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and_o addaeus_n who_o be_v put_v into_o the_o office_n in_o the_o last_o year_n of_o the_o emperor_n life_n when_o he_o be_v past_o business_n though_o beside_o these_o he_o say_v there_o be_v divers_a other_o to_o be_v find_v in_o evagrius_n agathias_n procopius_n his_o other_o book_n theophanes_n and_o suidas_n that_o be_v his_o stand_a figure_n when_o he_o have_v reckon_v up_o all_o the_o name_n that_o he_o can_v rake_v together_o to_o tell_v we_o of_o great_a number_n of_o people_n that_o shall_v be_v nameless_a and_o whereas_o the_o author_n add_v that_o it_o be_v the_o emperor_n constant_a custom_n to_o drain_v these_o great_a officer_n when_o they_o be_v well_o gorge_v by_o some_o sham-accusation_n it_o be_v so_o far_o from_o truth_n that_o he_o never_o prosecute_v any_o of_o they_o but_o joannes_n cappadox_n and_o when_o he_o put_v he_o from_o court_n he_o suffer_v he_o to_o carry_v his_o wealth_n along_o with_o he_o but_o he_o oppress_v the_o honest_a labour_a farmer_n 23._o 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judge_n to_o determine_v what_o abatement_n be_v fit_a and_o reasonable_a and_o in_o the_o great_a plague_n at_o constantinople_n 2._o in_o which_o the_o rich_a be_v reduce_v to_o the_o same_o state_n with_o the_o poor_a their_o servant_n and_o attendant_n be_v sweep_v away_o he_o appoint_v a_o officer_n to_o take_v care_n of_o all_o the_o sick_a and_o to_o supply_v all_o that_o want_v with_o money_n and_o that_o be_v a_o great_a kindness_n than_o mere_a abatement_n of_o just_a due_n but_o second_o he_o impose_v the_o corn-tax_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o his_o army_n and_o force_v the_o poor_a country_n people_n to_o carry_v it_o to_o the_o camp_n but_o alas_o this_o be_v a_o old_a tax_n long_o before_o justinian_n time_n and_o there_o be_v so_o many_o law_n about_o it_o in_o the_o imperial_a history_n that_o nothing_o but_o mere_a barbarous_a ignorance_n can_v have_v derive_v its_o beginning_n from_o justinian_n and_o according_o alemannus_n have_v vouch_a it_o by_o the_o 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hospital_n for_o the_o maintenance_n of_o age_a people_n in_o which_o it_o be_v not_o to_o be_v doubt_v but_o his_o super-annuated_n soldier_n that_o have_v be_v useful_a to_o the_o commonwealth_n be_v prefer_v in_o the_o first_o place_n four_o he_o leave_v the_o frontier_n every_o where_o unguarded_a as_o we_o may_v see_v by_o those_o innumerable_a garrison_n and_o fortification_n that_o he_o build_v round_o the_o empire_n to_o keep_v out_o the_o incursion_n of_o the_o barbarian_n it_o be_v pretty_a observable_a that_o when_o in_o the_o whole_a list_n of_o emperor_n there_o be_v three_o very_a eminent_a for_o guard_v the_o frontier_n that_o be_v constantine_n theodosius_n the_o great_a and_o justinian_n that_o these_o shall_v be_v particular_o brand_v for_o leave_v they_o defenceless_a it_o be_v the_o head-topick_a of_o zosimus_n his_o fanatic_a invective_n against_o constantine_n and_o theodosius_n the_o great_a and_o here_o it_o be_v the_o very_a chorus_n of_o all_o our_o rhapsodists_n mournful_a ditty_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v scarce_o a_o garrison_n upon_o the_o frontier_n that_o be_v not_o build_v by_o one_o of_o these_o prince_n though_o justinian_n stop_v every_o passage_n and_o inroad_n so_o advantageous_o that_o he_o make_v the_o whole_a empire_n but_o one_o entire_a fortification_n to_o itself_o five_o from_o those_o of_o the_o militia_n that_o refuse_v to_o go_v to_o the_o war_n he_o withdraw_v their_o pay_n a_o heavy_a oppression_n this_o not_o to_o reward_v idle_a people_n that_o refuse_v to_o serve_v their_o country_n six_o he_o defraud_v his_o guard_n of_o their_o â—ay_n but_o why_o because_o say_v our_o author_n they_o be_v useless_a but_o if_o they_o be_v they_o deserve_v no_o pay_n last_o he_o withdraw_v the_o quinquennial_a donative_n if_o he_o do_v first_o to_o withhold_v a_o gift_n be_v no_o robbery_n and_o second_o he_o