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or_o dominationis_fw-la arcana_fw-la 218._o arcana_fw-la ann._n 1._o pag._n 218._o tacitus_n make_v mention_n of_o arcana_fw-la domus_fw-la augustae_fw-la that_o be_v secret_n of_o court_n or_o of_o palace_n and_o 3_o 309._o 3_o pag._n 309._o ann._n of_o secreta_fw-la imperatorum_fw-la 21._o make_v indeed_o very_o bold_a with_o their_o prince_n as_o be_v new_a in_o state_n tacitus_n 2._o hist_o recens_fw-la galbae_n principatu_fw-la censuerant_fw-la patres_fw-la ut_fw-la accusatorum_fw-la causae_fw-la noscerentur_fw-la and_o 4._o hist_o in_o the_o oration_n of_o curtius_n montanus_n elanguimus_fw-la p.c._n nec_fw-la iam_fw-la ille_fw-la senatus_fw-la sumus_fw-la qui_fw-la occiso_fw-la nerone_n delatores_fw-la &_o ministros_fw-la more_fw-it maiorum_fw-la puniendos_fw-la flagitabat_fw-la optimus_fw-la est_fw-la post_fw-la malum_fw-la principem_fw-la dies_fw-la primus_fw-la now_o accusatores_fw-la promoter_n or_o informer_n be_v reckon_v inter_fw-la instrumenta_fw-la imperij_fw-la with_o 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uniones_fw-la nasci_fw-la certum_fw-la est_fw-la whereas_o the_o commendation_n of_o pearl_n consist_v in_o candore_fw-la magnitudine_fw-la or_o be_v levore_fw-mi pondere_fw-la but_o in_o hope_n of_o the_o british_a such_o as_o they_o be_v julius_n caesar_n say_v 47._o say_v cap._n 47._o suetonius_n first_o go_v into_o britanny_n &_o ex_fw-la this_fw-mi contextum_fw-la thoracem_fw-la veneri_fw-la genitrici_fw-la consecravit_fw-la pliny_n 14._o p._n 245._o policy_n consilium_fw-la as_o in_o a_o natural_a body_n too_o little_a be_v unperfect_a too_o great_a unwealdy_n so_o in_o a_o politic_a both_o the_o extremity_n be_v weak_a &_o not_o defensible_a although_o peradventure_o aswell_o in_o the_o one_o body_n as_o in_o the_o other_o fullness_n other_o fullness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d induce_v less_o danger_n general_o they_o emptiness_n they_o emptiness_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d do_v this_o inconvenience_n augustus_n wise_o foresee_v in_o his_o time_n whenas_o the_o roman_a 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the_o death_n of_o augustus_n a_o book_n be_v produce_v write_v with_o his_o own_o hand_n in_o the_o which_o say_v tac._n 1_o ann._n opes_fw-la publicae_fw-la continebantur_fw-la quamtum_fw-la civium_fw-la socioâ—unque_fw-la in_o armis_fw-la quoâ—_n class_n regna_fw-la provinciae_fw-la tributa_fw-la aut_fw-la vectigalia_fw-la et_fw-la necessitate_v aclargitione_n addider_v atque_fw-la in_o super_fw-la consilium_fw-la say_v he_o use_v the_o sane_a word_n in_o both_o place_n speak_v of_o the_o sane_a matter_n coertendi_fw-la intra_fw-la terminos_fw-la imperij_fw-la incertum_fw-la metu_fw-la a_o ê‘_n invidian_n dio._n l._n 56._o natâ—â—â—s_n 56._o he_o gauâ—_n they_o adu_fw-la se_fw-la to_o content_n themselves_o with_o the_o â—â—eir_n present_a estate_n and_o in_o no_o case_n to_o seek_v to_o enlarge_v the_o â—â—â—tes_n of_o the_o empire_n for_o it_o wouâ—d_v be_v both_o hard_a to_o be_v keep_v and_o â—â—danger_v he_o saâ—d_v eâ—en_v that_o which_o they_o have_v and_o thiâ—_n precept_n he_o always_o observe_v himself_o not_o only_o in_o word_n but_o in_o deed_n and_o effect_n 〈◊〉_d use_v â—h_a naâ—_n with_o great_a facility_n he_o may_v to_o conquer_v any_o more_o of_o the_o barbarous_a natâ—â—â—s_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 15._o p._n 250._o to_o buy_v corn_n the_o roman_n beside_o tribute_n impose_v upon_o the_o cuntreies_n subdue_a such_o at_o least_o as_o yield_v commodity_n thereof_o a_o proportion_n in_o corn_n common_o the_o ten_o part_n &_o beside_o for_o the_o provision_n of_o the_o lieutenant_n &_o soldier_n maintain_v there_o &_o other_o like_a purpose_n at_o a_o reasonable_a price_n in_o gather_v whereof_o the_o purueiour_n &_o taker_n &_o sometime_o the_o head_n officer_n use_v many_o concussion_n &_o unlawful_a exaction_n as_o appear_v at_o large_a in_o tully_n five_o oration_n against_o verres_n in_o britanny_n it_o seem_v the_o roman_n have_v ingross_v all_o the_o corn_n of_o the_o country_n and_o institute_v a_o monopoly_n thereof_o compel_v 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