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publish_v his_o brother_n herod_n the_o prince_n of_o chalcis_n and_o chelchias_n the_o king_n lieutenant_n cause_v silas_n to_o be_v put_v to_o death_n finis_fw-la errata_fw-la pag._n 13._o lin_v laâ—t_n for_o eleven_o 1._o twelve_o p._n 16._o l_o 26._o for_o next_o â—_o text_n p._n 17._o l._n 9_o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 12._o for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l_o 20._o for_o twenty_o r._n two_o thousand_o p._n 19_o l._n 21._o for_o pereb_n r._n peâ—â—k_v â—_o so_o in_o several_a other_o place_n p._n 22._o l._n penul_v r._n canaite_n p._n 34_o l._n 1._o for_o pay_n r._n day_n p._n 4â—_n l_o penul_v foâ—_n heleb_n r._n helek_n so_o p._n 43._o p._n 43._o l._n 7._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 49._o l._n 1._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d l._n 34._o â—_o diphilus_n p._n 53._o l._n ult_n for_o mountain_n r._n mountain_n p._n 56._o l._n 3._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 57_o l_o 8._o for_o bare_a r._n bear_v p._n 62._o l._n 24_o r._n gophin_n p_o 67._o l._n ult_n r._n his_o wretchedness_n in_o the_o sale_n of_o he_o p_o 69._o l_o 2._o r._n residue_n p._n 78._o l._n 34._o for_o stop_v r._n strip_v p._n 81._o l._n 27._o for_o can_v to_o it_o r._n come_v to_o it_o p._n 82._o l._n ult_n r._n that_o count_v the_o year_n and_o consul_n p._n 86._o l._n 23._o r._n take_v upon_o he_o to_o accuse_v p_o 93._o l._n 22._o r._n bishop_n of_o jerusalem_n p._n 99_o l._n 10._o for_o hellenâ—_n r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 109._o l._n 23_o r._n be_v to_o sichem_n p._n 113._o l._n 22._o for_o chijun_n r._n chijun_n so_o l._n 23._o and_o elsewhere_o p._n 114._o l._n 9_o after_o these_o word_n in_o one_o series_n or_o in_o one_o body_n add_v as_o see_v ezek._n 8.10_o p._n 115._o l._n penult_n r._n stevens_n confute_v p._n 118._o for_o thy_o labour_n r._n the_o labour_n p._n 125._o l._n 18._o r._n have_v in_o this_o place_n p._n 134._o l_o â—_o for_o expect_v r._n expel_v p._n 140_o 141._o and_o so_o in_o other_o place_n the_o title_n be_v mistake_v by_o the_o printer_n and_o a_o commentary_n upon_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n set_v instead_o of_o the_o roman_a story_n such_o lapse_n the_o reader_n will_v pardon_v and_o correct_v p._n 144._o l._n ult_n leave_v out_o these_o word_n to_o be_v admire_v p._n 164._o l._n ult_n r._n but_o he_o do_v not_o p._n 165._o l._n 27._o for_o then_o r._n that_o p._n 192._o l._n 3._o r._n return_n p._n 198._o l._n 12._o r._n act._n 12._o p._n 212_o the_o 14_o and_o 15_o line_n be_v superfluous_a p._n 213._o l._n 27._o r._n they_o force_v they_o p._n 216._o l._n 1._o r._n content_v p._n 232._o l._n 1._o for_o good_a r._n god_n l._n 8._o r._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d p._n 237._o l._n 34._o leave_n and_o out_o after_o maâ—_n 18.18_o p._n 339._o l._n 15._o r._n between_o caesarea_n and_o joppa_n p._n 245._o l._n 23._o for_o own_o tolerable_a r._n more_o tolerable_a p._n 247_o l._n 17._o r._n arm_v p._n 2â—7_n l._n 1._o for_o ver_fw-la 9_o r._n ver_fw-la 1â—_n a_o second_o part_n of_o the_o harmony_n of_o the_o evangelist_n act._n 1._o act._n 2._o act._n 3._o act._n 4._o act._n 5._o act._n 6._o act._n 7._o act._n 8._o act._n 9_o to_o ver_fw-la 10._o act._n 9_o vers._n 23_o etc._n etc._n to_o vers._n 32._o act._n 9_o ver_fw-la 32._o act._n 10._o act._n 11._o ver_fw-la 19_o to_o ver_fw-la 26._o act._n 11._o vers._n 26._o act._n 11._o vers._n 28._o 28._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o which_o word_n they_o render_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d mat._n 1.1_o year_n of_o christ_n 33._o 33._o luk._n 14.1_o 14.1_o maâ—_n 28.1_o 28.1_o joh._n 20.1_o 20.1_o joh._n 19.25_o 19.25_o luk._n 24.10_o mark_v 15.48_o 15.48_o mar._n 16.1_o 16.1_o compare_v mat_n 27.56_o &_o mark_v 15.40_o 15.40_o