Selected quad for the lemma: city_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
city_n	according_a	great_a	war_n	431	4	5.5435	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50332	A defence of diocesan episcopacy in answer to a book of Mr. David Clarkson, lately published, entituled, Primitive episcopacy / by Henry Maurice ...	Maurice, Henry, 1648-1691.	1691 (1691)	Wing M1360; ESTC R8458	258,586	496

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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o every_o city_n according_a to_o the_o way_n of_o the_o egyptian_a priest_n or_o a_o flatter_a poet_n but_o according_a to_o the_o proper_a and_o receive_a signification_n of_o the_o word_n and_o therefore_o in_o egypt_n instead_o of_o many_o thousand_o of_o bishop_n we_o never_o find_v above_o a_o hundred_o when_o the_o country_n be_v general_o convert_v and_o before_o the_o alteration_n of_o the_o pretend_a primitive_a episcopacy_n can_v be_v pretend_v but_o to_o proceed_v 48._o proceed_v prim._n ep_v p._n 48._o in_o the_o tribe_n of_o juda_n be_v a_o hundred_o and_o fourteen_o city_n in_o half_a the_o tribe_n of_o manasseh_n 60_o and_o in_o other_o tribe_n proportionable_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o josuah_n small_a place_n be_v call_v city_n but_o in_o our_o saviour_n time_n it_o be_v otherwise_o for_o the_o evangelist_n distinguish_v not_o only_o between_o city_n and_o village_n but_o 〈◊〉_d but_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d between_o 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do_v not_o appear_v that_o ever_o there_o be_v more_o bishopric_n in_o this_o country_n from_o the_o begin_n of_o christianity_n and_o perhaps_o not_o so_o many_o for_o parembolae_n have_v a_o bishop_n in_o that_o synod_n which_o be_v erect_v 238._o erect_v euthym._n vita_fw-la ap_fw-mi coteler_n mon._n p._n 238._o to_o a_o episcopal_a seat_n not_o long_o before_o 49._o before_o prim._n ep_v p._n 49._o in_o crete_n there_o be_v 100_o city_n and_o therefore_o call_v hecatonpolis_n homer_n t._n homer_n hom._n iliad_n b._n odyss_n t._n who_o be_v the_o only_a witness_n for_o these_o 100_o city_n happen_v to_o differ_v from_o this_o reckon_n in_o another_o place_n and_o make_v they_o but_o 90._o strabo_n x._o strabo_n strab._n l._n x._o and_o eustathius_n b._n eustathius_n eustath_n in_o iliad_n b._n take_v great_a pain_n to_o reconcile_v this_o difference_n but_o for_o my_o part_n i_o be_o satisfy_v with_o what_o didymus_n t._n didymus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d did._n in_o ody_n 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thousand_o man_n and_o that_o in_o a_o certain_a sedition_n in_o that_o country_n as_o many_o come_v together_o in_o four_o and_o twenty_o hour_n time_n that_o in_o that_o tumult_n there_o come_v no_o less_o than_o forty_o thousand_o from_o tarichea_n 〈◊〉_d tarichea_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v not_o the_o great_a city_n of_o galilee_n in_o japha_n 35._o japha_n jos_n l._n 3._o c._n 35._o a_o city_n of_o the_o same_o region_n there_o be_v about_o thirty_o thousand_o kill_v and_o take_v but_o this_o be_v but_o a_o small_a place_n in_o comparison_n of_o other_o of_o tiberias_n the_o which_o be_v the_o chief_a and_o sepphoris_n which_o be_v sometime_o call_v by_o josephus_n 3._o josephus_n jos_n b._n j._n l._n 3._o c._n 3._o the_o chief_a of_o galilee_n josapat_o the_o town_n which_o josephus_n defend_v against_o the_o roman_n have_v a_o prodigious_a number_n of_o people_n 23._o people_n jos_n b._n j._n l._n 3._o c._n 23._o for_o there_o be_v forty_o thousand_o kill_v twelve_o hundred_o only_o make_v captive_n and_o the_o woman_n and_o child_n save_v the_o great_a city_n of_o phaenicea_n inhabit_v by_o the_o syrian_n be_v very_o populous_a as_o appear_v by_o the_o number_n of_o the_o jew_n that_o be_v destroy_v there_o in_o the_o begin_n of_o their_o revolt_n the_o people_n of_o caesarea_n 33._o caesarea_n jos_n b._n j._n l._n 2._o c._n 33._o destroy_v twenty_o thousand_o jew_n who_o live_v in_o that_o city_n the_o people_n of_o scythopolis_n 34._o scythopolis_n id._n l._n 2._o c._n 34._o massacre_v thirteen_o thousand_o those_o of_o damascus_n 41._o damascus_n et_fw-fr c._n 41._o ten_o thousand_o so_o populous_a be_v those_o city_n where_o the_o gospel_n be_v first_o preach_v and_o the_o first_o christian_n congregation_n establish_v in_o syria_n the_o city_n be_v no_o less_o populous_a and_o in_o most_o part_n of_o the_o world_n unless_o when_o war_n or_o other_o calamity_n happen_v to_o dispeople_v the_o place_n account_v city_n be_v much_o more_o populous_a than_o our_o market-town_n or_o what_o our_o author_n represent_v selge_n a_o small_a city_n in_o pisidia_n be_v say_v 12._o say_v strab._n l._n 12._o with_o good_a government_n to_o have_v increase_v to_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n and_o according_o we_o find_v 579._o find_v polyb._n l._n 5._o p._n 579._o that_o it_o be_v able_a to_o send_v out_o a_o considerable_a army_n then_o it_o may_v well_o bear_v the_o title_n of_o a_o great_a city_n which_o arrian_n 1._o arrian_n arrian_n exp._n alex._n l._n 1._o give_v it_o how_o much_o aftertime_n abate_v of_o these_o matter_n i_o do_v not_o know_v but_o zosimus_n cellar_n zosimus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d zosim_fw-la l._n 5._o p._n 539._o ed._n cellar_n mention_n it_o in_o term_n of_o diminution_n aspendus_n reckon_v but_o a_o mean_a city_n of_o pamphylia_n be_v yet_o able_a 580._o able_a polyb._n l._n 5._o p_o 580._o to_o send_v

be_v sufficient_a for_o the_o number_n 9_o number_n usque_fw-la ad_fw-la eum_fw-la locum_fw-la octavianus_n musca_n perticam_fw-la militarem_fw-la porrexerat_fw-la limitator_n ab_fw-la augusto_fw-la datus_fw-la i._n e._n per_fw-la quindecim_fw-la millia_fw-la passuum_fw-la agri_fw-la mantuani_n cum_fw-la cremonensis_n non_fw-la sufficeret_fw-la seru._n in_o virg._n eclog._n 9_o octavianus_n musca_n who_o have_v the_o order_n of_o that_o colony_n take_v fifteen_o mile_n from_o the_o territory_n of_o mantua_n which_o suffer_v not_o for_o any_o offence_n of_o its_o own_o but_o only_o by_o a_o unfortunate_a neighbourhood_n mantua_n vae_fw-la miserae_fw-la nimium_fw-la vicina_fw-la cremonae_n nor_o be_v this_o all_o that_o belong_v to_o it_o for_o alphenus_n varus_n the_o surveyour_fw-mi have_v order_n to_o leave_v the_o city_n three_o mile_n on_o every_o side_n to_o be_v measure_v from_o the_o wall_n which_o he_o be_v say_v 9_o say_v cum_fw-la jussus_fw-la tria_fw-la milla_fw-la passus_fw-la a_o muro_fw-la in_o diversa_fw-la relinquere_fw-la ut_fw-la octingentos_fw-la passus_fw-la aquae_fw-la qua_fw-la circumdata_fw-la est_fw-la admetireris_fw-la or._n corn._n in_o alphen_n apud_fw-la seru._n in_o eclog._n 9_o to_o observe_v with_o such_o a_o malicious_a exactness_n that_o he_o take_v near_o a_o mile_n of_o water_n with_o which_o the_o city_n be_v encompass_v into_o the_o reckon_n as_o he_o be_v reproach_v by_o one_o cornelius_n so_o we_o have_v a_o territory_n of_o above_o twenty_o mile_n belong_v to_o a_o ordinary_a town_n and_o even_o that_o small_a part_n that_o remain_v be_v much_o more_o than_o what_o belong_v to_o our_o city_n and_o less_o than_o this_o they_o do_v not_o usual_o leave_v rigalt_n leave_v termini_fw-la