_o the_o intercalatory_a month_n in_o the_o intercalary_n month_n say_v asconius_n tully_n day_n 〈◊〉_d for_o milo_n now_o this_o confuse_a interposition_n caesar_n be_v dictator_n take_v away_o comâ—…ding_v they_o to_o keep_v a_o year_n of_o three_o hundred_o sixty_o five_o
eight_o time_n thirty_o for_o there_o be_v eight_o generation_n from_o adam_n to_o lameches_n child_n inclusive_o be_v two_o hundred_o and_o forty_o do_v they_o beget_v no_o child_n then_o all_o the_o residue_n of_o the_o time_n before_o the_o deluge_n what_o â—…as_v the_o cause_n then_o that_o this_o author_n recite_v not_o the_o rest_n for_o our_o book_n account_v from_o adam_n to_o the_o deluge_n b_o two_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o sixty_o two_o year_n and_o the_o hebrew_n one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o fifty_o six_o to_o allow_v the_o lesser_a number_n for_o the_o true_a take_v two_o hundred_o and_o forty_o from_o one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o fifty_o six_o and_o there_o remain_v one_o thousand_o four_o hundred_o and_o sixteen_o year_n be_v it_o likely_a that_o cain_n progeny_n have_v no_o child_n all_o this_o time_n but_o let_v he_o who_o this_o trouble_v observe_v what_o i_o say_v before_o when_o the_o question_n be_v put_v how_o it_o be_v credible_a that_o the_o first_o man_n can_v for_o bear_v generation_n so_o long_o it_o be_v answer_v two_o way_n either_o because_o of_o their_o late_a maturity_n proportion_v to_o their_o length_n of_o life_n or_o because_o that_o they_o which_o be_v reckon_v in_o the_o descent_n be_v not_o necessary_o the_o first_o bear_v but_o such_o only_a as_o convey_v the_o generation_n of_o seth_n through_o themselves_o down_o unto_o noah_n and_o therefore_o in_o cain_n posterity_n if_o such_o a_o one_o want_v as_o shall_v be_v the_o scope_n whereunto_o the_o generation_n omit_v the_o first_o bear_v and_o include_v only_o such_o as_o be_v needful_a may_v descend_v we_o must_v impute_v it_o to_o the_o latelinesse_n of_o maturity_n whereby_o they_o be_v not_o enable_v to_o geneâ—…ation_n until_o they_o be_v above_o one_o â—…ndred_n year_n old_a that_o so_o the_o generation_n may_v still_o pass_v through_o the_o first_o bear_v and_o so_o descend_v through_o these_o multitude_n of_o year_n meet_v with_o the_o â—…oud_n i_o can_v tell_v there_o may_v be_v some_o more_o c_o secret_a course_n why_o the_o earthly_a city_n generation_n shall_v be_v d_o reject_v until_o lamech_v and_o his_o son_n and_o 〈◊〉_d the_o rest_n unto_o the_o deluge_n whole_o suppress_v by_o the_o authorâ—…_n and_o to_o â—…de_v this_o late_a maturity_n the_o reason_n why_o the_o pedigree_n descend_v not_o by_o tâ—…e_n first_o bear_v may_v be_v for_o that_o cain_n may_v reign_v long_o in_o his_o city_n of_o heâ—…_n and_o begette_v many_o king_n who_o may_v each_o beget_v a_o son_n to_o reign_v in_o 〈◊〉_d own_o stead_n of_o these_o cain_n i_o saâ—…_n may_v be_v the_o first_o henoch_n his_o son_n the_o next_o for_o who_o the_o city_n be_v build_v that_o he_o may_v reign_v there_o 〈◊〉_d the_o son_n of_o henoch_n the_o three_o e_o manichel_n the_o son_n of_o gaidaâ—…_n the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d mathusael_n the_o son_n of_o manichel_n the_o fit_a lamech_v the_o son_n of_o mathusael_n the_o six_o and_o this_o man_n be_v the_o seven_o from_o adam_n by_o caine._n now_o it_o follow_v not_o that_o each_o of_o these_o shall_v be_v their_o father_n first_o beget_v their_o merit_n virtue_n policy_n chance_n or_o indeed_o their_o father_n love_n may_v easy_o enthrone_v they_o and_o the_o deluge_n may_v befall_v in_o lamech_n reign_v and_o drown_v both_o he_o and_o all_o on_o earth_n but_o for_o those_o in_o the_o ark_n for_o the_o diversity_n of_o their_o age_n may_v make_v it_o no_o â—…der_n that_o there_o shall_v be_v but_o seven_o generation_n from_o adam_n by_o cain_n to_o the_o deluge_n and_o ten_o by_o seth_n lamech_v as_o i_o say_v be_v the_o seven_o from_o adam_n and_o noah_n the_o ten_o and_o therefore_o lamech_v be_v not_o say_v to_o have_v one_o son_n but_o many_o because_o it_o be_v uncertain_a who_o shall_v have_v succeed_v he_o have_v he_o die_v before_o the_o deluge_n but_o howsoever_o cain_n progeny_n be_v record_v by_o king_n or_o by_o elder_a son_n this_o i_o may_v not_o '_o omit_v that_o lamech_v the_o seven_o from_o adam_n have_v as_o many_o child_n as_o make_v up_o eleven_o the_o number_n of_o prevarication_n for_o he_o have_v three_o son_n and_o one_o daughter_n his_o wife_n have_v a_o reference_n to_o another_o thing_n not_o here_o to_o be_v stand_v upon_o for_o here_o we_o speak_v of_o descent_n but_o they_o be_v unknown_a wherefore_o see_v that_o the_o law_n lie_v in_o the_o number_n of_o ten_o as_o the_o ten_o commandment_n testify_v eleven_o over-going_a ten_o in_o one_o signify_v the_o transgression_n of_o the_o law_n or_o sin_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o there_o be_v eleven_o haircloth_n veil_v make_v for_o the_o tabernacle_n or_o mooveable_a temple_n of_o god_n during_o 7_o the_o israelite_n travel_n for_o g_o in_o haircloth_n be_v the_o remembrance_n of_o sin_n include_v because_o of_o the_o h_z goat_n that_o shall_v be_v set_v on_o the_o left_a hand_n for_o in_o repentance_n we_o prostrate_v ourselves_o in_o haircloth_n say_v as_o it_o be_v in_o the_o psalm_n my_o sin_n be_v ever_o in_o thy_o sight_n so_o then_o the_o progeny_n of_o adam_n by_o wicked_a cain_n end_v 4_o in_o the_o eleaventh_o the_o number_n of_o sin_n and_o the_o last_o that_o consumaâ—…eth_v the_o number_n be_v a_o woman_n in_o who_o that_o sin_n begin_v for_o which_o we_o be_v all_o death_n slave_n and_o which_o be_v commit_v that_o disobedience_n unto_o the_o spirit_n and_o carnal_a affect_n may_v take_v place_n in_o us._n for_o ay_o naamah_n lamech_n daughter_n be_v interpret_v beautiful_a pleasure_n but_o from_o adam_n to_o noah_n by_o seth_n ten_o the_o number_n of_o the_o law_n be_v consummate_v unto_o which_o noah_n three_o son_n be_v add_v two_o their_o father_n bless_v and_o the_o three_o fall_v off_o that_o the_o reprobate_n be_v 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o elect_v add_v to_o the_o whole_a k_o twelve_o the_o number_n of_o the_o patriarch_n and_o apostle_n may_v herein_o be_v intimate_a which_o be_v glorious_a because_o of_o the_o multiplication_n of_o the_o part_n of_o l_o seven_o produce_v it_o for_o four_o time_n three_o or_o three_o time_n four_o be_v twelve_o this_o be_v so_o it_o remain_v to_o discuss_v how_o these_o two_o progeny_n distinct_o intimate_v the_o two_o two_o city_n of_o the_o reprobate_n and_o the_o regenerate_a come_v to_o be_v so_o commix_v and_o confuse_v that_o all_o mankind_n but_o for_o eight_o person_n deserve_v to_o perish_v in_o the_o deluge_n l._n vives_n the_o ah_o gymnosophist_n strab._n lib._n 15._o b_o 2262._o eusebius_n and_o bede_n have_v it_o from_o the_o sâ—…gints_v but_o 2242._o it_o may_v be_v augustine_n see_v the_o last_o number_n lxii_o in_o these_o charaâ—…_n and_o they_o have_v it_o thus_o xlii_o with_o the_o x._o before_o the_o transcriber_n may_v easy_o commit_v 〈◊〉_d a_o error_n c_o secret_a cause_n i_o think_v it_o be_v because_o they_o only_o of_o cain_n generation_n shall_v be_v name_v that_o be_v to_o be_v plague_v for_o his_o brother_n murder_n for_o josephus_n write_v hereof_o 〈◊〉_d these_o word_n cain_n offer_v unto_o god_n and_o pray_v he_o to_o be_v appease_v get_v his_o great_a guâ—…_n of_o homicide_n somewhat_o lighten_v and_o remain_v curse_v and_o his_o offspring_n unto_o the_o sâ—…uenth_fw-mi generation_n liable_a unto_o punishment_n for_o his_o desert_n beside_o cain_n live_v so_o long_o himself_o and_o the_o author_n will_v not_o continue_v his_o generation_n far_o than_o his_o death_n d_o reside_v not_o commend_v as_o some_o book_n read_v e_z manichel_n some_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d have_v maâ—…iel_n the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d f_o mathusael_n eusebius_n mathusalem_n the_o seventy_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d g_o in_o hair_n clothe_v the_o prophet_n wear_v haircloth_n to_o â—…re_v the_o people_n to_o repentance_n hier._n sâ—…p_n zachar._n the_o penitent_n also_o wear_v it_o h_z goat_n christ_n say_v he_o wilâ—…_n gather_v the_o â—…word_n that_o be_v the_o just_a haircloth_n and_o simple_a man_n together_o in_o the_o world_n end_n and_o set_v they_o on_o his_o right_a hand_n and_o the_o goat_n the_o luxurious_a person_n and_o the_o wicked_a on_o his_o left_a this_o hayre-cloth_n be_v make_v of_o goat_n hair_n and_o call_v cilicium_fw-la because_o as_o uarro_n say_v the_o make_n of_o it_o be_v first_o invent_v in_o cilicia_n ay_o naamah_n it_o be_v both_o pleasure_n and_o delicate_a comeliness_n 〈◊〉_d k_o 〈◊〉_d naamah_n of_o this_o read_n hierome_n upon_o ezechiel_n lib._n 10._o l_o seven_o a_o number_n full_a of_o mysterious_a religion_n as_o i_o say_v before_o why_o the_o generation_n of_o cain_n be_v continue_v down_o along_o from_o the_o name_n of_o his_o son_n enoch_n whereas_o the_o scripture_n have_v name_v enos_n seths_n son_n go_v back_o again_o to_o begin_v seth_n generation_n at_o adam_n chap._n 21._o but_o first_o we_o must_v see_v the_o reason_n why_o cain_n
small_a that_o he_o that_o discern_v they_o as_o they_o fly_v must_v have_v a_o sharp_a eye_n but_o when_o they_o alight_v upon_o the_o body_n they_o will_v soon_o make_v themselves_o know_v to_o his_o feel_n though_o his_o sight_n discern_v they_o not_o super_fw-la exod._n by_o this_o creature_n origen_n understand_v logic_n which_o enter_v the_o mind_n with_o such_o sting_n of_o undiscerned_a subtlety_n that_o the_o party_n deceive_v never_o perceive_v till_o he_o be_v fetch_v over_o but_o the_o latin_n nor_o the_o greek_n ever_o use_v either_o cynipe_n or_o snipe_n nor_o be_v it_o in_o the_o seventy_o either_o but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gnat-like_a creature_n say_v suidas_n and_o such_o as_o eat_v hole_n in_o wood_n psal._n 104._o the_o hebrew_n and_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n read_v lice_n for_o this_o word_n as_o josephus_n do_v also_o d_o horsefly_n or_o dogge-flies_a the_o vulgar_a read_v fly_n only_o e_z grasshopper_n the_o field_n plague_n much_o endamage_v that_o part_n of_o africa_n that_o border_v grasshopper_n upon_o egypt_n pliny_n say_v they_o be_v hold_v note_n of_o god_n wrath_n where_o they_o exceed_v thus_o f_z groan_v under_o perfracti_fw-la perfractus_fw-la be_v thorough_o tame_v praefractus_fw-la obstinate_a g_o passove_a phase_n be_v a_o pass_v over_o because_o the_o angel_n of_o death_n pass_v over_o the_o israelite_n house_n &_o smite_v they_o not_o hence_o arise_v the_o paschal_n feast_n hieron_n in_o mich._n lib._n 2._o not_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o suffer_v as_o if_o it_o have_v be_v from_o the_o passion_n in_o matth._n h_o who_o name_n in_o hebrew_a josuah_n and_o jesus_n seem_v all_o one_o iâ—…s_n both_o be_v salvation_n and_o jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedech_n in_o esdras_n be_v call_v josuah_n ay_o who_o son_n mat._n 1._o a_o 〈◊〉_d all_o the_o course_n of_o the_o gospel_n christ_n be_v especial_o call_v the_o son_n of_o two_o abraham_n or_o david_n for_o to_o they_o be_v he_o chief_o promise_v k_o à _fw-la non_fw-la fando_fw-la and_o therefore_o iâ—…_n great_a fellow_n that_o can_v speak_v be_v sometime_o call_v infant_n and_o such_o also_o as_o stammer_v 〈◊〉_d their_o language_n and_o such_o likewise_o as_o be_v express_a dolt_n and_o sot_n in_o matter_n of_o learning_n defective_a will_v challenge_v the_o name_n of_o great_a artist_n philosopher_n and_o divine_n finis_fw-la lib._n 16._o the_o content_n of_o the_o seaventeenth_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n 1._o of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n 2._o at_o what_o time_n god_n promise_v concern_v 〈◊〉_d land_n of_o canaan_n be_v fulfil_v and_o israel_n â—…ed_v it_o to_o dwell_v in_o and_o possess_v 3._o the_o prophet_n three_o meaning_n of_o earthly_a â—…lem_n of_o heavenly_a jerusalem_n and_o of_o both_o 4._o the_o change_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o israel_n anâ—…â—…uels_n mother_n a_o prophetess_n and_o a_o type_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d church_n what_o she_o prophesy_v 5._o the_o prophet_n word_n unto_o heli_n the_o priest_n â—…g_v the_o take_v away_o of_o aaron_n priestâ—…_n 6._o the_o promise_n of_o the_o priesthood_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d and_o their_o kingdom_n to_o stand_v eternal_o â—…ed_v in_o that_o sort_n that_o other_o promise_n of_o 〈◊〉_d â—…nded_v nature_n be_v 〈◊〉_d kingdom_n of_o israel_n rend_v prefigure_v â—…all_a division_n between_o the_o spiritual_a â—…ll_n israel_n 〈◊〉_d â—…ises_n make_v to_o david_n concern_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fulfil_v in_o solomon_n but_o in_o christ._n 〈◊〉_d â—…phecy_n of_o christ_n in_o the_o 88_o psalm_n 〈◊〉_d â—…s_v of_o nathan_n in_o the_o book_n of_o king_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d diverse_a action_n do_v in_o the_o earthly_a jeâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d the_o kingdom_n differ_v from_o god_n 〈◊〉_d to_o show_v that_o the_o truth_n of_o his_o word_n conâ—…â—…he_v glory_n of_o a_o other_o kingdom_n and_o anâ—…â—…g_v 11._o the_o substance_n of_o the_o people_n of_o god_n who_o 〈◊〉_d christ_n in_o the_o flesh_n who_o only_o have_v power_n to_o 〈◊〉_d â—…e_a soul_n of_o man_n from_o hell_n 12._o â—…her_n verse_n of_o the_o former_a psalm_n and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o who_o it_o belong_v 13._o whether_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o promise_a peace_n may_v be_v ascribe_v unto_o salomon_n time_n 14._o of_o david_n endeavour_n in_o compose_v of_o the_o psalm_n 15._o whether_o all_o thing_n concern_v christ_n &_o his_o church_n in_o the_o psalm_n be_v to_o be_v rehearse_v in_o this_o work_n 16._o of_o the_o forty_o five_o psalm_n the_o trope_n and_o truth_n therein_o concern_v christ_n and_o the_o church_n 17._o of_o the_o reference_n of_o the_o hundred_o and_o ten_o psalm_n unto_o christ_n priesthood_n and_o the_o two_o and_o twenty_o unto_o his_o passion_n 18._o christ_n death_n and_o resurrection_n prophesy_v in_o psalm_n 3._o et_fw-la 40._o 15._o et_fw-la 67._o 19_o the_o obstinate_a infidelity_n of_o the_o jew_n declare_v in_o the_o 69._o psalm_n 20._o david_n kingdom_n his_o merit_n his_o son_n solomon_n his_o prophecy_n of_o christ_n in_o salomon_n book_n and_o in_o book_n that_o be_v annex_v unto_o they_o 21._o of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n after_o solomon_n 22._o how_o hieroboam_n infect_v his_o subject_n with_o idolatry_n yet_o do_v god_n never_o fail_v they_o in_o prophet_n nor_o in_o keep_v many_o from_o that_o infection_n 23._o the_o state_n of_o israel_n and_o judah_n unto_o both_o their_o captivity_n which_o befall_v at_o different_a time_n diverse_o alter_v judah_n unite_v to_o israel_n and_o last_o both_o unto_o rome_n 24._o of_o the_o last_o prophet_n of_o the_o jew_n about_o the_o time_n that_o christ_n be_v bear_v finis_fw-la the_o seventeen_o book_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n write_v by_o saint_n augustine_n bishop_n of_o hippo_n unto_o marcellinus_n of_o the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n chap._n 1._o thus_o have_v we_o attain_v the_o understanding_n of_o god_n promise_n make_v unto_o abraham_n and_o due_a unto_o israel_n his_o seed_n in_o the_o flesh_n and_o to_o all_o the_o nation_n of_o earth_n as_o