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A57329 An abridgement of Sir Walter Raleigh's History of the world in five books ... : wherein the particular chapters and paragraphs are succinctly abrig'd according to his own method in the larger volume : to which is added his Premonition to princes. Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618.; Echard, Laurence, 1670?-1730.; Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618. A premonition to princes. 1698 (1698) Wing R151A; ESTC R32268 273,979 474

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though_o holy_a know_v nothing_o no_o not_o of_o their_o own_o child_n for_o the_o soul_n depart_v be_v not_o conversant_a with_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o live_n say_v augustin_n de_fw-fr cura_fw-la pro_fw-la mort._n job_n also_o of_o who_o we_o can_v doubt_v tell_v we_o we_o shall_v neither_o understand_v of_o our_o child_n honour_n or_o low_a degree_n man_n walk_v in_o a_o shadow_n disquiet_v himself_o in_o vain_a he_o heap_v up_o riches_n and_o can_v tell_v who_o shall_v gather_v they_o the_o live_n say_v eccles._n know_v they_o shall_v die_v but_o the_o dead_a know_v nothing_o at_o all_o for_o who_o shall_v show_v to_o man_n what_o shall_v be_v after_o he_o under_o the_o sun_n and_o when_o he_o consider_v all_o his_o labour_n and_o can_v not_o tell_v whether_o a_o fool_n or_o a_o wise_a man_n shall_v enjoy_v the_o fruit_n thereof_o himself_o hate_v his_o own_o labour_n what_o can_v other_o man_n hope_v to_o know_v after_o death_n when_o isaiah_n confess_v abraham_n himself_o be_v gnorant_a of_o we_o death_n dark_a night_n shall_v cover_v we_o till_o he_o return_v that_o have_v triumph_v over_o it_o when_o we_o shall_v again_o receive_v organ_n glorify_v and_o immortal_a the_o seat_n of_o evangelical_n affection_n and_o the_o soul_n of_o the_o bless_a shall_v be_v exercise_v in_o so_o great_a admiration_n as_o that_o they_o can_v admit_v no_o mixture_n of_o less_o joy_n nor_o any_o return_n of_o mortal_a affection_n towards_o friend_n child_n etc._n etc._n whether_o we_o shall_v retain_v any_o particular_a knowledge_n of_o they_o or_o in_o any_o sort_n distinguish_v they_o no_o man_n can_v assure_v we_o and_o the_o wise_a man_n doubt_v but_o on_o the_o contrary_a if_o a_o divine_a life_n retain_v any_o of_o those_o faculty_n which_o the_o soul_n exercise_v in_o a_o mortal_a body_n we_o shall_v not_o then_o so_o divide_v the_o joy_n of_o
heathen_n concern_v god_n 31_o 8._o heathenism_n and_o judaism_n when_o destroy_v 32_o 9_o satan_n last_o refuge_n 33_o chap._n vii_o of_o noah_n flood_n §_o 1_o 2_o 3._o god_n forewarn_v of_o it_o neither_o ogyges_n flood_n nor_o that_o of_o deucalion_n nor_o that_o of_o the_o umbri_n be_v noah_n 34_o 35_o 3_o 4._o some_o record_n of_o the_o universal_a island_n noah_n flood_n supernatural_a ibid._n 6._o no_o need_n of_o new_a create_v water_n what_o the_o cataract_n of_o heaven_n be_v ibid._n 8_o 9_o 10._o noah_n memory_n among_o the_o heathen_a his_o ark_n be_v of_o sufficient_a capacity_n rest_v upon_o the_o hill_n taurus_n 36_o 37_o 38._o chap._n viii_o the_o plant_v of_o nation_n noah_n son_n which_o the_o elder_a 45_o §_o 1._o whether_o shem_n or_o ham_n elder_a than_o japhet_n ibid._n 2._o all_o history_n must_v yield_v to_o moses_n lord_n of_o the_o first_o age_n be_v of_o the_o issue_n of_o ham._n 45_o 3_o 4._o