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A16309 Nero Cæsar, or Monarchie depraued An historicall worke. Dedicated, with leaue, to the Duke of Buckingham, Lord Admirall. By the translator of Lucius Florus. Bolton, Edmund, 1575?-1633?; Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 90-1627, engraver. 1624 (1624) STC 3221; ESTC S107099 147,362 336

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munificence_n and_o liberality_n chap._n xiiii_o of_o octavia_z nero_n first_o wife_n and_o of_o some_o other_o woman_n within_o his_o first_o five_o year_n chap._n xv._n the_o death_n of_o agrippina_n augusta_n §_o i._o the_o cause_n for_o which_o nero_n resolve_v to_o destroy_v agrippina_n his_o own_o mother_n page_n 24._o §_o ii_o mean_n think_v and_o agree_v upon_o for_o the_o secret_a destruction_n of_o agrippina_n page_n 26._o §_o iii_o the_o time_n and_o place_n for_o execution_n of_o the_o deed_n with_o a_o partil_a description_n of_o the_o trap-galley_n page_n 28._o §_o four_o agrippina_n feast_v by_o nero_n at_o baiae_n and_o put_v aboard_o the_o trap-galley_n upon_o her_o return_n pag._n 31._o §_o v._o the_o trap_n in_o the_o galley_n miscarry_v agrippina_n regain_n the_o shore_n her_o two_o chief_a attendant_n diverslie_o slay_v pag._n 34._o §_o vi_o doubt_n touch_v agrippina_n escape_n not_o to_o be_v clear_v out_o of_o tacitus_n svetonius_n or_o dio_n attempt_v to_o be_v clear_v otherwise_o pag._n 36._o §_o vii_o nero_n after_o the_o news_n of_o agrippina_n escape_n give_v present_a order_n for_o her_o death_n in_o hope_n to_o make_v it_o seem_v she_o proper_a act_n pag._n 38._o §_o viii_o the_o manner_n of_o agrippina_n murder_n exact_o describe_v pag._n 39_o §_o ix_o nero_n behaviour_n and_o word_n in_o private_a upon_o the_o view_n of_o agrippina_n corpse_n where_o the_o same_o of_o their_o incest_n be_v likewise_o scan_v pag._n 43._o §_o x._o a_o short_a speculation_n touch_v agrippina_n pedigree_n and_o death_n pag._n 46._o §_o xi_o the_o people_n inward_a judgement_n of_o nero_n heinous_a fact_n against_o his_o mother_n in_o what_o sort_n outward_o express_v pag._n 48._o §_o xii_o of_o agrippina_n colony_n and_o commentary_n and_o of_o her_o burial_n pag._n 49._o chap._n xvi_o a_o eclipse_n of_o the_o sun_n and_o the_o day_n of_o agrippina_n death_n observe_v chap._n xvii_o nero_n part_n after_o his_o mother_n end_n towards_o the_o close_n of_o his_o first_o five_o year_n chap._n xviii_o consideration_n touch_v the_o premise_n and_o commonweal_n chap._n xix_o the_o ghost_n of_o agrippina_n and_o other_o apparition_n afflict_v nero._n chap._n xx._n of_o the_o five_o yearly_a play_n and_o prize_v institute_v at_o rome_n by_o nero_n and_o of_o his_o study_n chap._n xxi_o of_o the_o counsel_n of_o history_n for_o the_o worse_a part_n of_o nero_n reign_n after_o his_o first_o quinquennium_fw-la chap._n xxii_o a_o address_n of_o speech_n to_o my_o lord_n touch_v that_o which_o follow_v in_o nero_n reign_n chap._n xxiii_o the_o principal_a wonder_n of_o nero_n time_n and_o of_o princedoome_v the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o five_o year_n of_o nero_n his_o most_o commend_a time_n chap._n xxiiii_o the_o revolt_n in_o britain_n and_o other_o trouble_n of_o war_n §_o i._o a_o introductorie_n sum_n of_o affair_n in_o britain_n from_o the_o roman_n first_o entrance_n under_o julius_n caesar_n till_o the_o present_a revolt_n under_o nero._n pag._n 72._o §_o ii_o the_o britann_n at_o bloody_a odds_n among_o themselves_o upon_o julius_n caesar_n invasion_n pag._n 74._o §_o iii_o the_o effect_n of_o caesar_n two_o invasion_n and_o of_o his_o final_a return_n out_o of_o britain_n pag._n 75._o §_o four_o the_o britann_n and_o the_o thing_n