nunquam_fw-la ambiguum_fw-la receperant_fw-la circa_fw-la ipsum_fw-la oppidum_fw-la sed_fw-la extra_fw-la tertium_fw-la milliarium_fw-la lex_fw-la caesariana_n operata_fw-la est_fw-la comment_fw-fr claud._n caes_n de_fw-fr colonijs_fw-la ed._n rigalt_n when_o they_o think_v fit_a to_o punish_v any_o town_n by_o deprive_v it_o of_o its_o region_n such_o a_o poor_a remnant_n be_v leave_v to_o ameria_n upon_o the_o like_a occasion_n for_o caesar_n law_n operate_v not_o within_o three_o mile_n of_o the_o city_n as_o we_o learn_v from_o claudius_n his_o commentary_n mantua_n be_v but_o a_o small_a place_n and_o much_o inferior_a to_o cremona_n which_o be_v a_o great_a colony_n long_o before_o this_o calamity_n and_o in_o all_o likelihood_n have_v a_o much_o long_a territory_n than_o mantua_n we_o have_v have_v occasion_n to_o speak_v of_o that_o place_n before_o about_o the_o number_n of_o roman_a colony_n send_v thither_o which_o mr._n clerkson_n disparage_v because_o it_o be_v no_o more_o than_o six_o thousand_o whereas_o it_o must_v be_v no_o ordinary_a territory_n that_o will_v serve_v such_o a_o number_n according_a to_o the_o usual_a proportion_n of_o distribute_v the_o territory_n of_o a_o colony_n for_o every_o one_o of_o those_o planter_n have_v a_o portion_n of_o land_n allot_v they_o and_o be_v as_o so_o many_o freeholder_a among_o we_o and_o we_o may_v take_v a_o certain_a estimate_n of_o the_o region_n belong_v to_o such_o roman_a plantation_n from_o such_o instance_n of_o agrarian_a distribution_n which_o happen_v to_o be_v preserve_v bononia_n bononia_n bononia_n be_v a_o roman_a colony_n and_o those_o who_o be_v first_o send_v thither_o 37._o thither_o tria_fw-la millia_fw-la hominum_fw-la sunt_fw-la deducta_fw-la equit._n 70_o jugera_fw-la caeteris_fw-la 50._o liv._o l._n 37._o be_v but_o three_o thousand_o yet_o the_o territory_n divide_v between_o they_o be_v very_o great_a as_o will_v appear_v from_o the_o lot_n of_o each_o soldier_n every_o footman_n have_v fifty_o acre_n every_o horseman_n seventy_o but_o reckon_v all_o as_o foot_n there_o will_v arise_v a_o sum_n of_o a_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o thousand_o acre_n which_o alone_o will_v be_v a_o country_n equal_a to_o many_o of_o our_o county_n and_o when_o you_o have_v add_v the_o public_a estate_n which_o always_o have_v a_o considerable_a portion_n on_o these_o occasion_n the_o officer_n who_o have_v always_o double_a to_o the_o common_a soldier_n beside_o the_o waste_n and_o unprofitable_a land_n which_o must_v be_v suppose_v within_o such_o a_o compass_n such_o a_o territory_n will_v vie_v with_o our_o great_a county_n thureum_fw-la have_v adempta_fw-la have_v sigon_n de_fw-fr antiq._n jure_fw-la ital._n l._n 1._o onuphr_n descript_n imp._n rom._n l._n 3._o liv._o l._n 34._o strab._n l._n 6._o apustio_n autore_fw-la tertia_fw-la pars_fw-la agri_fw-la adempta_fw-la three_o thousand_o foot_n and_o three_o hundred_o horse_n send_v to_o it_o as_o a_o colony_n the_o footman_n have_v forty_o acre_n a_o piece_n the_o horseman_n double_a which_o come_v little_a short_a of_o the_o reckon_n of_o bononia_n this_o indeed_o be_v think_v too_o much_o for_o the_o number_n of_o people_n and_o therefore_o a_o three_o part_n be_v take_v off_o yet_o still_o the_o territory_n be_v very_o large_a the_o veteran_n who_o have_v serve_v scipio_n africanus_n be_v draw_v 31._o draw_v liv._o l._n 31._o to_o venusia_n which_o have_v a_o great_a territory_n but_o have_v be_v dispeople_v in_o the_o war_n of_o hannibal_n the_o soldier_n have_v each_o two_o acre_n for_o every_o year_n they_o have_v serve_v in_o those_o war_n but_o the_o great_a yet_o be_v that_o of_o aquileia_n 40._o aquileia_n sigon_n de_fw-fr antiq._n jur._n ital._n l._n 1._o liv._o l._n 39_o &_o 40._o whither_o three_o thousand_o foot_n and_o three_o hundred_o horseman_n be_v send_v for_o a_o colony_n the_o foot_n have_v fifty_o acre_n each_o the_o centurion_n double_a the_o horseman_n sevenscore_n in_o more_o remote_a province_n the_o territory_n of_o their_o colony_n seem_v to_o be_v yet_o large_a there_o be_v more_o land_n to_o spare_v and_o rigalt_n and_o nec_fw-la tantum_fw-la terrae_fw-la occupaverunt_fw-la quod_fw-la colere_fw-la potuissent_fw-la sed_fw-la quantum_fw-la in_o spe_fw-la colendi_fw-la reservavere_fw-la sicul._n flau._n de_fw-fr conduit_n agr._n p._n 3._o ed._n rigalt_n when_o they_o first_o plant_v in_o a_o conquer_a country_n they_o do_v not_o only_o take_v in_o so_o much_o of_o the_o country_n as_o that_o new_a colony_n can_v use_v but_o according_a to_o their_o hope_n of_o future_a increase_n the_o colony_n of_o julius_n and_o augustus_n who_o have_v a_o great_a number_n of_o legion_n to_o provide_v for_o after_o the_o civil_a war_n be_v end_v seem_v to_o surpass_v the_o rest_n the_o one_o people_a carthage_n and_o corinth_n and_o several_a other_o place_n of_o principal_a reputation_n abroad_o beside_o the_o city_n of_o italy_n the_o other_o throw_v in_o all_o achaia_n in_o a_o manner_n for_o a_o territory_n of_o patrae_n and_o many_o place_n that_o be_v city_n and_o be_v memorable_a in_o story_n for_o considerable_a action_n he_o draw_v into_o his_o new_a city_n the_o territory_n of_o it_o be_v above_o forty_o mile_n long_o as_o we_o may_v gather_v from_o the_o description_n of_o 441._o of_o pausan_n achaic_n p._n 429._o 431._o 440._o 441._o pausanias_n nicopolis_n 10._o nicopolis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 10._o have_v the_o same_o fortune_n and_o a_o great_a number_n of_o the_o neighbour_a city_n and_o all_o that_o belong_v to_o they_o make_v up_o but_o the_o territory_n of_o that_o city_n in_o gaul_n nismes_n be_v remarkable_a for_o territory_n and_o the_o extent_n of_o her_o jurisdiction_n and_o upon_o that_o account_n be_v 4._o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d sct._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 4._o prefer_v to_o narbo_n it_o have_v as_o strabo_n take_v notice_n four_o and_o twenty_o village_n which_o sound_v something_o odd_o as_o if_o the_o territory_n of_o narbo_n the_o chief_a of_o that_o country_n have_v not_o so_o many_o village_n under_o it_o or_o as_o if_o it_o be_v a_o extraordinary_a thing_n but_o the_o word_n which_o be_v translate_v village_n have_v a_o peculiar_a signification_n in_o that_o country_n as_o caesar_n 1._o caesar_n nam_fw-la omnis_fw-la civitas_n helvetia_n in_o quatuor_fw-la pagos_fw-la divisa_fw-la est_fw-la hic_fw-la pagus_n unus_fw-la etc._n etc._n caes_n de_fw-fr bell._n gall._n l._n 1._o inform_v we_o the_o whole_a community_n or_o country_n of_o the_o helvetian_o say_v he_o be_v divide_v in_o quatuor_fw-la pagos_fw-la and_o one_o such_o division_n as_o this_o within_o the_o memory_n of_o our_o father_n kill_v l._n cassius_n the_o roman_a consul_n and_o put_v his_o army_n under_o the_o yoke_n and_o the_o same_o pagus_n which_o be_v the_o people_n of_o zurich_n caesar_n have_v the_o fortune_n to_o defeat_v the_o first_o of_o all_o the_o helvetian_o so_o that_o four_o and_o twenty_o of_o these_o division_n must_v be_v account_v very_o extraordinary_a since_o so_o great_a a_o country_n as_o helvetia_n have_v but_o four_o du_n chesne_n therefore_o render_v the_o word_n not_o village_n but_o community_n the_o hundred_o into_o which_o our_o county_n be_v divide_v may_v in_o some_o measure_n express_v it_o which_o be_v usual_o name_v from_o some_o village_n

