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A18109
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A treatise of vse and custome
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Casaubon, Meric, 1599-1671.
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1638
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STC 4753; ESTC S107685
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in_o sensibus_fw-la hos_fw-la naturâ_fw-la certos_fw-la putamus_fw-la illa_fw-la quae_fw-la alii_fw-la sic_fw-la aliis_fw-la secus_fw-la nec_fw-la isdem_fw-la semper_fw-la uno_fw-la modo_fw-la videntur_fw-la ficta_fw-la esse_fw-la dicimus_fw-la so_o learned_a and_o judicious_a tully_n of_o the_o vulgar_a opinion_n and_o judgement_n of_o his_o day_n and_o have_v he_o live_v in_o we_o it_o be_v very_o probable_a he_o will_v have_v say_v as_o much_o of_o we_o instance_n to_o this_o purpose_n take_v from_o ancient_a time_n concern_v the_o variety_n of_o man_n judgement_n in_o point_n of_o right_n and_o wrong_n we_o have_v many_o in_o ancient_a author_n who_o either_o of_o purpose_n upon_o this_o very_a occasion_n or_o upon_o some_o other_o occasion_n and_o to_o another_o end_n have_v treat_v of_o the_o different_a law_n and_o custom_n of_o several_a nation_n see_v plato_n in_o his_o politico_n or_o minoe_n bardesanes_n in_o euseb_n de_fw-fr praepar_n evangel_n lib._n vi_fw-la 10_o sextus_n 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than_o some_o other_o be_v yet_o i_o know_v none_o that_o have_v be_v so_o constant_a where_o divers_a thing_n may_v not_o be_v observe_v once_o forbid_v and_o punishable_a some_o now_o legal_a and_o lawful_a other_o now_o prohibit_v which_o in_o former_a time_n be_v lawful_a in_o a_o word_n no_o nation_n or_o country_n neither_o mede_n nor_o persian_n except_v where_o cancel_v reverse_v and_o repeal_n of_o law_n and_o enact_v of_o other_o much_o different_a if_o not_o contrary_a in_o their_o place_n and_o stead_n have_v not_o be_v usual_a i_o speak_v not_o this_o of_o such_o alteration_n only_o as_o have_v necessary_o proceed_v from_o alteration_n of_o time_n and_o circumstance_n of_o which_o durantus_n in_o his_o speculo_fw-la juris_fw-la well_o and_o pertinent_o nam_fw-la secundùm_fw-la varietatem_fw-la temporum_fw-la jura_fw-la variantur_fw-la humana_fw-la et_fw-la nihil_fw-la pene_fw-la in_o semetipso_fw-la manet_fw-la sed_fw-la currit_fw-la natura_fw-la multas_fw-la 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ac_fw-la plane_n ejusmodi_fw-la qualem_fw-la verisimile_fw-la est_fw-la fuisse_fw-la in_o ipso_fw-la aetatis_fw-la flore_fw-la descripsimus_fw-la vero_fw-la heic_fw-la &_o quod_fw-la invenimus_fw-la in_o alio_fw-la libro_fw-la simili_fw-la de_fw-la causa_fw-la nobis_fw-la allato_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d robertus_fw-la constantinus_n baro_n gymatius_n &_o professor_n graecarum_fw-la literarum_fw-la in_o academia_n montalbanensi_fw-la idemque_fw-la assertor_n audibilis_fw-la coelestisque_fw-la harmoniae_fw-la experientiâ_fw-la quotidianâ_fw-la plusquam_fw-la viginti_fw-la annorum_fw-la haec_fw-la raptim_fw-la exaravi_fw-la in_o gratiam_fw-la amiciss_fw-la viri_fw-la atque_fw-la eruditiss_fw-la d._n johannis_n davini_n montalbani_n 24._o febr._fw-la anno_fw-la 1605._o robore_fw-la &_o constantia_fw-la hic_fw-la est_fw-la rob._n constantinus_n qui_fw-la olim_fw-la apud_fw-la julium_n caesarem_fw-la scaligerum_fw-la vixit_fw-la &_o postea_fw-la lexicon_fw-la publicavit_fw-la caeterùm_fw-la de_fw-la hac_fw-la longaevitate_fw-la ipsius_fw-la haud_fw-la satis_fw-la fidem_fw-la illi_fw-la habeo_fw-la nam_fw-la video_fw-la ipsum_fw-la non_fw-la planè_fw-la affirmare_fw-la quare_fw-la more_fw-it senum_fw-la indulget_fw-la sibi_fw-la &_o annorum_fw-la suorum_fw-la numerum_fw-la nisi_fw-la fallor_fw-la aliquot_fw-la supra_fw-la fidem_fw-la adauget_fw-la so_o far_o those_o write_a adversaria_fw-la of_o this_o constantinus_n you_o may_v read_v in_o thuanus_n tom_fw-mi v_o of_o his_o great_a age_n and_o good_a worth_n as_o a_o scholar_n and_o that_o he_o be_v summus_fw-la bezae_fw-la amicus_fw-la one_o of_o beza_n chief_a and_o dear_a acquaintance_n but_o of_o this_o pretend_a sensible_a knowledge_n of_o the_o celestial_a harmony_n not_o one_o word_n there_o which_o have_v make_v i_o the_o more_o willing_a to_o insert_v here_o and_o make_v public_a what_o i_o have_v elsewhere_o in_o my_o private_a possession_n about_o it_o and_o so_o much_o shall_v suffice_v at_o 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o long_a use_n and_o exercise_n become_v at_o last_o nature_n nature_n than_o we_o say_v by_o the_o ordinance_n and_o appointment_n of_o its_o first_o author_n be_v twofold_a original_a and_o secundarie_n or_o adventitious_a and_o so_o galen_n plain_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d custom_n be_v a_o kind_n of_o adventitious_a or_o adscititious_a nature_n neither_o be_v custom_n when_o it_o be_v once_o become_v natural_a though_o adventitious_a less_o natural_a in_o regard_n of_o the_o common_a nature_n of_o the_o universe_n from_o which_o at_o first_o it_o receive_v the_o power_n and_o propriety_n to_o turn_v in_o time_n into_o nature_n then_o that_o original_a nature_n though_o in_o regard_n of_o the_o particular_a subject_n that_o it_o have_v wrought_v upon_o it_o be_v but_o adventitious_a when_o therefore_o it_o be_v common_o say_v that_o such_o or_o such_o a_o thing_n have_v lose_v its_o nature_n it_o must_v be_v understand_v of_o that_o particular_a nature_n 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