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in_o that_o time_n so_o unworthy_a as_o that_o either_o caesar_n shall_v be_v compel_v to_o proscribe_v any_o man_n or_o that_o antonius_n shall_v proscribe_v cicero_n and_o by_o the_o villainy_n of_o he_o it_o be_v the_o common_a say_n or_o the_o people_n his_o head_n be_v cut_v off_o no_o man_n protect_v and_o keep_v he_o safe_a who_o for_o so_o many_o year_n together_o have_v defend_v both_o the_o public_a safety_n of_o the_o state_n and_o that_o also_o of_o many_o private_a citizen_n yet_o have_v thou_o do_v nothing_o to_o purpose_n marcus_n antonius_n for_o indignation_n which_o my_o breast_n be_v not_o able_a to_o keep_v from_o break_v out_o do_v force_v i_o to_o quit_v the_o form_n of_o my_o intend_a work_n thou_o do_v ay_o say_v nothing_o to_o purpose_n in_o tell_v out_o the_o reward_n for_o the_o cut_n of_o that_o most_o celestial_a and_o noble_a head_n or_o with_o authorise_v the_o slaughter_n of_o he_o that_o be_v once_o the_o preserver_n of_o the_o republic_n and_o of_o a_o 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the_o fortune_n and_o the_o clemency_n of_o caesar_n that_o of_o all_o those_o which_o have_v bear_v arm_n against_o he_o there_o be_v not_o any_o one_o that_o by_o he_o or_o upon_o his_o command_n be_v put_v to_o death_n â—ecius_fw-la brutus_n be_v by_o the_o cruelty_n of_o antonius_n slaughter_v sextus_n pompeius_n be_v defeat_v by_o caesar_n by_o antonius_n likewise_o when_o he_o have_v give_v he_o his_o faith_n to_o preserve_v for_o he_o his_o honour_n also_o entire_a be_v deprive_v of_o life_n brutus_n and_o cassius_n before_o that_o they_o have_v make_v trial_n how_o the_o conqueror_n will_v be_v incline_v towards_o they_o with_o a_o voluntary_a death_n end_v their_o day_n canidius_n die_v more_o cowardly_a than_o do_v suit_n with_o the_o profession_n of_o which_o he_o have_v ever_o be_v the_o last_o of_o the_o murderer_n of_o caesar_n parmensis_n cassius_n receive_v his_o payment_n by_o death_n as_o tribenius_n before_o have_v do_v chap._n 88_o lepidus_n son_n to_o the_o triumvir_n conspire_v against_o caesar_n life_n without_o trouble_n or_o noise_n oppress_v by_o caius_n marcellus_n provost_n of_o the_o city_n marcellus_n his_o character_n while_o caesar_n be_v put_v a_o end_n to_o the_o actium_n and_o alexandrian_a war_n marcus_n lepidus_n a_o young_a man_n of_o a_o better_a shape_n than_o disposition_n of_o mind_n son_n to_o that_o lepidus_n who_o have_v be_v the_o triumvir_n in_o the_o settle_v the_o state_n and_o of_o junia_n the_o sister_n of_o brutus_n enter_v into_o a_o conspiracy_n of_o kill_a caesar_n upon_o his_o first_o return_n to_o the_o city_n then_o marcus_n marcellus_n captain_n of_o the_o guard_n of_o the_o city_n bear_v of_o a_o noble_a family_n and_o order_n of_o the_o knight_n a_o man_n whensoever_o the_o affair_n require_v vigilance_n that_o never_o sleep_v provident_a and_o who_o know_v how_o to_o drive_v a_o business_n to_o the_o head_n but_o when_o once_o the_o affair_n give_v he_o any_o time_n of_o remission_n melt_v in_o ease_n and_o daintiness_n more_o than_o woman_n will_v desire_v not_o less_o dear_a to_o caesar_n then_o agrippa_n but_o these_o prefer_v for_o he_o live_v almost_o content_v with_o narrow_a stud_n of_o purple_a upon_o his_o gown_n neither_o be_v he_o unable_a to_o reach_v great_a