Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	affair_n	alexander_n	antigonus_n	22	3	13.0353	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61814	Breviarium chronologicum being a treatise describing the terms and most celebrated characters, periods and epocha's us'd in chronology, by which that useful science may easily be attained to / writ in Latin by Gyles Strauchius ... ; and now done into English from the third edition, with additions.	Strauch, Aegidius, 1632-1682.; Sault, Richard, d. 1702.	1699 (1699)	Wing S5941; ESTC R39107	274,730	510

4._o agesias_n be_v archon_n at_o athens_n in_o the_o same_o year_n that_o alexander_n die_v see_v diodor._n sicul._n arrian_n 5._o in_o the_o same_o year_n be_v consul_n of_o rome_n c._n poetelius_n and_o l._n papyrius_n see_v diodorus_n siculus_n 6._o in_o the_o same_o year_n be_v the_o 114th_o olympiad_n celebrate_v where_o micinas_n of_o rhodes_n carry_v the_o day_n appion_n day_n l._n 1._o contr_n appion_n josephus_n diodor._n sic._n 7._o sic._n l._n 7._o arrian_n evang_fw-fr arrian_n l._n 8._o demonstr_n evang_fw-fr eusebius_n 7._o alexander_n die_v 236_o year_n after_o cyrus_n who_o begin_v to_o reign_v over_o persia_n at_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o 55th_o olympiad_n euseb_n l._n cit_fw-la 8._o from_o the_o beginning_n of_o the_o nabonassarean_a epocha_n till_o the_o death_n of_o alexander_n be_v compute_v 424_o year_n according_a to_o 3._o to_o l._n 3._o ptolemy_n 9_o the_o year_n of_o the_o christian_a aera_fw-la 238_o be_v the_o 562_o do_v after_o the_o death_n of_o 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to_z k._n philip._n see_v bibl._n see_v l._n 18._o bibl._n diod._n sicul._n for_o the_o rest_n the_o philippean_a year_n be_v according_a to_o 21._o to_o de_fw-fr d._n n._n c._n 21._o censorinus_n like_o the_o nabonassarean_a year_n chap._n xxxii_o of_o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o seleucides_n which_o be_v also_o call_v the_o grecian_a and_o alexandrian_a epocha_n and_o of_o the_o convenant_n and_o therick_n dhilcarnain_n mention_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n 1._o the_o epocha_n of_o the_o seleucides_n use_v especial_o among_o the_o asiatic_n owe_v its_o name_n and_o offspring_n to_o seleucus_n and_o have_v its_o beginning_n at_o that_o time_n when_o the_o say_v seleucus_n have_v make_v himself_o master_n of_o babylon_n and_o the_o province_n of_o media_n and_o susa_n 2._o seleucus_n make_v himself_o master_n of_o babylon_n in_o the_o same_o year_n that_o polemus_n be_v archon_n of_o athens_n 3._o in_o the_o same_o year_n that_o the_o 117th_o olympiad_n be_v celebrate_v 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this_o denomination_n from_o thence_o that_o alexander_n be_v repute_v the_o true_a son_n of_o jupiter_n ammon_n and_o the_o supposititious_a son_n of_o philip_n for_o according_a to_o schickardus_n himself_o the_o arabian_n use_v to_o call_v those_o that_o pimp_v for_o their_o wife_n and_o educate_v bastard_n under_o the_o pretence_n of_o their_o own_o child_n horn-beast_n §_o 4._o joseph_n scaliger_n and_o temp._n and_o l._n 10._o c._n 43._o de_fw-fr doct._n temp._n dionysius_n petavius_n tisri_n whether_o the_o author_n of_o the_o 2_o book_n of_o the_o maccabeans_n begin_v always_o these_o year_n from_o the_o month_n tisri_n maintain_v that_o the_o author_n of_o the_o 2d_o book_n of_o the_o maccabeans_n constant_o begin_v the_o year_n of_o this_o epocha_n with_o the_o month_n tisri_n but_o it_o be_v say_v in_o the_o 2d_o book_n of_o the_o 37._o the_o c._n 15._o v._n 37._o maccabeans_n that_o it_o be_v decree_v that_o the_o 13_o

