of_o the_o scholiast_n it_o be_v extant_a in_o vespis_n p._n 330._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o he_o interpret_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d of_o one_o aesop_n a_o ridiculous_a actor_n of_o tragedy_n but_o our_o scholiast_n himself_o be_v more_o ridiculous_a if_o it_o be_v he_o that_o write_v this_o and_o not_o some_o trifler_n that_o foist_v it_o in_o among_o the_o other_o annotation_n for_o there_o be_v no_o aesop_n a_o greek_a actor_n in_o the_o day_n of_o aristophanes_n he_o mistake_v he_o for_o the_o famous_a aesop_n in_o cicero_n time_n a_o actor_n of_o tragedy_n on_o the_o roman_a stage_n and_o far_o from_o be_v ridiculous_a quae_fw-la gravis_fw-la aesopus_n quae_fw-la doctus_fw-la roscius_n egit_fw-la but_o the_o aesop_n mean_v by_o our_o poet_n be_v the_o phrygian_a himself_n who_o fable_n be_v call_v jest_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o in_o the_o other_o passage_n already_o cite_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 631._o 〈◊〉_d orat._n lxxii_o p._n 631._o dion_n chrysostom_n speak_v of_o our_o aesop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d avienus_n in_o his_o preface_n aesopus_n responso_fw-la delphici_n apollinis_fw-la monitus_fw-la ridicula_fw-la orsus_fw-la est_fw-la ii_o the_o first_o that_o we_o know_v of_o who_o assay_v to_o put_v the_o aesopic_a fable_n into_o verse_n be_v socrat._v be_v plato_n in_o phaedone_n plutarch_n de_fw-fr aud._n poet._n laert._n in_o socrat._v socrates_n the_o philosopher_n laertius_n seem_v to_o hint_n that_o he_o do_v but_o one_o fable_n and_o that_o with_o no_o great_a success_n the_o beginning_n of_o it_o be_v this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v observable_a again_o that_o socrates_n do_v not_o say_v he_o make_v use_v of_o a_o book_n of_o fable_n but_o i_o write_v say_v he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d those_o that_o i_o know_v and_o that_o i_o can_v first_o call_v to_o mind_n and_o this_o 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verse_n i_o find_v no_o mention_n of_o they_o but_o in_o suidas_n who_o cite_v they_o often_o under_o the_o name_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o will_v set_v down_o a_o few_o fragment_n of_o they_o both_o to_o show_v that_o they_o belong_v to_o the_o aesopic_a fable_n which_o have_v not_o yet_o be_v observe_v that_o i_o know_v of_o and_o to_o enable_v you_o to_o judge_v whether_o if_o we_o can_v change_v our_o modern_a collection_n for_o these_o we_o shall_v not_o get_v by_o the_o bargain_n 〈◊〉_d bargain_n suidaâ—_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o belong_v to_o the_o fable_n about_o the_o two_o bag_n that_o every_o man_n carry_v one_o before_o where_o he_o put_v other_o man_n fault_n another_o behind_o he_o where_o he_o put_v his_o own_o this_o be_v mention_v by_o catullus_n horace_n phaedrus_n galen_n themistius_n stobaeus_n etc._n etc._n and_o it_o be_v a_o blot_n upon_o our_o modern_a sett_n that_o there_o it_o be_v want_v 〈◊〉_d want_v id._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vulgo_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o id._n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d and_o id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d some_o of_o they_o it_o seem_v be_v all_o hexameter_n 220._o hexameter_n id._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o schol._n aristoph_n p._n 220._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o easy_a matter_n to_o find_v what_o fable_n these_o piece_n relate_v to_o and_o i_o think_v they_o be_v all_o extant_a in_o the_o present_a collection_n v._o this_o you_o see_v by_o this_o specimen_fw-la be_v no_o contemptible_a