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which_o be_v before_o call_v zancle_n see_v also_o herodotus_n lib._n vii_o and_o diodorus_n lib._n iu._n and_o other_o perhaps_o it_o may_v be_v suspect_v in_o behalf_n of_o these_o epistle_n that_o this_o change_n of_o name_n be_v make_v during_o those_o xvi_o year_n of_o phalaris_n tyranny_n and_o then_o suppose_v the_o lxxxv_o letter_n to_o be_v write_v before_o the_o change_n and_o the_o other_o three_o after_o it_o this_o argument_n will_v be_v evade_v but_o thucydides_n will_v not_o suffer_v this_o suspicion_n to_o pass_v who_o relate_v 414._o relate_v lib._n vi_fw-la p._n 414._o that_o at_o the_o time_n of_o xerxes_n expedition_n into_o greece_n which_o be_v olymp._n lxxiii_o anaxilaus_n king_n of_o rhegium_n besiege_v zancle_n and_o take_v it_o and_o call_v it_o messana_n from_o the_o peloponnesian_a city_n of_o that_o name_n the_o place_n of_o his_o nativity_n the_o same_o say_v 23._o say_v lib._n vi_fw-la cap._n 23._o herodotus_n and_o agreeable_o to_o this_o narrative_a 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second_o war_n with_o the_o spartan_n to_o take_v zancle_n in_o sicily_n which_o thereupon_o be_v call_v messana_n olymp._n xxix_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o if_o this_o be_v true_a we_o must_v needs_o put-in_a one_o word_n for_o our_o sophist_n that_o phalaris_n may_v name_v the_o messenian_n without_o pretend_v to_o the_o gift_n of_o prophecy_n 85._o prophecy_n sicil._n antiq._n p._n 85._o cluverius_n indeed_o will_v spoil_v all_o again_o for_o he_o make_v it_o a_o fault_n in_o our_o copy_n of_o pausanias_n and_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xxix_o olymp._n read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o lxix_o which_o be_v too_o great_a a_o number_n to_o do_v our_o author_n any_o service_n but_o we_o will_v not_o take_v a_o advantage_n against_o he_o from_o a_o mistake_n of_o cluverius_n for_o without_o question_n the_o true_a lection_n be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o xxix_o because_o the_o time_n of_o the_o messenian_a war_n agree_v with_o that_o computation_n and_o not_o with_o the_o other_o and_o the_o ancient_a 39_o ancient_a euseb_n scalig._n p._n 39_o catalogue_n of_o the_o olympionicae_n put_v chionis_n victory_n at_o that_o very_a year_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o if_o pausanias_n credit_n be_v able_a to_o bear_v he_o out_o our_o author_n as_o to_o this_o present_a point_n may_v still_o come_v off_o with_o reputation_n but_o alas_o what_o can_v pausanias_n do_v for_o he_o or_o for_o himself_o against_o herodotus_n and_o thucydides_n that_o live_v so_o near_o the_o time_n they_o speak_v of_o against_o those_o other_o unknown_a author_n that_o diodorus_n transcribe_v against_o the_o whole_a tenor_n of_o history_n confirm_v by_o so_o many_o synchronism_n and_o concurrence_n that_o even_o demonstrate_v anaxilaus_n to_o have_v live_v in_o the_o day_n of_o xerxes_n and_o his_o father_n when_o theron_n and_o not_o phalaris_n be_v 438._o be_v herodot_n lib._n seven_o p._n 438._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d monarch_n of_o agrigentum_n nay_o though_o we_o shall_v be_v so_o oblige_v so_o partial_a to_o our_o sophist_n as_o for_o his_o sake_n to_o credit_n pausanias_n against_o so_o much_o great_a authority_n yet_o still_o the_o botch_n be_v incurable_a it_o be_v run_v in_o debt_n with_o one_o man_n to_o pay_v off_o another_o for_o how_o then_o come_v it_o to_o pass_v that_o the_o messenian_n in_o another_o letter_n be_v in_o this_o call_v zancleans_n which_o by_o that_o reckon_n of_o pausanias_n have_v be_v a_o obsolete_a forget_a word_n a_o