that_o may_v be_v the_o chief_a of_o the_o division_n when_o it_o be_v first_o make_v to_o conclude_v zela_n in_o pontus_n be_v enlarge_v 14._o enlarge_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 14._o by_o pompey_n by_o the_o accession_n of_o several_a town_n which_o he_o draw_v into_o it_o and_o to_o make_v this_o city_n complete_a he_o add_v many_o prefecture_n to_o its_o territory_n i_o know_v it_o be_v a_o thing_n of_o ill_a same_o to_o put_v question_n to_o the_o dead_a and_o therefore_o i_o will_v not_o so_o much_o as_o return_v those_o demand_n of_o mr._n clerkson_n that_o call_v for_o proof_n of_o one_o of_o the_o plain_a thing_n in_o the_o world_n that_o th._n that_o tria_fw-la erant_fw-la urbium_fw-la spacia_fw-la maenia_fw-la pomaeria_fw-la territoria_fw-la 1._o muris_fw-la 2._o vicinia_n murorum_fw-la ultima_fw-la jurisdictione_n civitatum_fw-la fimebantur_fw-la gotofred_n in_o l._n 5._o the_o legate_n fund_z cod._n th._n the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o roman_a and_o greek_a city_n reach_v far_a than_o that_o of_o we_o unless_o there_o may_v be_v a_o new_a scruple_n about_o the_o city_n officer_n have_v authority_n over_o the_o territory_n which_o i_o think_v can_v scarce_o happen_v to_o a_o man_n that_o have_v read_v a_o latin_a author_n nor_o be_v it_o evident_a only_o from_o a_o few_o instance_n that_o some_o ancient_a city_n have_v large_a territory_n but_o the_o largeness_n of_o it_o be_v employ_v in_o the_o word_n itself_o for_o as_o aristotle_n observe_v of_o a_o city_n that_o the_o very_a name_n signify_v a_o competence_n of_o measure_n so_o be_v it_o in_o respect_n of_o the_o territory_n that_o appertain_v to_o it_o by_o ager_n which_o be_v the_o usual_a word_n for_o territory_n we_o understand_v say_v st._n augustin_n 24._o augustin_n agri_n autem_fw-la nomine_fw-la non_fw-la castilia_n tantum_fw-la verum_fw-la etiam_fw-la municipia_fw-la &_o coloniae_fw-la solent_fw-la vocari_fw-la extra_fw-la civitatem_fw-la quae_fw-la caput_fw-la &_o quasi_fw-la mater_fw-la caeterarum_fw-la aug._n de_fw-fr consens_fw-la evang._n l._n 3._o c._n 24._o not_o only_o castle_n or_o burg_n but_o municipia_fw-la or_o corporation_n town_n and_o colony_n without_o the_o city_n which_o be_v the_o head_n and_o as_o it_o be_v the_o mother_n of_o the_o rest_n and_o the_o old_a gloss_n vet_z gloss_n territorium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d gloss_n vet_z render_v it_o by_o the_o land_n of_o a_o colony_n and_o whoever_o read_v the_o rigalt_n the_o author_n de_fw-fr re_n agr._n ed._n rigalt_n agrarian_a writer_n will_v soon_o perceive_v though_o they_o speak_v only_o in_o the_o general_n that_o it_o be_v not_o a_o parish_n or_o a_o few_o village_n they_o be_v divide_v when_o justinian_n divide_v aquae_n in_o dacia_n ripensi_fw-la from_fw-la meridianum_fw-la he_o allow_v 11._o allow_v aquensis_n autem_fw-la episcopus_fw-la habeat_fw-la praesatam_fw-la civitatem_fw-la &_o omne_fw-la ejus_fw-la castilia_n &_o territoria_fw-la &_o ecclesias_fw-la nou._n 11._o the_o bishop_n of_o aquae_n not_o only_o his_o city_n but_o all_o the_o castle_n or_o burg_n and_o territory_n and_o church_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o one_o will_v not_o easy_o imagine_v this_o to_o be_v the_o description_n of_o one_o of_o our_o country_n parish_n and_o plato_n and_o aristotle_n ●_o aristotle_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d arist_n pol._n l._n 7._o c._n ●_o as_o oft_o as_o they_o mention_v what_o territory_n be_v to_o be_v allow_v require_v it_o shall_v be_v not_o only_o sufficient_a for_o all_o the_o inhabitant_n but_o that_o it_o shall_v answer_v all_o public_a occasion_n of_o peace_n and_o war_n and_o yield_v the_o citizen_n such_o a_o competence_n that_o they_o may_v live_v at_o their_o ease_n for_o he_o forbid_v his_o citizen_n to_o meddle_v with_o the_o plough_n but_o to_o leave_v 〈◊〉_d leave_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o to_o be_v do_v by_o servant_n or_o country_n people_n nor_o be_v the_o proper_a part_n of_o his_o city_n of_o artisan_n neither_o but_o of_o soldier_n and_o magistrate_n and_o such_o as_o be_v proper_a for_o council_n and_o these_o be_v in_o his_o supposition_n to_o be_v numerous_a be_v to_o be_v support_v from_o their_o estate_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o place_n which_o therefore_o must_v be_v suppose_v of_o great_a extent_n in_o short_a the_o general_a notion_n of_o the_o thing_n do_v not_o admit_v the_o narrowness_n of_o mr._n clerkson_n conceit_n and_o the_o word_n itself_o speak_v something_o that_o be_v proportionable_a to_o the_o greatness_n and_o distinction_n of_o a_o city_n the_o difference_n between_o the_o constitution_n of_o ancient_a city_n and_o those_o of_o late_a age_n in_o this_o part_n of_o the_o world_n will_v appear_v if_o we_o consider_v first_o that_o they_o be_v great_a community_n not_o confine_v within_o the_o wall_n of_o one_o town_n but_o stretch_v over_o all_o the_o adjacent_a country_n for_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o city_n magistrate_n reach_v as_o far_o as_o 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place_n call_v by_o ptolemy_n ausira_n by_o strabo_n isaura_n yet_o st._n luke_n call_v it_o a_o city_n more_o than_o once_o nay_o ptolemy_n 〈◊〉_d ptolemy_n ptol._n l._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d place_v it_o among_o the_o city_n of_o isauria_n and_o distinguish_v it_o from_o isaura_n florus_n 6._o florus_n validissimas_fw-la urbes_fw-la eorum_fw-la phaselin_n olympon_n evertit_fw-la isaurumque_fw-la ipsam_fw-la arcem_fw-la ciliciae_n unde_fw-la conscius_fw-la sibi_fw-la magni_fw-la laboris_fw-la isaurici_fw-la cognomen_fw-la adamavit_fw-la flor._n l._n 3._o c._n 6._o name_v isaura_n among_o the_o city_n of_o cilicia_n and_o make_v it_o the_o most_o considerable_a place_n of_o all_o those_o the_o pirate_n hold_v in_o those_o part_n and_o therefore_o servilius_n who_o reduce_v those_o robber_n take_v the_o name_n of_o isauricas_n from_o it_o pliny_n 27._o pliny_n oppida_fw-la ejus_fw-la intus_fw-la isaura_n olibanus_fw-la etc._n etc._n plin._n l._n 5._o c._n 27._o name_v 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ecclesiastical_a and_o religious_a dependence_n the_o diocese_n of_o lystra_n may_v be_v large_a enough_o so_o that_o after_o all_o our_o author_n diligence_n to_o find_v or_o to_o make_v village_n for_o st._n paul_n bishop_n he_o do_v not_o appear_v to_o have_v ordain_v any_o in_o such_o inconsiderable_a place_n nor_o 28._o nor_o prim._n ep._n p._n 28._o leave_v the_o practice_n warrant_v by_o apostolical_a example_n and_o authority_n to_o proceed_v 28._o proceed_v prim._n ep._n p._n 28._o artemidorus_n say_v our_o author_n give_v a_o account_n of_o the_o city_n of_o pisidia_n reckon_v but_o eleven_o whereas_o there_o be_v twenty_o two_o bishopric_n in_o the_o catalogue_n of_o leo._n it_o be_v pity_n so_o great_a diligence_n shall_v have_v so_o little_o good_a fortune_n in_o sum_v up_o those_o city_n he_o have_v lose_v two_o for_o artemidorus_n 12._o artemidorus_n strab._n l._n 12._o reckon_v thirteen_o but_o to_o pass_v by_o small_a mistake_n let_v we_o consider_v the_o main_a consequence_n