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that_o if_o they_o divert_v themselves_o well_o at_o the_o beginning_n they_o shall_v pass_v the_o whole_a year_n the_o more_o merry_o this_o day_n bring_v no_o sorrow_n to_o any_o but_o only_o to_o debtor_n who_o be_v oblige_v to_o pay_v their_o interest_n and_o arrear_n upon_o which_o account_n horace_n call_v they_o tristes_fw-la calendas_fw-la calendarium_n a_o calendar_n a_o almanac_n which_o contain_v the_o order_n of_o the_o day_n week_n and_o month_n and_o show_v the_o festival_n which_o happen_v during_o the_o year_n the_o roman_a people_n at_o first_o have_v no_o calendar_n for_o it_o be_v only_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o the_o priest_n from_o who_o they_o learn_v the_o festival_n and_o the_o other_o solemnity_n of_o a_o civil_a life_n they_o take_v great_a care_n to_o write_v down_o in_o it_o every_o thing_n that_o happen_v each_o year_n and_o mark_v moreover_o the_o day_n on_o which_o there_o be_v plead_n and_o on_o which_o there_o be_v none_o and_o therefore_o this_o calendar_n be_v call_v fastus_fw-la or_o in_o the_o plural_a number_n fasti_fw-la and_o also_o annales_n publici_fw-la because_o in_o it_o be_v set_v down_o the_o most_o considerable_a action_n of_o the_o great_a man_n of_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o from_o hence_o come_v these_o ordinary_a form_n of_o speech_n conscribere_fw-la nomina_fw-la fastis_fw-la or_o refer_v in_o fastos_fw-la &_o in_o annal_n publicos_fw-la i._n e._n to_o transmit_v your_o memory_n to_o posterity_n cn._n flavius_n secretary_n to_o appius_n clandius_n give_v the_o people_n a_o calendar_n in_o despite_n of_o the_o priest_n and_o senate_n romulus_n be_v the_o first_o who_o divide_v time_n by_o certain_a mark_n to_o serve_v for_o the_o use_v of_o the_o people_n that_o be_v subject_a to_o he_o and_o be_v much_o more_o skilful_a in_o military_a affair_n than_o in_o astronomy_n he_o make_v the_o year_n commence_v with_o the_o spring_n and_o give_v it_o only_o ten_o month_n whereof_o the_o first_o be_v the_o month_n of_o march_n and_o next_o after_o that_o be_v april_n may_n june_n quintilis_n sextilis_fw-la september_n october_n november_n december_n he_o give_v 31_o day_n to_o each_o of_o these_o four_o month_n march_v may_n quintilis_n and_o october_n and_o only_o 30_o to_o each_o of_o the_o other_o six_o so_o that_o they_o make_v altogether_o 304_o day_n which_o be_v that_o duration_n of_o time_n wherein_o as_o he_o imagine_v the_o sun_n run_v through_o all_o the_o differ_v season_n of_o the_o year_n as_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o follow_a calendar_n but_o as_o to_o the_o division_n of_o month_n into_o calends_o nones_n and_o ides_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o reckon_v their_o day_n see_v hereafter_o the_o seven_o paragraph_n before_o the_o calendar_n of_o julius_n caesar_n the_o calendar_n of_o romulus_n contain_v 10_o month_n and_o consist_v of_o 304_o day_n march_n april_n may._n june_n quintilis_fw-la sextilis_fw-la september_n october_n november_n december_n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o iv_o 3._o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o iii_o 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o prid._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o non._n 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o viii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o vii_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vl_a 8._o vi_o 9_o vii_o 9_o
v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o v_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o iv_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o iii_o 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o prid._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o id._n 14._o prid._n 14._o xviii_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xviii_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xviii_o 14._o xviii_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xviii_o 14._o xviii_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvii_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvii_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvii_o 15._o xvii_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvii_o 