luk._n 24.10_o 24.10_o mar._n 16.3_o 16.3_o maâ—_n 16.2_o 16.2_o luke_n 8.3_o 8.3_o mat._n 28.2_o 28.2_o maâ—_n 16.5_o 16.5_o mat_n 28.5_o mark_v 16_o 6._o 6._o luk._n 24.3_o 24.3_o joh._n 12.12_o 12.12_o luk._n 24.5_o 24.5_o ibid._n 9_o mar._n 16.8_o 16.8_o joh._n 20.2_o 3.4_o etc._n etc._n etc._n ibid._n 10.11_o etc._n etc._n 1_o apparition_n 2_o apparition_n 3_o apparition_z 4_o apparition_z 5_o apparition_z 6_o apparition_z 7_o apparition_z 8_o apparition_z apparition_z so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d act._n 13.20_o 13.20_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d plutarch_n post_fw-la regis_fw-la tempora_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d post_fw-la tempora_fw-la trojana_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d post_fw-la noctem_fw-la etc._n etc._n psal._n 118._o saturday_n or_o jew_n sabbath_n sunday_n monday_n tuesday_n the_o sop_n give_v to_o judas_n not_o at_o the_o passeover_n nor_o at_o jerusalem_n but_o two_o day_n before_o the_o one_o and_o two_o mile_n from_o the_o other_o wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n the_o jew_n sabbath_n sunday_n the_o lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n lord_n day_n monday_n tuesday_n wednesday_n thursday_n friday_n saturday_n saturday_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d import_v the_o time_n here_o &_o so_o the_o syriack_n read_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o he_o be_v break_v bread_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_fw-mi ruf._n festum_fw-la dionem_fw-la etc._n etc._n annal._n l._n 1._o 1._o sueton._n in_o tiber._n cap._n 39.40_o 39.40_o tacit._n annal._n lib._n 6._o 6._o cap._n 42_o 43_o 44._o 44._o lib._n 58._o taeit._fw-la lib._n 6._o annal._n dion_n ubi_fw-la supâ—a_fw-la tiberius_n incite_v the_o chief_a man_n to_o mischief_n de_fw-fr benef_fw-fr lib._n 3._o cap._n 26._o dion_n lib._n 58._o a_o venerable_a antiquity_n for_o shave_a crown_n sueton_n in_o tibe._n c._n 67._o egesip_n de_fw-fr excid_n jerus_n l._n 2._o cap._n 4._o 4._o joseph_n antiq._n lib._n 18._o c._n 4._o annal._n lib._n 2_o c_o c_o antiq._n lib._n 8._o cap._n 4._o &_o de_fw-la bello_fw-la jud._n â—_o c._n 〈…〉_z 〈…〉_z philo_z in_o legate_n ad_fw-la cajum_fw-la cajum_fw-la hieron_n 2_o cor._n 11.21_o phil._n 3.5_o rom._n 11.1_o tit._n 1.12_o act._n 17.28_o 1_o cor_fw-la 15.33_o act._n 22.3_o gal._n 1.14_o act._n 18.3_o act._n 8.3_o and_o 22.4_o act_n 26.11_o 26.11_o dion_n sub_fw-la his_o coâ—â—_n coâ—â—_n in_o tiber_n cap._n 17_o 17_o or_o grandchild_n in_o chron._n mundi_fw-la l._n 8._o joseph_n ant._n l._n 1â—_n c._n 5._o see_v how_o egesippus_fw-la relate_v this_o story_n de_fw-fr excid_n hieros_n l._n 1._o c._n 5._o 5._o in_o anacephal_a in_o biblioth_n patr._n tom_n 7_o 7_o chron._n ad_fw-la annum_fw-la chr_n 41._o 41._o in_o chron._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d dor._n josephus_n relate_v this_o story_n far_o different_a from_o philo_n for_o he_o say_v that_o caius_n send_v away_o petronius_n for_o this_o purpose_n but_o philo_n that_o he_o be_v in_o judea_n already_o josephus_n that_o the_o notice_n of_o the_o message_n come_v in_o time_n of_o seednesse_n philo_n in_o time_n of_o harvest_n josephus_n that_o the_o jew_n come_v to_o petronius_n at_o pâ—olemais_n and_o tiberias_n philo_n in_o phoenicia_n and_o the_o like_a which_o the_o raeder_n will_v ready_o see_v if_o he_o compare_v the_o two_o author_n together_o and_o his_o judgement_n subscribe_v to_o philo_n as_o the_o more_o probable_a he_o be_v at_o the_o emperor_n court_n when_o these_o thing_n be_v do_v but_o only_o that_o he_o have_v flourish_v the_o truth_n with_o rhetoric_n more_o than_o needful_a eccles._n hist._n l._n â—â—_o c._n 5._o 5._o act._n 4.15_o 4.15_o cap._n 5.14_o &_o 6.1_o &_o 9.1_o 9.1_o act._n 8.1_o 8.1_o act._n 8.2_o 8.2_o act._n 11.29_o 1_o cor._n 15.6_o 15.6_o act._n 24.5_o 24.5_o lib._n 