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ambassador_n to_o be_v hoot_v at_o by_o all_o the_o boy_n wherever_o he_o come_v plutarch_n represent_v he_o as_o a_o polite_a and_o elegant_a courtier_n rebuke_v solon_n for_o his_o gruff_n and_o clownish_a behaviour_n with_o croesus_n tell_v he_o he_o must_v converse_v with_o prince_n solone_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d either_o agreeable_o or_o not_o at_o all_o now_o can_v either_o such_o a_o station_n or_o such_o a_o discourse_n befit_v aesop_n if_o he_o be_v true_o that_o scarecrow_n as_o he_o be_v now_o common_o paint_v but_o i_o wish_v i_o can_v do_v that_o justice_n to_o the_o memory_n of_o our_o phrygian_a to_o oblige_v the_o painter_n to_o change_v their_o pencil_n for_o it_o be_v certain_a he_o be_v no_o deform_v person_n and_o it_o be_v probable_a he_o be_v very_o handsome_a for_o whether_o he_o be_v a_o phrygian_a or_o as_o other_o say_v a_o thracian_a he_o must_v have_v be_v sell_v into_o samos_n by_o a_o trader_n in_o slave_n and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o that_o sort_n of_o people_n common_o buy_v up_o the_o most_o beautiful_a they_o can_v light_v on_o because_o they_o will_v yield_v the_o most_o profit_n and_o there_o be_v mention_n of_o two_o slave_n fellow-servant_n together_o aesop_n and_o rhodopis_n a_o woman_n and_o if_o we_o may_v guess_v he_o by_o his_o companion_n and_o b_o contubernalis_fw-la we_o must_v needs_o believe_v he_o a_o comely_a person_n for_o 12._o that_o rhodopis_n strabo_n be_v the_o great_a beauty_n of_o all_o her_o age_n and_o even_o a_o proverb_n arise_v in_o memory_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d finis_fw-la errata_fw-la page_n 48._o l._n 17._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 66._o l._n 14._o r._n very_o well_o resolve_v p._n 80._o l._n ult_n r._n ten_o year_n p._n 90._o l._n 22._o r._n give_v a_o reason_n p._n 93._o l._n 29._o r._n of_o that_o philosopher_n p._n 124._o marg_n r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 127._o marg_n r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dion_n chrysost._n orat._n 33._o p._n 397._o 397._o galen_n in_o hippoc._n de_fw-la natura_fw-la hominis_fw-la comm._fw-la 2._o p._n 17._o ed._n basil._n basil._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d praef._n epist._n bruti_fw-la bruti_fw-la stob._n tit._n seven_o seven_o historia_fw-la sicula_fw-la p._n 118._o 118._o historia_fw-la sacra_fw-la &_o exotica_fw-la p._n 249._o 249._o marm._n arundel_n p._n 106._o 106._o diod._n p._n 867._o 867._o diod._n p._n 246._o 246._o epist._n 103._o 103._o diod._n ibid._n ibid._n athenaeus_n pag._n 471._o 471._o lib._n vi_fw-la p._n 414._o 414._o lib._n vi_fw-la cap._n 23._o 23._o lib._n xi_o p._n 37._o 37._o messen._n p._n 134._o 134._o sicil._n antiq._n p._n 85._o 85._o euseb._n scalig._n p._n 39_o 39_o herodot_n lib._n seven_o p._n 438_o 438_o lib._n vi_fw-la cap._n 37._o 37._o hist._n pl._n lib._n four_o c._n 19_o caus._n pl._n l._n v_o c._n 24._o plin._n l._n xvii_o c._n 24._o 24._o lib._n fourteen_o p._n 282_o &_o 305._o 305._o lib._n xv._n p._n 411._o 411._o vita_fw-la pythag._n p._n 169._o 169._o p._n 192_o &_o 193_o 193_o jambl_n p._n 128._o 128._o p._n 109._o 109._o vita_fw-la democrit_n democrit_n de_fw-fr educat_fw-la pver_fw-la pver_fw-la vita_fw-la democ._n democ._n de_fw-fr daem_n daem_n epist_n 252_o &_o 259._o 259._o lib._n two_o cap._n 21._o 21._o tit._n xx._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d argument_n medeae_n eurip._n eurip._n pyth._n 3._o 3._o schol_n pind._n pyth._n 1._o 1._o p._n 3._o &_o 26._o 26._o tuâ—cul_fw-la quaest._n l._n v._n v._n marm._n arund_n suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n vi_fw-la p._n 414._o 414._o ventus_fw-la auctor_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theocrit_n id._n xv_o xv_o vid._n eurip._n edit_n cantab._n p._n 523._o 523._o be_v enim_fw-la astypala_n natus_fw-la erat_fw-la una_fw-la ex_fw-la cycladibus_fw-la ubi_fw-la atheniensium_fw-la erat_fw-la colonia_n colonia_n