of_o britain_n a_o part_n of_o caesar_n triumph_n over_o the_o gall_n pag._n 78._o §_o v._o of_o the_o britann_n and_o the_o british_a chariot_n of_o maecenas_n under_o augustus_n pag._n 79._o §_o vi_o of_o the_o peace_n of_o britain_n and_o of_o other_o rare_a matter_n there_o under_o tiberius_n pag._n 81._o §_o vii_o britain_n menace_v by_o caligula_n a_o touch_n of_o his_o folly_n and_o tower_n pag._n 83._o §_o viii_o the_o conquest_n of_o britain_n under_o claudius_n caesar._n a_o rare_a coin_n of_o he_o concern_v the_o state_n thereof_o pag._n 85._o chap._n xxv_o the_o intermit_a narration_n of_o the_o revolt_n of_o britain_n under_o nero_n prosecute_v §_o i._o the_o title_n of_o the_o roman_n to_o their_o conquest_n pag._n 91._o §_o ii_o the_o estate_n of_o the_o roman-britanns_a immediate_o before_o the_o revolt_n pag._n 92._o §_o iii_o the_o cause_n of_o the_o grand_a revolt_n boadicia_n quarrel_n the_o chief_a pag._n 97._o §_o four_o the_o person_n and_o quality_n of_o boadicia_n the_o warlike_a widow_n curious_o describe_v pag._n 101._o §_o v._o of_o suetonius_n paullinus_n nero_n lieutenant_n general_a in_o britain_n and_o of_o his_o design_n against_o anglesey_n pag._n 102._o §_o vi_o suetonius_n be_v absent_a upon_o the_o conquest_n of_o anglesey_n what_o roman_a force_n and_o friend_n reside_v behind_o for_o a_o stay_n and_o where_o pag._n 104._o §_o vii_o main_a observation_n touch_v cogidunus_n a_o king_n at_o this_o time_n in_o britain_n pag._n 106._o §_o viii_o boadicia_n and_o the_o britann_n meet_v in_o great_a secrecy_n and_o resolve_v to_o rise_v in_o arm_n pag._n 109._o §_o ix_o the_o druid_n of_o britain_n party_n in_o this_o grand_a revolt_n pag._n 110._o §_o x._o wonder_n fore-show_a the_o over-hanging_a evil_n pag._n 112._o §_o xi_o boadicia_n muster_n and_o attire_n and_o of_o the_o place_n of_o the_o rendezvous_n pag._n 113._o §_o xii_o boadicia_n oration_n to_o her_o army_n afford_v a_o most_o forceable_a point_n to_o inflame_v the_o britann_n by_o oppose_v their_o manner_n to_o the_o roman_n pag._n 115._o §_o xiii_o the_o motion_n and_o action_n of_o this_o mighty_a body_n of_o rebellion_n and_o first_o concern_v the_o roman_a colony_n at_o camalodunum_n and_o the_o castle_n on_o the_o border_n pag._n 119._o §_o xiiii_o the_o roman_a colony_n at_o camalodunum_n destroy_v by_o boadicia_n pag._n 122._o §_o xv._n petilius_n cerealis_n come_v tardy_a to_o the_o rescue_n be_v encounter_v upon_o the_o way_n by_o boadicia_n and_o put_v to_o flight_n pag._n 125._o §_o xvi_o catus_n decianus_n nero_n procurator_n leave_v britain_n without_o leave_n pag._n 127._o §_o xvii_o suetonius_n paullinus_n upon_o the_o news_n of_o boadicia_n rebellion_n come_v in_o haste_n from_o mona_n to_o london_n pag._n 129._o §_o xviii_o of_o nero_n london_n before_o suetonius_n paullinus_n be_v drive_v by_o boadicia_n to_o abandon_v it_o and_o first_o whither_o it_o be_v once_o a_o roman_a colony_n or_o no._n pag._n 131._o §_o xix_o the_o quality_n and_o estate_n of_o london_n immediate_o before_o the_o burn_a pag._n 132._o §_o xx._n nero_n lieutenant_n in_o britain_n abandon_v london_n to_o the_o rebel_n pag._n 139._o §_o xxi_o london_n enter_v sack_v and_o set_v on_o fire_n by_o boadicia_n pag._n 144._o §_o xxii_o verulam_n sack_v and_o destroy_v by_o boadicia_n a_o essential_a difference_n between_o the_o person_n of_o a_o municipium_fw-la and_o a_o colony_n pag._n 148._o §_o xxiii_o the_o most_o savage_a behaviour_n of_o the_o boadician_n in_o the_o use_n of_o their_o victory_n throughout_o pag._n 151._o §_o xxiiii_o the_o course_n which_o suetonius_n paullinus_n hold_v in_o his_o retreat_n from_o london_n and_o of_o
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