1._o advers._fw-la nazaraeâ—â—_n pag._n 120._o 120._o lib._n 2._o c._n 15._o 15._o de_fw-fr scriptorib_n eccles._n â—om_n 1._o pag._n 102._o 102._o lib._n 2._o cap._n 16.17_o 16.17_o bibl._n sanct._n l._n in_o voce_fw-la philo._n philo._n lib._n 2._o cap._n 1._o de_fw-fr monach._n monach._n apparat._n sacer._n in_o voce_fw-mi philo._n philo._n in_o legate_n ad_fw-la caiâ—â—n_n caiâ—â—n_n in_o chronico_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d within_o the_o enclosure_n enclosure_n tom._n 2._o julii_fw-la 25._o 25._o de_fw-fr instiâ—â—_n cleric_a l._n 2._o cap._n 56._o extat_fw-la in_o auâ—tariâ—_n ad_fw-la bibliâ—th_n patrum_fw-la ecl_n 620._o 620._o tom._n 10._o col_fw-fr 849._o 849._o tom._n 3._o p._n 143._o 143._o mr._n perk_n on_o the_o creed_n creed_n pag._n 410._o 410._o sess._n 4._o deâ—ret_fw-la 1._o extaâ—_fw-la tom_fw-mi 4_o conciliâ—rum_n parâ—_n 2._o 2._o lib._n 4_o de_fw-la verbo_fw-la non_fw-la script_n c._n 2._o extat_fw-la tom_n 1._o pag_n 166._o 166._o ibid._n cap._n 9_o 9_o vid._n whitaker_n de_fw-fr s._n script_n conâ—rov_n 1._o q._n 6._o c._n 5._o 5._o sanctius_n in_o act._n 12._o 12._o sanct._n ubi_fw-la supra_fw-la ex_fw-la chrysost_fw-la chrysost_fw-la augusti_fw-la â—_o cap._n 18.19.20_o 18.19.20_o annâ—_n aâ—_n ann_n ann_n vid._n baron_n baron_n chrysost._n iâ—_n loc_n hom_n 27._o 27._o vid._n salmeron_n in_o locum_fw-la locum_fw-la atetius_fw-la in_o loc_n loc_n glocestershire_n and_o oxfordshire_n oxfordshire_n buckinghamshire_n and_o hartfordshire_n see_v camden_n biâ—an_n biâ—an_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d maldâ—n_n maldâ—n_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d regiam_fw-la regiam_fw-la it_o may_v be_v this_o story_n aim_v something_o at_o simon_n peter_n
the_o like_a express_v it_o sine_fw-la merito_fw-la nostro_fw-la meruimus_fw-la we_o have_v obtain_v it_o without_o our_o merit_n part_n ii_o the_o roman_a story_n sect._n i._n the_o state_n of_o the_o city_n hitherto_o the_o city_n rome_n be_v build_v by_o romulus_n in_o the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3175._o in_o the_o fifteen_o year_n of_o amaziab_n king_n of_o judah_n and_o in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la the_o second_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n it_o have_v stand_v from_o the_o time_n of_o its_o first_o foundation_n etc._n to_o this_o year_n in_o which_o it_o put_v the_o lord_n of_o life_n to_o death_n seven_o hundred_o fourscore_o and_o five_o year_n and_o have_v undergo_v and_o pass_v through_o two_o different_a and_o diverse_a kind_n of_o government_n and_o be_v now_o but_o late_o enter_v upon_o a_o three_o the_o first_o be_v under_o king_n for_o 243._o year_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o government_n as_o of_o the_o city_n itself_o be_v lay_v in_o the_o blood_n of_o remus_n shed_v by_o his_o brother_n romulus_n who_o be_v the_o founder_n of_o the_o city_n the_o second_o be_v under_o consul_n 467._o year_n from_o the_o expulsion_n of_o tarquin_n the_o last_o king_n to_o the_o consulship_n of_o hirtius_n and_o pansa_n which_o be_v the_o year_n that_o augustus_n begin_v to_o rule_v with_o antony_n and_o lepidus_n this_o change_n of_o the_o government_n be_v likewise_o found_v in_o blood_n as_o the_o former_a have_v be_v namely_o of_o lucrece_n aruns_n and_o brutus_n and_o in_o the_o extirpation_n of_o tarquiâ—s_n house_n a_o thiâ—d_o manner_n of_o government_n have_v the_o city_n and_o empire_n now_o begin_v upon_o and_o have_v be_v under_o it_o threescore_o and_o two_o year_n namely_o a_o monarchy_n again_o but_o the_o name_n only_o change_v from_o a_o king_n to_o a_o emperor_n and_o the_o foundation_n of_o this_o change_n be_v also_o lay_v in_o blood_n as_o the_o other_o have_v be_v namely_o in_o the_o death_n of_o julius_n caesar_n antony_n and_o cleopatra_n the_o carriage_n of_o tarquin_n the_o last_o of_o the_o king_n have_v