author_n and_o after_o he_o come_v one_o babrius_n that_o 〈◊〉_d that_o suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d give_v a_o new_a turn_v of_o the_o fable_n into_o choliambic_n no_o body_n that_o i_o know_v of_o mention_v he_o but_o suidas_n avienus_n and_o jo._n tzetzes_n there_o be_v one_o gabrias_n indeed_o yet_o extant_a that_o have_v comprise_v each_o fable_n in_o four_o sorry_a jambic_n but_o our_o babrius_n be_v a_o writer_n of_o another_o size_n and_o quality_n and_o be_v his_o book_n now_o extant_a it_o may_v just_o be_v oppose_v if_o not_o prefer_v to_o the_o latin_a of_o phaedrus_n there_o be_v a_o whole_a fable_n of_o his_o yet_o preserve_v at_o the_o end_n of_o gabrias_n of_o the_o swallow_n and_o the_o nightingale_n suidas_n bring_v many_o citation_n out_o of_o he_o all_o which_o show_v he_o a_o excellent_a poet_n as_o this_o of_o the_o sick_a lion_n 〈◊〉_d lion_n suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o that_o of_o the_o boar_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o a_o great_a many_o other_o vi_o i_o need_v not_o mention_v the_o latin_a writer_n of_o the_o aesopean_a fable_n phaedrus_n xuj_o phaedrus_n ausâ—nius_n ep._n xuj_o julius_n titianus_n and_o avienus_n the_o two_o first_o in_o jambic_a the_o last_o in_o elegiac_a but_o i_o shall_v proceed_v to_o examine_v those_o greek_a once_o now_o extant_a that_o assume_v the_o name_n of_o aesop_n himself_o there_o be_v two_o parcel_n of_o the_o present_a fable_n the_o one_o which_o be_v the_o more_o ancient_a cxxxvi_o in_o number_n be_v first_o publish_v out_o of_o the_o heidelberg_n library_n by_o neveletus_n a._n d._n mdcx._n the_o editor_n himself_o well_o observe_v that_o they_o be_v false_o ascribe_v to_o aesop_n because_o they_o 152._o they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fab._n 152._o mention_v holy_a monk_n to_o which_o i_o will_v add_v another_o remark_n that_o there_o be_v a_o sentence_n out_o of_o job_n 21._o job_n see_v fab._n 288._o job_n i._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naked_a we_o all_o come_v and_o naked_a shall_v we_o return_v but_o because_o these_o two_o passage_n be_v in_o the_o epimythion_n and_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o fable_n itself_o they_o may_v just_o be_v suppose_v to_o be_v addition_n only_o and_o interpolation_n of_o the_o true_a book_n i_o shall_v therefore_o give_v some_o better_a reason_n to_o prove_v they_o be_v a_o recent_a work_n that_o they_o can_v be_v aesop_n own_o the_o clxxxi_o fable_n be_v a_o demonstrative_a proof_n for_o that_o be_v a_o story_n of_o demades_n the_o rhetor_n who_o live_v above_o cc_o year_n after_o our_o phrygian_n time_n the_o cxciii_o be_v about_o momus_n carp_n at_o the_o work_n of_o the_o go_n there_o he_o find_v this_o fault_n in_o the_o bull_n that_o his_o eye_n be_v not_o place_v in_o his_o horn_n so_o as_o he_o may_v see_v where_o he_o push_v but_o nigrino_n but_o in_o nigrino_n lucian_n speak_v of_o the_o same_o fable_n have_v it_o thus_o that_o his_o horn_n be_v not_o place_v right_o before_o his_o eye_n and_o 54._o and_o de_fw-fr part._n anim_fw-la l._n iii._o p._n 54._o aristotle_n have_v it_o a_o three_o way_n that_o his_o horn_n be_v not_o place_v about_o his_o shoulder_n where_o he_o may_v make_v the_o strong_a push_n but_o in_o the_o tender_a part_n his_o head_n again_o momus_n blame_v this_o in_o the_o man_n that_o his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v not_o hang_v on_o the_o outside_n of_o he_o so_o as_o his_o thought_n may_v be_v see_v but_o in_o hermotimo_fw-la in_o in_o hermotimo_fw-la lucian_n the_o fault_n be_v that_o he_o have_v not_o a_o window_n in_o his_o breast_n i_o think_v it_o probable_a from_o