his_o seed_n in_o the_o spirit_n how_o they_o be_v fulfil_v the_o progress_n of_o the_o city_n of_o god_n in_o those_o time_n do_v manifest_a now_o because_o our_o last_o book_n end_v at_o the_o reign_n of_o david_n let_v we_o in_o this_o book_n proceed_v with_o the_o same_o reign_n as_o far_o as_o be_v requisite_a all_o the_o time_n therefore_o between_o samuel_n first_o prophecy_n and_o the_o return_v of_o israel_n from_o seventy_o year_n captivity_n in_o babylon_n to_o repair_v the_o temple_n as_o hieremy_n have_v prophesy_v all_o this_o be_v call_v the_o time_n of_o the_o prophet_n 7._o for_o although_o that_o the_o patriarch_n noah_n in_o who_o time_n the_o universal_a deluge_n befall_v and_o diverse_a other_o live_v before_o there_o be_v king_n in_o israel_n for_o some_o holy_a and_o heavenly_a prediction_n of_o they_o may_v not_o undeserued_o be_v call_v ah_o prophet_n especial_o 4_o see_v we_o see_v abraham_n and_o moses_n chief_o call_v by_o those_o name_n and_o more_o express_o than_o the_o rest_n yet_o the_o day_n wherein_o samuel_n begin_v to_o prophecy_n 16_o be_v call_v peculiar_o the_o prophet_n time_n samuel_n anoint_a saul_n first_o and_o afterward_o he_o be_v reject_v he_o anoint_a david_n for_o king_n by_o god_n express_a command_n and_o from_o david_n loin_n be_v all_o the_o blood_n royal_a to_o descend_v during_o that_o kingdom_n continuance_n but_o if_o i_o shall_v rehearse_v all_o that_o the_o prophet_n each_o in_o his_o time_n successive_o presage_v of_o christ_n during_o all_o this_o time_n that_o the_o city_n of_o god_n continue_v in_o those_o time_n and_o member_n of_o he_o i_o shall_v never_o make_v a_o end_n first_o because_o the_o scripture_n though_o they_o seem_v but_o a_o bare_a relation_n of_o the_o successive_a deed_n of_o each_o king_n in_o his_o time_n yet_o be_v consider_v with_o the_o assistance_n of_o god_n spirit_n will_v prove_v either_o more_o or_o as_o full_o prophecy_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o history_n of_o thing_n past_a and_o how_o laborious_a it_o be_v to_o stand_v upon_o each_o peculiar_a hereof_o and_o how_o huge_a a_o work_n it_o will_v amount_v unto_o who_o know_v not_o that_o have_v any_o insight_n herein_o second_o because_o the_o prophecy_n concern_v christ_n and_o his_o kingdom_n the_o city_n of_o god_n be_v so_o many_o in_o multitude_n that_o the_o disputation_n arise_v hereof_o will_v not_o be_v contain_v in_o a_o far_o big_a volume_n than_o be_v necessary_a for_o my_o intent_n so_o that_o as_o i_o will_v restrain_v my_o pen_n as_o near_o as_o i_o can_v from_o all_o superfluous_a relation_n in_o this_o work_n so_o will_v i_o not_o ommit_v any_o thing_n that_o shall_v be_v real_o pertinent_a unto_o our_o purpose_n l._n vives_n call_v a_o prophet_n the_o hebrew_n call_v they_o seer_n because_o they_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o his_o prediction_n or_o prefiguration_n of_o any_o thing_n with_o
apollo_n game_n in_o the_o spring_n command_v all_o then_o he_o be_v chief_a also_o of_o the_o court_n where_o cause_n of_o violence_n slander_n defraudation_n of_o ward_n election_n of_o guardian_n let_v out_o of_o the_o fatherless_a child_n house_n etc._n etc._n be_v dispatch_v all_o these_o must_v pass_v his_o seal_n thus_o pollux_n before_o solon_n law_n they_o may_v not_o give_v judgement_n but_o each_o in_o a_o several_a place_n the_o precedent_n he_o sit_v at_o the_o bucolaeum_fw-la not_o far_o from_o the_o council-house_n the_o general_n in_o the_o lycaeum_n the_o counselor_n in_o the_o thesmotium_fw-la the_o archou_n at_o the_o brazen_a statue_n call_v exonimi_n where_o the_o law_n be_v fix_v ere_o they_o be_v approve_v e_o david_n there_o be_v never_o such_o a_o pair_n of_o man_n in_o the_o world_n prince_n or_o private_a man_n as_o be_v these_o two_o david_n david_n and_o solomon_n the_o father_n and_o the_o son_n the_o first_o for_o humility_n honesty_n and_o prophecy_n the_o second_o for_o wisdom_n of_o he_o and_o of_o the_o temple_n he_o build_v eupolemus_n and_o timochares_n profane_a author_n do_v make_v mention_n lact._n inst._n diu_fw-la lib._n 4._o say_v that_o he_o reign_v one_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n before_o the_o trojan_a war_n whereas_o it_o be_v just_a so_o long_o after_o it_o ere_o he_o begin_v to_o reign_v either_o the_o author_n or_o the_o transcriber_n be_v far_o mistake_v f_z roboam_n in_o he_o be_v the_o proverb_n fulfil_v a_o good_a father_n have_v oftentime_o a_o bad_a son_n for_o he_o like_o a_o roboam_n fool_n fall_v quite_o from_o his_o father_n wisdom_n will_v needs_o hold_v the_o people_n in_o more_o awe_n than_o his_o father_n have_v do_v before_o he_o and_o so_o lose_v ten_o tribe_n of_o his_o twelve_o and_o they_o choose_v they_o a_o king_n call_z he_o king_n of_o israel_n leave_v the_o name_n of_o the_o king_n of_o juda_n to_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n that_o reign_v but_o over_o that_o and_o the_o tribe_n of_o benjamin_n for_o levi_n belong_v to_o the_o temple_n of_o god_n at_o jerusalem_n be_v free_a of_o the_o latian_a king_n aeneas_n the_o first_o and_o auentinus_n the_o twelve_o be_v make_v god_n chap._n 21._o latium_n after_o aeneas_n their_o first_o deify_v king_n have_v eleven_o more_o and_o none_o of_o they_o deify_v but_o auentinus_n the_o twelve_o be_v slay_v in_o war_n and_o bury_v on_o that_o hill_n that_o bear_v his_o name_n he_o be_v put_v into_o the_o calendar_n of_o their_o man_n god_n some_o say_v he_o be_v not_o kill_v but_o vanish_v away_o and_o that_o mount_v aventine_n a_o have_v not_o the_o name_n from_o he_o but_o from_o another_o after_o he_o be_v no_o more_o god_n make_v in_o latium_n but_o romulus_n the_o builder_n of_o rome_n betwixt_o who_o and_o aventine_n be_v two_o king_n one_o virgil_n name_v say_v proximus_fw-la ille_fw-la procas_n troianae_fw-la gloria_fw-la gentis_fw-la in_o who_o time_n because_o rome_n be_v now_o upon_o hatch_n the_o great_a monarchy_n of_o assyria_n take_v end_v for_o now_o after_o one_o thousand_o three_o hundred_o &_o five_o year_n count_v belus_n his_o reign_n also_o in_o that_o little_a kingdom_n at_o first_o it_o be_v remove_v to_o the_o mede_n procas_n reign_v before_o amulius_n now_o amulius_n have_v make_v rhea_n or_o ilia_n his_o brother_n numitor_n daughter_n a_o vestal_a virgin_n and_o mars_n they_o say_v lay_v with_o she_o thus_o they_o honour_v her_o whoredom_n and_o beget_v two_o twin_n on_o she_o who_o for_o a_o prose_n of_o their_o foresaid_a excuse_n for_o she_o they_o say_v be_v cast_v out_o and_o yet_o a_o she-wolfe_n the_o beast_n of_o mars_n come_v and_o feed_v they_o with_o her_o dug_n as_o acknowledge_v the_o son_n of_o her_o lord_n and_o master_n now_o some_o do_v say_v that_o there_o be_v a_o whore_n find_v they_o when_o they_o be_v first_o cast_v out_o and_o she_o suck_v they_o up_o now_o they_o call_v whore_n lupae_fw-la she_o wolf_n and_o the_o stew_n unto_o this_o day_n be_v call_v lupaâ—…_n afterwards_o fastulus_fw-la a_o shepherd_a have_v they_o say_v they_o and_o his_o wife_n whore_n acca_n bring_v they_o up_o well_o what_o if_o god_n to_o tax_v the_o bloody_a mind_n of_o the_o king_n that_o command_v to_o drown_v they_o preserve_v they_o from_o the_o water_n and_o send_v this_o beast_n to_o give_v they_o nourishment_n be_v this_o any_o wonder_n numitor_n romulus_n his_o grandsire_n succeed_v his_o brother_n amulius_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o latium_n and_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n be_v rome_n build_v so_o that_o from_o thence_o forward_o he_o and_o roâ—…s_n reign_v together_o in_o italy_n l._n vives_n aventine_n a_o have_v not_o it_o have_v many_o derivation_n say_v uarro_n naevius_n derive_v it_o ab_fw-la avibus_fw-la from_o the_o bird_n that_o fly_v thence_o to_o tiber_n other_o of_o auentinus_n the_o alban_n king_n there_o aventine_n bury_v other_o ab_fw-la adventu_fw-la hominum_fw-la of_o the_o resort_n of_o man_n for_o there_o stand_v diana_n temple_n comâ—…_n to_o all_o latium_n but_o i_o think_v it_o come_v rather_o ab_fw-la advectu_fw-la of_o carry_v to_o it_o for_o it_o be_v whiâ—…_n sever_v from_o all_o the_o city_n by_o fen_n and_o therefore_o they_o be_v fain_o to_o be_v row_v to_o it_o in_o â—…pes_n and_o see_v we_o do_v comment_n somewhat_o large_o in_o this_o particular_a book_n for_o cuâ—…_n head_n take_v this_o with_o you_o too_o aventine_n be_v quite_o without_o the_o precinct_n of_o rome_n either_o because_o that_o the_o people_n encamp_v there_o in_o their_o mutiny_n or_o because_o that_o there_o come_v no_o fortuâ—…_n bird_n unto_o it_o in_o remus_n his_o augury_n rome_n found_v at_o the_o time_n of_o the_o assyrian_a monarchy_n fall_v ezechias_n be_v king_n of_o juda_n chap._n 22._o brief_o rome_n a_o the_o second_o babylon_n daughter_n of_o the_o first_o by_o which_o it_o please_v god_n to_o quell_v the_o whole_a world_n and_o fetch_v it_o all_o under_o one_o sovereignty_n be_v now_o found_v the_o world_n be_v now_o full_a of_o hardy_a man_n painful_a and_o well_o practise_v in_o war_n they_o be_v stubborn_a and_o not_o to_o be_v subdue_v but_o with_o infinite_a labour_n and_o danger_n in_o the_o conquest_n of_o the_o assyrian_n over_o all_o asia_n the_o war_n be_v of_o far_o light_a account_n the_o people_n be_v to_o seek_v in_o their_o defence_n nor_o be_v the_o world_n so_o populous_a for_o it_o be_v not_o above_o a_o thousand_o year_n after_o that_o universal_a â—…luge_n wherein_o all_o die_v but_o noah_n and_o his_o family_n that_o ninus_n conquer_v all_o asia_n except_v india_n but_o the_o roman_n come_v not_o to_o their_o monarchy_n with_o that_o ease_n that_o he_o do_v they_o spread_v by_o little_a and_o little_a and_o find_v sturdy_a let_n in_o all_o their_o proceed_n rome_n then_o be_v build_v when_o israel_n have_v dwell_v in_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n 718._o year_n 27._o under_o josuah_n 329._o under_o the_o judge_n and_o 362._o under_o the_o king_n until_o achaz_n now_o king_n of_o judah_n or_o as_o other_o count_v unto_o his_o successor_n ezechias_n that_o good_a and_o godly_a king_n who_o reign_v assure_o in_o romulus_n his_o time_n osee_n in_o the_o mean_a time_n be_v king_n of_o israel_n l._n vives_n room_z the_o a_o second_v babylon_n saint_n peter_n call_v rome_n babylon_n as_o hierome_n say_v in_o uita_fw-la marci_n who_o also_o think_v that_o john_n in_o the_o apocalypse_n mean_v no_o other_o babylon_n but_o do_v rome_n ad_fw-la marcellam_fw-la but_o now_o it_o have_v put_v off_o the_o name_n of_o babylon_n no_o confusion_n now_o you_o can_v buy_v any_o thing_n now_o in_o matter_n of_o religion_n without_o a_o very_a fair_a pretext_n of_o holy_a law_n for_o the_o sell_n of_o it_o yet_o may_v you_o buy_v or_o sell_v almost_o any_o kind_n of_o cause_n holy_a or_o hellish_a for_o money_n of_o the_o evident_a prophecy_n of_o sibylla_n erithraea_n concern_v christ._n chap._n 23._o in_o those_o day_n sibylla_n erythrea_n some_o say_v prophesy_v there_o be_v many_o a_o sybilis_fw-la say_v varro_n more_o than_o one_o but_o this_o b_o sybille_n of_o erithraea_n write_v some_o apparent_a prophecy_n of_o christ_n which_o we_o have_v read_v in_o rough_a latin_a verse_n not_o correspondent_a to_o the_o greek_a the_o interpreter_n well_o learn_v afterward_o be_v none_o of_o the_o best_a poet_n for_o flaccianus_n a_o learned_a and_o eloquent_a man_n one_o that_o have_v be_v consul_n deputy_n be_v in_o a_o conference_n with_o we_o concern_v christ_n show_v we_o a_o greek_a book_n say_v they_o be_v this_o sibyl_n verse_n wherein_o in_o one_o place_n he_o show_v we_o a_o sort_n of_o verse_n so_o compose_v that_o c_o the_o first_o letter_n of_o every_o verse_n be_v take_v they_o all_o make_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
the_o greek_n go_v to_o troy_n that_o they_o shall_v conquer_v and_o that_o homer_n shall_v write_v lie_n but_o the_o common_a opinion_n be_v she_o live_v before_o the_o siege_n of_o troy_n yet_o eusebius_n draw_v he_o to_o romulus_n his_o time_n indeed_o strabo_n make_v more_o than_o one_o erythream_n sibyl_n say_v there_o be_v one_o ancient_a one_o and_o another_o late_a call_v athenais_n live_v in_o alexander_n time_n lactantius_n say_v sibylla_n erythraea_n be_v bear_v at_o babylon_n and_o choose_v to_o be_v call_v erythraea_n the_o six_o be_v a_o samian_n eratosth_n say_v he_o find_v mention_n of_o she_o in_o the_o samian_a annal_n she_o be_v call_v phito_n the_o seven_o a_o cumane_a call_v amalthea_n and_o by_o other_o herophile_n or_o demophile_n suidas_n priscus_n call_v her_o hierophile_n and_o say_v she_o bring_v nine_o book_n to_o king_n tarqvinius_n priscus_n and_o ask_v he_o three_o hundred_o angel_n for_o they_o which_o he_o deny_v and_o laugh_v at_o she_o she_o burn_v three_o of_o they_o before_o his_o face_n and_o ask_v he_o the_o whole_a sum_n for_o the_o rest_n he_o think_v she_o be_v mad_a or_o drink_v indeed_o scoff_v at_o she_o again_o she_o burn_v other_o three_o and_o ask_v still_o the_o whole_a sum_n for_o the_o three_o remain_v then_o the_o king_n be_v move_v in_o mind_n and_o give_v it_o she_o this_o be_v record_v by_o pliny_n dionys._n solin_n gellius_n and_o servius_n concern_v tarquin_n the_o proud_a not_o the_o other_o pliny_n say_v she_o have_v but_o three_o book_n burn_v two_o and_o save_v the_o three_o suidas_n say_v she_o have_v nine_o book_n of_o private_a oracle_n and_o burn_v but_o two_o of_o they_o her_o tomb_n say_v solinus_n may_v be_v see_v yet_o in_o sicilia_n but_o he_o call_v she_o not_o eriphile_n for_o that_o he_o give_v to_o the_o erythraean_a sibyl_n who_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o the_o cumane_a eusebius_n think_v that_o hierophile_n be_v neither_o the_o erythraean_a nor_o cumane_a but_o the_o samian_n that_o she_o live_v in_o numa_n time_n lâ—…ocrates_n be_v archon_n of_o athens_n the_o wife_n of_o amphiaraus_n be_v call_v eriphile_n also_o the_o eight_o be_v of_o hellespont_n bear_v at_o marmissum_fw-la near_o troy_n live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o solon_n and_o cyrus_n heracl_n pontic_a the_o nine_o be_v a_o phrygian_a and_o prophesy_v at_o aucyra_n the_o ten_o a_o tyburtine_n call_v albumea_n worship_v at_o tybur_n as_o a_o goddess_n on_o the_o bank_n of_o the_o river_n anienes_n in_o who_o channel_n her_o image_n be_v find_v with_o a_o book_n in_o the_o hand_n of_o it_o these_o be_v varro_n sibyl_n there_o be_v other_o name_v also_o as_o lampusia_n calchas_n his_o daughter_n of_o colophon_n who_o prophecy_n be_v whilom_o extant_a in_o verse_n and_o sibylla_n elyssa_n also_o with_o they_o cassandra_n also_o priam_n daughter_n who_o prophesy_v her_o country_n ruin_n be_v count_v for_o a_o sibyl_n there_o be_v also_o sibyl_n of_o epirus_n and_o mantâ—…_n tiresias_n daughter_n and_o last_o carmentis_n euanders_n mother_n and_o fatua_fw-la faunus_n his_o wife_n all_o call_v sibyl_n didiâ—…s_v grammaticus_n be_v in_o doubt_n whether_o sappho_n be_v a_o sibyl_n or_o no._n sâ—…_n de_fw-fr stud_n liberal_a yet_o some_o in_o this_o place_n read_v publica_n for_o sibylla_n but_o which_o sibyl_n it_o be_v that_o write_v the_o verse_n contain_v the_o roman_n fate_n varro_n himself_o they_o sâ—…y_o can_v not_o tell_v some_o say_v it_o be_v sibylla_n cumana_n as_o virgil_n do_v call_v her_o deiphobe_n daughter_n to_o glaucus_n who_o be_v a_o prophet_n and_o teach_v apollo_n the_o art_n unless_o you_o have_v rather_o read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d for_o she_o as_o some_o say_v bring_v the_o book_n to_o tarquin_n priscus_n who_o hide_v they_o in_o the_o capitol_n she_o live_v in_o rome_n