matter_n but_o do_v not_o desire_v they_o he_o with_o infinite_a stillness_n and_o cunning_n scent_v out_o the_o device_n of_o that_o rash_a head_a young_a man_n and_o with_o wonderful_a speed_n without_o all_o trouble_n of_o man_n or_o affair_n herein_o have_v ruin_v lepidus_n do_v extinguish_v a_o fearful_a origiginall_n of_o a_o new_a civil_a war_n and_o which_o be_v likely_a to_o have_v spring_v up_o again_o so_o her_o receive_v his_o due_a punishment_n for_o his_o ill_a contrive_a plot_n let_v servilia_n the_o wife_n of_o lepidus_n be_v match_v with_o antistius_n his_o before_n mention_v calphurnia_n who_o throw_v herself_o alive_a into_o the_o funeral_n flame_n receive_v in_o recompense_n of_o her_o untimely_a end_n the_o never_o die_a memory_n of_o her_o brave_a action_n chap._n 89._o caesar_n his_o return_n to_o rome_n his_o triumph_n and_o the_o model_n of_o his_o government_n but_o of_o caesar_n return_n into_o italy_n and_o to_o the_o city_n how_o he_o be_v meet_v with_o what_o applause_n of_o all_o man_n of_o all_o age_n and_o all_o degree_n he_o be_v receive_v what_o the_o magnificence_n of_o his_o triumph_n be_v what_o that_o of_o his_o bounty_n not_o a_o full_a and_o just_a volume_n much_o less_o this_o so_o concise_a a_o work_n be_v able_a to_o make_v a_o fit_a and_o just_a relation_n nothing_o from_o thence_o forth_o can_v man_n desire_v of_o the_o god_n nothing_o can_v the_o god_n bestow_v upon_o man_n nothing_o be_v crave_v in_o prayer_n nor_o any_o thing_n in_o a_o perfect_a felicity_n be_v find_v which_o augustus_n after_o his_o return_n to_o the_o city_n do_v not_o endow_v the_o republic_n the_o people_n of_o rome_n and_o in_o sum_n the_o whole_a world_n with_o all_o the_o civil_a war_n that_o have_v last_v now_o twenty_o year_n be_v end_v foreign_a war_n bury_v peace_n repeal_v the_o rage_n of_o arm_n quiet_v in_o eurey_a part_n to_o the_o law_n their_o power_n to_o the_o seat_n of_o justice_n their_o authority_n and_o to_o the_o senate_n their_o majesty_n restore_v the_o command_n of_o the_o magistrate_n restore_v to_o the_o ancient_a measure_n only_o two_o praeton_n more_o add_v to_o the_o former_a eight_o and_o the_o first_o most_o ancient_a form_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n revive_v husbandry_n return_v into_o the_o country_n to_o thing_n sacred_a their_o due_a honour_n to_o man_n security_n to_o every_o man_n a_o certainty_n of_o enjoy_v his_o own_o some_o law_n commodious_o amend_v other_o with_o the_o public_a good_a enact_v senator_n choose_v without_o harshness_n though_o not_o without_o strictness_n man_n of_o principal_a quality_n and_o who_o have_v bear_v office_n of_o honour_n and_o triumph_v by_o the_o persuasion_n of_o the_o prince_n draw_v to_o the_o city_n for_o the_o ornament_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n consul_n he_o be_v only_o eleven_o time_n which_o that_o it_o may_v not_o be_v continue_v upon_o he_o caesar_n have_v often_o press_v and_o stand_v against_o it_o with_o much_o ado_n obtain_v for_o the_o dictatorship_n as_o the_o people_n have_v obstinate_o urge_v it_o upon_o he_o he_o as_o constant_o reject_v the_o war_n make_v under_o his_o command_n and_o by_o victory_n peace_n establish_v through_o the_o world_n and_o so_o many_o work_v perfect_v both_o at_o home_n and_o out_o of_o italy_n will_v require_v a_o historian_n that_o