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〈◊〉_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 to_o make_v on_o it_o here_o be_v your_o workman_n to_o mend_v a_o author_n as_o bungle_v tinker_n do_v old_a kettle_n there_o be_v but_o one_o hole_n in_o the_o text_n before_o they_o meddle_v with_o it_o but_o they_o leave_v it_o with_o two_o for_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v to_o be_v correct_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minus_fw-la quam_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la oportet_fw-la this_o be_v so_o very_o easy_a a_o emendation_n that_o a_o small_a dose_n of_o sagacity_n may_v have_v find_v it_o out_o by_o conjecture_n but_o what_o will_v the_o man_n of_o letter_n think_v of_o our_o editor_n will_v they_o commend_v their_o skill_n or_o their_o industry_n most_o when_o i_o assure_v they_o that_o all_o the_o three_o manuscript_n which_o they_o pretend_v to_o have_v collate_v have_v it_o plain_o and_o fair_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o fault_n will_v the_o editor_n plead_v to_o to_o make_v a_o public_a boast_n of_o collate_v three_o manuscript_n and_o yet_o neglect_v every_o one_o of_o they_o or_o to_o have_v observe_v in_o the_o manuscript_n so_o certain_a a_o correction_n without_o either_o knowledge_n to_o make_v use_n on_o it_o themselves_o or_o ingenuity_n to_o communicate_v it_o to_o the_o world_n it_o be_v a_o bad_a business_n on_o either_o side_n and_o yet_o it_o receive_v a_o great_a aggravation_n from_o this_o other_o which_o follow_v epist_n lxviii_o phalaris_n to_o encourage_v his_o son_n bounty_n i_o do_v not_o think_v say_v he_o you_o spend_v i_o too_o much_o money_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o i_o rather_o think_v i_o allow_v you_o too_o spare_o for_o so_o generous_a a_o son_n here_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v again_o now_o every_o one_o of_o the_o manuscript_n have_v it_o here_o too_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d two_o of_o which_o they_o pretend_v in_o their_o preface_n to_o have_v thorough_o collate_v and_o yet_o they_o take_v not_o the_o least_o notice_n of_o this_o plain_a emendation_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d parcius_fw-la aequo_fw-la parcius_fw-la quam_fw-la oportet_fw-la but_o blunder_n on_o with_o the_o vulgar_a read_n and_o translate_v it_o possim_fw-la it_o ego_fw-la i_o pauperiorem_fw-la invenio_fw-la quâm_fw-la ut_fw-la silij_fw-la benignitati_fw-la sufficere_fw-la possim_fw-la but_o i_o find_v myself_o too_o poor_a to_o supply_v your_o liberality_n which_o beside_o that_o it_o do_v not_o answer_v the_o word_n of_o the_o greek_a which_o will_v then_o have_v be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v mere_a nonsense_n of_o the_o context_n for_o in_o the_o very_a next_o sentence_n he_o tell_v his_o son_n you_o
the_o date_n of_o this_o letter_n there_o be_v no_o such_o report_n ever_o mention_v that_o polycrates_n have_v any_o hand_n in_o it_o and_o that_o this_o false_a tradition_n which_o afterward_o obtain_v in_o the_o world_n and_o give_v occasion_n to_o our_o writer_n to_o say_v it_o in_o his_o letter_n do_v not_o begin_v till_o some_o year_n after_o socrates_n condemnation_n diogenes_n laertius_n bring_v hermippus_n testimony_n that_o polycrates_n make_v the_o socrat._v the_o vita_fw-la socrat._v charge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o opposition_n to_o this_o he_o present_o subjoin_v that_o favorinus_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o commentary_n say_v that_o polycrates_n oration_n against_o socrates_n be_v not_o true_a and_o real_a because_o he_o mention_n in_o it_o the_o wall_n build_v by_o conon_n six_o