do_v wise_o not_o to_o dispense_v his_o reward_n promiscuous_o but_o according_a to_o man_n desert_n and_o to_o this_o purpose_n he_o create_v a_o new_a officer_n call_v extraordinary_a quaestor_n of_o the_o army_n to_o reward_v such_o as_o do_v any_o signal_n piece_n of_o service_n and_o his_o donative_n be_v great_a and_o generous_a it_o make_v every_o soldier_n forward_o to_o signalise_v himself_o in_o the_o next_o place_n he_o oppress_v merchant_n 25._o and_o spoil_v the_o freedom_n of_o trade_n that_o be_v to_o say_v when_o he_o have_v build_v that_o convenient_a port_n at_o constantinople_n that_o command_v the_o haven_n he_o take_v a_o account_n of_o all_o ship_n outward_a bind_v that_o they_o may_v not_o export_v the_o commodity_n of_o the_o empire_n but_o especial_o arm_n to_o its_o barbarous_a enemy_n that_o be_v the_o particular_a grievance_n of_o this_o complaint_n the_o next_o be_v the_o regulation_n of_o the_o silk-trade_n from_o persia_n which_o we_o have_v discourse_v above_o the_o next_o that_o be_v undo_v be_v the_o lawyer_n 26._o by_o lessen_v their_o fee_n and_o shorten_v their_o proceed_n then_o it_o seem_v their_o fee_n be_v grow_v too_o high_a and_o their_o proceed_n too_o dilatory_a and_o then_o it_o be_v a_o great_a kindness_n to_o the_o subject_n to_o reform_v they_o though_o dr._n rive_n be_v my_o author_n that_o before_o justinian_n time_n the_o lawyer_n never_o receive_v any_o fee_n from_o the_o client_n but_o be_v maintain_v by_o pension_n from_o the_o public_a but_o he_o suppress_v the_o very_a physician_n and_o professor_n of_o learning_n i._n e._n because_o he_o enact_v so_o many_o kind_a law_n on_o their_o behalf_n under_o the_o title_n de_fw-fr medicis_n et_fw-la professoribus_fw-la but_o then_o he_o abolish_v the_o old_a circensian_a game_n and_o all_o the_o other_o heathen_a sport_n for_o ever_o then_o he_o make_v a_o reformation_n that_o all_o good_a man_n have_v ever_o desire_v from_o the_o first_o settlement_n of_o christianity_n in_o the_o world_n last_o he_o oppress_v the_o poor_a as_o
appear_v by_o those_o prodigious_a provision_n that_o he_o make_v that_o there_o shall_v be_v no_o such_o thing_n as_o poverty_n within_o the_o empire_n but_o for_o the_o reader_n satisfaction_n or_o rather_o amazement_n in_o this_o matter_n i_o must_v refer_v he_o to_o the_o book_n de_fw-fr aedificiis_fw-la and_o now_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v sufficient_o vindicate_v the_o reputation_n of_o this_o matchless_a prince_n against_o all_o the_o malicious_a calumny_n both_o of_o the_o libel_n and_o the_o librarian_a so_o as_o to_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o it_o can_v never_o be_v write_v by_o procopius_n but_o by_o some_o man_n in_o the_o barbarous_a age_n that_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o custom_n and_o transaction_n of_o that_o time_n and_o that_o the_o whole_a work_n be_v nothing_o but_o a_o heap_n of_o ignorance_n malice_n and_o falsehood_n and_o be_v prove_v so_o by_o the_o best_a and_o most_o undoubted_a record_n of_o that_o age._n and_o i_o know_v not_o what_o can_v be_v do_v more_o for_o the_o discovery_n and_o conviction_n of_o a_o imposture_n finis_fw-la book_n late_o publish_v by_o the_o author_n disputationes_fw-la de_fw-la deo_fw-la et_fw-la providentiâ_fw-la divinâ_fw-la i._o a_o philosophorum_fw-la ulli_fw-la et_fw-la quinam_fw-la athei_fw-la fuerunt_fw-la ii_o a_o rerum_fw-la finibus_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la iii_o epicuri_fw-la et_fw-fr cartesii_n hypothesis_n the_o universi_fw-la fabricatione_n evertuntur_fw-la iv._o mundum_fw-la neque_fw-la prorsus_fw-la infectum_fw-la neque_fw-la necessitate_v factum_fw-la sed_fw-la solo_fw-la opificis_fw-la consilio_fw-la extructum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la v._o a_o generis_fw-la humani_fw-la ortu_fw-la et_fw-la corporis_fw-la humani_fw-la structurâ_fw-la deum_fw-la esse_fw-la demonstratur_fw-la vi_o contrâ—â—_n sâ—epticorum_fw-la &_o academicorum_fw-la disciplinam_fw-la potissimùm_fw-la