15._o xvii_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xvi_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xvi_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xvi_o 16._o xvi_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xvi_o 16._o xvi_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o xv_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o xv_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o xv_o 17._o xv_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o xv_o 17._o xv_o 18._o xv_o 18._o fourteen_o 18._o xv_o 18._o fourteen_o 18._o xv_o 18._o fourteen_o 18._o fourteen_o 18._o xv_o 18._o fourteen_o 18._o fourteen_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xiii_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xiii_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xiii_o 19_o xiii_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xiii_o 19_o xiii_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xii_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xii_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xii_o 20._o xii_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xii_o 20._o xii_o 21._o xii_o 21._o xi_o 21._o xii_o 21._o xi_o 21._o xii_o 21._o xi_o 21._o xi_o 21._o xii_o 21._o xi_o 21._o xi_o 22._o xi_o 22._o x_o 22._o xi_o 22._o x_o 22._o xi_o 22._o x_o 22._o x_o 22._o xi_o 22._o x_o 22._o x_o 23._o x_o 23._o ix_o 23._o x_o 23._o ix_o 23._o x_o 23._o ix_o 23._o ix_o 23._o x_o 23._o ix_o 23._o ix_o 24._o ix_o 24._o viii_o 24._o ix_o 24._o viii_o 24._o ix_o 24._o viii_o 24._o viii_o 24._o ix_o 24._o viii_o 24._o viii_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vii_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vii_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vii_o 25._o vii_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vii_o 25._o vii_o 26._o vii_o 26._o vi_o 26._o vii_o 26._o vi_o 26._o vii_o 26._o vi_o 26._o vi_o 26._o vii_o 26._o vi_o 26._o vi_o 27._o vi_o 27._o v_o 27._o vi_o 27._o v_o 27._o vi_o 27._o v_o 27._o v_o 27._o vi_o 27._o v_o 27._o v_o 28._o v_o 28._o iv_o 28._o v_o 28._o iv_o 28._o v_o 28._o iv_o 28._o iv_o 28._o v_o 28._o iv_o 28._o iv_o 29._o iv_o 29._o iii_o 29._o iv_o 29._o iii_o 29._o iv_o 29._o iii_o 29._o iii_o 29._o iv_o 29._o iii_o 29._o iii_o 30._o iii_o 30._o prid._n 30._o iii_o 30._o prid._n 30._o iii_o 30._o prid._n 30._o prid._n 30._o iii_o 30._o prid._n 30._o prid._n 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr it_o be_v true_a there_o need_v no_o long_a time_n to_o discover_v that_o this_o account_n be_v too_o short_a and_o that_o his_o year_n must_v begin_v long_o before_o the_o solar_a year_n and_o therefore_o to_o reduce_v these_o thing_n into_o order_n he_o ordain_v that_o all_o the_o day_n which_o be_v over_o and_o above_o what_o he_o have_v reckon_v in_o this_o calendar_n shall_v be_v insert_v among_o the_o rest_n without_o any_o name_n by_o way_n of_o intercalation_n which_o be_v do_v with_o little_a care_n but_o under_o the_o reign_n of_o numa_n pompilius_n the_o calendar_n be_v first_o reform_v this_o prince_n have_v private_a conference_n with_o pythagoras_n from_o who_o he_o learn_v many_o thing_n concern_v astronomy_n which_o he_o chief_o apply_v to_o this_o purpose_n and_o he_o follow_v very_o near_o the_o same_o order_n which_o the_o greek_n then_o observe_v in_o the_o division_n of_o time_n it_o be_v true_a that_o instead_o of_o 354_o day_n which_o they_o give_v to_o their_o common_a year_n he_o give_v to_o his_o 355_o because_o he_o will_v have_v the_o number_n to_o be_v odd_a out_o of_o a_o superstitious_a opinion_n which_o he_o learn_v from_o the_o egyptian_n who_o have_v a_o aversion_n to_o even_a number_n which_o they_o account_v unfortunate_a and_o therefore_o he_o take_v away_o one_o day_n from_o each_o of_o these_o six_o month_n april_n june_n sextilis_n september_n november_n and_o december_n to_o which_o romulus_n have_v give_v 30_o day_n that_o they_o may_v have_v but_o 29_o and_o leave_v to_o the_o rest_n 31_o day_n which_o they_o have_v before_o and_o then_o add_v these_o six_o day_n to_o the_o 51_o which_o romulus_n year_n of_o 304_o day_n want_v to_o make_v up_o his_o own_o year_n of_o 355_o he_o make_v they_o in_o all_o 57_o day_n which_o number_n he_o