year_n after_o socrates_n death_n to_o which_o laertius_n subscribe_v his_o own_o assent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o it_o be_v i_o may_v free_o say_v that_o this_o passage_n of_o favorinus_n have_v not_o be_v yet_o right_o understand_v it_o be_v general_o interpret_v as_o if_o he_o deny_v the_o oration_n that_o be_v attribute_v to_o polycrates_n to_o be_v real_o he_o but_o this_o be_v very_o far_o from_o be_v his_o opinion_n for_o than_o he_o will_v be_v flat_o confute_v by_o isocrates_n a_o witness_v unanswerable_a who_o in_o a_o discourse_n which_o he_o address_v to_o this_o very_a polycrates_n tell_v he_o busir_n he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isoc_n busir_n i_o perceive_v you_o value_v yourself_o most_o upon_o two_o oration_n the_o apology_n of_o busiris_n and_o accusation_n of_o socrates_n but_o favorinus_n meaning_n be_v that_o polycrates_n do_v not_o make_v that_o oration_n for_o a_o true_a charge_n to_o be_v speak_v at_o the_o trial_n of_o socrates_n but_o write_v it_o several_a year_n after_o for_o no_o other_o trial_n than_o that_o of_o his_o own_o wit._n the_o word_n in_o the_o greek_a can_v admit_v of_o no_o other_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n observe_v that_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polycrates_n mention_n if_o he_o have_v deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o author_n he_o will_v have_v say_v in_o the_o passive_a there_o be_v mention_v beside_o he_o express_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d only_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o he_o have_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v his_o he_o will_v have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o laertius_n speak_v in_o other_o place_n xenoph_n place_n in_o xenoph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeschine_n 〈◊〉_d in_o aeschine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o i_o think_v be_v sufficient_o clear_a now_o we_o be_v to_o know_v it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o old_a sophist_n to_o make_v a_o ostentation_n of_o their_o art_n upon_o some_o difficult_a subject_n and_o paradox_n such_o as_o other_o people_n can_v speak_v nothing_o to_o as_o the_o commendation_n of_o a_o fever_n or_o the_o gout_n polycrates_n therefore_o to_o show_v his_o rhetoric_n in_o this_o way_n write_v a_o apology_n of_o busiris_n that_o kill_v and_o eat_v his_o guest_n 18._o guest_n quintil_n lib._n two_o cap._n 18._o and_o of_o clytaemnestra_n that_o murder_v her_o husband_n and_o to_o give_v a_o proof_n of_o his_o skill_n as_o well_o in_o accuse_v virtue_n as_o in_o excuse_v vice_n he_o write_v a_o indictment_n against_o socrates_n not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o true_a one_o as_o favorinus_n true_o say_v but_o only_o a_o scholastic_a exercise_n such_o as_o plato_n xenophon_n libanius_n and_o other_o write_v in_o his_o defense_n so_o that_o we_o be_v no_o more_o force_v to_o believe_v that_o his_o oration_n be_v the_o true_a charge_n that_o be_v speak_v at_o socrates_n trial_n than_o that_o he_o real_o plead_v for_o clytaemnestra_n when_o orestes_n be_v go_v to_o kill_v she_o nay_o it_o appear_v to_o i_o from_o isocrates_n himself_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o scholastic_a exercise_n and_o after_o socrates_n death_n for_o he_o blame_v polycrates_n for_o reckon_v alcibiades_n among_o socrates_n disciple_n since_o beside_o that_o no_o body_n else_o ever_o count_v he_o his_o scholar_n have_v he_o real_o be_v so_o he_o have_v be_v a_o commendation_n to_o his_o master_n and_o not_o a_o disparagement_n which_o be_v the_o aim_n of_o the_o sophist_n busir_n