bring_v the_o city_n into_o a_o opinion_n that_o monarchy_n be_v a_o enemy_n to_o liberty_n and_o the_o growth_n and_o flourish_a of_o that_o state_n under_o another_o manner_n of_o government_n have_v so_o confirm_v this_o opinion_n that_o they_o be_v soon_o put_v out_o of_o their_o liberty_n than_o out_o of_o belief_n of_o that_o position_n brutus_n and_o collatinus_n who_o be_v the_o expeller_n of_o tarquin_n and_o of_o monarchy_n with_o he_o have_v find_v out_o a_o government_n likely_a enough_o in_o all_o humane_a judgement_n to_o heal_v all_o these_o mischief_n and_o miscarriage_n that_o monarchical_a tyranny_n do_v bring_v upon_o they_o when_o they_o appoint_v two_o supreme_a governor_n in_o stead_n of_o one_o and_o their_o power_n and_o rule_v to_o be_v but_o annual_a in_o stead_n of_o for_o life_n the_o success_n be_v agreeable_a to_o the_o policy_n and_o so_o happy_o and_o 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cruelty_n and_o how_o forward_v nor_o which_o be_v wonderful_a do_v he_o in_o all_o this_o delicacy_n and_o effeminateness_n remit_v or_o ungive_v any_o thing_n of_o his_o bloodinesse_n and_o cruelty_n but_o as_o in_o his_o person_n he_o play_v the_o swine_n in_o capri_n so_o by_o his_o letter_n do_v he_o the_o lion_n at_o rome_n the_o cowardice_n and_o fawn_v of_o the_o senate_n from_o which_o he_o be_v run_v and_o which_o he_o seek_v to_o destroy_v do_v forward_o his_o inhuman_a disposition_n exceed_v much_o for_o as_o this_o inhumanity_n provoke_v he_o to_o do_v what_o mischief_n he_o can_v so_o do_v their_o compliance_n show_v he_o that_o he_o may_v do_v what_o his_o list_n when_o thing_n be_v
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time_n under_o some_o other_o title_n or_o because_o by_o this_o toleration_n he_o will_v animate_v more_o to_o be_v saucy_a with_o he_o to_o their_o own_o confusion_n but_o far_o more_o brave_a because_o far_o more_o necessary_a and_o discreet_a be_v the_o courage_n of_o terentius_n who_o have_v the_o sober_a and_o well_o guide_v valour_n not_o to_o thrust_v himself_o into_o danger_n but_o to_o bring_v he_o out_o he_o be_v accuse_v of_o dependence_n upon_o sejanus_n and_o of_o comply_v with_o he_o and_o he_o deny_v not_o the_o accusation_n but_o strengthen_v it_o and_o come_v off_o better_a by_o extremity_n of_o confession_n than_o other_o can_v do_v with_o the_o utmost_a of_o excuse_v i_o love_v say_v he_o and_o honour_a sejanus_n because_o tiberius_n love_v he_o and_o do_v he_o honour_n so_o that_o if_o he_o do_v well_o i_o do_v not_o amiss_o and_o if_o the_o emperor_n that_o know_v all_o thing_n exact_o be_v deceive_v it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o i_o be_v deceive_v with_o he_o it_o be_v not_o for_o we_o to_o regard_v or_o search_v for_o what_o cause_n the_o emperor_n promote_v such_o a_o man_n to_o he_o belong_v the_o property_n of_o that_o judgement_n to_o we_o the_o glory_n of_o obsequiousness_n his_o treason_n against_o the_o commonwealth_n and_o plot_n against_o the_o emperor_n life_n let_v they_o bear_v the_o punishment_n they_o have_v deserve_v but_o as_o for_o friendship_n and_o observance_n the_o same_o end_n will_v acquit_v tiberius_n and_o we_o etc._n etc._n and_o in_o this_o strain_n and_o boldness_n proceed_v he_o on_o still_o drive_v on_o his_o affection_n to_o sejanus_n through_o sejanus_n to_o the_o emperor_n that_o he_o lead_v the_o accusation_n the_o same_o way_n to_o light_n upon_o he_o also_o insomuch_o that_o in_o a_o instant_n his_o accuser_n have_v change_v place_n with_o he_o for_o they_o be_v accuse_v and_o he_o discharge_v sect._n viii_o other_o occurrence_n of_o this_o year_n but_o tiberius_n his_o humour_n be_v too_o strong_a to_o be_v stop_v with_o such_o rhetoric_n in_o behalf_n of_o any_o more_o though_o this_o prevail_v for_o terentius_n himself_o for_o present_o come_v accusatory_a letter_n against_o sex_n vestilius_n as_o a_o libeller_n