compliment_n will_v he_o have_v make_v upon_o that_o subject_n of_o their_o kindred_n if_o any_o one_o know_v a_o express_a testimony_n that_o there_o be_v a_o athenian_a colony_n at_o that_o astypalaea_n he_o can_v teach_v i_o more_o than_o i_o now_o remember_v this_o i_o know_v in_o general_a from_o 〈◊〉_d thucydides_n and_o other_o that_o the_o athenian_n send_v colony_n to_o most_o of_o the_o island_n and_o so_o that_o may_v come_v in_o among_o the_o rest_n but_o what_o then_o must_v the_o language_n for_o ever_o afterward_o be_v attic_a wherever_o the_o athenian_n once_o have_v foot_v thucydides_n say_v in_o the_o same_o passage_n that_o they_o plant_v jonia_n they_o have_v colony_n at_o miletus_n at_o ephesus_n and_o most_o of_o the_o maritime_a town_n of_o asia_n minor_n nay_o the_o jonians_n and_o the_o attic_n be_v ancient_o one_o people_n and_o the_o language_n the_o same_o and_o when_o homer_n say_v 392._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o the_o latter_a he_o be_v know_v to_o mean_v the_o athenian_n and_o yet_o we_o see_v that_o in_o process_n of_o time_n the_o colony_n have_v a_o different_a dialect_n from_o that_o of_o the_o mother_n nation_n why_o then_o must_v astypalaea_n needs_o be_v attic_a and_o that_o so_o tenacious_o that_o twenty_o year_n live_v in_o sicily_n can_v not_o at_o all_o alter_v it_o in_o one_o of_o her_o islander_n he_o be_v part_n of_o that_o time_n a_o stratag_n publican_n or_o collector_n of_o tax_n and_o custom_n can_v not_o that_o perpetual_a negoce_fw-mi and_o converse_v with_o dorian_n bring_v his_o mouth_n by_o degree_n to_o speak_v a_o little_o broad_a will_v not_o he_o that_o ibid._n aim_v at_o monarchy_n and_o for_o that_o design_n study_v to_o be_v popular_a have_v quit_v his_o old_a dialect_n for_o that_o of_o the_o place_n and_o not_o by_o every_o word_n he_o speak_v make_v the_o invidious_a discovery_n of_o his_o be_v a_o stranger_n but_o what_o if_o after_o all_o even_o the_o astypalaean_n themselves_o shall_v be_v find_v to_o speak_v doric_a if_o we_o make_v a_o conjecture_n from_o their_o neighbourhood_n and_o the_o company_n they_o be_v put_v in_o we_o can_v scarce_o question_v but_o they_o be_v dorian_n 488._o strabo_n say_v the_o island_n lie_v between_o cos_n and_o rhodes_n and_o crete_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o all_o these_o three_o use_v the_o doric_a dialect_n be_v too_o well_o know_v to_o need_v any_o proof_n but_o let_v we_o hear_v the_o second_o apology_n for_o the_o atticism_n of_o phalaris_n scripserunt_fw-la he_o defend_v he_o by_o the_o like_a practice_n of_o other_o that_o be_v dorian_n bear_v repudiate_v their_o vernacular_a idiom_n for_o that_o of_o the_o athenian_n as_o diodorus_n of_o agyrium_n empedocles_n of_o agrigentum_n and_o ocellus_n of_o lucania_n so_o that_o though_o phalaris_n be_v suppose_v to_o be_v a_o native_a of_o sicily_n yet_o here_o be_v a_o excuse_n for_o he_o for_o quit_v the_o language_n but_o i_o conceive_v with_o submission_n that_o this_o argument_n be_v build_v partly_o upon_o a_o vulgar_a mistake_n and_o partly_o upon_o such_o instance_n as_o be_v quite_o different_a and_o alien_n from_o the_o case_n of_o our_o epistle_n ocellus_n lucanus_n the_o pythagorean_n philosopher_n write_v a_o small_a treatise_n