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which_o cause_n as_o i_o be_o not_o press_v to_o impose_v any_o thing_n herein_o discourse_v upon_o any_o man_n faith_n much_o less_o to_o quarrel_v with_o his_o diffidence_n so_o on_o the_o other_o side_n i_o will_v not_o be_v think_v guilty_a of_o such_o a_o indifferency_n as_o may_v offer_v the_o least_o occasion_n to_o any_o one_o to_o doubt_v of_o the_o testimony_n i_o have_v give_v but_o by_o no_o mean_n to_o condemn_v it_o for_o in_o search_n of_o sceptical_a truth_n every_o man_n shall_v preserve_v a_o philosophical_a liberty_n to_o himself_o as_o in_o the_o acceptation_n of_o those_o that_o be_v historical_a he_o may_v challenge_v a_o dogmatical_a freedom_n the_o reason_n for_o justification_n of_o matter_n of_o fact_n in_o the_o case_n of_o antiquity_n be_v so_o like_o that_o of_o opinion_n in_o point_n of_o novelty_n both_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n and_o the_o inconvenience_n that_o i_o shall_v not_o be_v ashamed_a to_o confess_v and_o conclude_v with_o my_o friend_n curtius_n plura_fw-la equidem_fw-la transcribo_fw-la quam_fw-la credo_fw-la nec_fw-la etenim_fw-la affirmare_fw-la ausus_fw-la sum_fw-la qua_fw-la dubio_fw-la nec_fw-la subducere_fw-la sustineo_fw-la quae_fw-la accepi_fw-la i._o class_n of_o britanni_n brute_n a._n m._n 2855._o malmude_n a._n m._n 3522._o belin_n a._n m._n 3562._o ludbelin_n a._n m._n 3880._o cassibelin_n a._n m._n 3995._o tubelin_n a._n m._n 3921._o brute_n date_n of_o accession_n 2855_o though_o there_o be_v many_o modern_a writer_n &c_n writer_n polidor_n bocace_n vives_z camd._n seld._n &c_n &c_n doubt_v many_o of_o the_o ancient_n do_v malmesbury_n do_v caesar_n tacit_fw-la bede_n girald_n camd._n malmesbury_n not_o confirm_v and_o many_o both_o ancient_n and_o modern_a do_v utter_o etc._n utter_o william_n of_o newburgh_n gâ—nâ—bâ—_n the_o abbot_n of_o whethamsted_n daniel_n etc._n etc._n deny_v the_o story_n of_o brute_n and_o indeed_o the_o whole_a content_n of_o this_o first_o class_n yet_o 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