against_o c._n caesar_n who_o to_o avoid_v death_n by_o the_o hand_n of_o some_o other_o man_n will_v prevent_v it_o with_o his_o own_o and_o so_o cut_v his_o vein_n but_o tie_v they_o up_o again_o and_o repent_v his_o fact_n he_o send_v a_o supplicatory_a petition_n to_o the_o emperor_n that_o he_o may_v live_v of_o which_o receive_v but_o a_o comfortless_a answer_n he_o let_v they_o open_v to_o bleed_v again_o afterwards_o follow_v the_o accusation_n of_o annius_n pollio_n appius_n silanus_n scaurus_n mamercus_n sabinus_n calvisius_n vitia_n the_o mother_n of_o fusius_fw-la geminius_n late_a consul_n put_v to_o death_n for_o nothing_o but_o for_o bewail_v the_o death_n of_o her_o own_o son_n vescularius_n and_o marinus_n execute_v in_o capres_n and_o geminius_n and_o celsus_n come_v to_o such_o fatal_a end_n towards_o the_o end_n of_o the_o year_n in_o this_o year_n there_o be_v a_o book_n of_o the_o sibyl_n offer_v to_o the_o senate_n but_o he_o that_o offer_v it_o be_v sharp_o check_v by_o the_o emperor_n for_o his_o pain_n some_o scarcity_n of_o provision_n oppress_v the_o city_n and_o plenty_n of_o mock_n upon_o the_o stage_n jerk_v the_o emperor_n but_o course_n be_v take_v ere_o long_o for_o the_o remedy_n of_o both_o and_o for_o the_o latter_a soon_o than_o the_o former_a scribonianus_n his_o place_n of_o consulship_n be_v often_o change_v according_a to_o tiberius_n his_o waver_a pleasure_n the_o politician_n crafty_o shake_v and_o unsettle_v that_o ancient_a government_n that_o his_o new_a one_o of_o monarchy_n may_v sit_v the_o fast_o flaecus_fw-la avilius_n be_v make_v governor_n of_o egypt_n a_o iberian_n by_o birth_n as_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o dion_n and_o a_o future_a scourge_n of_o the_o jew_n as_o will_v appear_v hereafter_o rubrius_n fabatus_n when_o he_o see_v the_o city_n in_o so_o desperate_a a_o estate_n betake_v himself_o to_o fall_v to_o the_o parthian_n but_o be_v apprehend_v by_o the_o way_n and_o yet_o escape_v punishment_n be_v forget_v rather_o then_o forgive_v sect._n ix_o tiberius_n perplex_v among_o all_o the_o trouble_n of_o that_o city_n that_o have_v be_v ever_o the_o troubler_n of_o the_o world_n that_o befall_v she_o this_o year_n when_o she_o slay_v the_o prince_n of_o quietness_n and_o peace_n it_o may_v not_o be_v amiss_o to_o look_v a_o little_a upon_o the_o disquietness_n of_o he_o himself_o within_o himself_o that_o cause_v this_o disquiet_n to_o she_o and_o embrue_v she_o so_o oft_o in_o her_o own_o blood_n and_o this_o we_o may_v do_v by_o the_o anatomy_n that_o tacitus_n have_v read_v upon_o his_o entrails_n spy_v the_o thought_n of_o his_o heart_n through_o the_o word_n of_o a_o letter_n that_o he_o write_v in_o behalf_n of_o coâ—ta_n messalinus_n a_o old_a favourite_n of_o he_o the_o letter_n bear_v the_o date_n of_o this_o year_n as_o appear_v by_o the_o same_o tacitus_n and_o the_o word_n this_o tenor_n as_o be_v attest_v both_o by_o he_o and_o suetonius_n 67._o quid_fw-la scribam_fw-la vobis_fw-la p._n c._n aut_fw-la quomodo_fw-la scribam_fw-la aut_fw-la quid_fw-la omnino_fw-la non_fw-la scribam_fw-la hoc_fw-la tempore_fw-la dii_fw-la i_o deaeque_fw-la peius_fw-la perdant_fw-la quam_fw-la perire_fw-la quotidie_fw-la sentio_fw-la si_fw-la scio_fw-la what_o i_o shall_v write_v to_o you_o o_o father_n conscript_n or_o how_o i_o shall_v write_v or_o what_o i_o shall_v not_o write_v at_o all_o at_o this_o time_n the_o god_n and_o goddess_n confound_v i_o worse_o than_o i_o feel_v myself_o to_o perish_v daily_o if_o i_o can_v tell_v whereupon_o suetonius_n say_v that_o be_v weary_a of_o himself_o he_o almost_o confess_v the_o sum_n of_o his_o misery_n but_o my_o other_o author_n thus_o large_o thus_o do_v even_o his_o villainy_n and_o flagitiousnesse_n turn_v to_o punishment_n to_o himself_o nor_o be_v it_o in_o vain_a that_o the_o wise_a of_o man_n be_v wont_a to_o affirm_v that_o if_o the_o mind_n