of_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universe_n which_o have_v be_v several_a time_n print_v and_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o common_a and_o ordinary_a greek_a but_o if_o i_o may_v expect_v thanks_o for_o the_o discovery_n i_o dare_v engage_v to_o make_v out_o that_o the_o author_n compose_v it_o not_o in_o the_o dress_n that_o it_o now_o wear_v but_o in_o doric_a his_o own_o country_n fashion_n for_o i_o find_v it_o be_v agree_v and_o covenant_v among_o all_o the_o scholar_n of_o that_o italian_a sect_n 202._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o use_v their_o own_o mother-tongue_n this_o be_v the_o injunction_n of_o pythagoras_n this_o be_v the_o tessera_fw-la of_o the_o whole_a party_n and_o those_o that_o know_v any_o thing_n of_o their_o story_n will_v believe_v they_o will_v have_v lose_v their_o life_n rather_o than_o have_v break_v it_o it_o be_v most_o certain_a if_o one_o have_v publish_v a_o book_n against_o that_o injunction_n he_o will_v have_v be_v banish_v the_o society_n beside_o when_o jamblichus_n tell_v we_o of_o this_o compact_a of_o they_o he_o make_v not_o one_o exception_n to_o it_o which_o he_o can_v not_o have_v miss_v neither_o from_o ignorance_n nor_o forgetfulness_n if_o so_o common_a a_o tract_n as_o this_o of_o ocellus_n have_v be_v write_v in_o the_o attic._n nay_o we_o be_v assure_v that_o other_o piece_n of_o this_o author_n be_v make_v in_o the_o doric_a as_o one_o of_o law_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cite_v by_o 16._o stobaeus_n the_o fragment_n begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o which_o be_v plain_a demonstration_n four_o citation_n be_v bring_v by_o the_o 24._o same_o writer_n out_o of_o this_o very_a book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d about_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o universe_n all_o which_o be_v in_o doric_a and_o not_o as_o they_o be_v now_o extant_a in_o the_o ordinary_a dialect_n the_o first_o of_o they_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v thus_o extant_a in_o the_o vulgar_a cantab._n ocellus_n p._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o second_o thus_o beginning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extant_a p._n 17._o the_o three_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n thus_o extant_a p._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o four_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d extant_a in_o ordinary_a greek_a p._n 31._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o which_o passage_n these_o two_o point_n be_v manifest_o evince_v that_o ocellus_n compose_v his_o write_n in_o doric_a and_o so_o be_v false_o bring_v in_o for_o a_o excuse_n to_o our_o phalaris_n and_o which_o be_v much_o more_o considerable_a that_o this_o tract_n of_o his_o now_o extant_a be_v to_o be_v acknowledge_v for_o a_o genuine_a work_n which_o hitherto_o learned_a man_n have_v doubt_v of_o from_o this_o very_a business_n of_o the_o dialect_n for_o we_o now_o see_v by_o these_o fragment_n that_o every_o word_n of_o the_o true_a book_n be_v faithful_o preserve_v the_o doric_a only_a being_n change_v into_o the_o ordinary_a language_n at_o the_o fancy_n of_o some_o copy_a since_o the_o day_n of_o stobaeus_n as_o for_o empedocles_n and_o diodorus_n a_o poet_n and_o a_o historian_n their_o case_n be_v wide_o remote_a from_o that_o of_o our_o tyrant_n the_o former_a be_v to_o write_v a_o epic_a poem_n show_v a_o excellent_a judgement_n in_o lay_v aside_o his_o country_n dialect_n for_o that_o of_o the_o jonians_n which_o homer_n and_o his_o follower_n have_v use_v before_o he_o