hundred_o year_n before_o the_o date_n of_o this_o pretend_a epistle_n v._o that_o same_o xcii_o letter_n which_o have_v furnish_v we_o already_o with_o one_o detection_n of_o the_o imposture_n will_n if_o strict_o examine_v make_v a_o second_o confession_n from_o these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o threat_n of_o phalaris_n to_o the_o himeraean_n that_o he_o will_v extirpate_v they_o like_o a_o pinetree_n now_o here_o again_o be_o 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he_o now_o if_o we_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o hiero_n be_v come_v to_o the_o crown_n some_o year_n before_o themistocles_n banishment_n and_o this_o voyage_n to_o corcyra_n what_o become_v of_o the_o credit_n of_o our_o epistle_n it_o be_v true_a the_o chronology_n of_o this_o part_n of_o history_n be_v not_o so_o 227._o so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plut._n them_o p._n 227._o settle_v and_o agree_v as_o to_o amount_v to_o a_o demonstration_n against_o the_o letter_n but_o however_o when_o join_v with_o the_o argument_n precede_v at_o least_o it_o will_v come_v up_o to_o a_o high_a probability_n 225._o probability_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d apud_fw-la plut._n them_o p._n 225._o theophrastus_n in_o his_o treatise_n of_o monarchy_n relate_v that_o when_o hiero_n have_v send_v race-horse_n and_o a_o most_o sumptuous_a tent_n to_o the_o olympian_a game_n themistocles_n advise_v the_o greek_n to_o plunder_v the_o tyrant_n tent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o not_o to_o 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the_o date_n of_o this_o letter_n there_o be_v no_o such_o report_n ever_o mention_v that_o polycrates_n have_v any_o hand_n in_o it_o and_o that_o this_o false_a tradition_n which_o afterward_o obtain_v in_o the_o world_n and_o give_v occasion_n to_o our_o writer_n to_o say_v it_o in_o his_o letter_n do_v not_o begin_v till_o some_o year_n after_o socrates_n condemnation_n diogenes_n laertius_n bring_v hermippus_n testimony_n that_o polycrates_n make_v the_o socrat._v the_o vita_fw-la socrat._v charge_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o opposition_n to_o this_o he_o present_o subjoin_v that_o favorinus_n in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o his_o commentary_n say_v that_o polycrates_n oration_n against_o socrates_n be_v not_o true_a and_o real_a because_o he_o mention_n in_o it_o the_o wall_n build_v by_o conon_n six_o year_n after_o socrates_n death_n to_o which_o laertius_n subscribe_v his_o own_o assent_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o so_o it_o be_v i_o may_v free_o say_v 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sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n observe_v that_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polycrates_n mention_n if_o he_o have_v deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o author_n he_o will_v have_v say_v in_o the_o passive_a there_o be_v mention_v beside_o he_o express_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d only_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o he_o have_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v his_o he_o will_v have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o laertius_n speak_v in_o other_o place_n xenoph_n place_n in_o xenoph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeschine_n 〈◊〉_d in_o aeschine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o i_o think_v be_v sufficient_o clear_a now_o we_o be_v to_o know_v it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o old_a sophist_n to_o make_v a_o ostentation_n of_o their_o art_n