say_v solinus_n in_o the_o fifteen_o olympiad_n if_o that_o be_v so_o it_o be_v tarqum_n priscus_n &_o not_o the_o proud_a that_o buy_v her_o book_n for_o priscus_n die_v and_o servius_n tullus_n begin_v his_o reign_n the_o four_o year_n of_o the_o fifteen_o olympiade_n epitelides_n of_o laâ—…aedemon_n be_v victor_n in_o the_o game_n and_o archestratides_n be_v archon_n of_o athens_n that_o therefore_o be_v likely_a that_o uâ—…rro_n and_o suidas_n affirm_v of_o priscus_n then_o that_o which_o other_o say_v of_o superbus_n if_o solinus_n his_o account_n be_v true_a her_o chapel_n be_v to_o be_v see_v at_o cumae_n but_o varro_n think_v it_o unlikely_a that_o the_o sibyl_n that_o aeneas_n talk_v with_o shall_v live_v unto_o the_o fist_n king_n of_o rome_n time_n and_o therefore_o he_o think_v it_o be_v erythraea_n that_o sing_v the_o roman_n destiny_n yet_o dionys._n say_v it_o be_v to_o she_o that_o aeneas_n go_v lib._n 4._o varro_n have_v this_o further_a ground_n that_o when_o apollo_n temple_n at_o erythraea_n be_v burn_v those_o very_a verse_n be_v find_v there_o even_o this_o be_v she_o who_o virgil_n call_v cumaea_n for_o she_o prophesy_v at_o cumae_n in_o italy_n say_v capella_n and_o so_o think_v i_o there_o be_v cumae_n in_o jonia_n by_o erythrea_n but_o aristotle_n say_v direct_o there_o be_v a_o cave_n in_o cumae_n a_o city_n of_o italy_n in_o which_o sibylla_n dwell_v she_o who_o other_o call_v erythraea_n the_o cumaean_o for_o glory_n of_o their_o country_n call_v cumaea_n otherwise_o they_o mean_v some_o other_o for_o it_o be_v not_o virgil_n sibyl_n that_o cumane_a sibylla_n that_o sell_v tarquin_n the_o book_n nor_o say_v virgil_n nor_o think_v we_o that_o there_o be_v no_o verse_n in_o those_o book_n but_o of_o one_o sibyl_n this_o tacitus_n show_v say_v of_o augustus_n that_o whereas_o there_o be_v many_o fable_n spread_v under_o the_o sibyl_n name_n he_o send_v into_o samos_n erythrea_n ilium_n africa_n and_o to_o all_o the_o italian_a colony_n to_o be_v at_o rome_n with_o their_o verse_n at_o a_o day_n appoint_v where_o a_o judgement_n be_v pass_v by_o the_o quindecimuer_n and_o a_o censure_n upon_o all_o that_o shall_v have_v of_o these_o verse_n in_o private_a antiquity_n have_v decree_v against_o it_o before_o and_o the_o capitol_n be_v repair_v say_v lactantius_n out_o of_o varro_n they_o come_v thither_o from_o all_o place_n and_o chief_o from_o erythraea_n with_o sibyl_n verse_n this_o also_o feâ—…estella_n a_o diligent_a author_n record_v and_o that_o p._n gabinius_n m._n octacilius_n and_o luc._n valeriuâ—…_n go_v to_o erythraea_n purposely_o about_o it_o and_o bring_v about_o a_o thousand_o verse_n to_o rome_n which_o private_a man_n have_v copy_v forth_o thus_o far_o lactantius_n stilico_n honorius_n his_o stepfather_n deâ—…ring_v to_o move_v the_o people_n against_o his_o son_n in_o law_n make_v away_o all_o the_o sibyl_n book_n of_o which_o fact_n claudian_n write_v thus_o nec_fw-la tantum_fw-la geticis_fw-la grassatus_fw-la proditor_n armis_fw-la ante_fw-la sybillinae_fw-la fata_fw-la cremavit_fw-la opis_fw-la nor_o only_o rage_v the_o traitor_n in_o goth_n arm_n but_o burn_v the_o fate_n of_o sibyl_n help_n from_o harm_n and_o thus_o much_o of_o the_o sibyl_n b_o sibyl_n of_o erythraea_n lactantius_n cit_v some_o of_o those_o verse_n from_o another_o sibyl_n it_o be_v no_o matter_n indeed_o which_o sibyl_n they_o be_v one_o sibyl_n they_o be_v sure_a to_o be_v and_o because_o she_o be_v the_o most_o famous_a to_o she_o they_o assign_v they_o c_o the_o first_o letter_n that_o the_o sibyl_n put_v mystery_n in_o their_o verse_n head_n tully_n can_v testify_v their_o poem_n say_v he_o prooâ—…h_v they_o not_o mad_a for_o there_o be_v more_o cunning_a than_o turbulence_n in_o they_o be_v all_o convey_v into_o acrostic_n as_o ennius_n also_o have_v do_v in_o some_o show_v a_o mind_n rather_o 〈◊〉_d than_o 〈◊〉_d de_fw-fr divinat_fw-la lib._n 2._o virgil_n also_o aegl_n 4._o ultima_fw-la cumaei_n venit_fw-la iam_fw-la carminis_fw-la aetas_fw-la the_o sibyl_n prophecy_n draw_v to_o a_o end_n nâ—…ly_o the_o time_n that_o she_o include_v in_o her_o prophetical_a acrostic_n d_o those_o verse_n the_o greek_a verse_n in_o eusebius_n be_v these_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d
heaven_n so_o full_a of_o god_n that_o he_o leave_v no_o room_n for_o himself_o he_o reign_v at_o rome_n and_o manasses_n over_o the_o hebrew_n that_o c_o wicked_a king_n that-killed_n the_o prophet_n isaias_n sibylla_n d_o samia_n live_v as_o it_o be_v report_v l._n vives_n now_o ah_o do_v by_o the_o conduct_n of_o senacharib_n or_o salmanazar_n king_n of_o chaldaea_n in_o oseeâ—…_n time_n they_o be_v transport_v into_o the_o mountain_n of_o media_n after_o they_o have_v be_v rule_v by_o â—…gs_n 250._o year_n senacherib_n send_v colony_n out_o of_o assyria_n into_o judaea_n to_o possess_v and_o keep_v it_o and_o they_o follow_v the_o jewish_a law_n and_o be_v call_v samaritan_n that_o be_v keeper_n b_o in_o the_o samaritan_n caesar_n time_n tully_n in_o his_o phillippike_n rattle_v up_o caesar_n deity_n seneca_n deride_v that_o of_o claudius_n and_o lucan_n the_o divine_a honour_n give_v to_o all_o the_o caesar_n c_o that_o wicked_a king_n that_o kill_v so_o 〈◊〉_d do_v and_o set_v up_o a_o idol_n with_o five_o face_n esaias_n be_v a_o prophet_n of_o the_o blood_n royal_a he_o prophesy_v under_o manasses_n who_o make_v he_o be_v sawen_v in_o two_o he_o be_v bury_v under_o the_o oak_n roâ—…ll_v near_o to_o the_o spring_n that_o ezechias_n damn_v up_o hierome_n d_o samia_n called_n herophiâ—…_n esaias_n â—…nd_v live_v in_o samos_n euseb._n philosopher_n live_v in_o tarqvinius_n priscus_n his_o time_n and_o sedechias_n when_o jerusalem_n be_v take_v and_o the_o temple_n destroy_v chap._n 25._o sedechias_n rule_v over_o the_o hebrew_n and_o tarqvinius_n priscus_n successor_n to_o ancus_n martius_n over_o the_o roman_n the_o jew_n be_v carry_v captive_a to_o babylon_n jerusalem_n be_v destroy_v and_o salomon_n temple_n raze_v b_o the_o prophet_n have_v tell_v they_o long_o before_o that_o their_o wickedness_n will_v be_v the_o cause_n of_o this_o chief_o hieremy_n c_o who_o tell_v they_o the_o very_a time_n that_o it_o will_v hold_v d_o about_o this_o time_n live_v e_o pittacus_n of_o mitylene_n another_o of_o the_o sage_n and_o the_o other_o five_o also_o which_o with_o thales_n and_o this_o pittacus_n make_v seven_o live_v all_o as_o eusebius_n say_v f_o within_o the_o time_n of_o the_o israelite_n captivity_n in_o babylon_n their_o name_n be_v g_o solon_n of_o athens_n h_o chilo_n of_o lacedaemon_n ay_o periander_n of_o corinth_n k_o cleobulus_n of_o lindum_n l_o and_o 〈◊〉_d of_o prienaeum_fw-la these_o be_v all_o after_o the_o theolgicall_a poet_n and_o be_v more_o famous_a for_o their_o m_o better_a discipline_n of_o life_n than_o other_o observe_v &_o for_o that_o they_o â—…ue_v sundry_a n_o good_a instruction_n touch_v the_o reformation_n of_o manner_n but_o they_o leave_v o_o no_o record_n of_o their_o learning_n to_o posterity_n but_o only_o solon_n that_o leave_v the_o atheâ—…ns_n some_o law_n of_o his_o make_n thales_n be_v a_o naturalist_n &_o left_a book_n of_o his_o opiniâ—…ns_n &_o in_o this_o time_n also_o live_v anaximander_n anaximenes_n &_o xenophanes_n all_o natural_a philosopher_n &_o pythagoras_n also_o from_o who_o philosophy_n seem_v to_o take_v begin_n l_o vives_n sedechias_n a_o nabuchodrosor_n or_o 〈◊〉_d war_v with_o three_o king_n of_o juda_n first_o â—…ith_n joachim_n and_o he_o he_o make_v his_o 〈◊〉_d which_o 〈◊〉_d and_o he_o he_o carry_v 〈◊〉_d nabâ—…codrosor_n three_o month_n war_n unto_o babylon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jury_n and_o lâ—…aving_v 〈◊〉_d who_o he_o name_v â—…s_n jechonias_n his_o uncle_n provost_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o charge_v his_o name_n to_o make_v he_o remember_v 〈◊〉_d place_n but_o he_o disobey_v he_o upon_o his_o depature_n and_o so_o pull_v the_o weight_n of_o a_o great_a war_n upâ—…_n he_o for_o the_o chaldaean_a camâ—…_n in_o 〈◊〉_d burn_a and_o â—…lew_v all_o up_o before_o he_o besiege_v hieâ—…_n take_v it_o through_o famine_n â—…w_v sedechias_n 〈◊〉_d child_n before_o his_o face_n put_v out_o his_o eye_n and_o â—…d_v he_o captive_a to_o babylon_n with_o all_o his_o people_n â—…ith_v he_o and_o raze_v the_o city_n to_o the_o ground_n 〈◊〉_d the_o prophet_n hieremy_n begin_v to_o prophesy_v the_o three_o year_n of_o josias_n son_n of_o ammon_n king_n of_o 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o declare_v in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o his_o prophecy_n 〈◊〉_d say_v not_o until_o the_o ten_o year_n 〈◊〉_d and_o his_o prophecy_n thus_o write_v alex._n polyhist_n in_o joachims_n time_n he_o be_v send_v by_o god_n to_o hieremy_n prophecy_n and_o find_v the_o jew_n adore_v of_o their_o idol_n baal_n he_o thereupon_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d city_n ruin_n and_o their_o captivity_n whereupon_a joachim_n command_v to_o burn_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o that_o with_o the_o same_o piece_n of_o wood_n shall_v they_o be_v captive_a dig_v and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d tigris_n and_o euphrates_n this_o nabuchodrozor_n hear_v off_o and_o gather_v his_o power_n come_v and_o 〈◊〉_d judaea_n jerusalem_n and_o the_o temple_n take_v the_o ark_n and_o all_o away_o with_o he_o c_o who_o tola_fw-la seaventy_fw-la year_n he_o say_v it_o will_v endure_v and_o so_o it_o do_v d_o pittacus_n euseb_n say_v that_o 〈◊〉_d thales_n be_v seven_o wise_a man_n of_o greece_n in_o cyrus_n his_o time_n euang._n prep_n lib._n 10._o but_o indeed_o 〈◊〉_d time_n can_v be_v bring_v unto_o one_o some_o be_v before_o other_o some_o thales_n assure_o spâ—…ke_v with_o cyrus_n so_o do_v solon_n and_o pittacus_n with_o croesus_n who_o war_v with_o cyrus_n but_o 〈◊〉_d time_n begin_v but_o a_o little_a before_o his_o end_v for_o cyrus_n live_v from_o the_o fortith_n to_o the_o 〈◊〉_d olympiade_n some_o say_v to_o the_o fifty_o one_o fifty_o two_o fifty_o three_o yea_o and_o some_o to_o the_o fifty_o eighâ—…_n eusebius_n say_v thales_n live_v in_o the_o begin_n of_o romulus_n his_o time_n but_o either_o the_o author_n or_o the_o transcriber_n be_v in_o a_o foul_a fault_n yet_o augustine_n follow_v they_o for_o how_o can_v 〈◊〉_d come_v to_o cyrus_n his_o time_n then_o from_o the_o eight_o olympiad_n unto_o the_o five_o and_o fifteeth_n very_o near_o two_o hundred_o year_n thales_n by_o the_o long_a account_n live_v but_o ninety_o so_o 〈◊〉_d sosicrates_n but_o ordinary_o he_o have_v but_o seventy_o allow_v he_o laert._n and_o eusebius_n make_v the_o seven_o sage_n to_o live_v but_o in_o servius_n his_o first_o beginning_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o thales_n in_o the_o first_o of_o ancus_n martius_n that_o be_v olymp._n thirty_o five_o who_o he_o say_v live_v unto_o olymp._n fifty_o eight_o then_o must_v he_o not_o be_v refer_v to_o romulus_n his_o time_n and_o the_o greek_n have_v exceed_v ado_n about_o their_o sage_n every_o one_o be_v vayne-gloryous_a for_o his_o own_o side_n for_o they_o have_v woâ—…_n in_o old_a time_n to_o call_v all_o their_o artist_n sage_n as_o we_o call_v they_o know_v man_n the_o poet_n 〈◊〉_d poet_n be_v call_v so_o as_o hesiod_n and_o homer_n and_o then_o thales_n bias_n pittacus_n and_o solon_n get_v aâ—…l_o this_o name_n for_o these_o say_v dicaearchus_n be_v assure_o such_o but_o who_o to_o add_v to_o 〈◊〉_d now_o there_o lie_v the_o doubt_n it_o be_v the_o great_a and_o most_o noble_a question_n that_o be_v handleâ—…_n in_o profane_a matter_n the_o three_o that_o augustine_n name_v be_v common_o add_v laert._n plato_n reiectes_n periander_n and_o put_v one_o mison_n in_o his_o place_n who_o country_n be_v unknown_a in_o protag_n plato_n make_v he_o a_o chevean_n a_o man-hater_n as_o timon_n and_o 〈◊〉_d be_v leâ—…drius_n for_o he_o and_o cleobulus_n putt_n leop_v hantus_fw-la of_o ephesus_n and_o epimenedes_o of_o crete_n 〈◊〉_d put_v anacharsis_n the_o sythian_a in_o periander_n place_n other_o add_v aristodemus_n pamphilus_n and_o strabras_n the_o argive_a hermippus_n reckon_v seaventeeene_v wise_a man_n solon_n thales_n â—…acus_fw-la bias_n cleobulus_n chilo_n periander_n anacharsis_n acusilaus_n epimenides_n cleophantus_n pherecides_n aristodemus_n pythagoras_n latius_fw-la hermion_n and_o anaxagoras_n e_z 〈◊〉_d son_n to_o hircadius_fw-la the_o thracian_a as_o it_o be_v report_v bear_v at_o mytelene_n in_o lesbos_n a_o lover_n of_o his_o country_n pittacus_n freedom_n for_o which_o he_o slay_v the_o tyrant_n melanchrus_n he_o be_v very_o valiant_a for_o 〈◊〉_d fight_v hand_n to_o hand_n with_o phrymon_n of_o athens_n who_o have_v be_v victor_n in_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d slay_v he_o and_o most_o just_a for_o be_v make_v a_o judge_n between_o athens_n and_o mitylene_n in_o a_o controversy_n concern_v land_n he_o judge_v on_o the_o athenian_n side_n and_o therefore_o the_o mitylenian_o make_v he_o precedent_n of_o their_o state_n which_o he_o hold_v until_o he_o have_v settle_v it_o and_o then_o give_v it_o over_o he_o die_v olymp._n fifty_o one_o in_o the_o seaventith_n year_n of_o his_o age_n ten_o year_n after_o he_o have_v reform_v the_o state_n f_z within_o the_o time_n euseb._n praep._n euang._n and_o in_o chronic._n whomâ—…_n augustine_n follow_v much_o in_o this_o work_n in_o cyrus_n