of_o the_o isle_n of_o the_o gentile_n of_o gog_n magog_n tubal_n and_o mesech_n 46_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8_o 9_o berosus_n fiction_n gomer_n and_o togarma_n settle_v in_o the_o east_n of_o the_o other_o son_n of_o japhet_n of_o ascanes_n and_o riphath_n gomer_n elder_a son_n of_o the_o four_o son_n of_o javan_n 47_o 48_o 49._o 10._o cush_n the_o elder_a son_n of_o ham_n be_v in_o arabia_n 50_o 11._o mizraim_n chief_a planter_n of_o egypt_n 52._o 12._o the_o bound_n of_o canaan_n his_o eleven_o son_n where_o situate_v ibid._n 13._o the_o son_n of_o cush_n 54_o 14._o the_o issue_n of_o mizraim_n 55_o 15._o sem_n posterity_n 56_o chap._n ix_o the_o beginning_n and_o establishment_n of_o government_n 58_o sect._n 1._o of_o regal_a absolute_a and_o regal_a temper_v by_o law_n 59_o 2._o the_o approve_a sort_n of_o government_n 60_o 3._o the_o good_a government_n of_o the_o first_o king_n ibid._n 4._o the_o original_a of_o nobility_n 61_o chap._n x._o of_o nimrod_n belus_n and_o ninus_n 62_o sect._n 1_o 2_o 3_o 4._o nimrod_n first_o sovereign_n after_o the_o flood_n build_v ninive_n establish_v the_o babylonian_a monarchy_n 63_o 5_o 6_o 7_o 8._o of_o ninus_n and_o belus_n in_o who_o time_n image-worship_n begin_v the_o first_o idolater_n 64_o 65_o chap._n xi_o of_o ninus_n semiramis_n and_o belus_n ibid._n book_n ii_o from_o abraham_n death_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o solomon_n temple_n which_o be_v 1525_o year_n 67_o chap._n i._n the_o time_n of_o abraham_n birth_n and_o order_n of_o the_o assyrian_a empire_n ibid._n sect._n 1_o 2_o 3._o some_o successor_n of_o semiramis_n and_o of_o the_o birth_n of_o abraham_n 68_o 4._o terah_n beget_v abraham_n in_o his_o 130th_o year_n 69_o 5_o 6_o 7._o answer_n to_o several_a objection_n about_o abraham_n age._n 70_o 71_o 8._o the_o assyrian_a time_n regulate_v by_o abraham_n history_n ibid._n 9_o amraphel_n probable_o be_v ninias_n 72_o 10_o 11._o arioth_n king_n of_o alassar_n tidal_a king_n of_o nation_n 73_o 12._o chedorlaomer_n chief_a of_o the_o four_n 74_o chap._n ii_o of_o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n from_o cham_n to_o the_o delivery_n of_o the_o israelite_n 75_o sect._n 1._o the_o king_n of_o egypt_n and_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o uncertainty_n of_o the_o history_n ibid._n 2._o i_o be_o begin_v his_o reign_n in_o egypt_n after_o the_o flood_n anno_fw-la 191._o ibid._n 3._o the_o dynasty_n be_v not_o king_n but_o vice-roys_n 76_o 4._o cham_fw-mi and_o mizraim_n or_o oris_n ibid._n 5_o 6._o osiris_n reign_n guess_v at_o typhon_n and_o hercules_n their_o reign_n 77_o 7_o 8._o busiris_n or_o orus_n reign_n rathoris_fw-la succeed_v his_o sister_n 78_o chap._n iii_o israel_n delivery_n out_o of_o egypt_n 79_o sect._n 1._o israel_n captivity_n and_o moses_n birth_n ibid._n 2._o city_n of_o egypt_n in_o scripture_n ibid._n 3_o 4_o 5._o moses_n preservation_n and_o education_n pharaoh_n and_o his_o army_n drown_v and_o moses_n passage_n miraculous_a 80_o 81._o chap._n iu._n §_o 1._o the_o israelite_n journey_n from_o the_o red_a sea_n to_o sinai_n 83_o 2._o of_o the_o amalekite_n midianites_n kenites_n and_o of_o jethro_n ibid._n 3._o when_o the_o law_n be_v give_v 84_o chap._n v._o §._o 1_o the_o story_n from_o receive_v the_o law_n to_o moses_n death_n 84._o 2._o the_o offer_v of_o the_o twelve_o prince_n the_o