upon_o some_o difficult_a subject_n and_o paradox_n such_o as_o other_o people_n can_v speak_v nothing_o to_o as_o the_o commendation_n of_o a_o fever_n or_o the_o gout_n 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after_o socrates_n death_n for_o he_o blame_v polycrates_n for_o reckon_v alcibiades_n among_o socrates_n disciple_n since_o beside_o that_o no_o body_n else_o ever_o count_v he_o his_o scholar_n have_v he_o real_o be_v so_o he_o have_v be_v a_o commendation_n to_o his_o master_n and_o not_o a_o disparagement_n which_o be_v the_o aim_n of_o the_o sophist_n busir_n sophist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isoc_n busir_n so_o that_o say_v he_o if_o the_o dead_a can_v have_v knowledge_n of_o your_o write_n socrates_n will_v thank_v you_o be_v not_o this_o a_o clear_a indication_n that_o socrates_n be_v dead_a before_o the_o oration_n be_v make_v and_o that_o this_o be_v not_o the_o true_a charge_n for_o than_o he_o will_v have_v hear_v it_o at_o his_o trial_n and_o there_o have_v be_v no_o occasion_n to_o say_v if_o the_o dead_a can_v have_v knowledge_n of_o it_o in_o the_o close_a of_o all_o he_o advise_v he_o to_o leave_v off_o show_v his_o part_n upon_o such_o villainous_a theme_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lest_o he_o do_v public_a mischief_n by_o put_v false_a colour_n upon_o thing_n here_o again_o we_o be_v plain_o tell_v that_o his_o action_n against_o socrates_n like_o those_o for_o busiris_n and_o clytaemnestra_n be_v but_o a_o declamation_n a_o theme_n and_o exercise_n in_o the_o school_n and_o not_o a_o real_a indictment_n in_o the_o areopagus_n at_o athens_n to_o all_o which_o let_v i_o add_v that_o neither_o plato_n nor_o xenophon_n nor_o any_o body_n contemporary_a with_o socrates_n ever_o once_o mention_v polycrates_n for_o the_o author_n of_o the_o charge_n which_o have_v the_o thing_n be_v true_a they_o will_v certain_o have_v throw_v in_o his_o tooth_n consider_v the_o perpetual_a quarrel_n between_o sophist_n and_o philosopher_n and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o athenian_n in_o a_o penitential_a mood_n either_o banish_v or_o put_v to_o death_n all_o those_o that_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o socrates_n accusation_n if_o polycrates_n then_o 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aristides_n marmor_fw-la arund_fw-mi euseb_n argumentum_fw-la isocr_n busir_n etc._n etc._n acknowledge_v and_o to_o go_v about_o to_o prove_v it_o be_v to_o add_v light_n to_o the_o sun_n and_o six_o year_n after_o this_o olymp._n xcvi_o 3._o laert._n 3._o diodor._fw-la fourteen_o p._n 303._o favorin_n diog._n laert._n in_o eubulides_n magistracy_n conon_n repair_v the_o wall_n which_o give_v the_o hint_n to_o favorinus_n and_o after_o he_o to_o diogenes_n to_o discover_v the_o common_a mistake_n about_o polycrates_n oration_n but_o leo_n allatius_n to_o avoid_v the_o force_n of_o their_o argument_n undertake_v a_o impossible_a thing_n to_o prolong_v socrates_n life_n above_o twenty_o year_n beyond_o laches_n so_o that_o he_o may_v see_v conon_n wall_n and_o polycrates_n declamation_n be_v the_o true_a charge_n at_o his_o trial_n which_o he_o will_v make_v out_o by_o compare_v