sophist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isoc_n busir_n so_o that_o say_v he_o if_o the_o dead_a can_v have_v knowledge_n of_o your_o write_n socrates_n will_v thank_v you_o be_v not_o this_o a_o clear_a indication_n that_o socrates_n be_v dead_a before_o the_o oration_n be_v make_v and_o that_o this_o be_v not_o the_o true_a charge_n for_o than_o he_o will_v have_v hear_v it_o at_o his_o trial_n and_o there_o have_v be_v no_o occasion_n to_o say_v if_o the_o dead_a can_v have_v knowledge_n of_o it_o in_o the_o close_a of_o all_o he_o advise_v he_o to_o leave_v off_o show_v his_o part_n upon_o such_o villainous_a theme_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lest_o he_o do_v public_a mischief_n by_o put_v false_a colour_n upon_o thing_n here_o again_o we_o be_v plain_o tell_v that_o his_o action_n against_o socrates_n like_o those_o for_o busiris_n and_o clytaemnestra_n be_v but_o a_o declamation_n a_o theme_n and_o exercise_n in_o the_o school_n and_o not_o a_o real_a indictment_n in_o the_o areopagus_n at_o athens_n to_o all_o which_o let_v i_o add_v that_o neither_o plato_n nor_o xenophon_n nor_o any_o body_n contemporary_a with_o socrates_n ever_o once_o mention_v polycrates_n for_o the_o author_n of_o the_o charge_n which_o have_v the_o thing_n be_v true_a they_o will_v certain_o have_v throw_v in_o his_o tooth_n consider_v the_o perpetual_a quarrel_n between_o sophist_n and_o philosopher_n and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o athenian_n in_o a_o penitential_a mood_n either_o banish_v or_o put_v to_o death_n all_o those_o that_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o socrates_n accusation_n if_o polycrates_n then_o be_v so_o eminent_o guilty_a as_o to_o draw_v up_o the_o impeachment_n how_o can_v he_o escape_v untouched_a when_o all_o the_o rest_n suffer_v but_o when_o the_o accusation_n of_o socrates_n though_o only_o a_o sophistical_a exercise_n come_v abroad_o in_o the_o world_n it_o be_v natural_a enough_o in_o some_o process_n of_o time_n that_o those_o that_o hear_v of_o it_o only_o or_o but_o perfunctory_o read_v it_o shall_v believe_v it_o to_o be_v the_o real_a charge_n we_o have_v see_v already_o that_o hermippus_n be_v in_o that_o mistake_n who_o live_v a_o hundred_o year_n after_o and_o with_o he_o quintilian_n themistius_n and_o other_o innumerable_a favorinus_n it_o seem_v alone_o have_v the_o sagacity_n by_o a_o notice_n from_o chronology_n to_o find_v it_o of_o a_o more_o recent_a date_n than_o socrates_n trial_n and_o even_o that_o very_a passage_n of_o favorinus_n have_v lie_v hitherto_o in_o the_o dark_a so_o that_o my_o reader_n may_v forgive_v i_o this_o prolixity_n and_o niceness_n since_o he_o learn_v by_o it_o a_o piece_n of_o news_n as_o for_o hermippus_n lest_o the_o authority_n of_o so_o celebrate_v a_o author_n shall_v deter_v one_o from_o so_o plain_a a_o truth_n i_o will_v show_v another_o slip_n of_o he_o and_o a_o worse_a than_o this_o in_o the_o story_n of_o socrates_n when_o gryllus_n the_o son_n of_o xenophon_n be_v slay_v in_o the_o same_o battle_n that_o epaminondas_n be_v most_o of_o the_o wit_n of_o that_o age_n write_v elegy_n and_o encomium_n on_o he_o in_o compliment_n and_o consolation_n to_o his_o father_n among_o the_o rest_n xenoph._n rest_n laert._n in_o xenoph._n hermippus_n say_v socrates_n be_v one_o which_o be_v a_o blunder_n of_o no_o less_o than_o xxxvii_o year_n the_o interval_n between_o socrates_n death_n and_o the_o battle_n of_o mantinaea_n socrates_n be_v put_v to_o death_n olymp._n xcv_o 1._o when_o laches_n be_v magistrate_n this_o be_v universal_o etc._n universal_o see_v diodorus_n favorinus_n diog._n laertius_n aristides_n marmor_fw-la arund_fw-mi euseb_n argumentum_fw-la