of_o juda_n kiil_v cbr._n 2._o 34._o 21._o he_o who_o christ_n say_v be_v kill_v between_o the_o temple_n and_o the_o altar_n mat._n 23._o 35._o b_o malachi_n his_o name_n interpret_v be_v his_o angel_n malachi_n and_o so_o the_o seventy_o call_v he_o where-upon_o origen_n upon_o this_o prophet_n say_v that_o he_o think_v it_o be_v a_o angel_n that_o prophesy_v this_o prophecy_n if_o we_o may_v believe_v hieromes_n testimony_n herein_o other_o call_v he_o malachi_n for_o indeed_o name_n be_v not_o to_o be_v alter_v in_o any_o translation_n no_o man_n call_v plato_n broade_n or_o aristotle_n good_a perfection_n or_o josuah_n the_o saviour_n or_o athens_n name_n minerva_n name_n be_v to_o be_v set_v down_o in_o the_o proper_a idiom_n otherwise_o the_o name_n of_o famous_a man_n be_v translate_v into_o several_a tongue_n shall_v obscure_v their_o person_n fame_n by_o be_v the_o more_o disperse_v which_o make_v i_o wonder_v at_o those_o that_o will_v wring_v the_o greek_a name_n etc._n etc._n unto_o their_o several_a idiom_n wherein_o their_o own_o conceit_n do_v they_o gross_a wrong_n caesar_n be_v wise_a to_o deal_v plain_o in_o give_v the_o french_a &_o german_a each_o his_o country_n name_n only_o make_v they_o declinable_a by_o the_o latin_a but_o to_o malachi_n some_o by_o concordance_n of_o their_o stide_n say_v that_o he_o be_v esdras_n and_o prophesy_v under_o darius_n the_o son_n of_o histaspis_n of_o esdras_n in_o the_o next_o chapter_n c_o rejoice_v great_o this_o whole_a quotation_n and_o the_o rest_n differ_v much_o from_o our_o vulgar_a translation_n d_o upon_o a_o colt_n the_o evangelist_n s_o matthew_n read_v it_o upon_o a_o colt_n and_o the_o foal_n of_o a_o ass_n â—…sed_v to_o the_o yoke_n cha_n 21._o ver_fw-la 5._o the_o jew_n that_o be_v yoke_v under_o so_o many_o ceremony_n be_v prefigure_v herein_o but_o the_o free_a and_o young_a colt_n as_o the_o seventy_o do_v translate_v it_o be_v the_o type_n of_o the_o gentile_n take_v which_o you_o will_v god_n sit_v upon_o both_o to_o cure_v both_o from_o corruption_n and_o to_o bring_v both_o salvation_n e_z be_v incense_v offer_v the_o seventy_o read_v it_o be_v offer_v because_o the_o prophet_n often_o speak_v of_o thing_n to_o come_v as_o if_o they_o be_v present_a yea_o and_o sometime_o as_o if_o they_o be_v pass_v the_o translation_n of_o the_o seventy_o be_v somewhat_o alter_v in_o the_o follow_a quotation_n of_o the_o book_n of_o esdras_n and_o the_o maccabee_n chap._n 36._o after_o agee_n zachary_n &_o malachy_n the_o three_o last_o prophet_n in_o the_o time_n of_o the_o say_a captivity_n a_o esdras_n write_v but_o he_o be_v rather_o hold_v a_o historiographer_n than_o a_o prophet_n as_o the_o book_n of_o b_o hester_n be_v also_o contain_v accident_n about_o those_o time_n all_o tend_v to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o esdras_n prophesy_v in_o this_o that_o when_o the_o question_n arise_v among_o the_o young_a man_n what_o thing_n be_v most_o powerful_a one_o answer_v king_n the_o next_o wine_z and_o the_o three_o woman_n for_o they_o often_o command_v king_n c_o yet_o do_v the_o three_o add_v more_o and_o say_v that_o truth_n conquer_v allthing_n now_o christ_n in_o the_o gospel_n be_v find_v to_o be_v the_o truth_n from_o this_o time_n after_o the_o temple_n be_v re-edify_v the_o jew_n have_v no_o more_o king_n but_o prince_n unto_o d_o aristobulus_n his_o time_n the_o account_n of_o which_o time_n we_o have_v not_o in_o 〈◊〉_d canonical_a scripture_n but_o in_o the_o other_o e_o among_o which_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n be_v also_o which_o the_o church_n indeed_o hold_v for_o canonical_a f_o because_o of_o the_o vehement_a and_o wonderful_a suffering_n of_o some_o martyr_n for_o the_o law_n of_o god_n before_o the_o come_n of_o christ._n such_o there_o be_v that_o endure_v intolerable_a â—…ments_n yet_o these_o book_n be_v but_o apocryphal_a to_o the_o jew_n l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o a_o most_o skilful_a scribe_n of_o the_o law_n he_o be_v &_o hierom_n say_v he_o be_v that_o josedech_n who_o esdras_n 〈◊〉_d jesus_n be_v priest_n he_o they_o say_v restore_v the_o law_n which_o yâ—_z chaldaees_n have_v burn_v not_o without_o 〈◊〉_d assistance_n &_o change_v the_o hebrew_n letter_n to_o distinguish_v they_o from_o the_o samaritan_n gentile_n which_o then_o fill_v judea_n euseb._n the_o jew_n afterward_o use_v his_o letter_n only_o their_o accent_n differ_v from_o the_o samaritan_n which_o be_v the_o old_a one_o that_o moses_n give_v they_o b_o hester_n 〈◊〉_d â—…tory_n â—…ong-hand_n fall_v out_o say_v josephus_n in_o the_o time_n of_o artaxerxes_n otherwise_o call_v cyrus_n for_o xerxes_n be_v the_o son_n of_o darius_n histaspis_n and_o artaxerxes_n surname_v long-hand_n be_v son_n to_o he_o in_o who_o time_n the_o jew_n be_v in_o such_o danger_n by_o mean_n of_o haman_n because_o of_o mardochee_n hester_n uncle_n as_o there_o book_n show_v this_o nicephorus_n hold_v also_o but_o eusebius_n say_v this_o can_v not_o be_v that_o the_o jew_n shall_v be_v in_o so_o memorable_a a_o peril_n and_o yet_o esdras_n who_o write_v their_o fortune_n under_o artaxerxes_n never_o once_o mention_v it_o so_o that_o he_o make_v this_o accident_n to_o fall_v out_o long_o after_o in_o the_o time_n of_o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n bastard_n son_n to_o darius_n and_o he_o the_o hebrew_n call_v assuerus_n say_v he_o indeed_o bede_n be_v of_o this_o mind_n also_o but_o i_o fear_v eusebius_n his_o account_n be_v not_o so_o sure_a as_o josephus_n but_o in_o this_o we_o recite_v opinion_n only_o leave_v the_o judgement_n c_o yet_o do_v the_o three_o this_o be_v zarobabel_n that_o say_v truth_n be_v about_o all_o esd._n 33._o los._n ant._n lib._n 11._o but_o the_o three_o and_o four_o book_n of_o esdras_n be_v apocryphal_a hierome_n reject_v aristobulus_n they_o as_o dream_n d_o aristobulus_n son_n to_o jonathas_n both_o king_n and_o priest_n he_o wear_v the_o first_o diadem_n in_o judaea_n four_o hundred_o eighty_o and_o four_o year_n after_o the_o captivity_n under_o nabucadonosor_n e_z maccabee_n hierome_n see_v the_o first_o of_o those_o book_n in_o hebrew_n the_o latter_a he_o know_v to_o be_v pen_v first_o in_o greek_a by_o the_o stile_n josephus_n write_v the_o history_n of_o the_o maccabee_n as_o hierome_n say_v contra_fw-la pellagian_a i_o can_v tell_v whether_o he_o mean_v the_o book_n that_o we_o have_v for_o scripture_n or_o another_o greek_a book_n that_o be_v set_v forth_o several_a and_o call_v josephâ—…ad_n machabeos_n there_o be_v a_o three_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n as_o yet_o untranslate_v into_o latin_a that_o i_o know_v of_o that_o i_o think_v the_o church_n have_v not_o receive_v for_o canonical_a f_z because_o of_o â—…or_n there_o be_v seven_o brethren_n who_o rather_o then_o they_o woold_v break_v the_o law_n endure_v together_o with_o their_o mother_n to_o be_v flay_v quick_a rather_o than_o to_o obey_v that_o foul_a command_n of_o antiochus_n against_o god_n the_o prophet_n more_o ancient_a than_o any_o of_o the_o gentile_a philosopher_n chap._n 37._o in_o our_o ah_o prophet_n time_o who_o work_n be_v now_o so_o far_o diwlge_v there_o be_v no_o philosopher_n stir_v as_o yet_o for_o the_o first_o of_o they_o arise_v from_o b_o pythagoras_n of_o samos_n who_o begin_v to_o be_v famous_a at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o captivity_n so_o that_o all_o other_o philosopher_n must_v needs_o be_v much_o late_a c_o for_o socrates_n of_o athens_n the_o chief_a moralist_n of_o his_o time_n live_v after_o esdras_n as_o the_o chronicle_n record_n and_o â—…o_o one_o after_o be_v plato_n bear_v the_o most_o excellent_a of_o all_o his_o scholar_n to_o who_o if_o we_o add_v also_o the_o former_a seven_o who_o be_v call_v sage_n not_o philosopher_n and_o the_o naturalist_n that_o follow_v thales_n his_o study_n to_o wit_n anaximander_n anaximenes_n anaxagoras_n and_o other_o before_o pythagoras_n profess_a philosophy_n not_o one_o of_o these_o be_v before_o the_o prophet_n for_o thales_n the_o most_o ancient_a of_o they_o all_o live_v in_o romulus_n his_o time_n when_o this_o prophetical_a doctrine_n flow_v from_o the_o fountain_n of_o israel_n to_o be_v derive_v unto_o all_o the_o world_n only_o therefore_o the_o theological_a poet_n orpheus_n linus_n musaeus_n and_o the_o other_o if_o there_o be_v anymore_o be_v before_o our_o canonical_a prophet_n but_o they_o be_v not_o more_o ancient_a than_o our_o true_a divine_a moses_n who_o teach_v they_o one_o true_a god_n and_o who_o book_n be_v in_o the_o front_n of_o our_o canon_n and_o therefore_o though_o the_o learning_n of_o greece_n warm_v the_o world_n at_o this_o day_n yet_o need_v they_o not_o boast_v of_o their_o wisdom_n be_v neither_o so_o ancient_a nor_o so_o excellent_a as_o our_o divine_a religion_n and_o the_o true_a wisdom_n we_o confess_v not_o that_o
whole_a fourth_z eclogue_n be_v and_o his_o digression_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o caesar._n georg._n 1._o and_o likewise_o in_o ovid_n we_o read_v these_o esse_fw-la quoque_fw-la in_o fatis_fw-la 〈◊〉_d affore_o terris_fw-la quo_fw-la â—…are_fw-la quo_fw-la tellus_fw-la corrept_v aque_fw-la regius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ardeat_fw-la èt_fw-la mundi_fw-la mole_n operosa_fw-la laboret_fw-la there_o be_v a_o time_n when_o heaven_n man_n say_v shall_v burn_v when_o air_n and_o sea_n and_o earth_n and_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o this_o â—…ge_a 〈◊〉_d shall_v all_o to_o ash_n turn_v and_o likewise_o this_o et_fw-la deus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d lustrat_fw-la sub_fw-la imagine_v terras_fw-la god_n take_v a_o view_n of_o earth_n in_o human_a shape_n and_o such_o also_o have_v lucaâ—…_n in_o his_o pharsalian_a war_n libre_fw-la 12._o now_o if_o they_o say_v that_o all_o the_o assertion_n of_o we_o record_v by_o great_a author_n be_v fiction_n let_v i_o hear_v the_o most_o direct_a â—…th_n that_o they_o can_v affiâ—…_n and_o i_o will_v find_v one_o academike_n or_o other_o among_o they_o that_o shall_v â—…ke_v a_o doubt_n of_o it_o whether_o any_o but_o israelite_n before_o christ_n time_n belong_v to_o the_o city_n of_o god_n chap._n 47._o â—…erefore_o any_o stranger_n be_v he_o no_o israelite_n bear_v nor_o his_o work_n allow_v for_o 〈◊〉_d â—…onicall_a by_o they_o if_o he_o have_v prophesy_v of_o christ_n that_o we_o can_v know_v or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v add_v unto_o the_o number_n of_o our_o testimony_n not_o that_o we_o need_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o because_o it_o be_v no_o error_n to_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v some_o of_o the_o genâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d who_o this_o mystery_n be_v reveal_v and_o who_o be_v inspire_v by_o the_o spirit_n of_o propâ—…_n to_o declare_v it_o be_v they_o elect_v or_o reprobate_a &_o teach_v by_o the_o evil_a spiâ—…_n who_o we_o know_v confess_v christ_n be_v come_v though_o the_o jew_n deny_v he_o 〈◊〉_d do_v i_o think_v the_o jew_n dare_v aver_v that_o a_o no_o man_n be_v save_v after_o the_o proâ—…_n of_o israel_n but_o isralite_n indeed_o there_o be_v no_o other_o people_n proper_o calâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d people_n of_o god_n but_o they_o can_v deny_v that_o some_o particular_a man_n live_v in_o 〈◊〉_d â—…orld_n and_o in_o other_o nation_n that_o be_v belong_v to_o the_o heavenly_a hierarchy_n 〈◊〉_d deny_v this_o the_o story_n of_o b_o holy_a job_n convince_v they_o who_o be_v neither_o a_o 〈◊〉_d israelite_n nor_o c_o a_o proselyte_n adopt_v by_o their_o law_n but_o bear_v and_o bury_v 〈◊〉_d â—…aea_n and_o yet_o d_o be_v he_o so_o high_o commend_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o 〈◊〉_d be_v none_o of_o his_o time_n it_o seem_v that_o equal_v he_o in_o righteousness_n who_o 〈◊〉_d though_o the_o chronicle_n express_v not_o yet_o out_o of_o the_o canonical_a authority_n of_o 〈◊〉_d own_o book_n we_o gather_v he_o to_o have_v live_v in_o e_z the_o three_o generation_n after_o 〈◊〉_d god_n providence_n no_o doubt_n intend_v to_o give_v we_o a_o instance_n in_o he_o that_o there_o may_v be_v other_o in_o the_o nation_n that_o live_v after_o the_o law_n of_o god_n and_o in_o his_o â—…ice_n thereby_o attain_v a_o place_n in_o the_o celestial_a jerusalem_n which_o we_o must_v 〈◊〉_d none_o do_v but_o such_o as_o fore-knew_a the_o come_n of_o the_o messiah_n mediator_n beâ—…_n god_n and_o man_n who_o be_v prophesy_v unto_o the_o saint_n of_o old_a that_o he_o shall_v 〈◊〉_d just_a as_o we_o have_v see_v he_o to_o have_v come_v in_o the_o flesh_n thus_o do_v one_o faith_n unite_v 〈◊〉_d â—…he_v predestinate_a into_o one_o city_n one_o house_n and_o one_o temple_n for_o the_o live_a god_n 〈◊〉_d what_o other_o prophecy_n soever_o there_o pass_v abroad_o concern_v christ_n the_o viciâ—…_n may_v suppose_v that_o we_o have_v forge_v therefore_o there_o be_v no_o way_n so_o sure_a to_o batter_v 〈◊〉_d all_o contention_n in_o this_o kind_n as_o by_o cite_v of_o the_o prophecy_n contain_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d jews_n book_n by_o who_o dispersion_n from_o their_o proper_a habitation_n all_o over_o 〈◊〉_d world_n the_o church_n of_o christ_n be_v happy_o increase_v l._n vives_n 〈◊〉_d a_o no_o man_n nature_n be_v unpolluted_a with_o vicious_a opinion_n may_v possible_o guidâ—…_n 〈◊〉_d to_o god_n as_o well_o as_o the_o law_n of_o moses_n for_o what_o these_o get_v by_o the_o law_n those_o may_v get_v â—…out_a it_o and_o come_v to_o the_o same_o perfection_n that_o the_o jew_n come_v seek_v the_o same_o end_n nor_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d difference_n other_o then_o if_o one_o traveller_n shall_v carry_v a_o iâ—…erary_n of_o his_o way_n with_o he_o this_o 〈◊〉_d â—…he_v other_o trust_n only_o his_o memory_n so_o may_v he_o also_o now_o a_o day_n that_o live_v in_o the_o faithâ—…_n of_o the_o ocean_n and_o never_o hear_v of_o christ_n attain_v the_o glory_n of_o a_o christian_a by_o keep_v 〈◊〉_d abstract_n of_o all_o the_o law_n and_o the_o prophet_n perfect_a love_n of_o god_n and_o his_o neighbour_n such_o 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o law_n to_o man_n and_o according_a to_o the_o psalmist_n he_o remember_v the_o name_n of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o night_n and_o keep_v his_o law_n this_o have_v he_o that_o see_v the_o lord_n righteousness_n so_o 〈◊〉_d blessing_n be_v it_o to_o be_v good_a although_o you_o have_v not_o one_o to_o teach_v you_o goodness_n and_o 〈◊〉_d want_v here_o but_o water_n â—…or_n here_o be_v the_o holy_a spirit_n as_o well_o as_o in_o the_o apostle_n as_o peter_n 〈◊〉_d of_o some_o who_o receive_v that_o before_o ever_o the_o water_n touch_v they_o so_o the_o naâ—…_n that_o have_v no_o law_n but_o nature_n be_v a_o law_n to_o themselves_o the_o light_n of_o their_o live_n well_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o god_n come_v from_o his_o son_n of_o who_o it_o be_v say_v he_o be_v the_o light_n which_o light_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o come_v into_o the_o world_n b_o holy_a joh._n his_o holy_a history_n say_v he_o be_v of_o the_o 〈◊〉_d of_o huz_n hierome_n say_v huz_n build_v damascus_n and_o traconitide_v and_o rule_v between_o palesâ—…_n and_o caelosiria_n this_o the_o seventy_o intimate_v in_o their_o translation_n huz_o be_v of_o the_o son_n of_o 〈◊〉_d the_o brother_n of_o abraham_n there_o be_v a_o other_o uz_n descend_v from_o esau_n but_o hierom_n 〈◊〉_d he_o from_o job_n kindred_n admit_v that_o son_n of_o aram_n for_o that_o say_v he_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d â—…nd_n of_o the_o book_n where_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v the_o forth_o from_o esau_n be_v because_o the_o book_n be_v 〈◊〉_d out_o of_o syrian_a for_o it_o be_v not_o write_v in_o the_o hebrew_n philip_n the_o priest_n the_o next_o 〈◊〉_d upon_o job_n after_o hierom_n say_v thus_o â—…uz_o and_o bâ—…z_n be_v the_o son_n of_o abraâ—…â—…ther_o â—…ther_z beget_v of_o melcha_n sister_n to_o sarah_n it_o be_v credible_a that_o this_o holy_a man_n job_n dwell_v job._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d bear_v his_o father_n name_n and_o that_o he_o be_v rather_o of_o the_o stock_n of_o nachor_n 〈◊〉_d though_o some_o suspect_v the_o contrary_a but_o the_o three_o king_n to_o wit_n eliphaz_n bildad_n 〈◊〉_d be_v of_o the_o generation_n of_o esau._n thus_o say_v philip_n so_o that_o job_n be_v son_n 〈◊〉_d by_o melcham_n origen_n follow_v the_o vulgar_a and_o say_v that_o he_o be_v a_o vzzite_n bear_v &_o breed_v and_o there_o live_v now_o they_o &_o the_o minaeite_n and_o euchaeite_n &_o the_o themanite_n be_v all_o of_o the_o race_n of_o esau_n or_o edom_n isaac_n son_n and_o all_o idumaea_n be_v as_o then_o call_v edom_n but_o now_o they_o be_v all_o call_v arabian_n both_o the_o idumaean_n ammonite_n and_o moabite_n this_o be_v the_o opinion_n of_o origen_n and_o the_o vulgar_a and_o likewise_o of_o some_o of_o the_o gentile_n as_o of_o aristeus_n hist._n judaic._n &c._n &c._n c_o a_o proselyte_n come_v from_o heathenism_n to_o the_o law_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o come_v to_o proselyte_n d_o so_o high_o commend_a in_o the_o book_n of_o job_n and_o ezech._n 14._o e_o in_o the_o three_o generation_n some_o think_v that_o genesis_n mention_v he_o under_o the_o name_n of_o jasub_n but_o there_o be_v no_o certainty_n of_o it_o hierome_n say_v that_o eliphaz_n esau_n fonne_n by_o adah_n be_v the_o same_o that_o be_v mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o job_n which_o if_o it_o be_v so_o job_n live_v in_o the_o next_o generation_n after_o jacob_n aggee_n prophesy_v of_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n house_n fulfil_v in_o the_o church_n not_o in_o the_o temple_n chap._n 48._o this_o be_v that_o house_n of_o god_n more_o glorious_a than_o the_o former_a for_o all_o the_o precious_a compacture_n for_o aggee_n prophecy_n be_v not_o fulfil_v in_o the_o repair_n of_o the_o temple_n which_o never_o have_v that_o glory_n after_o the_o restore_n that_o it_o have_v in_o salomon_n time_n but_o rather_o lose_v it_o all_o the_o prophet_n