upon_o that_o sole_a work_n shall_v bestow_v the_o whole_a term_n of_o his_o life_n we_o remember_v what_o we_o have_v profess_v will_v present_v to_o your_o eye_n and_o mind_n the_o whole_a picture_n of_o his_o government_n chap._n 90._o dalmatia_n and_o spain_n by_o caesar_n and_o employ_v by_o his_o command_n agrippa_n after_o age_n of_o trouble_n bring_v to_o a_o perfect_a peace_n the_o civil_a war_n as_o we_o have_v say_v thus_o inter_v and_o the_o member_n of_o the_o common_a wealth_n now_o knit_v together_o and_o he_o take_v care_n of_o such_o thing_n as_o so_o long_a a_o course_n of_o war_n have_v rend_v in_o sunder_o dalmatia_n which_o for_o two_o hundred_o and_o twenty_o year_n have_v be_v rebellious_a be_v bring_v quiet_o to_o a_o plain_a confession_n of_o subjection_n to_o our_o empire_n the_o alps_n famous_a both_o for_o wild_a beast_n and_o divers_a nation_n subdue_v all_o the_o spain_n one_o while_n by_o himself_o in_o preson_z another_o by_o the_o ministration_n of_o agrippa_n who_o the_o favour_n of_o the_o prince_n have_v raise_v to_o the_o three_o consulship_n &_o after_o to_o the_o consortship_n with_o he_o of_o the_o tribunicial_a power_n with_o a_o sharp_a and_o variable_a war_n at_o last_o be_v settle_v into_o which_o province_n when_o at_o the_o beginning_n scipio_n and_o sempronius_n longus_n be_v consul_n our_o army_n be_v send_v and_o after_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o second_o punic_a war_n again_o under_o the_o command_n of_o cnaeus_n scipio_n uncle_n to_o the_o african_a about_o one_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o year_n since_o the_o war_n be_v there_o so_o bloody_a &_o so_o doubtful_a as_o our_o army_n and_o general_n be_v lose_v we_o often_o go_v away_o with_o dishonour_n and_o sometime_o not_o without_o danger_n to_o the_o roman_a empire_n for_o those_o province_n make_v a_o end_n of_o the_o scipio_n they_o also_o with_o a_o dishonourable_a war_n of_o twenty_o year_n viriatus_n be_v general_a of_o that_o side_n hold_v our_o ancestor_n play_v in_o they_o make_v be_v the_o base_a stipulation_n of_o quintus_n pompeius_n and_o that_o more_o base_a of_o mancinus_n which_o the_o senate_n with_o the_o ignominy_n of_o the_o general_n yield_v up_o to_o the_o enemy_n do_v cancel_v the_o same_o also_o consume_v we_o so_o many_o general_n of_o consular_a quality_n so_o many_o of_o praetorian_a and_o in_o our_o father_n day_n do_v with_o her_o arm_n raise_v sertorious_a to_o that_o height_n that_o in_o five_o whole_a year_n it_o can_v not_o be_v judge_v whether_o the_o roman_n or_o the_o spaniard_n be_v the_o brave_a warrior_n nor_o which_o people_n of_o they_o two_o shall_v obey_v the_o other_o these_o province_n then_o so_o large_a so_o populous_a so_o stout_a almost_o fifty_o year_n since_o caesar_n augustus_n reduce_v to_o such_o tranquillity_n as_o they_o who_o never_o be_v before_o free_a from_o most_o furious_a war_n be_v under_o caius_n antistius_n and_o after_o that_o under_o publius_n silius_n the_o lieutenant_n and_o other_o free_a from_o so_o much_o as_o robbery_n chap._n 91._o the_o ensign_n lose_v at_o crassus_n his_o defeat_n return_v to_o caesar_n by_o the_o parthian_a conspiracy_n of_o caepio_n and_o muraena_fw-la as_o also_o of_o egnatius_n against_o he_o discover_v