divide_v into_o two_o to_o make_v of_o it_o two_o other_o month_n which_o he_o place_v before_o the_o month_n march_n viz._n january_n consist_v of_o 29_o day_n and_o february_n of_o 28_o which_o month_n he_o design_v for_o the_o sacrifice_n which_o be_v offer_v to_o the_o infernal_a god_n to_o which_o this_o even_a number_n as_o be_v unfortunate_a seem_v most_o proper_o to_o belong_v thus_o he_o make_v the_o month_n of_o january_n which_o he_o place_v at_o the_o winter-solstice_n the_o first_o month_n of_o the_o year_n instead_o of_o march_n which_o be_v the_o first_o before_o and_o which_o romulus_n have_v place_v at_o the_o vernal_a equinox_n and_o to_o make_v this_o institution_n everlasting_a he_o make_v use_v of_o the_o intercalation_n of_o 90_o day_n every_o eight_o year_n which_o number_n be_v make_v up_o of_o the_o eleven_o day_n and_o a_o quarter_n which_o the_o lunar_a year_n consist_v of_o 354_o day_n want_v of_o the_o solar_a year_n consist_v of_o 365_o day_n and_o six_o hour_n of_o these_o the_o greek_n make_v three_o month_n each_o whereof_o have_v 30_o day_n which_o they_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o which_o they_o intercalate_v after_o the_o three_o the_o fifth_z and_o the_o eigth_n year_n but_o numa_n make_v four_o month_n of_o they_o and_o intercalate_v one_o every_o two_o year_n after_o the_o feast_n call_v terminalia_fw-la which_o happen_v on_o the_o six_o of_o the_o kalend_n of_o march_n i._n e._n on_o the_o 24_o of_o february_n and_o the_o first_o month_n intercalate_v he_o make_v to_o consist_v of_o 22_o day_n and_o the_o next_o of_o 23_o that_o so_o the_o whole_a intercalation_n in_o the_o space_n of_o four_o year_n may_v make_v up_o the_o number_n of_o 45_o day_n which_o be_v equal_a to_o that_o use_v among_o the_o greek_n in_o their_o olympiad_n this_o month_n intercalate_v every_o two_o year_n be_v call_v mercedonius_n and_o the_o intercalary_n february_n the_o year_n of_o numa_n which_o consist_v of_o 355_o day_n end_v one_o day_n late_a than_o the_o greek_a year_n it_o be_v easy_a to_o observe_v that_o since_o their_o beginning_n be_v so_o far_o from_o agree_v together_o they_o will_v in_o a_o little_a time_n recede_v very_o far_o from_o one_o another_o and_o therefore_o the_o same_o numa_n to_o obviate_v this_o inconvenience_n ordain_v that_o in_o the_o space_n of_o eight_o year_n the_o whole_a 90_o day_n shall_v not_o be_v intercalate_v according_a to_o the_o custom_n of_o the_o greek_n but_o only_o 82_o day_n which_o be_v to_o be_v insert_v in_o this_o order_n at_o first_o in_o the_o space_n of_o two_o year_n a_o intercalation_n be_v make_v of_o 22_o day_n next_o after_o that_o a_o intercalation_n be_v make_v of_o 23_o day_n at_o the_o three_o time_n a_o intercalation_n be_v make_v of_o 22_o day_n and_o at_o the_o four_o a_o intercalation_n be_v make_v of_o 15_o day_n only_o in_o lieu_n of_o 23_o which_o shall_v have_v be_v insert_v this_o deduction_n be_v necessary_a to_o take_v off_o in_o eight_o year_n time_n the_o eight_o superfluous_a day_n he_o have_v add_v to_o his_o year_n numa_n year_n therefore_o consist_v of_o twelve_o month_n viz._n january_n february_n march_n april_n may_n june_n quintilis_n sextilis_fw-la september_n october_n november_n and_o december_n whereof_o seven_n have_v 29_o day_n and_o the_o rest_n 31_o except_o february_n which_o have_v only_o 28_o which_o may_v be_v see_v in_o the_o follow_a account_n of_o his_o calendar_n but_o as_o to_o the_o division_n of_o month_n into_o calends_o nones_n and_o ides_n and_o the_o manner_n of_o reckon_a day_n see_v hereafter_o the_o paragraph_n before_o caesar_n calendar_n the_o calendar_n of_o numa_n pompilius_n contain_v 12_o month_n and_o consist_v of_o 355_o day_n january_n february_n march_n april_n may._n june_n quintilis_fw-la sextilis_fw-la september_n october_n november_n december_n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o kalend._n 1._o