passover_n and_o jethro_n departure_n 85_o 3._o israel_n journey_n from_o horeb_n to_o kades_n 86_o 4._o their_o unwillingness_n to_o return_v they_o remove_v to_o zin_n 87_o 5_o 6._o they_o turn_v to_o the_o north._n ibid._n 7._o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o lord_n battle_n and_o other_o lose_a book_n 88_o 8._o moses_n spare_v lot_n issue_n 89_o 9_o the_o midianite_n and_o moabite_n corrupt_v israel_n ibid._n chap._n vi_o of_o the_o border_v nation_n of_o other_o renown_a man_n and_o of_o iushua_n acts._n 90_o sect._n 1._o how_o the_o border_a nation_n be_v prepare_v to_o be_v enemy_n to_o israel_n ibid._n 2_o 3._o of_o the_o king_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o moabite_n of_o the_o midianite_n amalekites_n and_o ismaelite_n 91_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o prometheus_n atlas_n pelasgus_n deucalion_n hermy_n aesculapius_n when_o they_o flourish_v 92_o 93_o 94_o 95._o 8._o of_o joshua_n othoniel_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 96_o chap._n vii_o sect._n 1_o 2._o of_o the_o phoenician_n kingdom_n and_o the_o invention_n of_o letter_n 99_o 3_o 4._o the_o king_n of_o the_o ten_o tribe_n from_o jeroboam_n to_o achab._n 101._o chap._n viii_o the_o history_n of_o the_o syrian_n border_v their_o tribe_n on_o jordan_n 103_o chap_n ix_o memorable_a thing_n from_o joshua_n to_o jeptha_n 107_o chap._n x._o the_o war_n and_o destruction_n of_o troy_n 114_o chap._n xi_o of_o samson_n eli_n and_o samuel_n 117_o chap._n xii_o of_o saul_n the_o first_o king_n of_o israel_n 120_o chap._n xiii_o of_o david_n and_o his_o condition_n under_o saul_n his_o reign_n overthrow_v the_o philistine_n and_o hadadezar_n his_o trouble_n last_o act_v his_o vast_a treasure_n his_o cotemporary_n 126_o chap._n fourteen_o of_o solomon_n anno_fw-la mundi_fw-la 2991._o his_o building_n and_o glory_n send_v a_o fleet_n to_o ophir_n his_o fall_n write_n and_o cotemporary_n 133_o chap._n xv._n solomon_n successor_n to_o jehoram_n rehoboam_n impiety_n punishment_n end_v and_o cotemporary_n abija_n succeed_v rehoboam_n asa_n succeed_v abija_n israel_n unhappy_a under_o her_o prince_n jehosaphat_n succeed_v asa._n his_o cotemporary_n 136_o chap._n xvi_o of_o jehoram_n and_o ahaziah_n jehoram_n reign_v alone_o ahaziah_n perish_v with_o the_o house_n of_o ahab_n 143_o chap._n xvii_o athaliah_n usurpation_n and_o government_n for_o 6_o year_n 149_o chap._n xviii_o of_o joash_n amaziah_n and_o their_o cotemporary_n the_o death_n of_o jehojada_n and_o apostasy_n of_o joash_n zachariah_n murder_v by_o joash_n the_o death_n of_o joash_n who_o be_v succeed_v by_o amaziah_n who_o be_v overthrow_v by_o joash_n and_o afterward_o slay_v an_fw-mi interregnum_fw-la in_o judah_n of_o amaziah_n cotemporary_n and_o of_o sardanapalus_n 153_o chap._n xix_o of_o uzziah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n the_o end_n of_o his_o reign_n and_o life_n of_o the_o olympian_a game_n jothan_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n achas_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n 165_o chap._n xx._n of_o italy_n and_o rome_n foundation_n the_o aborigines_n the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood_n royal_a the_o beginning_n of_o rome_n romulus_n birth_n and_o death_n 171_o chap._n xxi_o of_o hezekiah_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o deliverance_n his_o