in_o artemidorus_n his_o time_n peripl_n time_n marcian_n heracl_n peripl_n who_o live_v in_o the_o 169th_o olympiad_n i._n e._n about_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o birth_n of_o our_o lord_n the_o pisidian_n have_v but_o thirteen_o city_n in_o leo_n the_o wise_a his_o time_n who_o begin_v 886._o begin_v baron_fw-fr an._n 886._o to_o reign_v in_o the_o year_n of_o our_o lord_n 886_o pisidia_n have_v 22_o bishop_n therefore_o half_a of_o they_o can_v not_o have_v city_n but_o village_n for_o their_o seat_n this_o way_n of_o reason_v must_v be_v of_o that_o sort_n which_o we_o call_v eternal_a for_o it_o have_v no_o regard_n at_o all_o to_o time_n and_o a_o thousand_o year_n with_o such_o reasoner_n go_v for_o nothing_o antioch_n it_o seem_v the_o metropolis_n of_o the_o country_n be_v not_o build_v when_o artemidorus_n describe_v it_o much_o less_o can_v adrianople_n and_o several_a other_o of_o late_a name_n mention_v in_o the_o civil_a and_o ecclesiastical_a notitiae_fw-la but_o that_o it_o may_v appear_v how_o much_o the_o number_n of_o city_n be_v increase_v in_o this_o country_n before_o leo_n the_o wise_a let_v we_o appeal_v to_o the_o civil_a notitia_fw-la paulo_n notitia_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la car._n a_o s._n paulo_n that_o go_v under_o the_o name_n of_o hierocles_n where_o we_o have_v 26_o city_n under_o a_o consular_a governor_n and_o if_o all_o of_o they_o remain_v to_o leo_n time_n some_o bishop_n of_o that_o province_n must_v have_v two_o city_n under_o his_o care_n so_o far_o be_v pisidia_n from_o afford_v village-bishop_n after_o this_o cappadocia_n come_v 28._o come_v prim._n ep._n p._n 28._o under_o search_n for_o primitive_a village-bishop_n strabo_n divide_v cappadocia_n taurica_n into_o five_o praefecture_n three_o of_o which_o have_v no_o city_n and_o yet_o there_o be_v many_o bishopric_n in_o they_o it_o must_v be_v confess_v that_o in_o strabo_n time_n the_o praefecture_n of_o melitene_n cataonia_n and_o isauritis_n have_v no_o city_n but_o it_o be_v as_o certain_a that_o then_o they_o have_v no_o bishop_n that_o writer_n publish_v graec._n publish_v vass_n de_fw-fr hist_o graec._n his_o geography_n in_o the_o four_o year_n of_o tiberius_n eleven_o year_n before_o our_o saviour_n baptism_n and_o be_v then_o a_o very_a old_a man_n as_o vossius_fw-la compute_v by_o his_o be_v acquaint_v with_o aelius_n gallus_n and_o seem_v to_o be_v far_o confirm_v from_o what_o he_o relate_v 12._o relate_v strab._n l._n 12._o of_o have_v see_v servilius_n isauricus_n but_o these_o country_n say_v our_o author_n have_v many_o bishop_n afterward_o though_o they_o have_v no_o city_n that_o they_o have_v bishop_n can_v be_v deny_v that_o they_o have_v no_o city_n then_o our_o author_n do_v not_o so_o much_o as_o pretend_v to_o prove_v unless_o we_o admit_v his_o usual_a way_n of_o reasonirg_n that_o because_o these_o praefecture_n have_v no_o city_n before_o the_o preach_n

ancient_o to_o other_o province_n in_o the_o synodical_a leon._n synodical_a omnes_fw-la pariter_fw-la congregati_fw-la ep._n episc_n isaur_n ad_fw-la leon._n epistle_n of_o isauria_n to_o leo_n the_o emperor_n though_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o city_n it_o appear_v that_o this_o province_n be_v enlarge_v yet_o we_o find_v but_o seventeen_o bishop_n 29._o bishop_n prim._n ep._n p._n 29._o sasima_n be_v angusta_fw-la villula_fw-la in_o nazianzen_n who_o be_v ordain_v bishop_n there_o it_o be_v true_a that_o this_o be_v a_o village_n and_o make_v sva_fw-la make_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d naz._n carm._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la sva_fw-la a_o episcopal_n see_v upon_o the_o quarrel_n 〈◊〉_d quarrel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d between_o basil_n and_o anthimus_n but_o it_o be_v not_o so_o from_o the_o beginning_n for_o before_o gregory_n it_o never_o have_v a_o bishop_n but_o belong_v to_o tyana_n from_o whence_o it_o be_v distant_a lilner_n distant_a from_o sasima_n to_o andabalis_n 16._o m._n from_o andabalis_n to_o tyana_n 16_o m._n anton._n lilner_n about_o two_o and_o thirty_o mile_n it_o be_v situate_a on_o the_o confine_n of_o both_o diocese_n and_o be_v erect_v late_o and_o upon_o a_o competition_n of_o jurisdiction_n make_v but_o a_o sorry_a instance_n of_o primitive_a congregational_a episcopacy_n for_o this_o bishopric_n be_v whole_o owe_v to_o the_o contention_n of_o two_o metropolitan_o and_o gregory_n 〈◊〉_d gregory_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d complain_v that_o basil_n have_v do_v it_o without_o necessity_n have_v no_o less_o than_o fifty_o chorepiscopi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d chorepiscopi_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d belong_v to_o his_o great_a diocese_n the_o country_n place_n of_o simplicia_fw-la seem_v to_o be_v no_o other_o than_o doara_n of_o which_o we_o have_v speak_v before_o and_o for_o the_o other_o place_n which_o basil_n make_v bishop_n seat_n and_o those_o bishopric_n be_v not_o a_o few_o no_o body_n can_v ever_o find_v they_o out_o and_o 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but_o in_o his_o verse_n he_o be_v more_o blunt_a and_o make_v it_o unnecessary_a for_o one_o who_o have_v fifty_o chorepiscopi_fw-la to_o make_v a_o bishop_n of_o so_o poor_a a_o place_n as_o sasima_n and_o though_o supra_fw-la though_o naz._n carm._n de_fw-fr vita_fw-la sva_fw-la vide_fw-la supra_fw-la care_v of_o soul_n be_v the_o pretence_n the_o true_a reason_n be_v love_n of_o pre-eminence_n the_o charitable_a reflection_n with_o which_o our_o author_n conclude_v his_o range_n of_o cappadocia_n that_o other_o will_v have_v soul_n less_o regard_v and_o the_o bishop_n honour_n more_o become_v the_o temper_n of_o a_o fanatic_a a_o venomous_a beast_n may_v be_v in_o danger_n from_o his_o own_o poison_n if_o he_o have_v no_o vent_n rather_o than_o burst_v let_v he_o discharge_v for_o my_o part_n i_o believe_v a_o dissenter_n may_v be_v of_o kin_n to_o the_o cappadocian_n in_o the_o greek_a epigram_n who_o blood_n poison_v a_o viper_n that_o happen_v to_o bite_v he_o 30._o he_o prim._n ep._n p._n 30._o in_o pontus_n polemoniacus_fw-la pityus_n and_o sebastopolis_n be_v bishop_n seat_n and_o yet_o they_o be_v not_o city_n in_o justinian_n 28._o justinian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d nou._n 28._o account_n that_o they_o be_v bishop_n seat_n in_o justinian_n time_n or_o some_o time_n after_o do_v no_o where_n appear_v that_o i_o know_v in_o the_o old_a notitia_fw-la paulo_n notitia_fw-la car._n a_o s._n paulo_n of_o the_o patriarchat_n of_o c._n p._n it_o neither_o be_v a_o bishop_n see_v nor_o yet_o in_o the_o notitia_fw-la say_v to_o be_v compile_v under_o leo_n the_o wise_a for_o in_o both_o these_o there_o be_v but_o five_o bishop_n seat_n in_o that_o province_n according_a to_o the_o number_n of_o city_n mention_v in_o that_o novel_a of_o justinian_n and_o before_o that_o in_o the_o time_n of_o leo_n the_o first_o there_o be_v but_o four_o bishopric_n as_o appear_v from_o the_o subscription_n to_o the_o synodical_a letter_n to_o that_o pope_n indeed_o there_o be_v a_o bishop_n of_o pityusa_n among_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o first_o nicene_n council_n