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A43531 Examen historicum, or, A discovery and examination of the mistakes, falsities and defects in some modern histories occasioned by the partiality and inadvertencies of their severall authours / by Peter Heylin ... Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662. 1659 (1659) Wing H1706; ESTC R4195 346,443 588

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to_o the_o say_a minister_n there_o place_v by_o authority_n of_o parliament_n or_o sequestrator_n appoint_v where_o no_o minister_n be_v settle_v to_o receive_v the_o same_o and_o all_o such_o person_n as_o have_v be_v aider_n abettor_n or_o assister_n in_o the_o premise_n and_o commit_v they_o to_o prison_n there_o to_o remain_v until_o such_o satisfaction_n be_v make_v unto_o the_o several_a minister_n place_v by_o the_o say_a authority_n of_o parliament_n for_o he_o or_o their_o damage_n sustain_v as_o to_o the_o say_a sheriff_n mayor_n etc._n etc._n shall_v appear_v to_o be_v just_a etc._n etc._n so_o little_o get_v the_o sequester_v clergy_n by_o their_o petition_n and_o address_v to_o sir_n thomas_n fa●rf●x_n that_o their_o condition_n be_v make_v worse_o by_o it_o then_o it_o be_v before_o in_o that_o the_o act_n of_o the_o committee_n
69._o a_o place_n so_o mark_v be_v foretell_v fortunate_a to_o aeneas_n to_o find_v alba_n since_o rome_n therein_o a_o passage_n as_o well_o store_v with_o error_n as_o the_o rest_n before_o and_o such_o a_o piece_n of_o fine_a new_a learning_n as_o never_o any_o antiquary_n have_v find_v out_o till_o now_o for_o first_o aeneas_n be_v not_o the_o founder_n of_o alba_n though_o that_o the_o place_n design_v unto_o he_o for_o the_o fear_n of_o his_o kingdom_n the_o building_n of_o that_o city_n be_v the_o work_n of_o ascanius_n as_o we_o find_v in_o virgil._n at_o pver_fw-la ascanius_n regnumque_fw-la à_fw-la sede_fw-la lavini_n transferet_fw-la &_o longam_fw-la multa_fw-la vi_fw-la muniet_fw-la albam_fw-la that_o be_v to_o say_v ascanius_n from_o lavinum_fw-la shall_v translate_v to_o alba_n strong_o fence_v the_o regal_a state_n and_o second_o alba_n be_v not_o build_v in_o the_o place_n where_o rome_n since_o stand_v but_o duodecimo_fw-la ab_fw-la urbe_fw-la lapide_fw-la about_o twelve_o mile_n off_o for_o though_o the_o river_n tiber_n in_o some_o ancient_a writer_n have_v the_o name_n of_o albula_n yet_o i_o never_o find_v many_o writer_n either_o old_a or_o new_a till_o i_o encounter_v it_o ●n_o our_o author_n that_o rome_n be_v ancient_o call_v alba._n fol._n 104._o it_o be_v admirable_a to_o consider_v what_o shoal_n of_o people_n be_v former_o vent_v out_o of_o cimbrica_n chernonesus_fw-la take_v it_o in_o the_o large_a extent_n for_o denmark_n norway_n and_o swedeland_n and_o in_o the_o large_a extent_n it_o be_v take_v indeed_o such_o as_o no_o author_n ever_o give_v it_o before_o this_o time_n the_o cimbrick_n chersonese_n true_o and_o proper_o so_o call_v comprehend_v only_o those_o part_n of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o denmark_n which_o we_o now_o call_v juitland_n divide_v by_o the_o river_n eydore_n from_o the_o dukedom_n of_o hostein_n ortelius_n and_o some_o 〈◊〉_d geographer_n make_v it_o to_o take_v up_o all_o that_o languel_v or_o piece_n of_o land_n on_o the_o north_n of_o germany_n extend_v from_o the_o river_n albis_n in_o the_o south_n and_o stretch_v northward_o to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o ocean_n which_o lead_v into_o the_o narrow_a strait_n or_o passage_n now_o call_v sundt_n but_o never_o any_o till_o our_o author_n extend_v this_o name_n over_o those_o great_a kingdom_n of_o denmark_n norway_n and_o swedeland_n