sickness_n and_o recovery_n king_n in_o media_n in_o his_o reign_n 175_o chap._n xxii_o egyptian_a king_n from_o moses_n to_o hezekiah_n many_o of_o which_o be_v only_a regent_n or_o vice-roys_n 177_o chap._n xxiii_o of_o manasses_n who_o succeed_v sethon_n and_o his_o cotemporary_n his_o bondage_n and_o enlargement_n the_o messenian_a war_n 181_o chap._n xxiv_o of_o ammon_n josiah_n and_o the_o rest_n to_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 187_o book_n iii_o from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o philip_n of_o macedon_n 197_o chap._n i._n from_o the_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n to_o the_o assyrian_a fall_n the_o connection_n of_o sacred_a and_o profane_a history_n the_o babylonish_n captivity_n several_a opinion_n concern_v it_o nebuchadnezzar_n victory_n and_o action_n 197_o chap._n ii_o the_o persian_a greatness_n how_o it_o grow_v 204._o chap._n iii_o cyrus_n the_o first_o persian_a monarch_n he_o take_v babylon_n his_o last_o war_n his_o decree_n for_o building_n god_n temple_n his_o two_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n 206_o chap._n iu_o the_o persian_a affair_n from_o cyrus_n to_o darius_n 110_o chap._n v._o darius_n the_o son_n of_o histaspes_n his_o action_n and_o death_n 212_o cahp._n vi._n xerxes_n emperor_n of_o persia_n his_o vast_a army_n oppose_v by_o leonidas_n burn_v the_o temple_n of_o athens_n the_o peloponesian_o beat_v his_o fleet._n his_o army_n be_v soon_o after_o vanquish_v
216_o chap._n vii_o the_o greek_a affair_n from_o the_o persian_a war_n to_o the_o peloponesian_n 221_o chap._n viii_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n with_o the_o condition_n of_o athens_n and_o sparta_n at_o the_o begin_n of_o it_o alcibiades_z his_o victory_n his_o depose_n 224_o chap._n ix_o matter_n concur_v with_o the_o peloponesian_a war_n and_o some_o time_n after_o 230_o chap._n x._o cyrus_n the_o young_a his_o expedition_n into_o persia_n and_o the_o great_a service_n of_o xenophon_n 232_o chap._n xi_o of_o the_o greek_a affair_n under_o the_o lacedaemonian_n command_v 237_o chap._n xii_o of_o the_o flourish_a condition_n of_o thebes_n from_o the_o battle_n of_o leuctra_n to_o that_o of_o mantinaea_n of_o the_o peace_n that_o succeed_v a_o comparison_n between_o agasilaus_fw-la and_o the_o roman_a pompey_n 241_o book_n iu_o chap._n i._n of_o the_o macedonian_a kingdom_n from_o philip_n father_n to_o alexander_n the_o great_a to_o the_o race_n of_o antigonus_n 247_o chap._n ii_o of_o alexander_n the_o great_a his_o war_n with_o darius_n and_o other_o his_o cruelty_n death_n and_o character_n 251_o chap._n iii_o aordaeus_n reign_n after_o alexander_n 271_o chap._n iu_o of_o antigonus_n growth_n in_o asia_n 282_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o civil_a war_n of_o alexander_n captain_n 286_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o war_n between_o the_o new_a king_n till_o they_o be_v all_o destroy_v 287_o chap._n vii_o rome_n growth_n and_o the_o settle_n of_o the_o eastern_a state_n 299_o book_n v._o from_o the_o settle_a rule_n of_o alexander_n successor_n till_o the_o roman_n conquer_a asia_n and_o macedon_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o first_o punick_o war._n 307_o chap._n ii_o what_o pass_v between_o the_o first_o and_o second_o punic_a war._n 326_o chap._n iii_o of_o the_o second_o punic_a