Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	begin_v	reign_v	year_n	4,068	5	5.9655	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61291	The history of the Chaldaick philosophy by Thomas Stanley.	Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678.; Stanley, Thomas, 1625-1678. Chaldaick oracles of Zoroaster.	1662 (1662)	Wing S5240; ESTC R12160	140,604	202

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inconsistent_a with_o gesner_n translation_n of_o the_o word_n of_o tatian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o stephen_n edition_n of_o eusebius_n or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o in_o tatian_n himself_o qui_fw-la alexandri_fw-la aetate_fw-la vixit_fw-la which_o interpretation_n sibyl_n o●●phrius_n panuinus_n also_o follow_v but_o consider_v these_o word_n more_o intent_o it_o come_v into_o my_o mind_n say_v vossius_fw-la that_o it_o may_v better_o be_v render_v qui_fw-la alexandri_fw-la aetate_fw-la natus_fw-la est_fw-la whereby_o all_o scruple_n may_v be_v take_v away_o suppose_v berosus_n to_o have_v be_v bear_v but_o two_o year_n before_o alexander_n death_n by_o which_o account_n he_o must_v have_v be_v but_o 64_o year_n old_a when_o antiochus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o who_o he_o dedicate_v his_o book_n begin_v to_o reign_v which_o way_n soever_o it_o be_v berosus_n publish_v his_o history_n in_o the_o time_n of_o ptolemaeus_n philadelphus_n for_o he_o reign_v 38_o year_n and_o in_o the_o six_o year_n of_o his_o reign_n antiochus_n soter_n begin_v to_o reign_v in_o syria_n in_o the_o 22_o of_o antiochus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o one_o of_o who_o antiochus_n dedicate_v his_o book_n but_o by_o no_o mean_n can_v we_o assent_v to_o the_o learned_a tatian_n ●onradus_fw-la ges●erus_fw-la who_o by_o alexander_n conceive_v to_o be_v mean_v not_o he_o who_o be_v surname_v the_o great_a son_n of_o philip_n but_o that_o alexander_n who_o succeed_v demetrius_n soter_n in_o the_o kingdom_n of_o syria_n and_o be_v succeed_v by_o demetrius_n nicanor_n by_o antiochus_n understanding_n antiochus_n sedetes_n who_o reign_v next_o after_o demetrius_n nicanor_n for_o if_o it_o be_v so_o berosus_n must_v have_v be_v a_o whole_a age_n late_a than_o ma●etho_fw-mi but_o ma●etho_n flourish_v under_o philadelphus_n as_o vossius_fw-la elsewhere_o prove_v philadelphus_n die_v in_o the_o three_o year_n of_o the_o 133_o olympiad_n but_o antiochus_n sedetes_n invade_v syria_n in_o the_o first_o of_o the_o 16●th_z olympiad_n how_o then_o can_v berosus_n live_v so_o late_o who_o be_v a_o little_a precedent_n to_o manetho_n as_o syncellus_n express_o affirm_v again_o we_o may_v assert_v the_o time_n of_o berosus_n another_o way_n 55._o pliny_n say_v he_o give_v account_n of_o 480_o year_n which_o doubtless_o be_v year_n of_o nabonassar_n now_o the_o aera_fw-la of_o nabonassar_n begin_v in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o 8_o olympiad_n from_o which_o if_o we_o reckon_v 480_o it_o will_v fall_v upon_o the_o late_a end_n of_o soter_n reign_n wherefore_o beros●s_v dedicate_v his_o book_n either_o to_o he_o or_o to_o antiochus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d his_o son_n these_o argument_n will_v not_o suffer_v we_o to_o doubt_v of_o the_o time_n of_o berosus_n this_o berosus_n be_v mention_v by_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_n 7._o vitruvius_n say_v he_o first_o settle_v in_o the_o island_n coos_n and_o there_o open_v learning_n 1._o josephus_n that_o he_o introduce_v the_o write_n of_o the_o chaldaean_n concern_v astronomy_n and_o philosophy_n among_o the_o grecian_n 37._o pliny_n that_o the_o athenian_n for_o his_o divine_a prediction_n dedicate_v to_o he_o public_o in_o their_o gymnasium_n a_o statue_n with_o a_o golden_a tongue_n he_o be_v mention_v likewise_o by_o 19_o tertullian_n and_o the_o author_n of_o the_o 48._o chronicon_fw-la alexandrinum_fw-la he_o write_v babylonicks_n or_o chaldaic_n in_o three_o book_n for_o they_o be_v cite_v promiscuous_o under_o both_o these_o title_n the_o babylonicks_n of_o berosus_n 14._o athenaeus_n cite_v but_o tatian_n say_v he_o write_v the_o chaldaic_a history_n in_o three_o book_n and_o 1._o clemens_n alexandrinus_n cite_v berosus_n his_o three_o of_o chaldaic_n and_o elsewhere_o simple_o his_o chaldaic_a history_n and_o agathias_n affirm_v he_o write_v the_o antiquity_n of_o the_o assyrian_n and_o mede_n for_o those_o book_n contain_v not_o only_o the_o assyrian_a 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