apostle_n say_v we_o know_v but_o in_o part_n beside_o it_o believe_v the_o sense_n in_o object_n of_o which_o the_o mind_n judge_v by_o the_o sensitive_a organ_n because_o he_o be_v in_o a_o gross_a error_n that_o take_v all_o trust_n from_o they_o it_o believe_v also_o the_o holy_a canonical_a scripture_n both_o old_a and_o new_a from_o which_o the_o just_a man_n have_v his_o faith_n by_o which_o he_o live_v and_o wherein_o a_o we_o all_o walk_v without_o doubt_n as_o long_o as_o we_o be_v in_o our_o pilgrimage_n and_o personal_o absent_a from_o god_n and_o this_o faith_n be_v keep_v firm_a we_o may_v lawful_o doubt_v of_o all_o such_o other_o thing_n as_o be_v not_o manifest_v unto_o we_o either_o by_o sense_n reason_n scripture_n nor_o testimony_n of_o ground_a authority_n l._n vives_n we_o all_o walk_n a_o without_o doubt_n we_o have_v no_o knowledge_n of_o it_o but_o believe_v it_o as_o firm_o as_o what_o we_o see_v with_o our_o eye_n of_o the_o habit_n and_o manner_n belong_v to_o a_o christian._n chap._n 19_o it_o be_v nothing_o to_o the_o city_n of_o god_n what_o attire_n the_o citizen_n wear_v or_o what_o rule_v they_o observe_v as_o long_o as_o they_o contradict_v not_o god_n holy_a precept_n but_o each_o one_o keep_v the_o faith_n the_o true_a path_n to_o salvation_n and_o therefore_o when_o a_o philosopher_n become_v a_o christian_n they_o never_o make_v he_o alter_v his_o habit_n nor_o his_o manner_n which_o be_v no_o hindrance_n to_o his_o religion_n but_o his_o false_a opinion_n they_o respect_v not_o varro_n distinction_n of_o the_o cynike_n as_o long_o as_o they_o forbear_v unclean_a and_o intemperate_a action_n but_o as_o concern_v the_o three_o kind_n of_o life_n active_a contemplative_a and_o the_o mean_n between_o both_o although_o one_o may_v keep_v the_o faith_n in_o any_o of_o those_o course_n yet_o there_o be_v a_o difference_n between_o the_o love_n of_o the_o truth_n and_o the_o duty_n of_o charity_n one_o may_v not_o be_v so_o give_v to_o contemplation_n that_o he_o neglect_v the_o good_a of_o his_o neighbour_n nor_o so_o far_o in_o love_n with_o action_n that_o he_o forget_v divine_a speculation_n in_o contemplation_n one_o may_v not_o seek_v for_o idleness_n but_o for_o truth_n to_o benefit_n himself_o by_o the_o knowledge_n thereof_o and_o not_o to_o grudge_v to_o impart_v it_o unto_o other_o in_o action_n one_o may_v not_o aim_v at_o highness_n or_o honour_n because_o all_o under_o the_o sun_n be_v mere_a vanity_n but_o to_o perform_v the_o work_n of_o a_o superior_a unto_o the_o true_a end_n that_o be_v unto_o the_o benefit_n and_o salvation_n of_o the_o sub_fw-la ect_fw-la as_o we_o say_v before_o and_o this_o make_v the_o apostle_n say_v if_o any_o man_n desiâ—…e_v the_o office_n of_o a_o bishop_n he_o 1._o desire_v a_o good_a work_n what_o this_o office_n be_v he_o explain_v not_o it_o be_v a_o office_n of_o labour_n and_o not_o of_o honour_n a_o the_o greek_a word_n signify_v that_o he_o that_o be_v herein_o install_v be_v to_o watch_v over_o his_o people_n that_o be_v under_o he_o episcopus_fw-la a_o bishop_n come_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v over_o and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v a_o watch_v or_o a_o attendance_n so_o that_o we_o may_v very_o well_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o superintendent_n to_o show_v that_o he_o be_v no_o true_a bishop_n who_o desire_v rather_o to_o be_v lordly_a himself_o then_o profitable_a unto_o other_o no_o man_n therefore_o be_v forbid_v to_o proceed_v in_o a_o laudable_a form_n of_o contemplation_n but_o to_o affect_v sovereignty_n though_o the_o people_n must_v be_v govern_v &_o though_o the_o place_n be_v well_o discharge_v yet_o notwithstanding_o be_v b_o taxable_a of_o indecencie_n wherefore_o the_o love_n of_o truth_n require_v a_o holy_a retiredness_n and_o the_o necessity_n of_o charity_n a_o just_a employment_n which_o if_o it_o be_v not_o impose_v upon_o we_o we_o ought_v not_o to_o seek_v it_o but_o be_v take_v ourselves_o whole_o to_o the_o holy_a inquest_n of_o truth_n but_o if_o we_o be_v call_v forth_o unto_o a_o place_n the_o law_n and_o need_n of_o charity_n bind_v we_o to_o under-take_v it_o c_o yet_o may_v we_o not_o for_o all_o this_o give_v over_o our_o first_o resolution_n lest_o we_o lose_v the_o sweetness_n of_o that_o and_o be_v surcharge_v with_o the_o weight_n of_o the_o other_o l._n vives_n the_o ah_o greek_n word_n of_o this_o before_o lib._n 1._o cap._n 9_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v either_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o consider_v or_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v to_o visit_v the_o scripture_n where_o the_o seventy_o translate_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v read_v it_o a_o watchman_n as_o in_o ezechiel_n &_o osee_n chap._n 5._o where_o the_o lord_n complain_v defective_a that_o they_o have_v be_v a_o snare_n in_o their_o watch_n and_o a_o net_n upon_o mount_n thabor_n as_o if_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o bishop_n of_o these_o time_n who_o set_v snare_n for_o benefice_n and_o spread_v large_a net_n for_o money_n but_o not_o too_o wide_o waste_v lest_o the_o coin_n shall_v scatter_v forth_o b_o taxable_a of_o indecencie_n o_n but_o some_o fine_a brain_n have_v now_o bring_v it_o so_o about_o that_o bishopricke_n may_v not_o only_o be_v sue_v for_o but_o even_o buy_v and_o sell_v without_o any_o prejudice_n at_o all_o unto_o this_o law_n c_o yet_o may_v we_o not_o he_o show_v that_o a_o bishop_n shall_v converse_v with_o the_o holy_a scripture_n far_o often_o and_o draw_v himself_o home_n unto_o god_n now_o and_o then_o from_o all_o his_o business_n live_v if_o he_o do_v well_o as_o a_o pilgrim_n of_o god_n in_o this_o life_n and_o one_o that_o have_v a_o charge_n of_o god_n and_o his_o own_o soul_n in_o hand_n not_o any_o temporal_a trash_n and_o yet_o ought_v he_o not_o to_o forsake_v his_o ministry_n to_o which_o he_o shall_v be_v prefer_v by_o a_o heavenly_a call_n and_o not_o by_o a_o heavy_a purse_n hope_v the_o bliss_n of_o the_o heavenly_a citizen_n during_o this_o life_n chap._n 20._o then_o therefore_o be_v the_o good_a of_o the_o holy_a society_n perfect_a when_o their_o peace_n be_v establish_v in_o eternity_n not_o run_v any_o more_o in_o succession_n as_o mortal_a man_n do_v in_o life_n and_o death_n one_o to_o another_o but_o confirm_v unto_o they_o together_o with_o their_o immortality_n for_o ever_o without_o touch_n of_o the_o least_o imperfection_n what_o be_v he_o that_o will_v not_o account_v such_o a_o estate_n most_o happy_a or_o compare_v it_o with_o that_o which_o man_n have_v here_o upon_o earth_n will_v not_o avouch_v this_o late_a to_o be_v most_o miserable_a be_v it_o never_o so_o well_o fraught_v with_o temporal_a convenience_n yet_o he_o that_o have_v the_o latter_a in_o possession_n and_o apply_v it_o all_o unto_o the_o use_n of_o his_o hopeâ—…_n firm_a and_o faithful_a object_n the_o former_a may_v not_o unfit_o be_v call_v happy_a already_o but_o that_o be_v rather_o in_o his_o expectation_n of_o the_o first_o then_o in_o his_o fruition_n of_o the_o late_a for_o this_o possession_n without_o the_o other_o hope_n be_v a_o false_a beatitude_n and_o a_o most_o true_a misery_n for_o herein_o be_v no_o use_n of_o the_o mind_n true_a good_n because_o there_o want_v the_o true_a wisdom_n which_o in_o the_o prudent_a discretion_n resolute_a performance_n temperate_a restraint_n and_o just_a distribution_n of_o these_o thing_n shall_v refer_v his_o intent_n in_o all_o these_o unto_o that_o end_n where_o god_n shall_v be_v all_o in_o all_o where_o eternity_n shall_v be_v firm_a and_o peace_n most_o perfect_a and_o absolute_a whether_o the_o citâ—…y_n of_o rome_n have_v ever_o a_o true_a commonwealth_n according_a to_o scipio_n definition_n of_o a_o commonwealth_n in_o tully_n chap._n 21._o now_o it_o be_v time_n to_o perform_v a_o promise_n which_o i_o pass_v in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o this_o work_n and_o that_o be_v to_o show_v that_o rome_n never_o have_v a_o true_a commonwealth_n as_o scipio_n define_v one_o in_o tullyes_n book_n de_n repub._n his_o definition_n be_v a_o commonwealth_n be_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o people_n respub_fw-la est_fw-la res_fw-la populi_fw-la if_o this_o be_v true_a rome_n never_o have_v any_o for_o it_o never_o have_v a_o estate_n of_o the_o people_n which_o he_o define_v the_o commonwealth_n by_o for_o he_o define_v the_o people_n to_o be_v a_o multitude_n unite_v in_o one_o consent_n of_o law_n and_o profit_n what_o he_o mean_v by_o a_o consent_n of_o law_n he_o show_v himself_o and_o show_v there-by_a that_o a_o state_n can_v stand_v without_o justice_n so_o that_o where_o true_a justice_n want_v there_o can_v be_v no_o law_n
god_n know_v those_o that_o be_v he_o and_o the_o devil_n can_v draw_v a_o soul_n of_o they_o unto_o damnation_n for_o this_o god_n know_v as_o know_v all_o thing_n to_o come_v not_o as_o one_o man_n see_v another_o in_o presence_n and_o can_v tell_v what_o shall_v be-come_a either_o of_o he_o he_o see_v or_o of_o himself_o hereafter_o the_o devil_n be_v therefore_o bind_v and_o lock_v up_o that_o he_o shall_v no_o more_o seduce_v the_o nation_n the_o church_n member_n who_o he_o have_v hold_v in_o error_n and_o impiety_n before_o they_o be_v unite_v unto_o the_o church_n it_o be_v not_o say_v that_o he_o shall_v deceive_v no_o man_n any_o more_o but_z that_o he_o shall_v deceive_v the_o people_n no_o more_o whereby_o questionless_a he_o mean_v the_o church_n proceed_v until_o the_o thousand_o year_n be_v fulfil_v that_o be_v either_o the_o remainder_n of_o the_o six_o day_n the_o last_o thousand_o or_o the_o whole_a time_n that_o the_o world_n be_v to_o continue_v nor_o may_v we_o understand_v the_o devil_n so_o to_o be_v bar_v from_o seduce_v that_o at_o this_o time_n expire_v he_o shall_v seduce_v those_o nation_n again_o whereof_o the_o church_n consist_v and_o from_o which_o he_o be_v forbid_v before_o but_o this_o place_n be_v like_a unto_o that_o of_o the_o psalm_n our_o eye_n wait_v upon_o the_o lord_n until_o he_o have_v mercy_n upon_o we_o for_o the_o servant_n of_o god_n take_v not_o their_o eye_n from_o behold_v 〈◊〉_d as_o soon_o as_o he_o have_v mercy_n upon_o they_o or_o else_o the_o order_n of_o the_o word_n be_v this_o he_o â—…t_v he_o up_o and_o seal_v the_o door_n upon_o he_o until_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v fulfil_v all_o that_o come_v between_o namely_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o deceive_v the_o people_n have_v no_o necessary_a connexion_n here-unto_o but_o be_v to_o be_v several_o understand_v as_o if_o it_o be_v add_v afterward_o and_o so_o the_o sense_n run_v thus_o and_o he_o shut_v he_o up_o and_o seal_v the_o door_n upon_o he_o until_o a_o thousand_o year_n be_v fulfil_v that_o he_o shall_v not_o seduce_v the_o people_n that_o be_v therefore_o he_o shut_v he_o up_o so_o long_o that_o he_o shall_v seduce_v they_o no_o more_o l._n vives_n from_o the_o a_o thousand_o johns_n mention_n of_o a_o thousand_o year_n in_o this_o place_n and_o christ_n word_n i_o will_v not_o drink_v henceforth_o of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o vine_n until_o that_o day_n that_o i_o drink_v it_o new_a with_o 29_o you_o in_o my_o father_n kingdom_n together_o with_o many_o prophecy_n touch_v christ_n kingdom_n in_o jerusalem_n make_v some_o imagine_n that_o christ_n will_v return_v into_o the_o world_n raise_v the_o saint_n in_o their_o body_n and_o live_v a_o thousand_o year_n here_o on_o earth_n in_o all_o joy_n peace_n and_o prosperity_n far_o exceed_v the_o golden_a age_n of_o the_o poet_n or_o that_o of_o sibylla_n and_o esayas_n the_o first_o author_n of_o this_o opinion_n be_v papias_n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n who_o live_v in_o the_o apostle_n time_n he_o be_v second_v by_o irenaeus_n apollinarius_n tertullian_n lib._n de_fw-la fidelium_fw-la victorinus_n 〈◊〉_d &_o lactantius_n divin_v instit._fw-la lib._n 7._o and_o although_o hierome_n deride_v and_o scoff_n at_o this_o opinion_n in_o many_o place_n yet_o in_o his_o four_o book_n of_o his_o commentary_n upon_o hieremy_n he_o say_v that_o he_o dare_v not_o condemn_v it_o because_o many_o holy_a martyr_n and_o religious_a christian_n hold_v it_o so_o great_a a_o authority_n the_o person_n sometime_o give_v to_o the_o position_n that_o we_o must_v use_v great_a modesty_n in_o our_o dissension_n with_o they_o and_o give_v great_a reverence_n to_o their_o godliness_n and_o gravity_n i_o can_v believe_v that_o the_o saint_n hold_v this_o opinion_n in_o that_o manner_n that_o cerinthus_n the_o heretic_n do_v of_o who_o we_o read_v this_o in_o eusebius_n cerinthus_n hold_v that_o christ_n will_v have_v a_o earthly_a kingdom_n in_o jerusalem_n after_o the_o resurrection_n where_o the_o saint_n shall_v live_v in_o all_o society_n of_o human_a lust_n and_o concupiscence_n beside_o against_o all_o truth_n of_o scripture_n he_o hold_v that_o for_o a_o thousand_o year_n space_n this_o shall_v hold_v with_o revel_n and_o marriage_n and_o other_o work_n of_o corruption_n only_o to_o deâ—…ive_v the_o carnal_a mind_a person_n dionysius_n dispute_v of_o s._n johns_n revelation_n and_o recite_v some_o ancient_a tradition_n of_o the_o church_n have_v thus_o much_o concern_v this_o man_n cerinthus_n quoth_v he_o the_o author_n of_o the_o cerinthian_a heresy_n delight_v much_o in_o get_v his_o sect_n authority_n by_o wrest_v of_o scripture_n his_o heresy_n be_v that_o christ_n kingdom_n shall_v be_v terrestrial_a and_o be_v give_v up_o unto_o lust_n and_o gluttony_n himself_o he_o affirm_v nothing_o but_o such_o thing_n as_o those_o two_o affect_n teach_v he_o that_o all_o shall_v abound_v with_o banquet_n and_o belly-chere_n and_o for_o the_o more_o grace_n to_o his_o assertion_n that_o the_o feast_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v be_v renew_v and_o the_o offering_n of_o carnal_a sacrifice_n restore_v irenaeus_n publish_v the_o secrecy_n of_o this_o heresy_n in_o his_o first_o book_n they_o that_o will_v know_v it_o may_v find_v it_o there_o thus_o far_o eusebius_n hist._n eccl._n lib._n 3._o wherefore_o this_o be_v not_o papias_n his_o opinion_n who_o original_a hierome_n will_v otherwise_o have_v ascribe_v unto_o cerinthus_n who_o be_v more_o ancient_a than_o papias_n a_o little_a though_o both_o live_v in_o one_o age_n nor_o will_v iraeneus_n have_v write_v against_o cerinthus_n for_o he_o allow_v of_o papias_n his_o opinion_n neither_o do_v all_o the_o sect_n agree_v in_o one_o as_o touch_v this_o thousand_o year_n but_o each_o one_o teach_v that_o which_o seem_v likely_a unto_o himself_o and_o no_o wonder_n in_o so_o vain_a a_o fiction_n dionysius_n of_o alexandria_n as_o hierome_n affirm_v in_o esai_n lib._n 18._o wroâ—…_n a_o elegant_a work_n in_o derision_n of_o these_o chiliast_n and_o there_o golden_a jerusalem_n their_o reparation_n of_o the_o temple_n their_o blood_n of_o sacrifice_n there_o sabbath_n there_o circumsition_n there_o birth_n there_o marriage_n there_o banquet_n