of_o tyrant_n be_v but_o open_v torture_n and_o stripe_n may_v be_v spy_v there_o see_v that_o the_o mind_n be_v butcher_v with_o cruelty_n lust_n and_o evil_a project_n as_o the_o body_n be_v with_o blow_n for_o not_o solitariness_n not_o fortune_n can_v protect_v tiberius_n but_o that_o he_o confess_v the_o torment_n of_o his_o breast_n and_o his_o own_o punishment_n part_n iii_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o jew_n sect._n i._n a_o commotion_n of_o they_o if_o the_o method_n of_o josephus_n be_v chronicall_a and_o the_o order_n of_o his_o rank_v of_o story_n to_o be_v presume_v for_o the_o order_n of_o their_o fall_v out_o at_o this_o time_n or_o hereabout_o shall_v be_v take_v in_o that_o 4._o famosum_fw-la
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the_o woeful_a mother_n may_v doleful_o conjecture_v what_o will_v become_v of_o herself_o by_o this_o fatal_a and_o terrible_a end_n of_o the_o poor_a prince_n her_o son_n and_o it_o be_v not_o long_o but_o she_o taste_v of_o the_o very_a same_o cup_n both_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o death_n and_o of_o the_o same_o kind_n of_o disgrace_v after_o for_o be_v pine_v after_o the_o same_o manner_n that_o it_o may_v be_v colour_v that_o she_o do_v it_o of_o herself_o a_o death_n very_o unfitting_a the_o great_a princess_n than_o alive_a she_o be_v afterward_o slander_v by_o tiberius_n for_o adultery_n with_o gallus_n that_o die_v so_o late_o and_o that_o she_o cause_v she_o own_o death_n for_o grief_n of_o he_o she_o and_o her_o son_n be_v deny_v burial_n befit_v their_o degree_n but_o hide_v in_o some_o obscure_a place_n where_o no_o one_o know_v which_o be_v no_o little_a distaste_n and_o discontentment_n to_o the_o people_n the_o tyrant_n think_v it_o a_o special_a cause_n of_o 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and_o pick_v up_o all_o the_o force_n his_o dominion_n can_v afford_v and_o those_o no_o more_o neither_o if_o they_o be_v enough_o than_o the_o present_a necessity_n and_o forlorn_a estate_n of_o himself_o and_o kingdom_n do_v require_v what_o will_v have_v be_v the_o issue_n and_o where_o the_o storm_n of_o this_o cloud_n and_o shower_n of_o these_o preparation_n will_v have_v light_v vitellius_n give_v not_o leave_v and_o time_n to_o be_v determine_v for_o raise_v all_o the_o legion_n of_o syria_n and_o thereabouts_o for_o tiberius_n upon_o these_o trouble_n have_v make_v he_o ruler_n of_o all_o the_o east_n he_o pretend_v a_o invasion_n of_o mesopotamia_n but_o artabanus_n suspect_v whither_o that_o war_n may_v bend_v indeed_o and_o his_o discontent_a subject_n upon_o this_o conceit_n of_o the_o assistance_n of_o the_o roman_n dare_v to_o show_v their_o revolt_n against_o he_o which_o they_o dare_v not_o before_o he_o be_v force_v to_o flee_v with_o some_o forlorn_a company_n into_o scythia_n hope_v that_o his_o absence_n may_v remove_v the_o hatred_n of_o the_o parthian_n which_o we_o shall_v see_v hereafter_o come_v according_o to_o pass_v and_o vitellius_n without_o any_o blow_n strike_v make_v tiridates_n king_n in_o his_o stead_n sect._n ii_o tiberius_n still_o cruel_a and_o shameless_a he_o be_v now_o get_v to_o antium_n so_o near_o the_o city_n that_o in_o a_o day_n or_o night_n space_n he_o can_v have_v or_o give_v a_o return_n to_o any_o letter_n for_o all_o his_o age_n which_o the_o parthian_a king_n have_v despise_v and_o for_o all_o the_o trouble_n that_o he_o have_v cause_v yet_o remit_v he_o nothing_o of_o his_o wont_a rigour_n and_o savageness_n the_o seianians_n be_v as_o eager_o hunt_v after_o as_o ever_o and_o it_o be_v no_o escape_n nor_o help_v to_o the_o accuse_a though_o the_o crime_n object_v be_v either_o obsolete_a or_o feign_a this_o cause_v fulcinius_n trio_n for_o that_o he_o will_v not_o stay_v for_o the_o formal_a accusation_n which_o he_o perceive_v be_v come_v against_o he_o to_o end_v