or_o unto_o any_o part_n of_o either_o beyond_o the_o sundt_n and_o yet_o he_o have_v need_n stretch_v it_o a_o great_a deal_n further_o before_o he_o can_v find_v place_n in_o it_o for_o his_o huns_n and_o vandal_n of_o which_o the_o first_o inhabit_v in_o asia_n beyond_o the_o fen_n of_o maeotis_n the_o last_o upon_o the_o coast_n of_o the_o baltic_a sea_n in_o germany_n now_o the_o dukedom_n of_o mecklenburg_n fol._n 125._o datum_n in_o grantecestria_n anno_fw-la ab_fw-la incarnatione_fw-la domini_fw-la 915._o venerabili_fw-la fratti_fw-la frithstano_fw-la civitatis_fw-la scola●ium_fw-la cantabrig_n cancellario_fw-la &_o doctori_fw-la per_fw-la suum_fw-la etc._n etc._n these_o word_n be_v the_o conclusion_n of_o a_o ancient_a charter_n suppose_v to_o have_v be_v give_v to_o the_o scholar_n of_o cambridge_n by_o king_n edward_n the_o elder_a against_o which_o our_o author_n fancy_n one_o objection_n which_o he_o think_v easy_a to_o be_v answer_v but_o utter_o leave_v out_o another_o which_o i_o think_v upanswerable_a the_o objection_n which_o our_o author_n make_v against_o it_o be_v the_o barbarous_a style_n and_o language_n of_o it_o which_o if_o it_o be_v a_o good_a objection_n against_o this_o charter_n will_v be_v as_o strong_a against_o all_o the_o charter_n of_o this_o age_n as_o some_o age_n follow_v in_o which_o there_o 〈◊〉_d but_o little_a of_o the_o elegancy_n of_o the_o latin_a tongue_n an●_n therefore_o this_o objection_n may_v have_v well_o be_v spare_v but_o that_o our_o author_n will_v be_v think_v to_o deal_v ver●_n equal_o in_o the_o business_n by_o say_v all_o 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to_o the_o charter_n till_o then_o none_o at_o all_o fol._n 139._o cambridgeshire_n man_n claim_v a_o ancient_a new_a antiquate_a privilege_n to_o lead_v the_o van_n in_o all_o battle_n zealous_a alike_o not_o only_o for_o the_o university_n but_o the_o county_n of_o cambridge_n his_o zeal_n in_o both_o transport_v he_o beyond_o his_o knowledge_n into_o dark_a adventure_n some_o author_n he_o pretend_v to_o for_o the_o university_n for_o this_o privilege_n none_o tell_v we_o only_o that_o he_o have_v read_v it_o though_o he_o know_v not_o where_o but_o i_o can_v tell_v he_o when_o and_o where_o i_o have_v read_v the_o contrary_a that_o be_v to_o say_v in_o learned_a camden_n who_o ascribe_v this_o honour_n to_o the_o kentish_a for_o this_o he_o cite_v not_o only_o the_o authority_n of_o a_o nameless_a monk_n but_o the_o word_n of_o johannes_n sarisburiensis_n in_o his_o polycratiaeon_n 324._o which_o be_v these_o that_o follow_v for_o good_a desert_n say_v he_o of_o that_o notable_a valour_n which_o kent_n show_v so_o pvissant_o and_o patient_o against_o the_o dane_n it_o retain_v still_o unto_o these_o day_n in_o all_o battle_n the_o honour_n of_o the_o first_o and_o forward_o yea_o and_o of_o the_o first_o conflict_n with_o the_o enemy_n and_o if_o this_o privilege_n be_v give_v the_o kentish_a for_o their_o valour_n show_v against_o the_o dane_n it_o can_v ●either_o be_v give_v to_o the_o man_n of_o cambridge-shire_n as_o our_o author_n will_v nor_o on_o the_o same_o occasion_n as_o he_o say_v it_o be_v fol._n 141._o it_o do_v not_o afterward_o embolden_v he_o to_o the_o anticipation_n of_o the_o crown_n attend_v till_o it_o descend_v upon_o he_o he_n speak_v this_o of_o king_n edward_n the_o confessor_n who_o have_v he_o tarry_v till_o the_o crown_n have_v descend_v on_o he_o may_v possible_o have_v find_v a_o place_n among_o the_o confessor_n but_o not_o among_o the_o king_n of_o england_n for_o the_o truth_n be_v the_o right_a title_n to_o the_o crown_n be_v 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