together_o some_o scrap_n of_o different_a author_n and_o some_o synchronism_n of_o other_o man_n life_n with_o socrates_n as_o if_o those_o thing_n which_o be_v only_o mistake_v and_o unwary_a slip_n of_o the_o writer_n can_v have_v any_o force_n or_o credit_n against_o so_o many_o express_a authority_n by_o the_o same_o way_n that_o he_o proceed_v i_o will_v show_v the_o quite_o contrary_a that_o socrates_n die_v twenty_o year_n before_o laches_n government_n for_o we_o have_v it_o from_o good_a hand_n busir_n hand_n diog._n laert._n in_o socrat._v argum_fw-la isoc_n busir_n that_o euripides_n in_o a_o play_n of_o his_o call_a palamedes_n use_v these_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n design_v to_o lash_v the_o athenian_n for_o socrates_n murder_n and_o the_o whole_a theatre_n perceive_v it_o burst_v into_o tear_n socrates_n therefore_o die_v before_o euripides_n but_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o latter_a die_v six_o year_n before_o laches_n be_v archon_n nay_o socrates_n must_v needs_o be_v dead_a before_o palamedes_n be_v act_v but_o that_o be_v act_v olymp._n xci_o 1._o 401._o 1._o aelian_a var._n hist_o two_o 1._o schol._n aristoph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 401._o which_o be_v sixteen_o year_n before_o laches_n have_v i_o not_o prove_v now_o exact_o the_o quite_o contrary_a to_o allatius_n but_o still_o i_o hope_v i_o have_v more_o judgement_n than_o to_o credit_v such_o a_o oblique_a argument_n against_o so_o many_o direct_a testimony_n if_o allatius_n have_v look_v round_o about_o he_o he_o will_v not_o have_v commit_v so_o great_a a_o blunder_n while_o he_o defend_v his_o epistle_n at_o one_o post_n to_o expose_v they_o to_o worse_a assault_n if_o socrates_n die_v in_o laches_n magistracy_n one_o epistle_n must_v be_v spurious_a that_o mention_n polycrates_n this_o breach_n allatius_n will_v secure_v and_o therefore_o he_o will_v needs_o make_v he_o live_v several_a year_n long_o but_o then_o say_v i_o if_o we_o concede_fw-la this_o to_o allatius_n not_o one_o epistle_n only_o but_o the_o whole_a bundle_n of_o they_o be_v spurious_a for_o most_o of_o they_o plain_o suppose_v that_o socrates_n die_v under_o laches_n even_o this_o very_a epistle_n complain_v fourteen_o complain_v ep._n fourteen_o that_o xenophon_n be_v abroad_o when_o socrates_n suffer_v and_o that_o the_o expedition_n of_o cyrus_n hinder_v he_o from_o be_v present_a then_o at_o athens_n and_o a_o second_o letter_n xviii_o xviii_o to_o name_v no_o more_o date_v after_o socrates_n death_n make_v xenophon_n to_o have_v new_o escape_v the_o danger_n of_o his_o long_a march_n through_o enemy_n country_n now_o all_o the_o world_n know_v etc._n know_v marm._n arund_n laert._n diodor_n etc._n etc._n that_o cyrus_n expedition_n and_o xenophon_n march_n be_v in_o laches_n time_n and_o the_o year_n before_o he_o so_o that_o upon_o the_o whole_a there_o be_v no_o escape_n no_o evasion_n from_o this_o argument_n but_o our_o epistle_n must_v be_v convict_v of_o a_o manifest_a cheat._n vii_o in_o the_o xvii_o letter_n one_o of_o socrates_n scholar_n suppose_v to_o be_v present_a at_o athens_n when_o the_o thing_n he_o speak_v of_o be_v act_v say_v the_o athenian_n 〈◊〉_d athenian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d put_v to_o death_n both_o anytus_n and_o melitus_n the_o prosecutor_n of_o socrates_n which_o be_v contrary_a to_o know_a matter_n of_o fact_n prove_v the_o epistle_n to_o be_v a_o forgery_n melitus_n indeed_o be_v kill_v but_o anytus_n be_v only_o banish_v and_o 3._o and_o laert._n in_o socrat._v &_o in_o antisth_n themist_n orat._n two_o augustin_n de_fw-fr civ_o dei_fw-la viij_o 3._o several_a writer_n speak_v of_o he_o afterward_o at_o heraclea_n in_o pontus_n viii_o the_o xviii_o be_v a_o letter_n of_o xenophon_n invite_v some_o friend_n to_o come_v to_o see_v he_o at_o his_o plantation_n near_o olympia_n he_o say_v aristippus_n and_o phaedo_fw-la have_v make_v he_o a_o visit_n and_o that_o he_o recite_v to_o they_o his_o 〈◊〉_d his_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d memoir_n of_o socrates_n which_o both_o of_o they_o 〈◊〉_d