kalend._n 2._o iv_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o iv_o 2._o vi_o 2._o iv_o 2._o iv_o 3._o iii_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o iii_o 3_o v_o 3_o iii_o 3_o iii_o 4._o prid._n 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o prid._n 4._o iv_o 4._o prid._n 4._o prid._n 5._o non._n 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o non._n 5._o iii_o 5._o non._n 5._o non._n 6._o viii_o 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o viii_o 6._o prid._n 6._o viii_o 6._o viii_o 7._o vii_o 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o vii_o 7._o non._n 7._o vii_o 7._o vii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o vi_o 8._o viii_o 8._o vi_o 8._o vi_o 9_o v_o 9_o v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o v_o 9_o vii_o 9_o v_o 9_o v_o 10._o iv_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o iv_o 10._o vi_o 10._o iv_o 10._o iv_o 11._o iii_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o iii_o 11._o v_o 11._o iii_o 11._o iii_o 12._o prid._n 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o prid._n 12._o iv_o 12._o prid._n 12._o prid._n 13._o id._n 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o id._n 13._o iii_o 13._o id._n 13._o id._n 14._o xvii_o 14._o xvi_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xvii_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xvii_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xvii_o 14._o xvii_o 14._o prid._n 14._o xvii_o 14._o xvii_o 15._o xvi_o 15._o xv_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvi_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvi_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvi_o 15._o xvi_o 15._o id._n 15._o xvi_o 15._o xvi_o 16._o xv_o 16._o fourteen_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xv_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xv_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xv_o 16._o xv_o 16._o xvii_o 16._o xv_o 16._o xv_o 17._o fourteen_o 17._o xiii_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o fourteen_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o fourteen_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o fourteen_o 17._o fourteen_o 17._o xvi_o 17._o fourteen_o 17._o fourteen_o 18._o xiii_o 18._o xii_o 18._o xv_o 18._o xiii_o 18._o xv_o 18._o xiii_o 18._o xv_o 18._o xiii_o 18._o xiii_o 18._o xv_o 18._o xiii_o 18._o xiii_o 19_o xii_o 19_o xi_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xii_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xii_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xii_o 19_o xii_o 19_o fourteen_o 19_o xii_o 19_o xii_o 20._o xi_o 20._o x_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xi_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xi_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xi_o 20._o xi_o 20._o xiii_o 20._o xi_o 20._o xi_o 21._o x_o 21._o ix_o 21._o xii_o 21._o x_o 21._o xii_o 21._o x_o 21._o xii_o 21._o x_o 21._o x_o 21._o xii_o 21._o x_o 21._o x_o 22._o ix_o 22._o viii_o 22._o xi_o 22._o ix_o 22._o xi_o 22._o ix_o 22._o xi_o 22._o ix_o 22._o ix_o 22._o xi_o 22._o ix_o 22._o ix_o 23._o viii_o 23._o vii_o 23._o x_o 23._o viii_o 23._o x_o 23._o viii_o 23._o x_o 23._o viii_o 23._o viii_o 23._o x_o 23._o viii_o 23._o viii_o 24._o vii_o 24._o vi_o 24._o ix_o 24._o vii_o 24._o ix_o 24._o vii_o 24._o ix_o 24._o vii_o 24._o vii_o 24._o ix_o 24._o vii_o 24._o vii_o 25._o vi_o 25._o v_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vi_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vi_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vi_o 25._o vi_o 25._o viii_o 25._o vi_o 25._o vi_o 26._o v_o 26._o iv_o 26._o vii_o 26._o v_o 26._o vii_o 26._o v_o 26._o vii_o 26._o v_o 26._o v_o 26._o vii_o 26._o v_o 26._o v_o 27._o iv_o 27._o iii_o 27._o vi_o 27._o iv_o 27._o vi_o 27._o iv_o 27._o vi_o 27._o iv_o 27._o iv_o 27._o vi_o 27._o iv_o 27._o iv_o 28._o iii_o 28._o prid._n 28._o v_o 28._o iii_o 28._o v_o 28._o iii_o 28._o v_o 28._o iii_o 28._o iii_o 28._o v_o 28._o iii_o 28._o iii_o 29._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 29._o iv_o 29._o prid._n 29._o iv_o 29._o prid._n 29._o iv_o 29._o prid._n 29._o prid._n 29._o iv_o 29._o prid._n 29._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 30._o iii_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 30._o iii_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 30._o iii_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 30._o iii_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 31._o prid._n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr and_o to_o add_v the_o great_a weight_n and_o authority_n to_o