day_n of_o the_o 12_o month_n shall_v be_v celebrate_v which_o month_n be_v call_v in_o the_o syrian_a tongue_n adar_n this_o contradict_v the_o opinion_n of_o scaliger_n and_o petavius_n for_o if_o at_o that_o time_n the_o month_n of_o adar_n be_v the_o last_o it_o follow_v that_o the_o month_n of_o nisan_fw-la be_v the_o first_o they_o begin_v their_o year_n with_o the_o spring_n for_o the_o rest_n those_o author_n who_o mention_v this_o epocha_n make_v use_v sometime_o of_o the_o nabonassarean_a year_n sometime_o of_o the_o julian_n year_n of_o which_o see_v temp._n see_v l._n 10._o c._n 40._o de_fw-fr doct._n temp._n dionysius_n petavius_n chap._n xxxiii_o of_o the_o epocha_n and_o time_n of_o the_o asmonean_n who_o be_v afterward_o call_v maccabeans_n 1._o this_o epocha_n must_v be_v regulate_v according_a to_o the_o true_a succession_n of_o mattathias_n judas_n maccabeus_n jonathan_n simon_n etc._n etc._n as_o express_v in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabeans_n and_o by_o 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government_n say_v of_o the_o jew_n 42._o jew_n 1_o mac._n 1●_n v._o 41_o 42._o in_o the_o 170th_o year_n the_o israelite_n be_v deliver_v from_o the_o yoke_n impose_v upon_o they_o by_o the_o heathen_n and_o from_o that_o time_n on_o they_o use_v to_o write_v in_o their_o inscription_n in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o simon_n the_o chief_z highpriest_n general_z and_z prince_z of_o the_o jew_n 7._o the_o 172_o d_o year_n of_o the_o grecian_a epocha_n be_v coincident_a with_o the_o 3_o d_o year_n of_o simon_n the_o chief_a highpriest_n 27._o highpriest_n 1_o mac._n 1●_n v._o 27._o 8._o the_o epocha_n of_o simon_n begin_v with_o the_o ecclesiastical_a year_n or_o in_o the_o spring_n ●1_n spring_n 1_o mac._n 13._o v._o ●1_n 9_o the_o last_o of_o the_o asmonean_a race_n be_v antigonus_n the_o son_n of_o aristobulus_n the_o brother_n of_o hyrcanus_n who_o antonius_n cause_v to_o be_v nail_v to_o the_o cross_n which_o be_v the_o first_o instance_n of_o that_o kind_n of_o execution_n of_o a_o king_n among_o the_o roman_n and_o after_o he_o have_v be_v well_o scourge_v to_o be_v strangle_v see_v 29._o see_v l._n 14._o antiqu._n c_o 29._o jos_n and_o ●9_n and_o l._n ●9_n dio._n 10._o the_o government_n of_o the_o asmonean_n till_o the_o death_n of_o antigonus_n last_v 126_o year_n and_o be_v succeed_v by_o herodes_n surname_v the_o great_a see_v jud._n see_v l._n 14._o c._n ult_n l._n 15._o c._n 1._o ant._n l._n 1._o c._n 13_o de_fw-fr bel._n jud._n jos_n and_o hierosol_n and_o l._n 1._o c._n 3._o de_fw-fr excid_n hierosol_n hegesippus_n from_o these_o character_n it_o be_v evident_a that_o the_o asmonean_a race_n flourish_v about_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4548_o cycl_n ☉_o 12._o ☽_o 7._o at_o which_o time_n mattathias_n die_v that_o in_o the_o 4549th_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n jud._n maccab._n acquire_v immortal_a glory_n among_o the_o jew_n by_o restore_v their_o public_a service_n and_o that_o he_o be_v slay_v in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n 4555_o and_o last_o that_o the_o epocha_n of_o simon_n have_v its_o beginning_n in_o the_o year_n 4571_o of_o the_o julian_n period_n how_o any_o certain_a year_n of_o the_o julian_n period_n may_v epocha_n how_o to_o find_v out_o any_o year_n of_o these_o epocha_n be_v convenient_o connect_v with_o the_o year_n of_o these_o epocha_n be_v sufficient_o evident_a from_o what_o have_v be_v say_v upon_o this_o point_n in_o the_o precede_a chapter_n to_o wit_n for_o the_o year_n since_o the_o death_n of_o mattathias_n must_v be_v subtract_v 4547_o year_n for_o the_o year_n since_o the_o restauration_n of_o the_o levitical_a service_n by_o judas_n 4548_o year_n and_o for_o the_o year_n of_o the_o epocha_n institute_v in_o honour_n of_o simon_n must_v be_v subtract_v 4570_o year_n and_o three_o month_n etc._n etc._n §_o 1._o the_o word_n of_o josephus_n where_o he_o relate_v the_o family_n of_o mattathias_n be_v asmonean_n the_o derivation_n of_o the_o name_n of_o the_o asmonean_n ambiguous_a some_o have_v make_v the_o word_n