himself_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n have_v leave_v most_o bitter_a and_o invective_n taunt_n and_o taxation_n in_o his_o last_o will_n and_o testament_n against_o tiberius_n and_o his_o darling_n macro_n the_o executor_n dare_v not_o publish_v nor_o prove_v the_o will_n for_o fear_n of_o the_o executioner_n but_o the_o emperor_n when_o he_o hear_v of_o the_o content_n of_o it_o cause_v it_o to_o be_v open_o read_v and_o divulge_v and_o pride_v himself_o in_o those_o just_a reproach_n nor_o want_v he_o more_o of_o those_o reproach_n from_o other_o also_o but_o he_o repay_v the_o author_n in_o cruel_a discontent_n though_o he_o seem_v to_o hear_v his_o own_o disgrace_n with_o delight_n for_o sextius_n paconianus_n be_v strangle_v in_o prison_n for_o make_v verse_n against_o he_o it_o may_v be_v they_o be_v those_o in_o suetonius_n asper_n &_o immitis_n breviter_fw-la his_fw-la omne_fw-la dicam_fw-la dispeream_fw-la si_fw-la te_fw-la mater_fw-la amare_fw-la potest_fw-la etc._n etc._n granius_n martianus_n trebellienus_n rufus_n and_o poppaeus_n sabinus_n be_v accuse_v for_o some_o other_o offence_n and_o die_v by_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o tatius_n gratianus_n that_o have_v once_o be_v praetor_n be_v condemn_v by_o a_o praetorian_a law_n and_o escape_v his_o own_o hand_n indeed_o he_o do_v not_o escape_v the_o executioner_n the_o christian_a history_n the_o jewish_a and_o the_o roman_n for_o the_o year_n of_o christ_n 37._o and_o of_o tiberius_n 22._o be_v the_o year_n of_o the_o world_n 3964._o and_o of_o the_o city_n of_o rome_n 789._o consul_n q._n plautius_n sextus_n papinius_n or_o papirius_n london_n print_v by_o r._n c._n for_o andrew_n crook_n 1645._o act_n ix_o vers._n 23._o and_o after_o that_o many_o day_n be_v fulfil_v etc._n etc._n sect._n account_v of_o the_o chronologie_n the_o conversion_n of_o paul_n we_o observe_v ere_o while_n and_o prove_v to_o be_v in_o the_o year_n next_o after_o our_o saviour_n ascension_n or_o anno_fw-la christi_fw-la 34._o now_o paul_n himself_o testify_v that_o three_o year_n after_o his_o conversion_n he_o go_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n gal._n 1.18_o that_o space_n of_o time_n he_o spend_v in_o damascus_n in_o arabia_n and_o in_o damascus_n again_o for_o so_o himself_o testify_v in_o the_o verse_n before_o but_o how_o long_a time_n he_o take_v up_o in_o these_o several_a abode_n in_o these_o place_n it_o be_v not_o determinable_a nor_o indeed_o be_v it_o material_a to_o inquire_v since_o we_o have_v the_o whole_a time_n of_o all_o his_o abode_n sum_v up_o in_o that_o account_n of_o three_o year_n now_o whereas_o there_o be_v no_o mention_n in_o luke_n relation_n of_o his_o journey_n into_o arabia_n but_o he_o make_v he_o as_o one_o will_v think_v to_o come_v up_o to_o jerusalem_n at_o his_o first_o departure_n from_o damascus_n we_o have_v
be_v doubt_v of_o and_o which_o may_v just_o hinder_v the_o entertainment_n of_o it_o be_v what_o be_v add_v in_o the_o common_a relation_n of_o the_o story_n that_o tiberius_n refer_v this_o matter_n to_o the_o senate_n with_o his_o vote_n that_o christ_n shall_v be_v number_v among_o the_o god_n and_o christianity_n among_o their_o holy_a thing_n the_o senate_n cross_v he_o in_o it_o with_o flat_a contrariety_n because_o pilate_n have_v write_v of_o it_o to_o he_o and_o not_o to_o they_o now_o in_o the_o story_n that_o have_v be_v relate_v before_o concern_v the_o state_n and_o affair_n of_o rome_n and_o by_o other_o story_n that_o may_v be_v produce_v in_o other_o year_n it_o be_v but_o too_o miserable_o evident_a that_o the_o senate_n be_v in_o too_o great_a a_o fear_n and_o slavery_n to_o the_o tyrant_n then_o to_o dare_v to_o affront_v he_o so_o palpable_o and_o plain_o pilate_n after_o this_o as_o 41._o eusebius_n allege_v out_o of_o the_o roman_a historian_n fall_v into_o many_o misery_n end_v himself_o with_o his_o own_o hand_n the_o