before_o which_o time_n the_o censorship_n of_o plancus_n and_o paulus_n be_v transpass_v in_o wrangle_v and_o brawl_n be_v neither_o honourable_a to_o they_o nor_o useful_a to_o the_o state_n when_o the_o one_o want_v the_o respect_n and_o vigour_n that_o shall_v be_v in_o a_o censor_n and_o the_o other_o course_n of_o life_n will_v not_o agree_v with_o that_o title_n for_o paulus_n be_v not_o able_a to_o fill_v the_o room_n and_o plancus_n can_v reprehend_v nothing_o in_o youngman_n or_o hear_v object_v to_o they_o which_o he_o must_v not_o be_v enforce_v to_o acknowledge_v to_o be_v in_o himself_o chap._n 96._o agrippa_n surrender_v his_o wife_n julia_n to_o tiberius_n the_o pannonian_n war_n end_v by_o tiberius_n who_o enter_v the_o city_n for_o it_o in_o a_o ovant_fw-la triumph_n agrippa_z within_o a_o while_n after_o who_o have_v by_o many_o deserve_n enable_v his_o late_a raise_n and_o have_v bring_v it_o so_o far_o as_o he_o be_v both_o the_o father_n in_o law_n of_o nero_n who_o child_n his_o nephew_n sacred_a augustus_n give_v they_o the_o name_n of_o caius_n and_o lucius_n have_v adopt_v do_v now_o tie_n nero_n in_o strict_a and_o near_a bond_n to_o caesar_n for_o his_o daughter_n julia_n which_o have_v be_v marry_v to_o agrippa_n nero_n take_v to_o wife_n then_o follow_v the_o pannonian_n war_n which_o be_v begin_v by_o agrippa_n and_o marcus_n vinicius_n thy_o grandfather_n than_o consul_n and_o which_o be_v great_a cruel_a and_o also_o near_o hang_v over_o italy_n be_v by_o nero_n end_v the_o native_n of_o the_o pannonian_n and_o dalmatian_n the_o situation_n of_o the_o country_n and_o river_n the_o number_n and_o equipage_n of_o their_o force_n the_o most_o glorious_a and_o many_o victory_n of_o so_o great_a a_o general_n in_o that_o war_n we_o will_v in_o some_o other_o place_n describe_v let_v this_o work_n now_o keep_v its_o own_o form_n nero_n have_v obtain_v this_o victory_n enter_v the_o city_n in_o ovant_fw-la triumph_n chap._n 97._o marcus_n lollius_n receive_v a_o blow_n &_o lose_v the_o eagle_n of_o the_o legion_n in_o germany_n that_o war_n commit_v to_o drusus_n by_o he_o happy_o manage_v his_o character_n his_o death_n the_o rest_n finish_v by_o tiberius_n but_o while_o in_o this_o part_n of_o the_o empire_n all_o thing_n succeed_v most_o prosperous_o a_o blow_n receive_v in_o germany_n under_o the_o lieutenant_n marcus_n lollius_n a_o man_n in_o every_o thing_n more_o greedy_o desire_v money_n than_o to_o do_v brave_o and_o with_o the_o wary_a dissemble_v of_o his_o vice_n most_o vicious_a together_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o the_o eagle_n of_o the_o five_o legion_n do_v call_v caesar_n from_o the_o city_n into_o gallia_n the_o care_n and_o burden_n then_o of_o the_o german_a war_n be_v transfer_v to_o drusus_n claudius_n nero_n brother_n a_o young_a man_n of_o so_o many_o so_o eminent_a virtue_n as_o either_o the_o nature_n of_o mortal_a man_n be_v capable_a of_o or_o industry_n can_v acquire_v who_o disposition_n whether_o it_o be_v more_o able_a for_o affair_n of_o the_o war_n or_o the_o act_n of_o peace_n it_o be_v uncertain_a certain_o his_o gentleness_n and_o sweetness_n in_o his_o conversation_n and_o his_o respect_n to_o his_o friend_n fair_a and_o like_o himself_o be_v say_v to_o be_v inimitable_a as_o for_o the_o beauty_n of_o his_o person_n it_o be_v in_o the_o next_o rank_n to_o his_o brother_n but_o he_o now_o the_o