they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d approve_v of_o this_o alone_a be_v sufficient_a to_o blast_v the_o reputation_n of_o our_o famous_a epistle_n for_o how_o be_v it_o likely_a that_o aristippus_n will_v go_v so_o far_o to_o see_v xenophon_n who_o aristippo_n who_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d laert._n in_o aristippo_n be_v always_o his_o enemy_n much_o less_o will_v he_o have_v give_v his_o approbation_n to_o a_o book_n that_o be_v a_o satyr_n against_o himself_o for_o the_o book_n be_v yet_o in_o be_v and_o in_o it_o he_o introduce_v socrates_n in_o a_o long_a lecture_n reprehend_v aristippus_n princip_n aristippus_n xenoph._n memorab_n lib._n two_o in_o princip_n for_o his_o intemperance_n and_o lust_n even_o laertius_n take_v notice_n that_o he_o bring_v in_o aristippus_n name_n upon_o that_o scandalous_a occasion_n out_o of_o the_o enmity_n he_o bear_v he_o ix_o we_o have_v already_o see_v xenophon_n writing_n socrates's_fw-fr memoirs_fw-fr at_o scillus_n near_o olympia_n but_o in_o the_o xxii_o to_o cebes_n and_o simmias_n he_o be_v write_v they_o at_o megara_n for_o there_o the_o letter_n be_v date_v and_o in_o the_o xxi_o to_o xanthippe_n he_o invite_v she_o to_o come_v to_o he_o to_o megara_n one_o will_v think_v there_o be_v more_o sophist_n than_o one_o have_v a_o finger_n in_o this_o volume_n of_o letter_n or_o if_o he_o be_v but_o one_o author_n nature_n give_v he_o a_o short_a memory_n without_o the_o blessing_n of_o a_o great_a wit._n it_o be_v true_a upon_o socrates_n execution_n his_o scholar_n leave_v athens_n for_o fear_n euclid_n fear_n laert._n in_o euclid_n and_o retire_v to_o megara_n to_o the_o house_n of_o euclides_n which_o occasion_v our_o sophist_n to_o bring_v xenophon_n thither_o too_o but_o he_o shall_v have_v remember_v that_o while_o they_o be_v scare_v out_o of_o athens_n for_o fear_n of_o their_o own_o life_n he_o be_v safe_a at_o a_o great_a distance_n in_o the_o retinue_n of_o agesilaus_n from_o who_o company_n he_o go_v to_o scillus_n without_o ever_o reside_v at_o megara_n nay_o the_o sophist_n be_v so_o indiscreet_a as_o to_o bring_v in_o xenophon_n in_o forma_fw-la pauperis_fw-la to_o beg_v and_o receive_v relief_n from_o cebes_n and_o simmias_n whereas_o every_o body_n know_v that_o he_o get_v great_a riches_n in_o the_o war_n 350._o war_n laert._n in_o xenoph._n xenoph._n exp._n cyri_n l._n v._o p._n 350._o and_o live_v in_o very_o great_a splendour_n and_o hospitality_n at_o scillus_n x._o in_o the_o xxiv_o epistle_n plato_n say_v he_o be_v quite_o weary_a of_o a_o city_n life_n and_o have_v therefore_o retire_v into_o the_o country_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o allatius_n translate_v none_o long_o ab_fw-la ephestiadibus_fw-la he_o ought_v to_o have_v say_v ab_fw-la hephaestiadis_fw-la for_o the_o true_a word_n in_o the_o greek_a be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plato_n have_v some_o estate_n there_o which_o he_o dispose_v of_o in_o his_o will_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o it_o be_v in_o platon_n in_o vita_fw-la platon_n laertius_n hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d stephanus_n byz_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n in_o the_o roman_a manuscript_n of_o laertius_n it_o be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o manner_n of_o spell_a be_v find_v also_o in_o hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d if_o the_o reader_n do_v believe_v that_o our_o letter-monger_n like_o hesychius_n spell_v the_o word_n wrong_v he_o will_v be_v satisfy_v of_o the_o forgery_n for_o sure_o plato_n himself_o know_v the_o true_a name_n of_o his_o own_o estate_n but_o