and_o have_v give_v it_o as_o it_o be_v the_o dominion_n of_o all_o heroic_a poetry_n for_o the_o doric_a idiom_n have_v not_o grace_n and_o majesty_n enough_o for_o the_o subject_a he_o be_v engage_v in_o be_v proper_a indeed_o for_o mimes_n comedy_n and_o pastoral_n where_o man_n of_o ordinary_a rank_n be_v represent_v or_o for_o epigram_n a_o poem_n of_o a_o low_a vein_n or_o for_o lyric_n and_o the_o chorus_n of_o tragedy_n upon_o the_o account_n of_o the_o doric_a music_n but_o not_o to_o be_v use_v in_o heroic_a without_o great_a disadvantage_n and_o the_o historian_n likewise_o with_o the_o rest_n of_o that_o and_o other_o dorian_n nation_n philistus_n timaeus_n ephorus_n herodotus_n dionysius_n halic_fw-mi etc._n etc._n have_v great_a reason_n to_o decline_v the_o use_n of_o their_o vernacular_a tongue_n as_o improper_a for_o history_n which_o beside_o the_o affectation_n of_o eloquence_n aim_v at_o easiness_n and_o perspicuity_n and_o be_v design_v for_o general_a use_n but_o the_o doric_a be_v course_n and_o rustic_a and_o always_o cloud_v with_o a_o obscurity_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v 205._o porphyry_n who_o attribute_n the_o decay_n of_o the_o pythagorean_n sect_n to_o their_o writing_n in_o that_o dialect_n and_o we_o have_v just_a now_o see_v a_o instance_n of_o it_o since_o some_o body_n think_v it_o worth_a his_o labour_n to_o transcribe_v ocellus_n into_o another_o idiom_n and_o now_o what_o affinity_n be_v there_o between_o phalaris_n case_n and_o that_o of_o historian_n or_o heroic_a poet_n what_o mighty_a motive_n can_v be_v here_o for_o assume_v a_o foreign_a dialect_n the_o letter_n be_v date_v in_o the_o middle_n of_o sicily_n most_o direct_v to_o the_o next_o town_n or_o to_o some_o of_o his_o own_o domestic_n about_o private_a affair_n or_o even_o the_o expense_n of_o his_o family_n and_o never_o design_v for_o the_o public_a view_n if_o any_o will_v still_o excuse_v the_o tyrant_n for_o atticize_v in_o those_o circumstance_n it_o be_v hard_a to_o deny_v they_o the_o
improper_a for_o as_o the_o ancient_n both_o in_o poetry_n and_o prose_n use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o denote_v this_o meaning_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o by_o a_o like_a metaphor_n and_o analogy_n we_o may_v use_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o express_v the_o same_o notion_n just_a as_o the_o latin_n say_v vitio_fw-la vertere_fw-la all_o this_o i_o suppose_v be_v know_v to_o the_o translator_n of_o phalaris_n who_o be_v common_o but_o i_o believe_v false_o suppose_v to_o be_v cujacius_n for_o he_o interpret_v it_o very_o well_o cujusmodi_fw-la mihi_fw-la objicis_fw-la but_o that_o edition_n and_o another_o of_o aldus_fw-la though_o the_o two_o principal_a of_o all_o and_o both_o of_o they_o in_o the_o public_a library_n at_o oxon_n have_v yet_o the_o odd_a fortune_n to_o lie_v all_o the_o while_n conceal_v 3._o from_o our_o late_a editor_n that_o live_v there_o i_o be_v but_o just_a now_o in_o the_o mind_n to_o oblige_v they_o by_o go_v through_o their_o whole_a book_n and_o correct_v for_o they_o all_o the_o fault_n that_o give_v offence_n to_o the_o best_a reader_n but_o now_o that_o i_o cast_v my_o eye_n backward_o it_o make_v i_o look_v as_o blank_a at_o the_o prospect_n of_o all_o that_o be_v to_o come_v as_o hercules_n do_v when_o after_o he_o have_v make_v a_o bargain_n unseen_a he_o see_v the_o stable_n of_o augeas_n for_o if_o the_o very_a first_o epistle_n of_o nine_o line_n only_o have_v take_v i_o up_o four_o page_n in_o scour_v what_o a_o sweet_a piece_n of_o work_n shall_v i_o have_v of_o it_o to_o cleanse_v all_o the_o