asmonean_a a_o proper_a name_n other_o a_o appellative_a it_o be_v i_o think_v sufficient_a for_o we_o to_o know_v that_o the_o word_n asmonean_a signify_v as_o much_o in_o the_o hebrew_n as_o great_a man_n and_o governor_n in_o which_o sense_n it_o be_v explain_v by_o rabbi_n kimchi_n §_o 2._o many_o who_o insist_v upon_o the_o promise_n of_o descend_v of_o which_o tribe_n the_o asmonean_n be_v descend_v the_o sceptre_n of_o judah_n will_v have_v the_o asmonean_n descend_v from_o the_o tribe_n of_o judah_n of_o which_o opinion_n be_v genebrardus_n and_o baronius_n but_o the_o last_o of_o these_o two_o have_v change_v his_o opinion_n in_o his_o last_o edition_n of_o his_o annal_n it_o be_v evident_a out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o the_o maccabeans_n 29._o maccabeans_n 1_o mac._n 2._o v._n 1._o c._n 14._o v._n 29._o that_o the_o asmonean_a family_n be_v descend_v from_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n which_o be_v likewise_o agreeable_a to_o the_o genealogy_n of_o josephus_n 8._o josephus_n l._n 12._o c._n 8._o what_o be_v allege_v by_o some_o of_o the_o asmonean_a race_n to_o be_v descend_v on_o the_o mother_n side_n from_o the_o family_n of_o david_n be_v of_o no_o great_a consequence_n it_o be_v not_o customary_a among_o the_o jew_n to_o let_v the_o succession_n pass_v to_o the_o female_n §_o 3._o judas_n the_o son_n of_o mattathias_n be_v the_o first_o afterward_o how_o they_o be_v call_v maccabeans_n afterward_o who_o be_v surname_v the_o maccabean_a 3._o maccabean_a 1_o mac._n 2._o v._n 3._o but_o concern_v the_o interpretation_n of_o this_o word_n there_o be_v diverse_a opinion_n cab._n opinion_n l._n 3._o art_n cab._n johan_n reuchlinus_n and_o serrarius_n will_v have_v it_o to_o have_v be_v a_o inscription_n in_o the_o great_a standard_n of_o judah_n and_o to_o signify_v as_o much_o as_o who_o be_v like_a unto_o the_o lord_n among_o the_o god_n and_o that_o judas_n from_o thence_o have_v receive_v the_o surname_n of_o maccabean_a but_o misc_n but_o l._n 2._o 13._o misc_n fullerus_n interpret_v it_o through_o i_o be_v the_o plague_n to_o wit_n in_o reference_n of_o the_o refractory_a gentile_n and_o apostate_n §_o 4._o many_o learned_a man_n be_v of_o opinion_n asmonean_n the_o administration_n of_o the_o government_n be_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n before_o the_o asmonean_n that_o the_o supreme_a administration_n of_o the_o government_n among_o the_o jew_n be_v not_o lodge_v in_o the_o tribe_n of_o levi_n till_o the_o time_n of_o the_o asmonean_a family_n but_o contrary_a to_o truth_n for_o 8._o for_o l._n 20._o c._n 8._o josephus_n say_v express_o that_o after_o the_o return_n of_o the_o jew_n to_o jerusalem_n by_o the_o command_n of_o cyrus_n jesus_n the_o son_n of_o josedec_n be_v highpriest_n who_o say_v he_o and_o who_o posterity_n in_o all_o fifteen_o govern_v the_o jewish_a commonwealth_n till_o the_o time_n of_o antiochus_n eupator_n st._n i_o 21._o i_o in_o jer._n c._n 22._o in_o ez._n c._n 21._o consent_v with_o josephus_n and_o ez._n and_o in_o c._n 1._o ez._n lyra_n have_v the_o follow_a word_n god_n govern_v his_o people_n after_o they_o have_v take_v possession_n of_o the_o land_n of_o promise_n by_o three_o different_a form_n of_o government_n first_o by_o the_o judge_n of_o which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o judge_n second_o by_o the_o king_n of_o which_o in_o the_o book_n of_o the_o king_n three_o by_o the_o high-priest_n from_o their_o return_n out_o of_o the_o babylonian_a captivity_n till_o christ_n and_o it_o be_v remarkable_a what_o be_v relate_v by_o 8._o by_o l._n 11._o c._n 8._o josephus_n that_o when_o alexander_n the_o great_a stand_v in_o need_n of_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o jew_n at_o the_o siege_n of_o tyrus_n he_o direct_v his_o letter_n write_v for_o that_o purpose_n to_o jaddua_n the_o