but_o those_o subscription_n have_v little_a credit_n be_v judge_v by_o learned_a man_n to_o belong_v to_o the_o second_o and_o not_o the_o first_o council_n of_o nice_a 30._o nice_a prim._n ep._n p._n 30._o coracesium_n be_v but_o a_o castle_n in_o strabo_n yet_o it_o have_v a_o bishop_n in_o leo_n sophus_n his_o catalogue_n and_o thymbria_n be_v a_o village_n in_o strabo_n and_o have_v a_o bishop_n in_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n amyzon_n and_o heraclea_n in_o caria_n be_v no_o more_o than_o castle_n in_o strabo_n and_o yet_o be_v bishop_n seat_n in_o miraeus_n heraclea_n ad_fw-la lathmum_fw-la ceramus_n and_o bargesa_n be_v call_v little_a city_n by_o strabo_n 〈◊〉_d strabo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o be_v bishop_n seat_n i_o have_v already_o show_v the_o weakness_n of_o such_o allegation_n from_o the_o great_a distance_n of_o time_n between_o strabo_n and_o leo_n sophus_n which_o be_v near_o 900_o year_n which_o may_v very_o fair_o be_v allow_v to_o make_v great_a change_n in_o the_o circumstance_n of_o these_o place_n how_o many_o village_n be_v become_v city_n how_o many_o city_n be_v sink_v into_o village_n or_o into_o place_n utter_o desolate_a yet_o our_o author_n will_v make_v no_o allowance_n but_o all_o thing_n must_v be_v take_v in_o aftertime_n as_o they_o be_v in_o strabo_n and_o the_o be_v record_v in_o that_o book_n leave_v a_o indelible_a character_n of_o a_o city_n or_o a_o village_n some_o considerable_a city_n be_v say_v to_o be_v owe_v to_o the_o dream_n of_o great_a man_n but_o our_o humble_a author_n can_v dream_v of_o nothing_o but_o village_n and_o those_o which_o he_o find_v to_o have_v be_v such_o before_o the_o begin_n of_o christianity_n he_o be_v resolve_v as_o far_o as_o the_o power_n of_o dream_n will_v go_v to_o keep_v under_o in_o the_o same_o low_a condition_n lest_o they_o shall_v become_v the_o possession_n of_o diocesan_n bishop_n yet_o after_o all_o several_a of_o these_o place_n as_o amyzon_n and_o heraclea_n be_v say_v to_o be_v city_n by_o strabo_n 〈◊〉_d strabo_n l._n 14._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d scil_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d though_o not_o equal_a to_o the_o three_o which_o he_o call_v the_o considerable_a and_o ptolemy_n name_v they_o both_o among_o the_o city_n of_o asia_n and_o both_o the_o heraclea_n mention_v by_o our_o author_n be_v in_o caria_n the_o one_o ad_fw-la lathmum_fw-la and_o the_o other_o in_o hierocles_n his_o notitia_fw-la and_o the_o subscription_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n write_v with_o the_o addition_n of_o salbacis_n by_o ptolemy_n albanum_n but_o restore_v by_o holstenius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d holstenius_fw-la holsten_n in_o steph._n de_fw-fr vrb_n in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d salmacis_n and_o there_o be_v indeed_o thymbria_n a_o village_n of_o caria_n mention_v by_o strabo_n 14._o strabo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 14._o but_o whether_o this_o have_v a_o bishop_n or_o be_v under_o ephesus_n be_v a_o great_a question_n it_o be_v four_o stadia_n from_o myus_n which_o in_o strabo_n time_n be_v dispeople_v and_o add_v to_o miletus_n in_o who_o room_n this_o may_v possible_o arise_v and_o coracesium_n be_v name_v by_o ptolemy_n l._n 5._o among_o the_o maritime_a city_n of_o cilicia_n 30._o cilicia_n prim._n ep._n p._n 30._o docimia_n be_v a_o village_n in_o strabo_n and_o a_o bishop_n seat_n often_o mention_v in_o subscription_n of_o council_n our_o author_n proceed_v upon_o his_o own_o principle_n not_o yet_o receive_v in_o the_o world_n that_o what_o be_v once_o a_o village_n must_v always_o remain_v so_o and_o therefore_o make_v no_o difficulty_n to_o argue_v from_o strabo_n to_o the_o subscription_n of_o council_n in_o the_o four_o and_o five_o century_n now_o unknown_a to_o our_o author_n this_o village_n of_o strabo_n be_v grow_v

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that_o be_v raise_v from_o village_n since_o he_o have_v not_o the_o least_o intimation_n from_o ancient_a writer_n whether_o they_o be_v great_a or_o small_a it_o be_v not_o likely_a that_o constantine_n shall_v 18._o shall_v socr._n l._n 1._o c._n 18._o adorn_v a_o mean_a town_n with_o his_o mother_n name_n and_o that_o helenopolis_n 13._o helenopolis_n conc._n chalced._n act._n 13._o the_o city_n shall_v be_v no_o better_o than_o drepana_n the_o village_n or_o that_o julian_n 25._o julian_n ammian_n marcell_n l._n 25._o the_o apostate_n shall_v bestow_v his_o mother_n name_n basilima_n to_o dignify_v a_o village_n belong_v to_o nice_a and_o improve_v it_o not_o otherwise_o than_o by_o the_o title_n of_o a_o city_n and_o if_o to_o be_v raise_v from_o a_o village_n to_o a_o city_n imply_v that_o the_o place_n must_v be_v small_a than_o constantinople_n must_v pass_v for_o a_o mean_a place_n because_o it_o be_v but_o a_o village_n before_o constantine_n raise_v it_o now_o though_o these_o city_n have_v be_v all_o as_o small_a as_o our_o author_n will_v suggest_v yet_o will_v they_o do_v he_o little_a service_n in_o promote_a of_o congregational_a episcopacy_n because_o there_o be_v several_a bishop_n of_o small_a town_n who_o have_v large_a diocese_n and_o particular_o theodoret_n 42._o theodoret_n theod._n ep._n 32._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n ep._n 42._o who_o confess_v the_o meaness_n of_o his_o city_n that_o it_o be_v almost_o desolate_a and_o have_v but_o few_o inhabitant_n yet_o have_v a_o diocese_n forty_o mile_n square_a and_o 800_o church_n under_o his_o care_n but_o of_o this_o i_o shall_v be_v more_o particular_a in_o a_o more_o proper_a place_n 56._o place_n prim._n ep._n p._n 56._o it_o be_v take_v for_o a_o rule_n say_v our_o author_n that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o

this_o estimate_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v take_v of_o which_o i_o can_v think_v our_o author_n ignorant_a first_o the_o levite_n have_v another_o sort_n of_o inheritance_n among_o their_o brethren_n that_o be_v the_o tithe_n and_o for_o that_o reason_n they_o may_v be_v reasonable_o suppose_v to_o have_v a_o short_a territory_n and_o the_o use_n for_o which_o those_o suburb_n be_v give_v the_o levite_n show_v that_o it_o need_v not_o to_o be_v as_o large_a as_o those_o of_o the_o city_n of_o other_o tribe_n for_o they_o be_v give_v they_o only_o 21.2_o only_o jos_n 21.2_o for_o their_o cattle_n this_o tribe_n have_v no_o tillage_n because_o it_o receive_v the_o tithe_n of_o the_o rest_n of_o israel_n beside_o not_o only_o the_o city_n of_o the_o levite_n but_o those_o of_o the_o other_o tribe_n be_v very_o improper_a instance_n in_o this_o question_n for_o the_o age_n of_o moses_n be_v so_o distant_a from_o that_o of_o christ_n and_o the_o circumstance_n of_o the_o world_n so_o 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that_o once_o they_o have_v be_v royal_a city_n for_o than_o their_o suburb_n may_v not_o have_v the_o same_o bound_n as_o they_o have_v afterward_o when_o they_o become_v the_o possession_n of_o the_o levite_n how_o small_a a_o territory_n the_o city_n tyre_n may_v have_v when_o mr._n sands_n be_v there_o belong_v not_o at_o all_o to_o our_o question_n which_o be_v put_v