there_o sovereignty_n their_o war_n and_o triumph_n etc._n etc._n b_o the_o cheer_n shall_v exceed_v so_o say_v lactantius_n the_o earth_n shall_v yield_v her_o great_a facundity_n and_o yield_v her_o plenty_n untilled_a the_o rocky_a mountain_n shall_v sweat_v honey_n the_o river_n shall_v run_v wine_n and_o the_o fountain_n milk_n to_o omit_v cerinthus_n his_o relation_n which_o be_v far_o more_o odious_a c_o chiliast_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o thousand_o d_o on_o the_o six_o day_n there_o be_v a_o report_n that_o in_o the_o book_n of_o elias_n the_o prophet_n it_o be_v record_v that_o the_o world_n shall_v last_v 6000._o year_n 2000_o under_o vanity_n unto_o abraham_n 2000_o under_o the_o law_n unto_o christ._n and_o 2000_o under_o christ_n unto_o the_o judgement_n this_o by_o the_o hebrew_n account_n for_o the_o lxx_o have_v above_o 3000._o year_n from_o adam_n to_o abraham_n and_o in_o augustine_n time_n the_o world_n lack_v not_o 400_o year_n of_o the_o full_a 6000._o so_o that_o now_o our_o vulgar_a account_n be_v above_o 6700._o year_n namely_o from_o our_o saviour_n 1522._o who_o eusebius_n and_o such_o as_o follow_v the_o lxx_o affirm_v to_o have_v be_v bear_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 5100._o and_o somewhat_o more_o therefore_o augustine_n say_v that_o the_o late_a end_n of_o the_o 6000._o year_n pass_v along_o in_o his_o time_n and_o lactantius_n who_o live_v before_o augustine_n under_o constantine_n say_v that_o in_o his_o time_n there_o be_v but_o 200._o of_o the_o 6000._o year_n to_o run_v of_o the_o bind_n and_o lose_v of_o the_o devil_n chap._n 8._o after_o that_o say_v s._n john_n he_o must_v be_v loose_v for_o a_o season_n well_o although_o the_o devil_n be_v bind_v and_o lock_v up_o that_o he_o shall_v not_o seduce_v the_o church_n shall_v he_o therefore_o be_v looose_v to_o seduce_v it_o god_n forbid_v that_o church_n which_o god_n predestinate_v and_o settle_v before_o the_o world_n foundation_n whereof_o it_o be_v write_v god_n know_v those_o that_o be_v he_o that_o the_o devil_n shall_v never_o seduce_v and_o yet_o it_o shall_v be_v on_o earth_n even_o at_o the_o time_n of_o his_o lose_n as_o it_o have_v continue_v in_o successive_a estate_n ever_o since_o it_o be_v first_o erect_v for_o by_o and_o by_o after_o he_o say_v that_o the_o devil_n shall_v bring_v his_o seduce_a nation_n in_o arm_n against_o it_o who_o number_n shall_v be_v as_o the_o sea_n sand_n and_o they_o go_v up_o say_v he_o unto_o the_o plain_a of_o the_o earth_n and_o compass_v the_o tent_n of_o the_o 10_o saint_n about_o and_o
many_o thing_n which_o be_v they_o not_o to_o be_v see_v and_o confirm_v by_o sufficient_a testimony_n will_v seem_v as_o impossible_a as_o the_o rest_n whereas_o now_o we_o know_v they_o partly_o all_o and_o partly_o some_o of_o us._n as_o for_o other_o thing_n that_o be_v but_o report_v without_o â—…estimony_n and_o concern_v not_o religion_n nor_o be_v not_o teach_v in_o scripture_n they_o may_v be_v false_a and_o a_o man_n may_v lawful_o refuse_v to_o believe_v they_o i_o do_v not_o believe_v all_o that_o i_o have_v set_v down_o so_o firm_o that_o i_o do_v make_v no_o doubt_n of_o some_o of_o they_o but_o for_o that_o which_o i_o have_v try_v as_o the_o burn_a of_o lime_n in_o water_n and_o cool_n in_o oil_n the_o loade-stone_n draw_v of_o iron_n and_o not_o move_v a_o straw_n the_o incorruptibility_n of_o the_o peacocks_n flesh_n whereas_o plato_n flesh_n do_v putrify_v the_o keep_n of_o snow_n and_o the_o ripen_n of_o apple_n in_o chaff_n the_o bright_a fire_n make_v the_o stone_n of_o his_o own_o colâ—…our_n and_o wood_n of_o the_o just_a contrary_n these_o i_o have_v see_v and_o believe_v without_o any_o doubt_n at_o all_o such_o also_o be_v these_o that_o clear_a oil_n shall_v make_v black_a spot_v and_o white_a silver_n draw_v a_o black_a line_n that_o coal_n shall_v turn_v black_a from_o white_a wood_n brittle_a of_o hard_a one_o and_o incorruptible_a of_o corruptible_a piece_n together_o with_o many_o other_o which_o tediousness_n forbid_v i_o here_o to_o insert_v for_o the_o other_o except_v that_o fountain_n that_o quensh_v and_o kindle_v again_o &_o the_o dusty_a apple_n of_o sodom_n i_o can_v not_o get_v any_o sufficient_a proof_n to_o confirm_v they_o nor_o meet_v i_o any_o that_o have_v behold_v that_o fountain_n of_o epyrus_n but_o i_o find_v diverse_a that_o have_v see_v the_o like_a near_o unto_o grenoble_n in_o france_n and_o for_o the_o apple_n of_o sodom_n there_o be_v both_o grave_a author_n and_o eye-witness_n enough_o alive_a that_o can_v affirm_v it_o so_o that_o i_o make_v no_o doubt_n thereof_o the_o rest_n i_o leave_v indifferent_a to_o affirm_v or_o deny_v yet_o i_o do_v set_v they_o down_o because_o they_o be_v record_v in_o our_o adâ—…ersaries_n own_o history_n to_o show_v they_o how_o many_o thing_n they_o believe_v in_o their_o own_o book_n without_o all_o reason_n that_o will_v not_o give_v credence_n to_o we_o when_o we_o say_v that_o god_n almighty_n will_v do_v any_o thing_n that_o exceed_v their_o capacity_n to_o conceive_v what_o better_a or_o strong_a reason_n can_v be_v give_v for_o any_o thing_n then_o to_o say_v god_n almighty_n will_v do_v this_o which_o he_o have_v promise_v in_o those_o book_n wherein_o he_o promise_v as_o strange_a thing_n as_o this_o which_o he_o have_v perform_v he_o will_v do_v it_o because_o he_o have_v say_v he_o will_v even_o he_o that_o have_v make_v the_o incredulous_a heathen_n believe_v thing_n which_o they_o hold_v mere_a impossibility_n l._n vives_n why_o then_o a_o can_v god_n see_v the_o scope_n of_o this_o place_n be_v divine_a and_o surpass_v the_o bound_n of_o nature_n as_o concern_v the_o resurrection_n judgement_n salvation_n and_o damnation_n i_o copy_n wonder_v that_o aquinas_n scotus_n occam_n henricus_fw-la de_fw-la gandavo_fw-la durandus_fw-la and_o petrus_n de_fw-fr palude_fw-la dare_v define_v of_o they_o according_a to_o aristotle_n position_n draw_v themselves_o into_o such_o labyrinth_n of_o natural_a question_n that_o you_o will_v rather_o say_v they_o be_v athenian_a sophister_n than_o christian_n divine_v b_o sufficient_a man_n conceit_n be_v so_o slender_a and_o shallow_a in_o these_o cause_n of_o thing_n in_o so_o much_o that_o virgil_n say_v well_o faelix_fw-la qui_fw-la potuit_fw-la rerum_fw-la cognoscere_fw-la causas_fw-la c_o grenoble_n it_o be_v build_v by_o gratian_n and_o call_v gratianopolis_n valens_n be_v emperor_n of_o the_o east_n it_o stand_v in_o dauphin_n and_o retain_v part_n of_o the_o old_a name_n that_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o know_a nature_n of_o any_o creature_n unto_o a_o nature_n unknown_a be_v not_o opposite_a unto_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n chap._n 8._o if_o they_o reply_v that_o they_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o man_n body_n can_v endure_v perpetual_a burn_n because_o they_o know_v it_o be_v of_o no_o such_o nature_n so_o that_o it_o can_v be_v say_v of_o it_o that_o nature_n have_v give_v it_o such_o a_o quality_n we_o may_v answer_v they_o out_o of_o the_o scripture_n that_o man_n body_n before_o his_o fall_n be_v of_o such_o a_o nature_n that_o it_o can_v not_o suffer_v death_n and_o yet_o in_o his_o fall_n be_v alter_v unto_o that_o mortal_a misery_n wherein_o now_o all_o mankind_n live_v to_o die_v at_o length_n and_o therefore_o at_o the_o resurrection_n it_o may_v undergo_v such_o another_o alteration_n unknown_a to_o we_o as_o yet_o but_o they_o believe_v not_o the_o scripture_n that_o relate_v man_n estate_n in_o paradise_n if_o they_o do_v we_o shall_v not_o need_v to_o stand_v long_o with_o they_o upon_o this_o theme_n of_o the_o pain_n of_o the_o damn_a whereas_o now_o we_o must_v make_v demonstration_n out_o of_o their_o own_o author_n how_o it_o be_v possible_a that_o there_o may_v be_v a_o full_a alteration_n of_o nature_n in_o any_o one_o object_n from_o the_o kind_n of_o be_v that_o it_o have_v before_o and_o yet_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n be_v keep_v unviolated_a thus_o we_o read_v in_o varro_n book_n de_n gente_fw-la pop._n rom._n castor_n say_v he_o relate_v that_o in_o that_o bright_a star_n of_o venus_n a_o which_o plautus_n call_v hesperugo_n and_o homer_n the_o glorious_a b_o hesperus_n befall_v a_o most_o monstrous_a change_n both_o of_o colour_n magnitude_n figure_n and_o motion_n the_o like_a never_o be_v before_o nor_o since_o and_o this_o say_v adrastus_n cyzicenus_n and_o dion_n neapolites_n two_o famous_a astronomer_n befall_v in_o the_o reign_n of_o ogyges_n a_o monstrous_a change_n sai_z varro_z and_o why_o but_o that_o it_o seem_v contrary_a to_o nature_n such_o we_o say_v all_o portent_n to_o be_v but_o we_o be_v deceive_v for_o how_o can_v that_o be_v against_o nature_n which_o be_v effect_v by_o the_o will_n of_o god_n the_o lord_n and_o maker_n of_o all_o nature_n a_o portent_n therefore_o be_v not_o against_o nature_n but_o against_o the_o most_o common_a order_n of_o nature_n but_o who_o be_v he_o that_o can_v relate_v all_o the_o portent_n record_v by_o the_o gentile_n let_v we_o seek_v our_o purpose_n in_o this_o one_o what_o more_o decretal_a law_n have_v god_n lay_v upon_o nature_n in_o any_o part_n of_o the_o creation_n than_o he_o have_v in_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o heaven_n what_o more_o legal_a and_o fix_a order_n do_v any_o part_n of_o nature_n keep_v and_o yet_o you_o see_v that_o when_o it_o be_v the_o pleasure_n of_o nature_n high_a sovereign_n the_o brigh_a star_n in_o all_o the_o firmament_n change_v the_o colour_n magnitude_n and_o figure_n and_o which_o be_v most_o admirable_a the_o very_a course_n and_o motion_n this_o make_v a_o foul_a disturbance_n in_o the_o rule_n of_o the_o astrologian_n if_o there_o be_v any_o then_o when_o they_o observe_v their_o fix_a description_n of_o the_o eternal_a course_n of_o the_o star_n dare_v affirm_v that_o there_o never_o be_v nor_o never_o will_v be_v any_o such_o change_n as_o this_o of_o venus_n be_v indeed_o we_o read_v in_o the_o scripture_n that_o the_o sun_n stand_v still_o at_o the_o prayer_n of_o josuah_n until_o the_o battle_n be_v do_v and_o go_v back_o to_o show_v hezechias_n that_o the_o lord_n have_v add_v fifteen_o year_n unto_o his_o life_n as_o for_o the_o miracle_n do_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o the_o saint_n these_o infidel_n know_v they_o well_o and_o therefore_o aver_v they_o to_o be_v do_v by_o magic_n where-upon_o virgil_n say_v as_o i_o relate_v before_o of_o the_o witch_n that_o she_o can_v sistere_fw-la aquam_fw-la flwiis_fw-la &_o vertere_fw-la cider_n a_o retrò_fw-la 4._o stop_v flood_n bring_v back_o the_o star_n etc._n etc._n for_o the_o river_n jordan_n part_v when_o josuah_n lead_v the_o people_n over_o it_o and_o when_o heliah_n pass_v it_o as_o likewise_o when_o his_o follower_n heliseus_fw-la divide_v it_o with_o heliah_n his_o cloak_n and_o the_o sun_n as_o we_o say_v before_o go_v back_o in_o the_o time_n of_o hezechiah_n but_o varro_n do_v not_o say_v that_o any_o one_o desire_v this_o change_n of_o venus_n let_v not_o the_o faithless_a therefore_o hood_n wink_v themselves_o in_o the_o knowledge_n of_o nature_n as_o though_o god_n power_n can_v not_o alter_v the_o nature_n of_o any_o thing_n from_o what_o it_o be_v before_o unto_o man_n knowledge_n although_o that_o the_o know_a nature_n of_o any_o thing_n be_v full_o as_o admirable_a but_o that_o man_n admire_v nothing_o but_o rariety_n for_o
write_v of_o those_o that_o have_v be_v record_v since_o that_o time_n to_o this_o but_o at_o calama_n the_o shrine_n be_v more_o ancient_a the_o miracle_n more_o often_o and_o the_o book_n far_o more_o in_o number_n at_o vzali_fw-la also_o near_o utica_n have_v many_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o say_a martyr_n where_o bishop_n eâ—…dius_n erect_v his_o memorial_n long_o before_o this_o of_o we_o but_o there_o they_o do_v not_o use_v to_o record_v they_o though_o it_o may_v be_v they_o have_v begin_v such_o a_o custom_n of_o late_a for_o when_o we_o be_v there_o we_o advise_v petronia_n a_o noble_a woman_n who_o be_v cure_v of_o a_o old_a disease_n which_o all_o the_o physician_n have_v give_v over_o to_o have_v the_o order_n of_o her_o miraculous_a cure_n draw_v in_o a_o book_n as_o the_o bishop_n of_o that_o place_n like_v and_o that_o it_o may_v be_v read_v unto_o the_o people_n and_o she_o do_v according_o wherein_o be_v one_o strange_a passage_n which_o i_o can_v omit_v though_o my_o time_n will_v hardly_o allow_v i_o to_o relate_v it_o a_o certain_a jew_n have_v advise_v she_o to_o take_v a_o ring_n with_o a_o stone_n set_v in_o it_o that_o be_v find_v ay_o in_o the_o reins_n of_o a_o ox_n and_o sow_v it_o in_o a_o girdle_n of_o hair_n which_o she_o must_v wear_v upon_o her_o skin_n under_o all_o her_o other_o raiment_n this_o girdle_n she_o have_v on_o when_o she_o set_v forth_o to_o come_v to_o the_o martyr_n shrine_n but_o have_v leave_v carthage_n before_o and_o dwell_v at_o a_o house_n of_o she_o own_o by_o the_o river_n k_o bagrada_n as_o she_o rise_v to_o go_v on_o the_o rest_n of_o her_o journey_n she_o spy_v the_o ring_n lie_v at_o her_o foot_n whereat_o wonder_v she_o feel_v for_o her_o girdle_n and_o find_v it_o tie_v as_o she_o have_v bind_v it_o she_o imagine_v that_o the_o ring_n be_v break_v and_o so_o wear_v out_o but_o find_v it_o whole_a than_o she_o take_v this_o as_o a_o good_a presage_n of_o her_o future_a recovery_n and_o loof_v her_o girdle_n cast_v both_o it_o and_o the_o ring_n into_o the_o river_n now_o they_o that_o will_v not_o believe_v that_o jesus_n christ_n be_v bear_v without_o interruption_n of_o the_o virginal_a part_n nor_o pass_v into_o his_o apostle_n when_o the_o door_n be_v shut_v neither_o will_v they_o believe_v this_o but_o when_o they_o examine_v it_o and_o find_v it_o true_a then_o let_v they_o believe_v the_o other_o the_o woman_n be_v of_o noble_a birth_n noble_o marry_v and_o dwell_v at_o carthage_n so_o great_a a_o city_n so_o great_a a_o person_n in_o the_o city_n can_v lie_v unknown_a to_o any_o that_o be_v inquisitive_a and_o the_o martyr_n by_o who_o prayer_n she_o be_v cure_v believe_v in_o he_o that_o be_v bear_v of_o a_o eternal_a virgin_n and_o enter_v to_o his_o disciple_n when_o the_o door_n be_v shut_v and_o last_o whereunto_o all_o have_v reference_n who_o ascend_v into_o heaven_n in_o the_o flesh_n wherein_o he_o rise_v again_o from_o death_n for_o which_o faith_n this_o martyr_n lose_v his_o life_n so_o that_o we_o see_v there_o be_v miracle_n at_o this_o day_n wrought_v by_o god_n with_o what_o mean_v he_o like_v best_a who_o wrought_v they_o of_o yore_o but_o they_o be_v not_o so_o famous_a nor_o fasten_v in_o the_o memory_n by_o often_o read_v that_o they_o may_v not_o be_v forget_v for_o although_o we_o have_v get_v a_o good_a custom_n of_o late_a to_o read_v the_o relation_n of_o such_o as_o these_o miracle_n be_v wrought_v upon_o unto_o the_o people_n yet_o perhaps_o they_o be_v read_v but_o once_o which_o they_o that_o be_v present_a do_v hear_v but_o no_o one_o else_o nor_o do_v they_o that_o hear_v they_o keep_v they_o long_o in_o remembrance_n nor_o will_v any_o of_o they_o take_v the_o pain_n to_o relate_v they_o to_o those_o that_o have_v not_o hear_v they_o we_o have_v one_o miracle_n wrought_v among_o we_o so_o famous_a and_o so_o worthy_a that_o i_o think_v not_o one_o of_o hippon_n but_o see_v it_o or_o know_v it_o and_o not_o one_o that_o know_v it_o that_o can_v ever_o forget_v it_o there_o be_v seven_o brethren_n and_o three_o sister_n bear_v