conqueror_n of_o a_o great_a part_n of_o germany_n and_o have_v draw_v very_o much_o blood_n of_o that_o people_n in_o many_o place_n the_o injustice_n of_o the_o destiny_n when_o he_o be_v consul_n in_o the_o thirty_o year_n of_o his_o age_n ravish_v from_o we_o the_o charge_n then_o of_o that_o war_n be_v deliver_v to_o nero_n which_o he_o undergo_v with_o both_o his_o own_o virtue_n and_o fortune_n and_o have_v past_o victorious_a through_o all_o the_o part_n of_o germany_n without_o any_o damage_n of_o the_o army_n commit_v to_o he_o which_o ever_o be_v the_o care_n of_o that_o general_n he_o so_o master_v it_o as_o he_o almost_o bring_v it_o into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o tributary_n province_n than_o be_v a_o second_o triumph_n with_o a_o second_o consulship_n present_v to_o he_o chap._n 98._o war_n in_o thracia_n end_v by_o lucius_n piso_n a_o brief_a character_n of_o he_o while_o these_o thing_n of_o which_o we_o have_v treat_v do_v pass_v in_o pannonia_n and_o germany_n a_o bitter_a war_n rise_v in_o thracia_n all_o the_o nation_n of_o that_o country_n fly_v to_o arm_n be_v by_o the_o virtue_n of_o lucius_n piso_n who_o even_o at_o this_o day_n we_o see_v still_o a_o most_o diligent_a and_o most_o mild_a guardian_n of_o the_o city_n quiet_a suppress_v for_o be_v caesar_n lieutenant_n he_o make_v war_n with_o they_o three_o year_n together_o and_o partly_o in_o fight_n partly_o by_o force_v of_o place_n he_o bring_v those_o most_o fierce_a nation_n with_o their_o extreme_a loss_n and_o destruction_n into_o their_o former_a fashion_n of_o live_v in_o peace_n and_o by_o his_o action_n restore_v to_o asia_n their_o security_n and_o to_o macedonia_n their_o quiet_n of_o who_o all_o man_n must_v both_o think_v and_o say_v that_o his_o condition_n be_v most_o equal_o temper_v between_o smartnesse_n and_o lenity_n nor_o that_o easy_o can_v be_v find_v any_o man_n who_o either_o be_v more_o fervent_o in_o love_n with_o ease_n and_o quiet_a or_o do_v more_o able_o bear_v the_o weight_n of_o affair_n and_o that_o do_v take_v more_o care_n for_o that_o which_o be_v to_o be_v do_v without_o any_o ostentation_n of_o do_v it_o himself_o chap._n 99_o tiberius_n out_o of_o respect_n to_o caius_n and_o lucius_n nephew_n to_o octavius_n quit_v all_o his_o greatness_n in_o rome_n and_o retire_v to_o study_v at_o rhodes_n within_o a_o little_a while_n after_o have_v past_o two_o consulship_n and_o as_o often_o triumph_v and_o in_o the_o consortship_n of_o the_o tribunitiall_a power_n make_v equal_a to_o augustus_n of_o all_o the_o 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the_o build_n of_o the_o city_n now_o twenty_o and_o seven_o year_n since_o he_o adopt_v he_o for_o his_o son_n the_o rejoice_v of_o that_o day_n the_o concourse_n of_o the_o citizen_n the_o prayer_n of_o those_o which_o do_v almost_o with_o their_o hand_n lay_v hold_v upon_o the_o god_n and_o the_o hope_n of_o perpetual_a tranquillity_n and_o the_o eternity_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n we_o can_v scarce_o full_o express_v in_o that_o complete_a work_n which_o we_o do_v intend_v let_v we_o not_o then_o go_v about_o to_o do_v it_o to_o the_o life_n in_o this_o one_o only_a thing_n i_o be_o content_a now_o to_o deliver_v that_o than_o there_o appear_v clear_o to_o father_n a_o hope_n of_o enjoy_v their_o