much_o high_o concern_v the_o general_a use_n of_o ancient_a time_n but_o in_o truth_n mr_n sands_n say_v not_o that_o the_o territory_n of_o tyre_n extend_v no_o far_a than_o six_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o two_o in_o breadth_n but_o only_o that_o when_o he_o be_v in_o those_o part_n the_o emir_n of_o sidon_n have_v give_v it_o with_o so_o much_o of_o the_o adjacent_a country_n to_o his_o brother_n 114._o brother_n prim._n ep_v p._n 114._o or_o shall_v we_o be_v determine_v by_o crete_n the_o place_n whether_o the_o text_n insist_v on_o for_o this_o purpose_n lead_v we_o i_o be_o content_a so_o our_o author_n do_v not_o confound_v the_o fable_n of_o homer_n with_o the_o history_n of_o st._n paul_n but_o here_o again_o he_o talk_v of_o his_o hundred_o city_n and_o then_o certain_o the_o territory_n of_o each_o must_v be_v very_o small_a but_o this_o have_v be_v so_o often_o answer_v that_o i_o be_o afraid_a to_o venture_v upon_o another_o repetition_n this_o island_n be_v compute_v by_o some_o old_a author_n in_o strabo_n 10._o strabo_n strab._n l._n 10._o who_o be_v commend_v for_o exactness_n to_o be_v three_o hundred_o mile_n long_o and_o about_o fifty_o broad_a and_o those_o 12._o those_o plin._n l._n 4._o c._n 12._o who_o say_v the_o least_o want_v but_o thirty_o mile_n of_o this_o reckon_n and_o about_o the_o time_n of_o the_o council_n of_o chalcedon_n all_o the_o island_n have_v but_o eight_o bishop_n in_o latter_a time_n volateran_n reckon_v ten_o and_o cluverius_n but_o nine_o for_o the_o hundred_o city_n i_o can_v only_o say_v with_o solinus_n 17._o solinus_n centum_fw-la urbibus_fw-la sicut_fw-la perhibent_fw-la qui_fw-la prodigi_fw-la lingua_fw-la largiti_fw-la sunt_fw-la solin_n polyb._n c._n 17._o that_o they_o be_v prodigal_a of_o their_o language_n who_o speak_v of_o so_o many_o in_o crete_n 114._o crete_n prim._n ep_v p._n 114._o if_o we_o go_v far_o where_o city_n be_v not_o great_a the_o territory_n be_v not_o large_a these_o be_v common_o proportionable_a this_o be_v no_o rule_n as_o we_o shall_v show_v by_o several_a instance_n and_o our_o author_n can_v not_o but_o know_v of_o one_o for_o antioch_n upon_o maeander_n which_o he_o bring_v as_o a_o instance_n of_o a_o mean_a city_n be_v in_o that_o very_a place_n which_o he_o cite_v say_v 13._o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 13._o to_o have_v a_o great_a territory_n on_o both_o side_n of_o the_o river_n 114._o river_n prim._n ep_v p._n 114._o nor_o can_v it_o be_v large_a where_o city_n be_v numerous_a and_o stand_v near_o together_o no_o room_n there_o for_o a_o territory_n it_o be_v seldom_o that_o city_n stand_v so_o close_o but_o there_o be_v room_n for_o such_o a_o territory_n that_o the_o people_n require_v distinct_a congregation_n and_o can_v not_o with_o any_o convenience_n repair_v to_o the_o city_n church_n and_o it_o will_v appear_v even_o from_o those_o country_n where_o city_n stand_v thick_a that_o the_o bishop_n be_v diocesan_n laodicea_n he_o observe_v 115._o observe_v prim._n ep_v p._n 115._o and_o hierapolis_n both_o metropoles_fw-la be_v but_o six_o mile_n distant_a nor_o can_v it_o be_v think_v their_o territory_n be_v large_a other_o way_n for_o there_o be_v other_o city_n which_o must_v have_v their_o territory_n too_o near_o they_o any_o way_n than_o they_o be_v to_o one_o another_o our_o author_n be_v here_o more_o liberal_a of_o his_o assertion_n than_o proof_n and_o about_o matter_n at_o so_o great_a a_o distance_n one_o can_v be_v blame_v as_o too_o scrupulous_a if_o he_o require_v some_o competent_a testimony_n 115._o testimony_n prim._n ep_v p._n 115._o but_o we_o need_v go_v no_o far_o for_o satisfaction_n than_o the_o notion_n of_o a_o territory_n as_o it_o be_v universal_o agree_v on_o with_o all_o my_o heart_n for_o if_o the_o notation_n of_o the_o word_n or_o the_o definition_n of_o the_o thing_n be_v sufficient_a to_o give_v satisfaction_n i_o shall_v be_v very_o willing_a to_o wave_v the_o trouble_n of_o survey_v the_o country_n or_o turn_v over_o the_o terrier_n of_o every_o particular_a city_n pomponius_n so_o define_v it_o territorium_fw-la est_fw-la vniversitas_fw-la agrorum_fw-la intra_fw-la fine_n cujusque_fw-la civitatis_fw-la intra_fw-la quos_fw-la prout_fw-la ait_fw-la siculus_n flaccus_n jurisdicendi_fw-la jus_o erat_fw-la and_o it_o be_v call_v a_o territory_n because_o the_o magistrate_n within_o those_o bound_n have_v a_o jus_o terrendi_fw-la i._n e._n summovendi_fw-la and_o those_o magistrate_n be_v punishable_a who_o exercise_v any_o jurisdiction_n or_o use_v the_o ensign_n of_o their_o authority_n beyond_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o territory_n of_o their_o city_n so_o far_o it_o be_v very_o well_o but_o it_o do_v not_o yet_o satisfy_v we_o about_o the_o main_a question_n how_o large_a these_o territory_n usual_o be_v now_o therefore_o our_o author_n begin_v to_o infer_v by_o which_o it_o appear_v the_o territory_n reach_v no_o far_a than_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o city_n magistrate_n this_o be_v allow_v but_o how_o far_o that_o be_v be_v still_o the_o question_n at_o last_o he_o draw_v to_o the_o point_n how_o many_o city_n can_v be_v show_v we_o in_o the_o roman_a empire_n where_o the_o jurisdiction_n reach_v further_a than_o it_o do_v in_o our_o city_n when_o shall_v we_o see_v any_o proof_n that_o ordinary_o it_o be_v of_o more_o extent_n with_o we_o it_o be_v know_v to_o be_v common_o of_o no_o more_o extent_n than_o the_o circuit_n of_o one_o of_o our_o country_n parish_n how_o much_o far_a do_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o mayor_n of_o lincoln_n or_o winchester_n or_o canterbury_n reach_v no_o more_o be_v their_o territory_n alas_o after_o all_o our_o read_n and_o quote_v of_o greek_a and_o latin_a author_n be_v we_o come_v to_o demand_v a_o proof_n that_o the_o territory_n of_o greek_a and_o roman_a city_n be_v large_a than_o those_o of_o we_o i_o can_v believe_v mr._n clerkson_n so_o ignorant_a of_o a_o matter_n so_o obvious_a in_o almost_o all_o the_o author_n he_o quote_v but_o perhaps_o he_o may_v be_v willing_a that_o other_o shall_v fancy_v of_o this_o matter_n not_o as_o it_o real_o be_v but_o so_o as_o may_v be_v most_o advantageous_a to_o the_o congregational_a notion_n now_o since_o he_o require_v proof_n of_o a_o thing_n so_o plain_a i_o will_v comply_v with_o the_o importunity_n though_o to_o the_o learned_a reader_n it_o may_v not_o seem_v so_o necessary_a i_o will_v begin_v with_o