all_o of_o one_o couple_n in_o l_o caesarea_n a_o city_n of_o cappadocia_n their_o parent_n be_v noble_a their_o father_n be_v new_o dead_a and_o they_o give_v their_o mother_n some_o cause_n of_o anger_n she_o lay_v a_o heavy_a m_o curse_n upon_o they_o all_o which_o be_v so_o second_v by_o god_n judgement_n that_o they_o be_v all_o take_v with_o a_o horrible_a tremble_a of_o all_o their_o whole_a body_n which_o ugly_a sight_n they_o themselves_o loathe_v that_o their_o countryman_n shall_v behold_v become_v vagrant_a through_o most_o part_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n two_o of_o they_o paul_n and_o palladia_n come_v to_o we_o be_v notify_v by_o their_o misery_n in_o many_o other_o place_n they_o come_v some_o sifteene_a day_n before_o easter_n and_o every_o day_n they_o visit_v saint_n steven_n shrine_n humble_o beseech_v go_v at_o length_n to_o have_v mercy_n upon_o they_o and_o to_o restore_v they_o their_o former_a health_n where-so-eve_a they_o go_v they_o draw_v the_o eye_n of_o all_o man_n upon_o they_o and_o some_o that_o know_v how_o they_o come_v so_o plague_v tell_v it_o unto_o other_o that_o all_o may_v know_v it_o now_o be_v easter_n day_n come_v and_o many_o be_v come_v to_o church_n in_o the_o morning_n among_o who_o this_o paul_n be_v one_o and_o have_v get_v he_o to_o the_o bar_n that_o enclose_a saint_n steven_n relic_n and_o there_o be_v pray_v have_v hold_n of_o the_o bar_n present_o he_o fall_v flat_a down_o and_o lie_v as_o if_o he_o have_v sleep_v but_o tremble_v not_o as_o he_o have_v use_v to_o do_v before_o ever_o in_o his_o sleep_n the_o people_n be_v all_o amaze_v some_o fear_v some_o pity_v he_o some_o will_v have_v raise_v he_o and_o other_o some_o say_v nay_o rather_o expect_v the_o event_n present_o he_o start_v up_o and_o rise_v as_o sound_v a_o man_n as_o ever_o he_o be_v bear_v with_o that_o all_o the_o church_n resound_v again_o with_o loud_a acclamation_n and_o praise_n to_o god._n and_o then_o they_o come_v flock_v to_o i_o who_o be_v about_o to_o come_v forth_o to_o they_o every_o one_o tell_v i_o this_o strange_a and_o miraculous_a event_n i_o rejoice_v and_o thank_v god_n within_o myself_o present_o enter_v the_o young_a man_n and_o fall_v down_o at_o my_o knee_n i_o take_v he_o up_o and_o kiss_v he_o so_o forth_o we_o go_v unto_o the_o people_n who_o fill_v the_o church_n and_o do_v nothing_o but_o cry_n god_n be_v thank_v god_n be_v praise_v every_o mouth_n utter_v this_o i_o salute_v they_o and_o then_o the_o cry_v redouble_v at_o length_n silence_n be_v make_v the_o scripture_n be_v read_v and_o when_o it_o be_v sermon_n time_n i_o make_v only_o a_o brief_a exhortation_n to_o they_o according_a to_o the_o time_n and_o that_o present_a joy_n for_o in_o so_o great_a a_o work_n of_o god_n i_o do_v leave_v they_o to_o think_v of_o it_o themselves_o rather_o than_o to_o give_v ear_n to_o other_o the_o young_a man_n dine_v with_o we_o and_o relate_v the_o whole_a story_n of_o his_o mother_n and_o brethren_n misery_n the_o next_o day_n after_o my_o sermon_n i_o tell_v the_o people_n that_o to_o morrow_n they_o shall_v hear_v the_o whole_a order_n of_o this_o miracle_n read_v unto_o they_o which_o i_o do_v make_v the_o youngman_n and_o his_o sister_n stand_v both_o upon_o the_o step_n that_o go_v up_o into_o the_o chancel_n wherein_o i_o have_v a_o place_n aloft_o to_o speak_v from_o thence_o to_o the_o people_n that_o the_o congregation_n may_v see_v they_o both_o so_o they_o all_o view_v they_o the_o brother_n stand_v sound_a and_o firm_a and_o the_o sister_n tremble_v every_o joint_n of_o she_o and_o they_o that_o see_v not_o he_o may_v know_v god_n mercy_n show_v to_o he_o by_o see_v his_o sister_n and_o discern_v both_o what_o to_o give_v thanks_n for_o in_o he_o and_o what_o to_o pray_v for_o in_o she_o the_o relation_n be_v read_v i_o will_v they_o to_o depart_v out_o of_o the_o people_n sight_n and_o begin_v to_o dispute_v of_o the_o cause_n of_o this_o when_o as_o sudden_o there_o arise_v another_o acclamation_n from_o about_o the_o shrine_n they_o that_o hearken_v unto_o i_o leave_v i_o and_o draw_v thither_o for_o the_o maid_n when_o she_o depart_v from_o the_o step_n go_v thither_o to_o pray_v and_o assoon_o as_o she_o touch_v the_o grate_n she_o be_v so_o wrap_v as_o he_o be_v and_o so_o restore_v to_o the_o perfect_a use_n of_o all_o her_o limb_n so_o while_o i_o be_v ask_v the_o reason_n of_o this_o noise_n the_o people_n
of_o the_o incorruptible_a body_n of_o man_n bodily_a health_n in_o this_o world_n and_o the_o weakness_n of_o it_o in_o respect_n of_o immortality_n i_o think_v our_o thirteen_o book_n contain_v what_o will_v satisfy_v let_v such_o as_o have_v not_o read_v this_o book_n or_o will_v not_o rehearse_v what_o they_o have_v read_v read_v the_o passage_n of_o this_o present_a volume_n already_o record_v l._n vives_n not_o a_o peter_n magic_a he_o touch_v at_o porphyrye_n slander_v of_o saint_n peter_n with_o sorcery_n and_o magical_a enchantment_n as_o you_o may_v read_v in_o the_o end_n of_o the_o eighteen_o book_n that_o porphyrye_n opinion_n that_o the_o bless_a soul_n shall_v have_v no_o bodiss_fw-la be_v confute_v by_o plato_n himself_o who_o say_v that_o the_o creator_n promise_v the_o inferior_a deity_n that_o they_o shall_v never_o loose_v their_o body_n chap._n 26._o yea_o but_o say_v porphyry_n a_o bless_a soul_n must_v have_v no_o body_n so_o that_o the_o body_n incorruptibility_n be_v nothing_o worth_a if_o the_o soul_n can_v be_v bless_v unless_o it_o want_v a_o body_n but_o hereof_o we_o have_v sufficient_o argue_v in_o the_o thirteen_o book_n only_o i_o will_v rehearse_v but_o one_o only_a thing_n if_o this_o be_v true_a than_o plato_n their_o great_a master_n must_v go_v reform_v his_o book_n and_o say_v that_o the_o god_n must_v go_v and_o leave_v their_o body_n for_o he_o say_v they_o all_o have_v celestial_a body_n that_o be_v they_o must_v die_v ere_o they_o can_v be_v bless_v how-so-eve_a that_o he_o have_v make_v they_o promise_v they_o immortality_n and_o a_o eternal_a dwell_n in_o their_o body_n to_o assure_v they_o of_o their_o bliss_n and_o this_o shall_v come_v from_o his_o powerful_a will_n not_o from_o their_o nature_n the_o same_o plato_n in_o the_o same_o place_n overthrow_v their_o reason_n that_o say_v there_o shall_v be_v no_o resurrection_n because_o it_o be_v impossible_a for_o god_n the_o uncreated_a maker_n of_o the_o other_o god_n promise_v they_o eternity_n say_v plain_o that_o he_o will_v do_v a_o thing_n which_o be_v impossible_a for_o thus_o quoth_v plato_n he_o say_v unto_o they_o because_o you_o be_v create_v you_o can_v but_o he_o mortal_a and_o dissoluble_a yet_o shall_v you_o never_o die_v nor_o be_v dissolve_v fate_n shall_v not_o control_v my_o will_n which_o be_v a_o great_a bond_n for_o your_o perpetuity_n than_o all_o those_o where-by_a you_o be_v compose_v no_o man_n that_o hear_v this_o be_v he_o never_o so_o doltish_a so_o he_o be_v not_o deaf_a will_v make_v any_o question_n that_o this_o be_v a_o impossibility_n which_o plato_n creator_n promise_v the_o deity_n which_o he_o have_v make_v for_o say_v you_o can_v be_v eternal_a yet_o by_o my_o will_n you_o shall_v be_v eternal_a what_o be_v it_o but_o to_o say_v my_o will_n shall_v make_v you_o a_o thing_n impossible_a he_o therefore_o that_o as_o plato_n say_v do_v promise_v to_o effect_v this_o impossibility_n will_v also_o raise_v the_o flesh_n in_o a_o incorruptible_a spiritual_a and_o immortal_a quality_n why_o do_v they_o now_o cry_v out_o that_o that_o be_v impossible_a which_o god_n have_v promise_v which_o the_o world_n have_v believe_v and_o which_o it_o be_v promise_v it_o shall_v believe_v see_v that_o plato_n himself_o be_v of_o our_o mind_n and_o say_v that_o god_n can_v work_v impossibility_n therefore_o it_o must_v not_o be_v the_o want_n of_o a_o body_n but_o the_o possession_n of_o one_o utter_o incorruptible_a that_o the_o soul_n shall_v be_v bless_v in_o and_o what_o such_o body_n shall_v be_v so_o fit_a for_o their_o joy_n as_o that_o wherein_o while_o it_o be_v corruptible_a they_o endure_v such_o woe_n they_o shall_v not_o then_o be_v plague_v with_o that_o desire_n that_o virgil_n relate_v out_o of_o plato_n say_v rursus_fw-la &_o incipiunt_fw-la in_o corpora_fw-la velle_fw-la reverti_fw-la now_o begin_v they_o wish_v to_o live_v on_o earth_n again_o i_o mean_v when_o they_o have_v their_o body_n that_o they_o desire_v they_o shall_v no_o more_o desire_v any_o body_n but_o shall_v possess_v those_o for_o ever_o without_o be_v ever_o sever_v from_o they_o so_o much_o as_o one_o moment_n contrariety_n between_o plato_n and_o porphyry_n wherein_o if_o either_o shall_v yield_v unto_o other_o both_o shall_v find_v out_o the_o truth_n chap._n 27._o plato_n and_o porphyry_n hold_v diverse_a opinion_n which_o if_o they_o can_v have_v come_v to_o reconcile_v they_o may_v perhaps_o have_v prove_v christian_n plato_n say_v that_o the_o soul_n can_v not_o be_v always_o without_o a_o body_n but_o that_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o wise_a at_o length_n shall_v return_v into_o body_n again_o porphyry_n say_v that_o when_o the_o purge_a soul_n ascend_v to_o the_o father_n it_o return_v no_o more_o to_o the_o infection_n of_o this_o world_n now_o if_o plato_n have_v yield_v unto_o porphyry_n that_o the_o soul_n return_v shall_v be_v only_o into_o a_o human_a body_n and_o porphyry_n unto_o plato_n that_o the_o soul_n shall_v never_o return_v unto_o the_o misery_n of_o a_o corruptible_a body_n if_o both_o of_o they_o joint_o have_v hold_v both_o these_o position_n i_o think_v it_o will_v have_v follow_v both_o that_o the_o soul_n shall_v return_v into_o body_n and_o also_o into_o such_o body_n as_o be_v befit_v they_o for_o eternal_a felicity_n for_o plato_n say_v the_o holy_a soul_n shall_v return_v to_o human_a body_n and_o porphyry_n say_v the_o holy_a soul_n shall_v not_o return_v to_o the_o evil_n of_o this_o world_n let_v porphyry_n therefore_o say_v with_o plato_n they_o shall_v return_v unto_o body_n and_o plato_n with_o porphyry_n they_o shall_v not_o return_v unto_o evil_n and_o then_o they_o shall-both_a say_v they_o shall_v return_v unto_o such_o body_n as_o shall_v not_o molest_v they_o with_o any_o evil_n namely_o those_o wherein_o god_n have_v promise_v that_o the_o bless_a soul_n shall_v have_v their_o eternal_a dwelling_n for_o this_o i_o think_v they_o will_v both_o grant_v we_o that_o if_o they_o confess_v a_o return_n of_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o just_a into_o immortal_a body_n it_o shall_v be_v into_o those_o wherein_o they_o suffer_v the_o misery_n of_o this_o world_n and_o wherein_o they_o serve_v god_n so_o faithful_o that_o they_o obtain_v a_o everlasting_a delivery_n from_o all_o future_a calamity_n what_o either_o plato_n labeo_n or_o varro_z may_v have_v avail_v to_o the_o true_a faith_n of_o the_o resurrection_n if_o there_o have_v be_v a_o harmony_n in_o their_o opinion_n chap._n 28._o some_o of_o we_o like_v and_o love_v plato_n a_o for_o a_o certain_a eloquent_a and_o excellent_a kind_n of_o speak_v and_o because_o his_o opinion_n have_v be_v true_a in_o some_o thing_n say_v that_o he_o think_v some_o thing_n like_o unto_o that_o which_o we_o do_v concern_v the_o resurrection_n of_o the_o b_o dead_a which_o thing_n tully_n so_o touch_v in_o lib._n de_fw-fr rep_n that_o he_o affirm_v that_o he_o rather_o speak_v in_o sport_n than_o that_o he_o have_v any_o intent_n to_o relate_v it_o as_o a_o matter_n of_o truth_n for_o c_o he_o declare_v a_o man_n reviue_v and_o relate_v some_o thing_n agreeable_a to_o plato_n disputation_n d_o labeo_z also_o say_v that_o there_o be_v two_o which_o die_v both_o in_o one_o day_n and_o that_o they_o meet_v together_o in_o a_o crossway_n and_o that_o atferward_o they_o be_v command_v to_o return_v again_o to_o their_o body_n and_o then_o that_o they_o decree_v to_o live_v in_o perpetual_a love_n together_o and_o that_o it_o be_v so_o until_o they_o die_v afterward_o but_o these_o author_n have_v declare_v that_o they_o have_v such_o a_o resurrection_n of_o body_n as_o they_o have_v have_v who_o true_o we_o have_v know_v to_o have_v rise_v again_o and_o to_o have_v be_v restore_v to_o this_o life_n but_o they_o do_v not_o declare_v it_o in_o that_o manner_n that_o they_o shall_v not_o die_v again_o yet_o marcus_n varro_n record_v a_o more_o strange_a admirable_a and_o wonderful_a matter_n in_o his_o book_n which_o he_o write_v of_o a_o nation_n of_o the_o people_n of_o rome_n i_o have_v think_v good_a to_o set_v down_o his_o own_o word_n certain_a genethliaci_n wizard_n have_v write_v say_v he_o that_o there_o be_v a_o regeneration_n genethliaci_n or_o second_o birth_n in_o man_n to_o be_v bear_v again_o which_o the_o greek_n call_v f_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o have_v write_v that_o it_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v and_o effect_v in_o the_o space_n of_o four_o hundred_o and_o forty_o year_n so_o that_o the_o same_o body_n and_o soul_n which_o have_v be_v foretime_o knit_v together_o shall_v return_v again_o into_o the_o same_o conjunction_n and_o union_n they_o have_v before_o true_o this_o varro_n or_o those_o genethliaci_n i_o know_v not_o who_o they_o be_v for_o he_o