child_n to_o husband_n their_o wife_n to_o owner_n of_o their_o patrimony_n to_o all_o man_n of_o safety_n quiet_a peace_n and_o tranquillity_n so_o that_o neither_o can_v any_o hope_n expect_v more_o nor_o be_v more_o happy_o answer_v chap._n 104._o agrippa_z also_o the_o son_n of_o 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seem_v to_o the_o general_n so_o convenient_a as_o he_o will_v purchase_v it_o with_o the_o loss_n of_o his_o soldier_n and_o that_o what_o appear_v to_o he_o most_o safe_a he_o ever_o do_v repute_v full_a of_o glory_n take_v care_n of_o his_o conscience_n still_o before_o his_o fame_n nor_o ever_o be_v the_o determination_n of_o the_o captain_n govern_v by_o the_o opinion_n of_o the_o army_n but_o the_o army_n by_o the_o providence_n of_o the_o captain_n chap._n 116._o a_o catalogue_n of_o divers_a eminent_a man_n and_o of_o high_a merit_n in_o these_o war_n in_o the_o dalmatian_a war_n germanicus_n be_v send_v before_o into_o divers_a place_n and_o those_o full_a of_o difficulty_n do_v give_v many_o and_o great_a proof_n of_o his_o valour_n quintus_fw-la julius_n posthumus_n also_o also_o of_o consular_a quality_n of_o high_a esteem_n for_o his_o diligent_a endeavour_n and_o governor_n of_o dalmatia_n be_v think_v worthy_a of_o triumphal_a ornament_n which_o honour_n a_o few_o y_fw-fr year_n beforâ—_n passienus_n and_o cassus_fw-la man_n account_v of_o for_o some_o several_a virtue_n have_v obtain_v in_o africa_n but_o cossus_n transmit_v the_o evidence_n of_o his_o victory_n with_o his_o surname_n to_o his_o son_n a_o young_a man_n bear_v for_o a_o pattern_n of_o all_o kind_n of_o virtue_n and_o lucius_n apronius_n be_v partner_n with_o posthumus_n in_o all_o his_o action_n do_v in_o that_o service_n with_o excellent_a virtue_n merit_v those_o honour_n which_o within_o a_o while_n after_o he_o have_v obtain_v i_o will_v that_o in_o matter_n of_o more_o consequence_n it_o do_v not_o appear_v how_o great_a the_o power_n of_o fortune_n be_v in_o every_o thing_n but_o in_o this_o kind_n also_o it_o may_v be_v full_o discern_v what_o force_n she_o have_v for_o sejenus_n a_o man_n of_o disposition_n most_o like_a the_o ancient_a time_n and_o one_o who_o always_o do_v temper_v the_o gravity_n of_o former_a day_n with_o humanity_n in_o germany_n in_o illiricum_n and_o after_o a_o while_n in_o africa_n have_v have_v charge_n of_o principal_a account_n want_v not_o merit_v but_o matter_n to_o procure_v he_o a_o triumph_n and_o aulus_n licinius_n nerva_n silianus_fw-la the_o son_n of_o publius_n silius_n who_o he_o that_o do_v not_o indeed_o understand_v he_o do_v abundant_o admire_v lest_o he_o that_o be_v the_o best_a of_o citizen_n and_o the_o most_o ingenious_a captain_n shall_v suffer_v no_o loss_n be_v untimely_o snatch_v from_o he_o be_v bereave_v of_o the_o fruit_n of_o the_o prince_n dear_a friendship_n and_o of_o have_v his_o honour_n perfect_v and_o raise_v to_o the_o high_a type_n of_o the_o glory_n of_o his_o ancestor_n if_o any_o man_n shall_v say_v that_o i_o have_v seek_v a_o occasion_n of_o make_v mention_n of_o these_o man_n he_o shall_v charge_v one_o that_o do_v willing_o confess_v it_o for_o a_o just_a clearness_n without_o falsehood_n among_o good_a man_n will_v never_o be_v call_v a_o crime_n chap._n 117._o news_n of_o 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