if_o he_o incline_v to_o absolve_v the_o author_n and_o lay_v the_o blame_n upon_o the_o copyer_n he_o may_v please_v to_o accept_v of_o this_o only_o as_o a_o emendation_n xi_o the_o xxvii_o epistle_n be_v aristippus_n to_o his_o daughter_n arete_n which_o perhaps_o be_v the_o very_a same_o that_o be_v mention_v by_o laertius_n who_o among_o the_o write_n of_o this_o philosopher_n name_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d allatius_n indeed_o be_v ready_a to_o vouch_v it_o but_o i_o be_o not_o so_o easy_a of_o belief_n for_o here_o be_v xi_o be_v ix_o &_o xi_o two_o other_o letter_n of_o he_o in_o this_o parcel_n and_o both_o of_o they_o write_v in_o the_o doric_a dialect_n though_o direct_v to_o athens_n because_o forsooth_o he_o be_v a_o cyrenaean_a and_o the_o doric_a his_n native_a tongue_n pray_v what_o be_v the_o matter_n then_o that_o in_o this_o he_o use_v the_o attic_a though_o he_o write_v from_o sicily_n a_o dorian_n country_n to_o his_o own_o daughter_n at_o cyrene_n one_o will_v suspect_v as_o i_o observe_v before_o that_o a_o couple_n of_o sophist_n club_a to_o this_o collection_n it_o be_v true_a we_o know_v from_o laertius_n that_o of_o xxv_o dialogue_n publish_v
to_o that_o present_a age_n and_o to_o all_o posterity_n for_o the_o most_o curse_a and_o devilish_a shrew_n that_o ever_o be_v or_o ever_o will_v be_v nay_o which_o make_v it_o the_o base_a he_o be_v the_o only_a man_n that_o say_v this_o of_o she_o for_o neither_o plato_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o old_a socratics_n write_v a_o word_n about_o her_o scold_v which_o make_v 219._o make_v lib._n v._o p._n 219._o athenaeus_n suspect_v it_o be_v a_o calumny_n especial_o since_o aristophanes_n and_o his_o brethren_n of_o the_o stage_n in_o all_o their_o raillery_n and_o satyr_n upon_o socrates_n never_o once_o twit_v he_o about_o his_o wife_n well_o let_v that_o be_v as_o it_o will_v but_o what_o shall_v we_o say_v to_o xenophon_n double_a deal_n for_o my_o part_n rather_o than_o i_o will_v harbour_v such_o a_o thought_n of_o that_o great_a man_n i_o will_v quit_v a_o whole_a cartload_n of_o such_o letter_n as_o these_o fourteen_o xenophon_n in_o the_o xv_o letter_n tell_v this_o story_n of_o plato_n to_o who_o he_o bear_v a_o grudge_n that_o he_o shall_v say_v none_o of_o his_o write_n be_v to_o be_v ascribe_v to_o himself_o but_o to_o socrates_n young_a and_o handsome_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o this_o sentence_n be_v take_v out_o of_o plato_n second_o epistle_n to_o dionysius_n the_o young_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o be_v a_o blunder_n with_o a_o witness_n from_o the_o sophist_n ignorance_n in_o chronology_n for_o his_o forge_a letter_n of_o xenophon_n bear_v date_n immediate_o after_o socrates_n death_n but_o the_o true_a one_o of_o plato_n which_o xenophon_n here_o allude_v to_o be_v recenter_n by_o a_o vast_a while_n for_o dionysius_n come_v but_o to_o the_o crown_n olymp._n ciii_o 1._o which_o be_v xxxii_o year_n after_o the_o trial_n of_o socrates_n i_o must_v observe_v one_o thing_n more_o that_o by_o no_o mean_n shall_v be_v omit_v there_o be_v former_o more_o epistle_n of_o xenophon_n extant_a than_o appear_v in_o this_o collection_n a_o large_a fragment_n be_v cite_v in_o 81._o in_o serm._n 81._o stobaeus_n out_o of_o his_o letter_n to_o crito_n 123._o crito_n serm._n 120_o 123._o two_o fragment_n out_o of_o a_o letter_n to_o sotira_n 5._o sotira_n serm._n 5._o and_o two_o more_o out_o of_o one_o to_o lamprocles_n none_o of_o which_o be_v find_v here_o in_o allatius_n parcel_n theodoret_n produce_v a_o passage_n out_o of_o a_o letter_n of_o he_o to_o aeschines_n wherein_o he_o