rest_n for_o they_o i_o must_v beg_v their_o excuse_n therefore_o for_o the_o present_a and_o shall_v only_o to_o keep_v my_o promise_n give_v one_o touch_n of_o their_o industry_n and_o skill_n in_o make_v use_n of_o the_o manuscript_n they_o have_v confess_v to_o we_o they_o collate_v the_o manuscript_n to_o the_o 4._o xl_o epistle_n but_o it_o seem_v they_o can_v make_v no_o use_n of_o its_o various_a lection_n but_o in_o one_o single_a place_n epist._n xxvi_o it_o be_v write_v to_o one_o ariphrades_n to_o caution_n his_o son_n to_o leave_v off_o plot_v against_o phalaris_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lest_o when_o punishment_n overtake_v he_o for_o persist_v in_o his_o present_a course_n he_o pretend_v he_o have_v not_o fair_a warning_n but_o what_o now_o do_v our_o new_a editor_n make_v of_o this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o translate_v svam_fw-la expendens_fw-la conditionem_fw-la this_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o old_a greek_a proverb_n that_o leucon_n carry_v one_o thing_n and_o his_o ass_n quite_o another_o for_o here_o be_v no_o affinity_n at_o all_o between_o the_o text_n and_o the_o version_n which_o will_v every_o whit_n as_o well_o agree_v to_o any_o other_o word_n in_o the_o book_n even_o our_o editor_n themselves_o seem_v sensible_a of_o this_o for_o they_o give_v we_o this_o note_n upon_o it_o 146._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v admit_v here_o of_o any_o other_o meaning_n and_o yet_o they_o find_v it_o no_o where_o else_o use_v in_o this_o sense_n i_o dare_v pass_v my_o word_n for_o the_o truth_n of_o this_o latter_a part_n to_o the_o former_a i_o shall_v say_v more_o anon_o so_o that_o say_v they_o the_o better_a read_n be_v in_o the_o king_n manuscript_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i._n e._n for_o those_o thing_n which_o he_o now_o do_v in_o the_o king_n manuscript_n which_o i_o have_v now_o by_o i_o it_o be_v write_v at_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o another_o hand_n have_v raze_v out_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o appear_v by_o the_o void_a space_n and_o make_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o corrector_n whoever_o he_o be_v though_o we_o know_v he_o from_o hence_o to_o be_v a_o sorry_a critic_n yet_o he_o be_v a_o degree_n above_o our_o new_a editor_n for_o he_o make_v his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o enclitic_a but_o they_o they_o a_o interrogative_n as_o we_o see_v 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persisten_v in_o proposito_fw-la which_o i_o will_v advise_v our_o editor_n to_o consult_v when_o they_o design_v to_o oblige_v the_o world_n by_o another_o edition_n this_o be_v all_o the_o use_n they_o have_v make_v of_o the_o king_n manuscript_n let_v we_o see_v if_o they_o have_v be_v more_o diligent_a in_o their_o own_o in_o the_o xxxiv_o epist._n the_o tyrant_n tell_v one_o pollux_n who_o wonder_v he_o be_v grow_v so_o recluse_a and_o difficult_a of_o access_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nay_o say_v he_o i_o avoid_v company_n less_o than_o i_o ought_v to_o do_v for_o i_o have_v find_v no_o faith_n either_o among_o stranger_n or_o friend_n our_o new_a interpreter_n have_v give_v we_o here_o a_o cast_n of_o their_o critic_n for_o video_fw-la instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o venture_v to_o read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ego_fw-la jam_fw-la sedulo_fw-la omnes_fw-la fugio_fw-la as_o for_o the_o former_a lection_n they_o confess_v they_o know_v not_o what_o 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