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from_o he_o or_o direct_o abridge_v his_o word_n pag._n 220._o i_o have_v upon_o his_o own_o authority_n give_v columbus_n the_o credit_n of_o discover_v that_o little_a bone_n in_o the_o inner_a cavity_n of_o the_o ear_n which_o from_o its_o figure_n be_v common_o call_v the_o stirrup_n and_o indeed_o he_o be_v the_o first_o that_o ever_o mention_v it_o in_o print_n and_o pretend_v that_o it_o be_v his_o own_o invention_n seem_v to_o have_v the_o fair_a plea_n to_o the_o honour_n of_o it_o but_o philippus_n ingrassias_n who_o write_v some_o time_n before_o columbus_n certain_o know_v it_o for_o in_o his_o commentary_n upon_o galen_n de_fw-fr ossibus_fw-la he_o express_o mention_n it_o and_o for_o that_o reason_n falloppius_n who_o can_v not_o want_v opportunity_n of_o be_v true_o inform_v and_o be_v a_o right_a honest_a man_n and_o a_o judicious_a anatomist_n and_o one_o to_o who_o many_o discovery_n be_v owe_v ascribe_v it_o to_o he_o in_o such_o term_n as_o put_v the_o controversy_n 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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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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 sect_n jamblichus_n vit_n pythagor_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 by_o eclog._n phys_n c._n 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 the_o ibid._n c._n 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 vulgar_a edit_fw-la 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 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 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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 say_v vita_fw-la pythag._n p._n 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 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by_o aristippus_n some_o be_v in_o the_o doric_a idiom_n and_o some_o in_o the_o attic._n but_o that_o i_o suppose_v be_v do_v because_o of_o the_o variety_n of_o his_o person_n in_o some_o dialogue_n the_o speaker_n be_v sicilian_n and_o those_o be_v write_v in_o the_o doric_a and_o where_o the_o athenian_n be_v introduce_v the_o attic_a be_v proper_a but_o now_o in_o this_o letter_n to_o his_o daughter_n both_o party_n be_v dorian_n and_o so_o this_o epistle_n shall_v rather_o be_v doric_a than_o either_o of_o the_o other_o two_o xii_o in_o the_o same_o letter_n he_o mention_n her_o estate_n in_o bernice_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o he_o mean_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d perhaps_o that_o city_n not_o far_o from_o cyrene_n but_o there_o be_v nothing_o then_o in_o all_o afric_a call_v by_o that_o name_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o macedonian_a idiom_n for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o victorious_a in_o that_o country_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v general_o change_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o etc._n as_o etym._n magn._n etc._n etc._n instead_o of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o in_o other_o so_o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v unknown_a in_o afric_n till_o the_o macedonian_n come_v thither_o and_o indeed_o they_o have_v their_o name_n from_o the_o wife_n of_o the_o ptolemee_n whole_a century_n of_o year_n after_o the_o date_n of_o this_o letter_n xiii_o he_o go_v on_o and_o tell_v his_o daughter_n that_o if_o he_o shall_v die_v he_o will_v have_v she_o go_v to_o athens_n and_o live_v with_o myrto_n and_o xanthippe_n the_o two_o wife_n of_o socrates_n it_o be_v a_o common_a tradition_n among_o the_o writer_n of_o philosophic_a history_n that_o socrates_n have_v these_o two_o wife_n at_o once_o and_o from_o thence_o our_o sophist_n make_v they_o the_o compliment_n of_o a_o place_n in_o this_o epistle_n 556._o epistle_n laert._n in_o socrat._v plutarch_n aristid_n athen_a xiii_o p._n 556._o there_o be_v cite_v as_o author_n of_o this_o story_n callisthenes_n demetrius_n phalereus_n satyrus_n and_o aristoxenus_n who_o all_o take_v it_o from_o aristotle_n in_o his_o book_n of_o nobility_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o polygamy_n be_v against_o the_o law_n of_o that_o commonwealth_n and_o the_o story_n therefore_o improbable_a hieronymus_n rhodius_n produce_v a_o temporary_a statute_n make_v in_o socrates_n day_n that_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o scarcity_n of_o people_n a_o man_n may_v marry_v two_o wife_n at_o a_o time_n but_o notwithstanding_o such_o a_o flush_a of_o authority_n ib._n authority_n athenaeus_n plutarch_n ib._n panoetius_n the_o stoic_a a_o very_a great_a man_n write_v express_o against_o all_o those_o name_v above_o and_o in_o the_o opinion_n of_o plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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bill_n a._n gellius_n li._n 1._o c._n 23._o as_o we_o know_v what_o the_o roman_a matron_n do_v when_o papirius_n praetextatus_n make_v a_o like_a story_n to_o his_o mother_n it_o be_v very_o odd_a too_o that_o no_o body_n but_o hieronymus_n shall_v ever_o hear_v of_o this_o statute_n and_o he_o too_o a_o suspect_a witness_n because_o he_o bring_v it_o to_o serve_v a_o turn_n and_o to_o help_v at_o a_o hard_a pinch_n but_o certain_o such_o a_o political_a occurrence_n have_v it_o be_v true_a can_v never_o have_v lie_v hide_v from_o the_o whole_a tribe_n of_o historian_n it_o have_v very_o well_o deserve_v not_o only_o a_o mention_n but_o a_o remark_n but_o how_o can_v it_o possible_o escape_v the_o fancy_n and_o spleen_n of_o all_o the_o comedian_n of_o that_o age_n how_o can_v they_o miss_v so_o pleasant_a a_o argument_n of_o jest_n and_o ridicule_n those_o that_o be_v acquaint_v with_o the_o condition_n of_o those_o time_n will_v look_v upon_o this_o as_o next_o to_o a_o demonstration_n but_o let_v we_o grant_v if_o you_o will_v half_o a_o dozen_o wife_n to_o socrates_n yet_o nevertheless_o our_o epistle_n will_v be_v still_o in_o the_o mire_n for_o here_o our_o sophist_n make_v the_o two_o woman_n live_v amicable_o together_o which_o be_v pretty_a hard_a to_o believe_v for_o as_o graecos_n as_o aristoxenus_n apud_fw-la theodoret_n serm._n twelve_o ad_fw-la graecos_n those_o that_o make_v they_o two_o tell_v the_o story_n of_o they_o while_o their_o husband_n be_v alive_a they_o be_v perpetual_o fight_v but_o which_o be_v worse_o yet_o there_o be_v other_o letter_n in_o the_o bundle_n that_o plain_o suppose_v socrates_n to_o have_v have_v but_o one_o wife_n four_o wife_n ep._n four_o he_o himself_o write_v to_o some_o body_n tell_v he_o this_o domestic_a news_n that_o xanthippe_n and_o the_o child_n be_v well_o but_o say_v not_o a_o word_n of_o my_o lady_n myrto_n xxi_o myrto_n ep._n xxi_o xenophon_n send_v a_o letter_n top_n full_a of_o kindness_n 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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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