isocr_n busir_n etc._n etc._n acknowledge_v and_o to_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v to_o add_v light_n to_o the_o sun_n and_o six_o year_n after_o this_o olymp._n xcvi_o 3._o laert._n 3._o diodor._fw-la fourteen_o p._n 303._o favorin_n diog._n laert._n in_o eubulides_n magistracy_n conon_n repair_v the_o wall_n which_o give_v the_o hint_n to_o favorinus_n and_o after_o he_o to_o diogenes_n to_o discover_v the_o common_a mistake_n about_o polycrates_n oration_n but_o leo_n allatius_n to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o their_o argument_n undertake_v a_o impossible_a thing_n to_o prolong_v socrates_n life_n above_o twenty_o year_n beyond_o laches_n so_o that_o he_o may_v see_v conon_n wall_n and_o polycrates_n declamation_n be_v the_o true_a charge_n at_o his_o trial_n which_o he_o will_v make_v out_o by_o compare_v
hence_o that_o aesop_n do_v not_o write_v a_o book_n of_o his_o fable_n for_o then_o there_o will_v not_o have_v be_v such_o a_o difference_n in_o the_o tell_n or_o at_o least_o if_o these_o that_o be_v now_o extant_a be_v aesop_n i_o shall_v guess_v from_o this_o specimen_fw-la that_o lucian_n have_v the_o better_a on_o it_o and_o beat_v he_o at_o his_o own_o play_n vii_o but_o that_o they_o be_v recenter_n than_o even_o babrius_n who_o be_v himself_o one_o of_o the_o late_a age_n of_o good_a writer_n i_o discover_v by_o this_o mean_n i_o observe_v in_o they_o several_a passage_n that_o be_v not_o of_o a_o piece_n with_o the_o rest_n but_o have_v a_o turn_n and_o composition_n plain_o poetical_a as_o in_o the_o cclxiii_o fable_n which_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o i_o see_v be_v a_o choliambic_a verse_n and_o i_o present_o suspect_v that_o the_o writer_n have_v take_v it_o out_o of_o babrius_n and_o i_o be_v soon_o confirm_v in_o my_o judgement_n by_o this_o 〈◊〉_d this_o suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fragment_n of_o he_o that_o belong_v to_o the_o same_o fable_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o in_o the_o fable_n in_o prose_n there_o be_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o it_o evident_o appear_v that_o the_o author_n of_o that_o parcel_n which_o be_v publish_v by_o neveletus_n do_v nothing_o else_o but_o epitomise_v babrius_n and_o put_v he_o into_o prose_n but_o i_o will_v give_v you_o some_o further_a proof_n of_o it_o the_o cclxi_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o at_o the_o first_o read_v one_o perceive_v to_o be_v part_n of_o a_o scazon_n and_o thus_o it_o be_v in_o a_o 〈◊〉_d a_o suidas_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fragment_n of_o babrius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o clvi_o about_o the_o fox_n with_o the_o firebrand_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o do_v not_o discover_v here_o a_o scazon_n of_o babrius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o ccxliii_o be_v a_o manifest_a turn_v out_o of_o choliambic_n into_o prose_n for_o the_o whole_a be_v make_v up_o either_o of_o piece_n or_o entire_a verse_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o ccxciii_o there_o be_v these_o remnant_n of_o babrius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o clxv_o begin_v thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o i_o suppose_v to_o have_v be_v in_o babrius_n thus_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o all_o these_o passage_n here_o be_v most_o visible_a footstep_n by_o which_o we_o may_v trace_v our_o imitator_n but_o general_o he_o have_v so_o disguise_v the_o fable_n that_o no_o body_n can_v find_v they_o ever_o belong_v to_o babrius_n in_o the_o ccxlv_o about_o 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