war._n 336_o chap._n iu_o philip_n king_n of_o macedon_n father_n of_o perseus_n subdue_v by_o the_o roman_n 370_o chap._n v._o of_o the_o roman_a war_n with_o antiochus_n and_o his_o adherent_n 380_o chap._n vi_o of_o the_o second_o macedonian_a war._n with_o the_o death_n of_o philopoemen_n hannibal_n scipio_n etc._n etc._n 396_o errata_fw-la page_n 13._o l._n 31._o r._n but_o one_o p._n 32._o l._n ult_n after_o slay_v add_v many_o thousand_o of_o they_o p._n 37._o l._n 25._o instead_o of_o curse_a r._n not_o needful_a to_o be_v take_v in_o p._n 38._o l._n 19_o deal_n toy_n e._n p._n 54._o l._n 26._o r._n of_o chush_fw-mi p._n 64._o l._n 9_o for_o legal_a r._n regal_a p._n 65._o l._n 29._o for_o babel_n r._n babylon_n p._n 70._o l._n 23._o for_o no_o r._n a._n p._n 94._o l._n 13._o for_o lineage_n r._n image_n p._n 96._o l._n 10._o r._n many_o thing_n p._n 96._o l._n 19_o for_o their_o r._n therefore_o and_o for_o that_o r._n a._n p._n 131._o l._n 15._o for_o lightsome_o r._n plain_o p._n 139._o l._n 24._o for_o three_o r._n three_o p._n 216._o l._n 27._o after_o thousand_o r._n darici_n p._n 220._o l._n 10._o for_o thirty_o thousand_o r._n three_o hundred_o thousand_o 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terah_n scaliger_n seth_n calvisius_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o contrary_a call_v it_o heresy_n in_o chronology_n bucholcreus_fw-la chitreus_n functius_n and_o other_o follow_v they_o yet_o torniellus_n in_o his_o annal_n confute_v they_o but_o if_o we_o advise_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n in_o abraham_n day_n we_o shall_v rather_o increase_v the_o time_n from_o the_o flood_n to_o abraham_n as_o the_o septuagint_n do_v to_o 1072_o than_o shorten_v it_o to_o 292_o for_o such_o pare_n of_o time_n to_o the_o quick_a draw_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o story_n if_o scripture_n testimony_n be_v not_o supreme_a see_v then_o we_o know_v the_o world_n be_v so_o people_v and_o kingdom_n so_o furnish_v with_o city_n of_o state_n and_o strength_n more_o time_n be_v require_v for_o it_o than_o many_o imagine_v etc._n etc._n §_o 8._o the_o assyrian_n time_n order_v by_o abraham_n be_v history_n §_o thus_o abraham_n birth_n be_v 352_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o the_o 2009_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n bring_v ninus_n 43_o to_o the_o same_o date_n of_o the_o 352_o year_n we_o must_v consider_v what_o probable_o be_v spend_v before_o the_o come_n to_o shinar_n admit_v chus_n be_v bear_v the_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n his_o young_a son_n nimrod_n founder_n of_o the_o empire_n bear_v after_o dedan_n son_n of_o raamah_n the_o four_o son_n of_o chus_n can_v not_o according_a to_o the_o ordinary_a course_n of_o those_o time_n be_v esteem_v bear_v till_o 65_o year_n after_o chus_n allow_v 30_o year_n to_o chus_n before_o his_o first_o son_n and_o 30_o year_n to_o raama_n father_n of_o dedan_n bear_v before_o nimrod_n and_o 5_o year_n for_o his_o five_o elder_a brethren_n allow_v 60_o year_n after_o for_o two_o generation_n before_o their_o set_n forth_o before_o shinar_n and_o six_o year_n for_o their_o travail_n with_o wife_n child_n and_o cattle_n out_o of_o the_o east_n through_o overgrow_a country_n and_o mountain_n thus_o 131_o year_n be_v spend_v 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