ciceronis_fw-la de_fw-la quaestionibus_fw-la academicis_fw-la libros_fw-la et_fw-la cartesii_n meditationes_fw-la metaphysica_n disputatur_fw-la the_o divine_a right_n of_o the_o law_n of_o nature_n and_o the_o christian_a religion_n the_o case_n of_o the_o church_n of_o england_n state_v a_o account_n of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n for_o the_o first_o six_o hundred_o year_n religion_n and_o loyalty_n or_o a_o demonstration_n of_o the_o power_n of_o the_o christian_a church_n within_o itself_o the_o supremacy_n of_o sovereign_a power_n over_o it_o duty_n of_o passive_a obedience_n or_o nonresistance_n to_o all_o their_o command_n religion_n and_o loyalty_n part_v the_o 2_o d._n or_o the_o history_n of_o the_o concurrence_n of_o the_o imperial_a and_o ecclesiastical_a jurisdiction_n in_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o jovian_a to_o the_o end_n of_o the_o reign_n of_o justinian_n can._n 2._o 2._o invec_fw-fr 1._o p._n 80._o a._n a._n am._n marcel_n l._n 21._o c._n 2._o 2._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 1._o 1._o l._n 3._o c._n 22._o 22._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 3._o 3._o greg._n naz._n in_o laud._n athanas_n athanas_n athanas_n de_fw-fr fide_fw-la ad_fw-la jovian_a jovian_a soc._n l._n 3._o c._n 25._o 25._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 5._o 5._o lib._n 6._o c_o â—_o â—_o lib._n 26._o c._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr male_n et_fw-fr mathemat_n l._n 9_o v._n sozimus_fw-la lib._n 4._o 4._o ibid._n l._n l._n de_fw-fr medicis_n et_fw-fr professor_n l._n 5._o 5._o ibid._n l._n 6._o 6._o sozim_n l._n 6._o c._n â—_o l._n 20._o qutru_fw-la appellat_fw-la sint_fw-la suscip_n suscip_n soc._n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o saeculi_fw-la 40_o pars_fw-la prima_fw-la §_o 14._o 14._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 8._o 8._o epist._n 74._o 74._o soz._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 12._o hilarii_n frag_v l._n 1._o pag._n 40._o 40._o athanas_n ad_fw-la episc_n afric_n afric_n athanas_n ep_n ad_fw-la epictelum_fw-la epictelum_fw-la sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 12._o theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 13_o 14._o 14._o epist._n 61._o 61._o sozom._n l._n 4._o c._n 27._o 27._o epist._n 10._o 10._o ibid._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 13._o 13._o socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 14._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c_o 13._o v._o baroâ—_n a_o 317._o n._n 29._o et_fw-la vales._n not_o in_o socrat_n socrat_n socrat._v l._n 4._o c._n 15._o sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 13._o 13._o lib._n 4._o c._n 19_o 19_o basil_n epist._n 69._o 69._o epist._n 70._o 70._o v._o greg._n naz._n de_fw-fr laud._n basil._n basil._n theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 10._o de_fw-fr haeret._n l._n 33._o 33._o theod._n lib._n 4._o c._n 6._o 6._o cod._n theodos._n de_fw-fr episc_n &_o cler._n l._n 3._o 3._o can._n apost_n 80._o 80._o am._n marcel_n lib._n 30._o c._n 6_o 6_o epist._n 140._o 140._o soc._n l._n 3_o c._n 25._o 25._o orat._n 9_o 9_o lib._n 30._o 30._o ne_fw-fr baptisma_fw-la iteretur_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o l._n 3._o 3._o l._n 75_o de_fw-la decurionibus_fw-la decurionibus_fw-la de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 4._o 4._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o sozom_n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o 1._o theod._n l._n 5.12_o 5.12_o l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-mi epist_n l._n 23._o 23._o de_fw-fr concord_n l._n 2._o c._n 1._o §_o 4._o 4._o novel_a 83._o 83._o am._n marcel_n l._n 31._o 31._o in_o cron._n cron._n l._n 7._o c._n 33._o 33._o lib._n 4.35_o c._n 37._o 37._o soc._n l._n â—_o c._n 2._o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 1._o theod._n l._n 5._o c._n 2._o 2._o lib._n 3._o c._n 3._o et_fw-la c._n 23._o 23._o l._n 2._o 