jerk_n plato_n 〈◊〉_d plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o his_o ambition_n and_o voluptuousness_n to_o gratify_v which_o he_o go_v to_o sicily_n to_o dionysius_n be_v court_n 12._o court_n praep._n evang._n fourteen_o 12._o eusebius_n have_v this_o passage_n and_o more_o out_o of_o the_o same_o epistle_n and_o the_o whole_a be_v extant_a in_o 78._o in_o serm._n 78._o stobaeus_n what_o shall_v we_o say_v that_o the_o true_a letter_n of_o xenophon_n be_v extant_a in_o those_o day_n or_o that_o those_o too_o be_v a_o cheat_n and_o belong_v to_o the_o same_o volume_n whence_o these_o of_o allatius_n be_v take_v and_o so_o as_o i_o observe_v before_o they_o will_v be_v old_a than_o libanius_n time_n i_o be_o afraid_a it_o will_v be_v think_v ill_a manner_n to_o question_v the_o judgement_n of_o eusebius_n and_o theodoret._n but_o we_o know_v malal_n know_v see_v dissert_n upon_o jo._n malal_n they_o have_v make_v other_o mistake_n of_o a_o like_a nature_n and_o the_o very_a letter_n which_o they_o cite_v betray_v itself_o to_o be_v a_o counterfeit_n xenophon_n we_o see_v reproach_n plato_n in_o a_o letter_n to_o aeschines_n if_o this_o be_v true_a it_o be_v a_o most_o rude_a affront_n to_o the_o person_n he_o write_v to_o who_o friendship_n he_o court_v so_o much_o in_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o letter_n for_o aeschines_n himself_o be_v guilty_a of_o the_o very_a same_o fault_n and_o be_v wound_v through_o plato_n side_n it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o he_o too_o as_o well_o as_o plato_n and_o aristippus_n and_o other_o make_v a_o voyage_n to_o sicily_n and_o strike_v in_o with_o dionysius_n adulat_fw-la dionysius_n laert._n &_o suidas_n in_o aesch_n plut._n de_fw-fr adulat_fw-la and_o that_o pure_o for_o money_n and_o the_o table_n parasito_n table_n in_o parasito_n lucian_n say_v he_o be_v parasite_n to_o the_o tyrant_n and_o laert._n and_o polycritus_n apud_fw-la laert._n another_o tell_v we_o he_o like_v his_o entertainment_n so_o well_o that_o he_o do_v not_o stir_v from_o he_o till_o he_o be_v depose_v i_o will_v ask_v any_o man_n now_o if_o he_o can_v still_o believe_v it_o a_o genuine_a letter_n let_v he_o have_v what_o veneration_n he_o can_v for_o the_o learning_n of_o eusebius_n in_o the_o begin_n of_o this_o discourse_n i_o have_v say_v that_o i_o hear_v of_o none_o that_o since_o the_o first_o publication_n of_o these_o letter_n call_v they_o into_o question_n but_o i_o be_v show_v to_o day_n after_o i_o be_v in_o the_o press_n in_o bishop_n pearson_n vindiciae_fw-la epp._n sancti_fw-la 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xenophon_n himself_o make_v a_o visit_n to_o dionysius_n i_o have_v 427._o have_v lib._n x._o p._n 427._o athenaeus_n for_o my_o authority_n a_o witness_n beyond_o all_o exception_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n xenophon_n say_v he_o the_o son_n of_o gryllus_n when_o at_o dionysius_n the_o sicilian_a be_v table_n the_o cupbearer_n force_v the_o company_n to_o drink_v pray_v say_v he_o dionysius_n speak_v aloud_o to_o the_o tyrant_n if_o your_o butler_n force_v wine_n upon_o we_o against_o our_o will_n why_o may_v not_o your_o cook_n as_o well_o compel_v we_o to_o eat_v so_o that_o if_o we_o suppose_v the_o letter_n genuine_a the_o absurdity_n will_v double_v itself_o both_o party_n be_v guilty_a of_o the_o very_a same_o thing_n that_o be_v charge_v upon_o plato_n of_o euripides_n be_v epistle_n it_o be_v a_o bold_a and_o dangerous_a venture_n to_o attack_v euripides_n letter_n since_o a_o very_a learned_a greek_a professor_n have_v so_o passionate_o espouse_v they_o 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