amasea_n the_o city_n of_o strabo_n ponti_n amasea_n ponti_n who_o may_v be_v allow_v as_o a_o competent_a witness_n for_o the_o measure_n of_o the_o territory_n of_o his_o own_o town_n then_o follow_v my_o country_n say_v the_o geographer_n 12._o geographer_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 12._o the_o territory_n of_o amasia_n the_o best_a and_o the_o great_a of_o all_o territory_n and_o we_o can_v wonder_v at_o such_o expression_n when_o we_o hear_v the_o particular_n from_o the_o river_n say_v he_o begin_v a_o valley_n something_o narrow_a at_o first_o and_o then_o open_v and_o grow_v wide_a ibid._n wide_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n ibid._n which_o make_v up_o that_o field_n that_o have_v its_o name_n from_o a_o thousand_o village_n and_o this_o be_v not_o all_o but_o he_o name_v other_o region_n beyond_o this_o belong_v to_o the_o same_o city_n as_o far_o as_o the_o river_n halys_n all_o this_o on_o the_o north_n side_n and_o the_o length_n of_o the_o territory_n that_o way_n be_v five_o hundred_o furlong_n which_o make_v above_o sixty_o mile_n another_o way_n it_o be_v id._n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n long_o and_o reach_n to_o babanomus_n and_o ximene_n which_o likewise_o reach_v to_o halys_n this_o say_v he_o be_v the_o length_n of_o it_o the_o breadth_n be_v from_o north_n to_o south_n but_o he_o do_v not_o express_v the_o measure_n any_o otherwise_o than_o from_o the_o city_n northward_o which_o he_o reckon_v 500_o stadia_fw-la i_o hope_v this_o territory_n be_v of_o great_a extent_n than_o my_o lord_n mayor_n liberty_n and_o go_v something_o far_a than_o from_o newgate_n to_o holborn_n bar_v nor_o do_v i_o believe_v the_o mayor_n of_o lincoln_n or_o canterbury_n will_v vie_v with_o this_o city_n for_o extent_n of_o jurisdiction_n cyzicus_n cyzicus_n cyzicus_n though_o a_o great_a city_n than_o amasea_n have_v a_o less_o territory_n yet_o such_o it_o be_v that_o it_o do_v not_o seem_v inferior_a for_o extent_n to_o many_o of_o our_o bishopric_n it_o be_v seat_v in_o a_o island_n of_o the_o same_o name_n which_o belong_v to_o it_o which_o be_v five_o hundred_o furlong_n in_o compass_n yet_o beside_o this_o 〈◊〉_d this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o have_v a_o great_a territory_n partly_o ancient_a and_o part_v acquire_v by_o their_o service_n in_o the_o roman_a war_n that_o part_n of_o troas_n that_o be_v beyond_o the_o river_n asopus_n and_o the_o country_n about_o zeleia_n and_o the_o plain_a of_o adrasteia_n and_o part_n of_o the_o country_n about_o the_o lake_n of_o dascelis_n antioch_n have_v antioch_n have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lib._n de_fw-fr vit_fw-fr sva_fw-la p._n 2._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n liban_n antioch_n a_o great_a country_n belong_v to_o it_o antioch_n antioch_n and_o many_o village_n that_o be_v equal_a to_o city_n how_o great_a a_o country_n do_v it_o possess_v say_v libanius_n when_o several_a village_n belong_v to_o it_o be_v great_a and_o more_o populous_a than_o many_o city_n daphne_n remain_v in_o the_o condition_n of_o a_o suburb_n yet_o if_o it_o vie_v with_o city_n it_o will_v surpass_v they_o upon_o many_o account_n nor_o be_v it_o without_o reason_n that_o libanius_n magnify_v the_o territory_n of_o antioch_n for_o it_o 42._o it_o strab._n l._n 16._o theod._n ep_v 42._o reach_v on_o one_o side_n to_o the_o region_n of_o cyrrus_n which_o be_v two_o day_n journey_n or_o fifty_o mile_n distant_a and_o perhaps_o it_o may_v reach_v as_o far_o on_o other_o side_n except_v that_o towards_o the_o sea_n which_o according_a to_o libanius_n 339._o libanius_n liban_n antioch_n p._n 339._o be_v but_o fifteen_o mile_n from_o the_o city_n theodoret_n mention_n many_o monk_n who_o live_v in_o several_a part_n of_o the_o region_n of_o antioch_n asterius_n who_o live_v in_o the_o country_n about_o gindarus_n which_o be_v julian_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theod._n rel._n hist_o in_o julian_n a_o very_a great_a village_n and_o belong_v to_o antioch_n though_o in_o old_a time_n it_o have_v belong_v to_o the_o region_n of_o cyrrus_n and_o be_v call_v a_o city_n by_o strabo_n 16._o strabo_n str._n l._n 16._o the_o same_o author_n prisci_fw-la author_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d theodor._n vit_fw-mi sim._n prisci_fw-la mention_n one_o simeon_n who_o be_v say_v to_o have_v wrought_v a_o miracle_n in_o some_o village_n near_o the_o mountain_n amanus_n which_o do_v not_o only_o fill_v all_o the_o neighbourhood_n of_o that_o place_n with_o fear_n and_o astonishment_n but_o the_o whole_a city_n likewise_o i_o mean_v say_v he_o antioch_n for_o that_o place_n belong_v to_o it_o so_o that_o by_o this_o expression_n we_o can_v judge_v it_o to_o be_v very_o near_o thebes_n thebes_n beotia_n be_v five_o hundred_o furlong_n or_o sixty_o two_o mile_n in_o length_n and_o about_o four_o and_o thirty_o mile_n in_o breadth_n according_a to_o dicaearchus_n 167._o dicaearchus_n dicaearch_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 167._o yet_o since_o epaminondas_n his_o time_n it_o be_v all_o but_o the_o territory_n of_o thebes_n attica_n be_v a_o great_a country_n and_o 46._o and_o dio._n chrys_n orat._n 46._o all_o of_o it_o the_o territory_n of_o athens_n ever_o since_o theseus_n his_o time_n lacedaemon_n athens_n lacedaemon_n lacedaemon_n 2._o lacedaemon_n arist_n polit._n l._n 2._o have_v a_o territory_n sufficient_a to_o maintain_v thirty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o fifteen_o hundred_o horse_n all_o arcadia_n be_v but_o the_o territory_n of_o megalopolis_n and_o elis_n though_o no_o great_a city_n have_v so_o large_a a_o country_n belong_v to_o it_o that_o many_o country_n family_n for_o several_a generation_n do_v never_o see_v the_o city_n to_o which_o they_o belong_v which_o polybius_n ascribe_v partly_o 468._o partly_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polyb._n hist_o l._n 4._o p._n 468._o to_o the_o largeness_n of_o the_o region_n partly_o to_o the_o simplicity_n of_o their_o manner_n miletus_n when_o it_o be_v take_v by_o the_o persian_n have_v a_o large_a country_n belong_v to_o it_o 6._o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d herodot_n l._n 6._o which_o the_o conqueror_n divide_v that_o part_n that_o be_v near_o the_o city_n the_o persian_n take_v to_o themselves_o that_o which_o be_v remote_a they_o give_v the_o people_n of_o pedasa_n and_o after_o this_o the_o region_n belong_v to_o that_o city_n receive_v great_a accession_n of_o territory_n when_o 46._o when_o dio._n chrys_n or._n 46._o all_o the_o small_a neighbour_a colony_n of_o the_o milesian_n in_o aeolis_n and_o troas_n and_o about_o the_o hellespont_n leave_v their_o own_o small_a city_n go_v and_o settle_v at_o miletus_n and_o increase_v the_o dependency_n of_o that_o city_n by_o the_o addition_n of_o their_o several_a region_n the_o territory_n of_o byzantium_n join_v to_o that_o of_o perinthus_n and_o be_v therefore_o add_v to_o that_o city_n by_o severus_n severo_fw-la severus_n herodian_a l._n 3_o ss_z 19_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xiphil_n in_o severo_fw-la yet_o these_o two_o city_n be_v above_o threescore_o mile_n distant_a one_o from_o the_o other_o as_o we_o find_v in_o antonius_n itinerary_n which_o as_o to_o this_o distance_n agree_v exact_o with_o the_o itinerary_n of_o jerusalem_n caelenae_n or_o apamea_n in_o phrygia_n be_v commend_v by_o dio_n 35._o dio_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dio._n chris_n or._n 35._o for_o the_o many_o town_n that_o belong_v to_o it_o which_o want_v nothing_o of_o city_n but_o the_o title_n and_o apamia_n in_o syria_n appear_v yet_o more_o considerable_a for_o its_o territory_n as_o it_o be_v describe_v by_o strabo_n 16._o strabo_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 16._o it_o have_v a_o very_a great_a and_o fertile_a region_n belong_v to_o it_o and_o pasture_n for_o cattle_n of_o prodigious_a extent_n many_o town_n that_o have_v be_v account_v city_n be_v but_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o village_n to_o this_o city_n secoana_n 〈◊〉_d secoana_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v a_o fortress_n in_o this_o territory_n where_o tryphon_n the_o tyrant_n be_v bear_v larissa_n 16._o larissa_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d strab._n l._n 16._o and_o several_a other_o great_a place_n that_o strabo_n name_n be_v but_o the_o dependency_n of_o apamea_n in_o this_o country_n seleucus_n nicator_n keep_v five_o hundred_o elephant_n and_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o army_n here_o the_o succeed_a king_n keep_v their_o studd_n and_o have_v thirty_o thousand_o mare_n in_o this_o region_n for_o breed_v these_o be_v greek_a city_n and_o colony_n we_o will_v in_o the_o next_o place_n give_v some_o instance_n of_o the_o roman_a and_o compare_v their_o territory_n with_o the_o liberty_n of_o our_o english_a city_n cremona_n mantua_n and_o cremona_n the_o territory_n of_o cremona_n be_v divide_v between_o the_o veteran_n send_v thither_o by_o augustus_n and_o not_o