2._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 4._o 4._o account_v of_o the_o government_n of_o the_o church_n §_o 20._o 20._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 8._o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 11.12_o 11.12_o ibid._n l._n 13._o 13._o ibid._n 14._o 14._o de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la religione_fw-la contendunt_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o v._o gothofredi_n notas_fw-la in_o legem_fw-la legem_fw-la orat._n 26._o 26._o de_fw-fr fide_fw-la cathol_n l._n 4._o 4._o ruffin_n l._n 2._o c._n 16._o 16._o lib._n 4._o epist._n 32._o 32._o ambros._n l._n 5._o epist._n 27._o in_o which_o letter_n he_o give_v a_o account_n of_o his_o embassy_n to_o the_o emperor_n emperor_n zosimus_n lib._n 4._o 4._o ambrose_n ep._n 26._o 26._o see_v his_o epistle_n in_o their_o proper_a place_n in_o labbé_fw-fr labbé_fw-fr de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 15._o 15._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 14._o 14._o ambros._n ep._n 29._o 29._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 13._o 13._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 16._o 16._o l._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 19_o 19_o lib._n 7._o c._n 17._o 17._o soc._n l._n 5._o c._n 20_o 22_o 23._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 17._o 17._o de_fw-fr episc_n l._n 2d_o 2d_o an._n 390._o n._n 70_o 71._o 71._o lib._n 2d_o c._n 3._o 3._o dé_v episc_n l._n 20_o 20_o epist_n 31._o 31._o marciani_n novella_n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr testam_fw-la l._n 48._o 48._o de_fw-fr mâ—nachis_n l._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr d_o curionibus_fw-la l._n 63._o 63._o de_fw-fr episc_n l._n 3.6_o 9_o cod._n tit._n 45._o de_fw-fr bis_fw-la qui_fw-la ad_fw-la eccles_n confâ—g_n l._n 1._o tacit._n annal_n lib._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 65._o 65._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 7.9.11.18.20_o 7.9.11.18.20_o de_fw-fr apoatis_n l._n 3._o 3._o de_fw-fr apostatis_fw-la l._n 1._o 1._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 2._o 2._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 3_o 4_o 5._o 5._o qui_fw-la sanctum_fw-la baptisma_fw-la profane_v profane_v de_fw-fr paganis_fw-la l._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr maleficis_fw-la l._n 7._o 7._o de_fw-fr pag._n l._n 8._o 8._o de_fw-fr pag._n l._n 9_o 9_o ibid._n l._n 10._o 10._o ibid._n l._n 11._o 11._o ibid._n l._n 12._o 12._o de_fw-fr judais_n l._n 8._o 8._o lib._n 5._o epist._n 29._o 29._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o anno_fw-la 368._o anno_fw-la 369._o anno_fw-la 371._o n._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o v._o labbé_fw-fr vol._n 2._o anno_fw-la 381._o p._n 1001._o lib._n 9_o tit._n 29._o c._n 1._o 1._o ne_fw-fr inter_fw-la bellicas_fw-la necessitâ—tes_fw-la obreptio_fw-la importuna_fw-la teâ—tâ—tur_fw-la teâ—tâ—tur_fw-la ad_fw-la annum_fw-la 385._o m._n 6._o 6._o soc._n l._n 3._o c._n 4._o 4._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theod._n l._n 4._o c._n 22._o 22._o lib._n 4._o c._n 21_o 22._o 22._o sozom._n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o 5._o de_fw-fr haeret_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o extrav_fw-mi de_fw-fr episcopali_fw-la judicio_fw-la l._n 3._o 3._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n etc._n l._n 5._o c._n 23_o 23_o soz._n l._n 7._o c._n 15._o 15._o soz._n l._n 8._o c._n 3._o 3._o pallad_n dial_n dial_n de_fw-fr his_fw-la qui_fw-la super_fw-la religione_fw-la contendunt_fw-la l._n 6._o 6._o de_fw-fr haereâ—â—bus_fw-la priscillianus_n instituit_fw-la maximè_fw-la gnosticorum_fw-la &_o manichaeorum_fw-la dogmata_fw-la permixta_fw-la sectantur_fw-la quamvis_fw-la et_fw-la ex_fw-la aliis_fw-la haeresibus_fw-la in_o eas_fw-la sordes_fw-la tanquam_fw-la in_o sentinam_fw-la quandam_fw-la horribili_fw-la confusione_n confluxerint_fw-la propter_fw-la occultandas_fw-la autem_fw-la contaminationes_fw-la et_fw-la