this_o law_n he_o appoint_v the_o high-priest_n to_o put_v it_o in_o execution_n and_o enjoin_v they_o to_o signify_v to_o the_o people_n the_o time_n and_o manner_n in_o which_o this_o intercalation_n of_o extraordinary_a day_n must_v be_v make_v but_o these_o priest_n either_o through_o ignorance_n or_o malice_n bring_v the_o account_n of_o time_n and_o other_o matter_n depend_v upon_o it_o into_o so_o great_a confusion_n that_o the_o festival_n happen_v at_o such_o season_n as_o be_v direct_o opposite_a to_o the_o time_n of_o their_o institution_n and_o the_o feast_n of_o autumn_n fall_v out_o in_o the_o spring_n and_o those_o of_o harvest_n in_o the_o middle_a of_o winter_n this_o disorder_n come_v to_o so_o great_a a_o height_n that_o when_o julius_n caesar_n be_v dictator_n and_o highpriest_n after_o the_o battle_n of_o pharsalia_n he_o think_v the_o reformation_n of_o the_o calendar_n to_o be_v a_o thing_n well_o worthy_a of_o his_o care_n and_o necessary_a for_o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o empire_n and_o for_o this_o purpose_n he_o fetch_v one_o sosigenes_n from_o alexandria_n who_o be_v esteem_v the_o best_a astronomer_n of_o that_o time_n and_o he_o by_o the_o order_n of_o the_o emperor_n after_o he_o have_v several_a time_n correct_v it_o himself_o declare_v that_o the_o destribution_n of_o time_n in_o the_o calendar_n can_v never_o be_v settle_v as_o certain_a and_o unalterable_a unless_o a_o principal_a regard_n be_v have_v to_o the_o annual_a course_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o that_o it_o be_v necessary_a for_o the_o future_a by_o a_o method_n contrary_a to_o that_o which_o have_v be_v hitherto_o practise_v to_o adjust_a the_o lunar_a year_n by_o the_o motion_n of_o the_o sun_n rather_o than_o accommodate_v the_o course_n of_o the_o sun_n to_o the_o unequal_a law_n of_o the_o moon_n be_v motion_n and_o because_o it_o pass_v then_o for_o a_o thing_n certain_a among_o a_o stronomer_n that_o the_o annual_a period_n of_o the_o sun_n course_n be_v predse_o 365_o day_n and_o six_o hour_n therefore_o he_o resolve_v to_o give_v the_o whole_a time_n of_o 365_o day_n to_o the_o year_n in_o his_o calendar_n reserve_v the_o six_o hour_n to_o the_o end_n of_o four_o year_n when_o they_o make_v a_o whole_a day_n which_o he_o then_o add_v to_o the_o rest_n by_o way_n of_o intercalation_n so_o that_o this_o year_n do_v not_o consist_v of_o 365_o day_n as_o the_o other_o year_n do_v which_o he_o call_v common_a but_o of_o 366_o day_n and_o since_o according_a to_o the_o institution_n of_o numa_n pompilius_n the_o intercalation_n of_o the_o month_n merâ—edonius_n be_v make_v towards_o the_o end_n of_o 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be_v and_o october_n which_o have_v each_o 31_o day_n in_o numa_n calendar_n but_o to_o make_v room_n for_o the_o ten_o day_n whereby_o the_o solar_a year_n exceed_v that_o of_o numa_n he_o add_v two_o day_n to_o each_o of_o these_o three_o month_n january_n sextilis_n and_o december_n which_o have_v only_o 29_o day_n before_o and_o so_o he_o make_v they_o equal_a to_o the_o other_o month_n which_o have_v 31_o but_o he_o add_v only_o
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who_o cicero_n immediate_o report_v nempe_fw-la ex_fw-la edicto_fw-la yes_o quoth_v he_o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o edict_n yet_o this_o do_v nowise_o hinder_v this_o reformation_n from_o be_v general_o receive_v and_o observe_v after_o the_o death_n of_o caesar_n which_o happen_v the_o next_o year_n after_o it_o and_o to_o give_v the_o great_a authority_n to_o this_o usage_n it_o fall_v out_o also_o that_o marcus_n antonius_n in_o his_o consulship_n order_v that_o the_o month_n call_v quintilis_n which_o be_v that_o in_o which_o julius_n caesar_n be_v bear_v shall_v bear_v his_o name_n and_o for_o the_o future_a be_v call_v julius_n as_o it_o happen_v afterward_o to_o the_o month_n sextilis_n to_o which_o be_v give_v the_o name_n of_o augustus_n both_o which_o name_n be_v still_o continue_v down_o to_o our_o time_n it_o be_v true_a the_o priest_n by_o their_o ignorance_n commit_v a_o considerable_a error_n in_o the_o observation_n of_o the_o first_o year_n for_o not_o understand_v this_o 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