fellow_n enemy_n to_o nicias_n demosthenes_n cleon._n and_o almost_o unto_o all_o honest_a man_n yet_o no_o evil_a soldier_n if_o we_o may_v trust_v thucydides_n and_o â—…quites_v plutarch_n against_o he_o do_v aristophanes_n make_v a_o comedy_n and_o he_o call_v it_o equites_fw-la the_o knight_n and_o when_o the_o poet_n will_v have_v present_v this_o view_n of_o cleon_n extortion_n and_o tyrannous_a rapine_n to_o the_o people_n the_o workman_n dare_v not_o make_v a_o visar_fw-la like_o cleon_n face_n for_o fear_v of_o his_o power_n so_o the_o poet_n be_v fain_o to_o daub_v the_o actor_n face_n with_o wine_n lees_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v afraid_a to_o enter_v upon_o the_o stage_n aristophanes_n himself_o come_v forth_o alone_o and_o act_v cleon_n so_o great_a be_v his_o rancour_n against_o he_o for_o which_o afterward_o he_o be_v accuse_v of_o cleon_n and_o fine_v at_o five_o talent_n as_o himself_o complain_v in_o his_o comedy_n call_v acharnenses_n that_o be_v he_o cast_v up_o as_o much_o as_o he_o have_v take_v in_o for_o perhaps_o demosthenes_n and_o nicias_n have_v hire_v he_o to_o write_v it_o as_o melitus_n &_o anitus_n socrates_n his_o enemy_n get_v he_o with_o money_n to_o pen_v that_o comedy_n call_v nephelis_n he_o be_v a_o man_n that_o write_v much_o when_o he_o be_v drink_v this_o cleon_n plutarch_n mention_v in_o his_o politics_n also_o e_z cleophon_n this_o fellow_n say_v plutarch_n be_v such_o another_o as_o cleon._n f_o hyperbolus_n hiperbolus_n thucydides_n and_o plutarch_n and_o lucian_n also_o in_o his_o misanthropus_n do_v mention_v this_o fellow_n with_o the_o addition_n of_o a_o wicked_a citizen_n and_o affirm_v that_o he_o be_v banish_v the_o city_n by_o the_o law_n of_o ostracism_n a_o kind_n of_o suffrage-giving_a not_o for_o any_o fear_n of_o his_o power_n &_o dignity_n as_o other_o be_v but_o as_o the_o common_a shame_n and_o scandal_n of_o the_o whole_a town_n cicero_n in_o his_o brutus_n speak_v of_o glaucias_n say_v he_o be_v a_o man_n most_o like_a hyperbolus_n of_o athens_n who_o vile_a condition_n the_o old_a athenian_a comedy_n give_v such_o bitter_a note_n of_o that_o he_o be_v tax_v by_o eupolis_n quintilian_n intimaâ—…es_v in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o his_o institution_n speak_v of_o music_n and_o caelius_n rhodoginus_n have_v a_o whole_a chapter_n of_o he_o lection_n antiquâ—…r_n lib._n 9_o g_o of_o the_o censor_n every_o five_o year_n the_o roman_n elect_v two_o to_o oversee_v the_o census_n that_o be_v to_o estimate_n and_o judge_n of_o the_o wealth_n manner_n and_o censor_n esteem_v of_o every_o particular_a citizen_n and_o hereupon_o they_o be_v call_v censor_n for_o as_o festus_n say_v every_o one_o hold_v himself_o worth_a so_o much_o as_o they_o rate_v he_o at_o and_o the_o master_n of_o the_o manner_n so_o say_v cicero_n unto_o appius_n pulcher._n h_o pericles_z this_o man_n by_o his_o eloquence_n and_o other_o civil_a pericles_n institution_n do_v so_o win_v the_o heart_n of_o the_o athenian_n to_o he_o that_o he_o be_v make_v the_o governor_n of_o that_o commonweal_n for_o many_o year_n together_o be_v ever_o both_o wise_a and_o fortunate_a in_o war_n abroad_o and_o in_o peace_n at_o home_n eupolis_n a_o old_a comedian_n say_v that_o on_o his_o lip_n sit_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v the_o goddess_n of_o persuasion_n who_o full_o de_fw-fr oratore_fw-la lib._n 3_o call_v lepor_fw-la eanius_fw-la suada_n and_o horace_n 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o diminutive_a suadela_n of_o the_o matter_n of_o those_o verse_n cicero_n and_o quintilian_n make_v very_o often_o use_v in_o greek_a fragment_n for_o the_o whole_a comedy_n of_o eupolis_n and_o many_o more_o be_v now_o lose_v these_o verse_n be_v extant_a in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o plinius_n â—…ecilius_fw-la his_o epistle_n and_o part_n of_o they_o also_o in_o suidas_n i_o much_o marvel_n that_o politian_n mention_n neither_o of_o they_o in_o his_o chapter_n of_o his_o centaur_n where_o he_o speak_v of_o this_o the_o verse_n he_o have_v out_o of_o one_o of_o aristides_n his_o interpreter_n who_o he_o name_v not_o indeed_o i_o deny_v not_o but_o that_o there_o be_v more_o of_o his_o verse_n then_o be_v either_o in_o suidas_n or_o pliny_n aristophanes_n also_o the_o ancient_a comedian_n say_v that_o pericles_n cast_v lightning_n and_o thunder_n from_o his_o lip_n and_o confound_v all_o greece_n and_o this_o both_o eupolis_n and_o he_o speak_v in_o the_o pour_v out_o of_o their_o callumny_n against_o he_o as_o tully_n de_fw-la orat_fw-la lib._n 3._o &_o de_fw-la perfecto_fw-la oratore_fw-la and_o quintilian_n libre_fw-la 12._o do_v both_o affirm_v the_o comedian_n scoff_v also_o at_o his_o long_a shape_a head_n and_o therefore_o he_o be_v always_o picture_v in_o his_o helmitte_n ay_o for_o our_o plautus_n livy_n be_v the_o first_o latin_a poet_n as_o i_o have_v say_v before_o and_o next_o after_o he_o naevius_n who_o serve_v as_o a_o soldier_n in_o the_o first_o war_n of_o africa_n then_o plautus_n almost_o of_o the_o same_o time_n with_o naevius_n he_o leave_v many_o comedy_n the_o most_o part_n whereof_o we_o have_v and_o there_o be_v no_o part_n of_o plautus_n all_o that_o or_o the_o follow_a age_n that_o please_v better_a than_o he_o scipio_n call_v he_o our_o plautus_n not_o that_o he_o ever_o know_v he_o but_o because_o he_o be_v a_o latin_a poet_n and_o he_o have_v speak_v of_o the_o greek_n before_o k_o p._n or_o c._n scipio_n these_o be_v brethren_n and_o as_o servius_n say_v twin_n publius_n be_v father_n to_o the_o great_a scipio_n african_n cneius_n unto_o nasica_n that_o good_a man_n of_o who_o we_o speak_v before_o they_o be_v both_o slay_v in_o spain_n by_o the_o africane_n in_o the_o second_o carthaginian_a war_n brethren_n which_o begin_v in_o the_o consulship_n of_o publius_n tully_n in_o his_o oration_n for_o cornelius_n gallus_n call_v these_o two_o brethren_n the_o two_o thunderbolt_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o some_o say_v that_o that_o verse_n of_o virgil_n be_v mean_v of_o they_o geminos_fw-la duo_fw-la fulmina_fw-la belli_fw-la scipiadas_n aenaed_n 6._o scipiades_fw-la belli_fw-la â—…ulmen_fw-mi carthaginis_fw-la horror_n etc._n etc._n two_o thunderbolt_n of_o war_n the_o scipio_n take_z it_o out_o of_o lucretius_n war_n thunder_n scipio_n carthage_n dread_n fear_v etc._n etc._n so_o that_o these_o poet_n live_v in_o their_o time_n l_o or_o caecilius_n caecilius_n statius_n live_v in_o the_o macedonian_a caecilius_n and_o asian_a war_n and_o be_v chamber-fellow_n with_o ennius_n volcatius_n sedigitus_n give_v he_o the_o prick_n and_o praise_n for_o comedy_n and_o horace_n approve_v his_o gravity_n we_o have_v nothing_o elder_a of_o he_o now_o extant_a tully_n seem_v not_o to_o like_v of_o his_o phrase_n m_o marcus_n cato_n the_o elder_a he_o that_o first_o make_v the_o portian_a family_n honourable_a he_o be_v bear_v at_o tusculum_n and_o attain_v the_o honour_n of_o consul_n triumph_n and_o censor_n be_v but_o of_o mean_a descent_n the_o nobility_n envy_v he_o whole_o but_o his_o authority_n with_o the_o commonalty_n be_v very_o great_a he_o live_v in_o the_o time_n of_o ennius_n and_o caecilius_n n_o few_o thing_n upon_o pain_n of_o death_n there_o be_v very_o few_o crime_n with_o the_o old_a roman_n punish_v with_o death_n and_o far_o few_o in_o the_o time_n that_o follow_v for_o the_o portian_a law_n law_n forbid_v the_o death_n of_o any_o condemn_a citizen_n allow_v only_o his_o banishment_n so_o that_o it_o be_v hold_v death-worthy_a to_o deprave_v any_o man_n by_o writing_n prove_v that_o the_o roman_n be_v extreme_o afraid_a of_o infamy_n but_o here_o let_v the_o reader_n observe_v the_o meaning_n of_o this_o law_n out_o of_o festus_n what_o who_o speak_v of_o this_o capitis_fw-la diminutio_fw-la this_o capital_a punishment_n write_v thus_o he_o be_v say_v to_o be_v capite_fw-la diminutus_fw-la capital_o punish_v that_o be_v banish_v that_o of_o a_o free_a man_n be_v make_v a_o bondslave_n to_o another_o that_o be_v forbid_v fire_n and_o water_n and_o this_o the_o lawyer_n call_v maxima_fw-la capitis_fw-la diminutio_fw-la the_o most_o capital_a punishment_n of_o all_o for_o there_o be_v three_o kind_n of_o it_o the_o great_a the_o mean_a and_o the_o small_a this_o i_o think_v good_a to_o set_v down_o not_o out_o of_o my_o own_o judgement_n horace_n write_v thus_o unto_o augustus_n quin_fw-la etiam_fw-la lex_fw-la paenaque_fw-la dicta_fw-la malo_fw-la quae_fw-la nollet_fw-la carmine_fw-la quenquam_fw-la describi_fw-la vertêre_fw-la modum_fw-la formidine_fw-la fustis_fw-la etc._n etc._n beside_o a_o penal_a law_n frobid_v all_o such_o verse_n as_o shame_n provoke_v so_o change_v they_o their_o note_n for_o fear_n of_o stroke_n etc._n etc._n porphiry_n upon_o this_o place_n say_v he_o that_o write_v infamous_a verse_n upon_o any_o man_n be_v judge_v to_o be_v beat_v with_o club_n but_o acron_n make_v horace_n to_o speak_v metaphorical_o o_o act_n the_o
old_a book_n have_v occenà sset_a shall_v sing_v out_o and_o i_o think_v better_a than_o otherwise_o the_o ancient_a latinist_n say_v festus_n use_v occentare_fw-la for_o the_o same_o for_o which_o we_o use_v convitium_fw-la facere_fw-la to_o mock_v be_v or_o reproach_n which_o be_v do_v aloud_o and_o as_o it_o be_v sing_v out_o unto_o other_o hear_v a_o far_o off_o and_o this_o be_v hold_v dishonest_a that_o the_o devil_n through_o their_o settle_a desire_n to_o do_v man_n mischief_n be_v willing_a to_o have_v any_o villainy_n report_v of_o they_o whither_o true_a or_o false_a chap._n 10._o but_o those_o wicked_a spirit_n who_o these_o man_n take_v to_o be_v god_n be_v desirous_a to_o have_v such_o beastly_a story_n spread_v abroad_o of_o they_o though_o they_o themselves_o have_v never_o act_v any_o such_o thing_n only_o to_o keep_v man_n mind_n inveigle_v in_o such_o bestial_a opinion_n as_o it_o be_v in_o snare_n or_o net_n and_o by_o that_o mean_n to_o draw_v they_o to_o predestinate_a damation_n for_o company_n whether_o it_o be_v true_a that_o such_o man_n as_o those_o that_o love_v to_o live_v in_o error_n do_v select_a for_o god_n do_v themselves_o commit_v any_o such_o thing_n for_o which_o the_o devil_n set_v themselves_o out_o to_o be_v adore_v by_o a_o thousand_o several_a trick_n of_o hurtful_a deceit_n or_o that_o there_o be_v no_o such_o thing_n do_v at_o all_o but_o only_o those_o malicious_a and_o subtle_a devil_n do_v cause_n they_o to_o be_v feign_a of_o the_o god_n to_o the_o end_n that_o there_o may_v be_v sufficient_a authority_n derive_v as_o it_o be_v from_o heaven_n to_o earth_n for_o man_n to_o commit_v all_o filthiness_n by_o therefore_o the_o grecian_n see_v that_o they_o have_v such_o god_n as_o these_o to_o serve_v think_v it_o not_o fit_a to_o take_v away_o any_o liberty_n from_o the_o poet_n in_o use_v these_o stage-mocke_n and_o shame_n â—…dt_v be_v they_o do_v either_o for_o fear_v least_o their_o god_n shall_v be_v provoke_v to_o anger_n against_o they_o in_o case_n they_o go_v about_o to_o make_v themselves_o into_o more_o honest_a mould_n than_o they_o be_v and_o so_o seem_v to_o prefer_v themselves_o before_o they_o or_o else_o for_o desire_v to_o be_v make_v like_o their_o god_n even_o in_o these_o great_a enormity_n and_o from_o this_o imagine_a convenience_n come_v it_o that_o they_o hold_v the_o very_a a_o actor_n of_o such_o play_n to_o be_v worthy_a of_o honour_n in_o their_o city_n for_o in_o the_o same_o book_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n b_o aeschines_n of_o athens_n a_o c_o eloquent_a man_n have_v be_v a_o actor_n of_o tragedy_n in_o his_o youth_n be_v say_v to_o have_v bear_v office_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o aristodemus_n d_o another_o actor_n of_o tragedy_n be_v send_v by_o the_o athenian_n upon_o a_o embassage_n to_o philip_n about_o especial_a and_o weighty_a affair_n of_o war_n and_o peace_n for_o they_o hold_v it_o a_o unmete_n thing_n see_v they_o see_v their_o god_n approve_v of_o those_o action_n and_o art_n of_o play_v to_o repute_v those_o worthy_a of_o any_o note_n of_o infamy_n that_o be_v but_o the_o actor_n of_o they_o l._n vives_n the_o very_a a_o actor_n aemilus_fw-la probus_n speak_v of_o the_o greekish_a fashion_n say_v in_o those_o country_n it_o be_v no_o disgrace_n for_o any_o man_n to_o come_v upon_o the_o stage_n and_o set_v himself_o as_o a_o spectacle_n to_o the_o people_n which_o we_o hold_v for_o partly_o infamous_a and_o partly_o base_a and_o unworthy_a of_o a_o honest_a man_n b_o aeschines_n a_o â—…rator_n of_o athens_n enemy_n to_o demosthenes_n he_o act_v tragedy_n upon_o the_o stage_n and_o therefore_o demosthenes_n in_o his_o oration_n de_fw-fr corona_n call_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o apish_a tragedian_n aschines_n or_o a_o tragical_a ape_n quintilian_n say_v he_o be_v hypocrita_fw-la that_o be_v histrio_fw-la a_o stage-player_n plutarche_n in_o 10._o rhetoribus_fw-la say_v he_o be_v a_o actor_n of_o tragedy_n so_o say_v philostratus_n also_o in_o his_o book_n de_fw-fr sophistis_fw-la and_o that_o he_o do_v not_o leave_v his_o country_n through_o constraint_n or_o banishment_n but_o be_v judge_v to_o be_v overcome_v in_o a_o contention_n by_o â—…tesiphon_n he_o go_v away_o unto_o alexander_n who_o as_o then_o be_v emperor_n of_o asia_n but_o hear_v that_o he_o be_v dead_a before_o he_o come_v at_o he_o he_o bend_v his_o course_n for_o rhodes_n and_o like_v the_o sweet_a aptness_n unto_o study_n that_o that_o soil_n afford_v he_o settle_v himself_o there_o aeschines_n himself_o in_o a_o epistle_n he_o write_v to_o the_o athenian_n seem_v to_o affirm_v that_o he_o have_v give_v over_o his_o stage-playing_a before_o he_o bear_v any_o place_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n c_o a_o eloquent_a man_n that_o he_o be_v most_o eloquent_a be_v most_o plain_a as_o also_o that_o his_o voice_n be_v sweet_a and_o full_a and_o some_o there_o be_v that_o asigne_n he_o next_o dignity_n unto_o demosthenes_n nature_n give_v he_o more_o worth_a than_o industry_n some_o say_v he_o be_v scholar_n unto_o no_o man_n but_o of_o a_o sudden_a from_o a_o scribe_n he_o become_v a_o orator_n and_o that_o his_o first_o oration_n be_v against_o philip_n of_o macedon_n and_o hereby_o he_o get_v such_o favour_n and_o credit_n among_o the_o people_n that_o they_o send_v he_o ambassador_n to_o the_o same_o king_n other_o asigne_v he_o plato_n and_o isocrates_n for_o his_o master_n and_o some_o leodamas_n this_o rhodian_a rhetorikâ—…_n be_v a_o certain_a mean_a between_o the_o asian_a and_o the_o athenian_a aeschines_n invent_v and_o teach_v it_o in_o his_o school_n at_o rhodes_n after_o his_o retirement_n thither_o d_o aristodemus_n another_o actor_n this_o man_n as_o demosthenes_n write_v go_v ambassador_n to_o king_n philippe_n with_o demosthenes_n himself_o and_o aeschines_n this_o aristodemus_n be_v he_o who_o when_o demosthenes_n ask_v he_o what_o fee_n he_o have_v for_o plead_v answer_v a_o talon_n i_o but_o quoth_v demosthenes_n i_o have_v more_o for_o hold_v of_o my_o tongue_n critolaus_n report_v this_o that_o the_o grecian_n admit_v their_o player_n to_o bear_v office_n in_o their_o commonwealth_n lest_o they_o shall_v seem_v unjust_a in_o despise_v such_o man_n as_o be_v the_o pacifier_n of_o their_o go_n chap._n 11._o this_o be_v the_o grecian_n practice_n absurd_a enough_o howsoever_o but_o yet_o most_o fit_o apply_v unto_o the_o nature_n of_o their_o god_n ah_o they_o dare_v not_o exempt_v the_o life_n of_o their_o citizen_n from_o the_o lash_n of_o poetical_a pen_n and_o player_n tongue_n because_o they_o see_v their_o god_n delight_v at_o the_o traduce_v of_o themselves_o and_o they_o think_v sure_o that_o those_o man_n that_o act_v such_o thing_n upon_o the_o stage_n as_o please_v the_o god_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v dislike_v at_o any_o hand_n by_o they_o that_o be_v but_o servant_n to_o those_o god_n nay_o not_o only_o that_o but_o that_o they_o ought_v to_o be_v absolute_o and_o high_o honour_v by_o their_o fellow_n citizen_n for_o what_o reason_n can_v they_o find_v for_o the_o honour_n of_o the_o priest_n that_o offer_v the_o sacrifice_n which_o the_o god_n accept_v well_o of_o and_o yet_o allow_v the_o actor_n to_o be_v disgraceful_o think_v of_o who_o have_v learn_v their_o profession_n by_o the_o special_a appointment_n of_o the_o self_n same_o god_n that_o exact_v these_o celebration_n of_o they_o and_o be_v displease_v if_o they_o be_v not_o sollemnize_v especial_o see_v that_o b_o labeo_z who_o they_o say_v be_v most_o exact_a in_o these_o matter_n distinguish_v the_o good_a spirit_n from_o the_o bad_a by_o this_o diversity_n of_o their_o worship_n that_o c_o the_o bad_a one_o be_v delight_v with_o slaughter_v and_o tragical_a invocation_n and_o the_o good_a with_o mirthful_a revel_n and_o sportful_a honour_n such_o as_o play_n quoth_v he_o banquet_n and_o d_o revel_v on_o bed_n be_v of_o which_o hereafter_o so_o god_n be_v please_v we_o will_v discourse_v more_o at_o large_a but_o to_o our_o present_a purpose_n whether_o it_o be_v so_o that_o all_o kind_n of_o honour_n be_v give_v unto_o all_o the_o god_n mix_v and_o confuse_a as_o unto_o only_a good_a one_o for_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a to_o say_v there_o be_v any_o evil_a god_n although_o indeed_o they_o be_v all_o evil_a be_v all_o unclean_a spirit_n or_o that_o according_a as_o labeo_n say_v there_o must_v be_v a_o devil_n discretion_n use_v and_o that_o these_o must_v have_v such_o and_o such_o particular_a rite_n of_o observance_n asign_v and_o those_o other_o other_o howsoever_o the_o greek_n do_v most_o convenient_o to_o hold_v both_o priest_n and_o player_n worthy_a of_o honourable_a dignity_n the_o priest_n for_o offer_v of_o their_o sacrifice_n and_o the_o player_n for_o act_v of_o their_o interlude_n lest_o