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A36034	The historical library of Diodorus the Sicilian in fifteen books : the first five contain the antiquities of Egypt, Asia, Africa, Greece, the islands, and Europe : the last ten an historical account of the affairs of the Persians, Grecians, Macedonians and other parts of the world : to which are added the fragments of Diodorus that are found in the Bibliotheca of Photius : together with those publish'd by H. Valesius, L. Rhodomannus, and F. Ursinus / made English by G. Booth ..., Esq.; Bibliotheca historica. English	Diodorus, Siculus.; Booth, George, 17th/18th cent.; Valois, Henri de, 1603-1676.; Rhodoman, Lorenz, 1546-1606.; Photius, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, ca. 820-ca. 891. Bibliotheca.; Orsini, Fulvio, 1529-1600.	1700 (1700)	Wing D1512; ESTC R15327	1,369,223	858

THE HISTORICAL LIBRARY OF Diodorus the Sicilian In Fifteen BOOKS The First FIVE Contain the Antiquities of Egypt Asia Africa Greece the Islands and Europe The Last TEN An Historical Account of the AFFAIRS of the Persians Grecians Macedonians and other Parts of the World To which are added The FRAGMENTS of DIODORUS that are found in the BIBLIOTHECA of Photius TOGETHER With those Publish'd by H. Valesius L. Rhodomannus and F. Vrsinus Made English By G. BOOTH of the City of Chester Esq LONDON Printed by Edw. Jones for Awnsham and John Churchil at the Black-Swan in Pater-Noster-Row and Edw. Castle next Scotland-Yard Gate M D C C. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEORGE Earl of Warrington THIS Translation of Diodorus the Fruits of some vacant Hours when first attempted was as early design'd by a Dedication to be shrowded under the Shelter and Protection of Your Lordship's Honourable Father whose Publick Spirit ever prompted him to those Generous and Worthy Actions without Self-seeking that might any ways Advance and Further the Publick Good in the Preservation of the Peace and Happiness of his Country Besides the Honour of his particular Respect to my self his Noble Imitation of the Patterns of Virtue here presented so far Encourag'd me as not in the least to doubt of a Favourable Acceptance especially from him who breath'd as it were the same Spirit and Soul with those Noble Hero's that are long since gone for the Defence of the Laws and Liberties of his own Country as they in their several Generations did in theirs As Your Lordship therefore is an Immediate Branch of that Honourable Stock and next in Succession to his Estate so I hope and have great Reason to believe his Virtues and Generous Qualifications as well as his Honour and Lands are Your Lordship's Inheritance In Confidence therefore of the like Acceptance as from him I intreat Your Lordship's Favourable Entertainment of this Greek Stranger now Cloath'd as well as I could in an English Dress He 'll be no Burthen but a Diverting and Profitable Companion useful not only to the Expert General and Honest Statesman but to all Degrees for a Prudent Conduct of their Lives by Examples of other Mens Harms In all which Respects that it may be Serviceable to the Publick and as such Accepted and Approv'd by Your Lordship is the Ambition of MY LORD Your Lordship 's Most Affectionate Kinsman And Humble Servant G. BOOTH TO THE READER SO many are the Encomiums of History both by Ancient and Modern Authors that little or nothing can be further added to what is already extant upon that Subject and therefore I shall wave troubling my Self or the Reader with Discourses of that kind but leave every Judicious Person to his own Experience which is the best Judge and will give the surest Testimony to the Truth of these Commendations He that rests barely in the Matter of Fact related in History pleases his Fancy for a Moment while he is Reading but never Improves his Judgment to make it Usefull in Conversation or in the Management of Publick Affairs He gains no more than Children by hearing a Winter Tale and Strange Stories of this brave Hero and that mighty Giant who did Wonders in the Land of Vtopia The Profitable Reader is He that not only seeks to please his Fancy but makes use of his Reason in observing chiefly the Wonderful Providence of God in Ruling and Governing the World in all Ages to this day His Setting up and Pulling down of States Kingdoms and Empires in certain Periods of Time His Justice in punishing Wickedness and therein the Confirmation of his Truth and Holiness to see and consider his Wisdom in Ordering and Disposing of one Event for the Effecting of his Purpose in another To observe the Causes Progress and End of this or that Accident this War that Revolution this Success and that miserable Disaster are the main and chief Ends and Designs of Reading of History whereby the Understanding and Memory are not only furnish'd with Notions of Things done and long since past but the Judgment is improv'd with that Moral Prudence and sometimes Religious too as to be careful to avoid the Rocks others have before split upon and to imitate the Virtue and honourable Actions of others at least for the sake of Reputation that attends upon them in this World Here may be found Examples which may justly put Christians to the Blush who come not up to the Moral Virtues of poor Heathens heretofore famous upon that account in the Ages wherein they liv'd as Themistocles for his Faithfulness to his Country Aristides for his Justice Scipio for his Chastity Cato for his Sobriety and several others for Eminent and Virtuous Qualifications As to this present Author and his History he 's well known among the Learned to be a Treasury of Ancient History Amongst others Henry Stephen in his Tract of Diodorus gives him this honourable Encomium Quantum Solis lumen inter Stellas tantum inter Omnes quotquot ad nostra tempora pervenerunt Historicos si utilitas potius quam voluptatis aurium habenda est ratio noster hic Diodorus eminere dici potest And Justin Martyr and some others call him the most famous Author of all the Greek Historians Amongst other Excellencies of this Author he is peculiarly observable to have a Regard and Respect to the Providence of God in the Affairs of the World and is the Only ancient Author that takes notice in the Course of his History of the Times wherein the most famous Historians Philosophers and Poets flourish'd Our Author himself liv'd about Threescore Years before our Saviour's Birth in the time of Julius Caesar and the Reign of Augustus and writ a General History from the beginning of the World to his own time in Forty Books call'd the Historical Library of which only Fifteen are extant the rest lost by the Injury of Time The Five first are properly the Mythological Part of the History more incertain and full of Egyptian and Grecian Fables but very useful for the Understanding of Ancient Authors and the Knowledge of the Assyrian Monarchy They give an Account of the Affairs of the World from the Beginning of Time known to the Heathens to the Trojan War exclusively The Five next in order are perish'd which is the reason the Eleventh Book immediaelty follows which begins with the Expedition of Xerxes into Greece and from thence the History is continued in Five Books to the beginning of the Reign of Philip King of Macedon Father of Alexander the Great and from the Reign of Philip in Five more to the Expedition of Seleucus Nicanor in Capadocia containing an Account of Things done for the space of 179 Years The Books are divided into Chapters for the Ease of the Reader who may thereby the better Pause and Breath when he thinks fit and to supply a Chronological Table in the Ten last Books the distinction of Times is observ'd in the Margin both