affirm_v that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o immemorial_o there_o be_v a_o old_a custom_n say_v they_o 7._o they_o vetus_fw-la mos_fw-la viget_fw-la in_o provincijs_fw-la europae_n olympia_n &_o ab_fw-la initio_fw-la ecclesias_fw-la illas_fw-la nunquam_fw-la praedictae_fw-la civitates_fw-la proprios_fw-la episcopos_fw-la acceperunt_fw-la conc._n ephes_n par_fw-fr 2._o act._n 7._o in_o the_o province_n of_o europa_n that_o every_o bishop_n shall_v have_v as_o it_o be_v two_o bishopric_n under_o he_o i._n e._n two_o city_n so_o one_o have_v heraclea_n and_o panium_n another_o bizya_n and_o arcadiopolis_n a_o three_o have_v caele_n and_o callipolis_n another_o have_v subsadia_n and_o aphrodisias_n they_o add_v that_o it_o have_v be_v so_o of_o old_a and_o from_o the_o beginning_n and_o desire_v the_o council_n to_o prevent_v any_o innovation_n which_o the_o metropolitan_a may_v attempt_v out_o of_o displeasure_n against_o his_o provincial_n who_o in_o that_o synod_n happen_v to_o go_v against_o he_o nice_n in_o bythinia_n have_v several_a region_n belong_v to_o it_o 13._o it_o conc._n chalc._n act._n 13._o tattaeus_fw-la and_o doris_n and_o that_o which_o be_v afterward_o call_v basinopolis_n by_o julian_n be_v till_o then_o account_v a_o part_n of_o the_o diocese_n of_o nice_a in_o egypt_n the_o territory_n of_o alexandria_n have_v be_v already_o mention_v and_o in_o pentapolis_n ptolemais_n have_v many_o country_n church_n as_o i_o have_v already_o observe_v out_o of_o synesius_n 301._o synesius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d syne_n catast_n p._n 301._o and_o he_o complain_v that_o all_o the_o church_n in_o ampelitis_n that_o be_v under_o he_o be_v burn_v down_o distinguish_v as_o i_o conceive_v the_o ampelitis_n which_o be_v under_o he_o from_o that_o which_o belong_v to_o cyrene_n for_o there_o be_v two_o region_n in_o pentapolis_n of_o that_o name_n as_o we_o be_v inform_v by_o agrotas_fw-la in_o stephanus_n and_o eutychius_n who_o be_v a_o author_n in_o favour_n with_o those_o that_o reject_v bishop_n say_z that_o theophilus_n make_v one_o of_o the_o three_o brother_n who_o afterward_o give_v he_o so_o great_a trouble_n a_o bishop_n 540._o bishop_n episcopum_fw-la in_o aliquot_fw-la egypti_n urbes_fw-la constituit_fw-la eustych_n annat_n p._n 540._o of_o several_a city_n in_o egypt_n but_o the_o bishop_n of_o tomi_n surpass_v all_o the_o rest_n for_o extent_n of_o diocese_n his_o bishopric_n be_v make_v up_o of_o the_o whole_a province_n of_o scythia_n which_o have_v many_o city_n in_o it_o as_o we_o be_v tell_v by_o sozomen_n 17._o sozomen_n sozom._n l._n 6._o c._n 21._o l._n 9_o c._n 17._o the_o territory_n of_o many_o other_o city_n be_v mention_v by_o christian_a writer_n with_o respect_n to_o their_o ecclesiastical_a as_o well_o as_o civil_a dependence_n bethelia_n be_v a_o village_n in_o the_o territory_n of_o gaza_n very_o great_a and_o populous_a and_o by_o the_o account_n sozomen_n 32._o sozomen_n sozom._n l._n 5._o c._n 15._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soz._n l._n 6._o c._n 32._o give_v of_o it_o may_v become_v a_o city_n it_o have_v many_o church_n and_o monastery_n in_o it_o build_v by_o the_o ancestor_n of_o that_o historian_n another_o village_n call_v capharcobra_n be_v mention_v by_o the_o same_o author_n belong_v to_o this_o city_n and_o if_o the_o bishop_n of_o gaza_n have_v but_o one_o church_n in_o his_o city_n he_o must_v have_v many_o in_o the_o territory_n belong_v to_o it_o for_o before_o constantine_n time_n silvanus_n be_v style_v bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o or_o about_o gaza_n in_o the_o same_o country_n eleutheropolis_n 29._o eleutheropolis_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d soz._n l._n 9_o c._n 17._o l._n 6._o c._n 32._o 7._o 29._o have_v a_o territory_n and_o several_a village_n of_o it_o be_v mention_v caphar_n and_o besanduca_n where_o epiphanius_n be_v bear_v cela_fw-fr once_o a_o city_n and_o berath_n satia_fw-la where_o the_o bone_n of_o the_o prophet_n habakkuk_n and_o micah_n be_v say_v 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yet_o be_v this_o country_n of_o very_o great_a extent_n as_o we_o may_v judge_v by_o the_o distance_n of_o those_o episcopal_a city_n for_o sinope_n be_v 12._o be_v strab._n l._n 12._o a_o hundred_o and_o twelve_o mile_n from_o amisus_n or_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o according_a to_o pliny_n 2._o pliny_n plin._n l._n 6._o c._n 2._o and_o that_o little_a less_o from_o zela_n and_o that_o place_n as_o far_o from_o amasea_n the_o territory_n of_o this_o last_o city_n join_v to_o that_o of_o zela_n and_o be_v above_o sixty_o mile_n in_o length_n that_o way_n as_o we_o have_v note_v already_o iborea_n seem_v to_o be_v on_o the_o border_n of_o cappadocia_n and_o to_o be_v the_o same_o with_o that_o mention_v by_o gregory_n nyssen_n mart._n nyssen_n greg._n nyss_n or._n in_o 40._o mart._n so_o that_o the_o bishopric_n of_o this_o province_n can_v come_v short_a of_o the_o northern_a which_o mr._n clerkson_n fancy_n to_o have_v no_o equal_n in_o ancient_a time_n in_o pontus_n 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his_o son_n this_o be_v the_o case_n of_o angier_n and_o some_o other_o place_n mention_v in_o the_o same_o author_n which_o he_o prove_v by_o the_o number_n of_o succession_n for_o instance_n defensor_fw-la who_o be_v one_o of_o the_o ordainer_n of_o st._n martin_n be_v the_o first_o bishop_n of_o angier_n there_o be_v but_o ten_o bishop_n of_o vermand_n before_o sophronius_n who_o subscribe_v in_o the_o synod_n of_o orleans_n anno_fw-la 511._o and_o silvanus_n be_v but_o the_o nine_o bishop_n of_o senlis_n who_o be_v also_o present_a at_o the_o same_o synod_n and_o the_o same_o author_n prove_v 10._o prove_v buch._n belg._n rom._n l._n 8._o c._n 10._o that_o in_o the_o two_o belgic_a province_n the_o bishopric_n preserve_v the_o same_o bound_n from_o constantin_n time_n to_o the_o last_o age_n when_o pius_n the_o four_o erect_v new_a sea_n and_o certain_o there_o be_v few_o place_n in_o the_o world_n where_o there_o be_v long_a bishopric_n it_o be_v evident_a beyond_o all_o 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