common_a and_o desperate_a roman_a remedy_n against_o distress_n chron._n cassiodorus_n have_v place_v his_o death_n under_o the_o consulship_n of_o publicola_n and_o nerva_n and_o the_o common_a report_n have_v give_v it_o in_o that_o the_o place_n be_v vienna_n sect._n 2._o agrippa_z his_o journey_n to_o rome_n this_o agrippa_n be_v the_o son_n of_o aristobulus_n who_o die_v by_o the_o cruelty_n of_o his_o father_n herod_n and_o he_o be_v a_o man_n that_o have_v sufficient_o try_v the_o vicissitude_n of_o fortune_n heretofore_o but_o never_o so_o much_o as_o he_o be_v about_o to_o do_v now_o a_o good_a while_n ago_o he_o have_v live_v in_o rome_n and_o in_o the_o familiarity_n of_o drusus_n the_o son_n of_o tiberius_n that_o great_a acquaintance_n cause_v great_a expense_n partly_o in_o his_o own_o port_n and_o pomp_n and_o partly_o in_o gift_n and_o beneficence_n bestow_v upon_o other_o when_o drusus_n die_v than_o agrippaes_n estate_n be_v not_o only_o dead_a but_o his_o hope_n also_o so_o that_o he_o be_v force_v to_o flee_v from_o rome_n into_o judea_n for_o debt_n and_o poverty_n and_o thence_o into_o a_o certain_a tower_n in_o idumea_n for_o shame_n and_o discontent_n his_o wife_n cyprus_n by_o solicitation_n and_o sue_n to_o herodias_n obtain_v herod_n favour_n so_o far_o that_o he_o be_v remove_v to_o tiberias_n make_v a_o chief_a governor_n or_o officer_n of_o the_o city_n and_o allowance_n give_v he_o for_o his_o diet._n but_o this_o last_v not_o long_o ere_o herod_n and_o he_o fall_v out_o whereupon_o he_o remove_v away_o and_o betake_v himself_o to_o flaccus_n the_o then_o governor_n of_o syria_n who_o have_v be_v his_o old_a acquaintance_n at_o rome_n long_o he_o have_v not_o continue_v there_o neither_o but_o aristobulus_n his_o brother_n wrought_v he_o out_o of_o his_o favour_n and_o abode_n there_o from_o thence_o he_o go_v to_o ptolomais_n intend_v to_o have_v set_v from_o thence_o for_o italy_n but_o be_v force_v to_o stay_v till_o he_o have_v borrow_v some_o money_n before_o be_v now_o furnish_v and_o ship_v he_o be_v again_o stop_v by_o herennius_n capito_n the_o governor_n of_o jamnia_n for_o some_o money_n that_o he_o ought_v to_o the_o treasury_n of_o tiberius_n and_o what_o must_v he_o do_v now_o he_o must_v not_o go_v till_o he_o have_v pay_v the_o sum_n and_o when_o he_o have_v pay_v it_o than_o he_o can_v go_v for_o want_n of_o more_o he_o take_v on_o he_o to_o obey_v the_o arrest_n while_o it_o be_v day_n but_o at_o night_n he_o cut_v cable_n and_o set_v away_o for_o alexandria_n there_o he_o renew_v his_o borrow_n again_o of_o alexander_n alabarcha_n and_o obtain_v of_o he_o five_o talent_n for_o his_o viaticum_fw-la and_o now_o this_o year_n namely_o as_o josephus_n note_v it_o the_o year_n before_o tiberius_n his_o death_n he_o set_v away_o for_o italy_n again_o this_o alabarcha_n be_v not_o the_o proper_a name_n of_o any_o man_n but_o the_o title_n of_o man_n that_o bare_a rule_n over_o the_o jew_n in_o alexandria_n for_o i_o observe_v that_o as_o josephus_n in_o one_o place_n call_v it_o alabarcha_n and_o alabarchus_n so_o in_o another_o he_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fix_v it_o thereby_o as_o a_o title_n rather_o to_o any_o man_n that_o bear_v such_o a_o office_n then_o as_o a_o proper_a name_n to_o any_o man_n at_o all_o and_o if_o conjecture_n may_v read_v its_o denotation_n &_o etymology_n it_o seem_v to_o be_v compound_v of_o the_o arabic_a article_n al_n which_o they_o fix_v before_o all_o their_o noun_n and_o the_o egyptian_a word_n abrecâ—_n which_o in_o that_o language_n import_v dignity_n and_o honour_n as_o we_o have_v observe_v elsewhere_o as_o may_v be_v collect_v from_o the_o proclamation_n before_o joseph_n gen._n 41.43_o agrippa_n be_v arrive_v at_o puteoli_n send_v to_o the_o emperor_n to_o capre_v to_o certify_v he_o of_o his_o come_n and_o of_o 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