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ordinatum_fw-la à _fw-la beato_n paulo_n that_o he_o be_v ordain_v bishop_n of_o the_o ephesian_n by_o saint_n paul_n sixthly_a by_o chrysostom_n as_o in_o many_o place_n so_o most_o significant_o and_o express_o in_o his_o comment_n on_o the_o epistle_n to_o the_o philippian_n say_v eand_n chrysost_n hom._n in_o 1._o ad_fw-la tim._n &_o in_o praef._n ad_fw-la eand_n paul_n say_v in_o his_o epistle_n unto_o timothy_n fulfil_v thy_o ministry_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v then_o a_o bishop_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o that_o he_o be_v a_o bishop_n appear_v by_o paul_n writing_n thus_o unto_o he_o lay_v hand_n hasty_o on_o no_o man_n seven_o by_o leontius_n bishop_n of_o magnesia_n 11._o council_n chal._n act._n 11._o one_o of_o the_o father_n in_o the_o great_a council_n of_o chalcedon_n affirm_v public_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o from_o bless_a timothy_n unto_o his_o time_n there_o have_v be_v 26_o bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o ephesus_n eight_o by_o 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â—â—sâ—b_fw-la hist_o l._n 6._o c._n 12._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o of_o origen_n who_o be_v marvellous_o affect_v with_o the_o great_a learning_n of_o the_o man_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d make_v he_o his_o partner_n in_o the_o chair_n which_o after_o origen_n be_v lay_v by_o 〈◊〉_d id._n c._n 20._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o manage_v whole_o by_o himself_o with_o great_a applause_n a_o man_n that_o have_v the_o happiness_n to_o succeed_v the_o two_o great_a enemy_n in_o the_o world_n origen_n and_o demetrius_n the_o one_o in_o the_o school_n the_o other_o in_o the_o church_n of_o alexandria_n unto_o which_o honour_n he_o be_v call_v on_o demetrius_n death_n who_o have_v sit_v bishop_n there_o three_o and_o forty_o year_n on_o this_o preferment_n of_o heraclas_n unto_o the_o patriarchate_n the_o regency_n of_o the_o alexandrian_a school_n be_v forthwith_o give_v to_o dionysius_n another_o of_o origen_n disciple_n who_o after_o fourteen_o year_n or_o 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to_o be_v against_o the_o church_n canon_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o the_o precept_n of_o the_o apostle_n but_o which_o of_o these_o soever_o it_o be_v a_o alteration_n here_o be_v make_v of_o the_o ancient_a custom_n which_o be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v intend_v by_o s._n hierom_n in_o the_o word_n allege_v how_o other_o have_v abuse_v this_o place_n to_o prove_v that_o the_o imparity_n of_o bishop_n be_v not_o of_o divine_a authority_n but_o only_o bring_v in_o by_o the_o presbyter_n we_o have_v show_v before_o part_n i._n cha._n 3._o but_o to_o go_v on_o with_o dionysius_n for_o of_o heraclas_n and_o his_o act_n there_o be_v little_a mention_n we_o find_v the_o time_n in_o which_o he_o sit_v to_o be_v full_a of_o trouble_n both_o in_o regard_n of_o persecution_n which_o be_v raise_v against_o the_o church_n without_o and_o heresy_n which_o assault_v she_o within_o novatus_n have_v begin_v a_o faction_n in_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n ground_v the_o same_o upon_o a_o false_a and_o dangerous_a doctrine_n the_o sum_n whereof_o we_o find_v in_o a_o epistle_n of_o this_o dionysius_n 7._o eus_n hist_o ec._n lib._n 7._o cap._n 7._o unto_o another_o dionysius_n pope_n of_o rome_n and_o whereas_o fabius_n bishop_n of_o antiochia_n be_v think_v to_o be_v a_o fautor_n of_o that_o schism_n he_o write_v to_o he_o about_o it_o also_o 〈◊〉_d id._n l._n 6._o c._n 36._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n l._n 7._o c._n 5._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n l._n 7._o c._n 21._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d id._n l._n 7._o c._n 22._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o when_o sabellius_n have_v begin_v to_o disperse_v his_o heresy_n he_o present_o give_v notice_n of_o it_o to_o sixtus_n or_o xystus_n bishop_n of_o the_o church_n of_o rome_n as_o also_o unto_o ammon_n bishop_n of_o bernice_n and_o basilides_n the_o metropolitan_a of_o cyrenaica_n or_o pentapolis_n and_o to_o divers_a other_o and_o when_o that_o paulus_n samosatenus_fw-la begin_v to_o broach_v strange_a doctrine_n in_o the_o church_n of_o christ_n although_o he_o can_v not_o go_v in_o person_n to_o suppress_v the_o same_o yet_o write_v he_o a_o epistle_n to_o the_o bishop_n assemble_v there_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d declare_v his_o opinion_n of_o the_o point_n in_o question_n and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n when_o as_o the_o persecutor_n make_v foul_a havoc_n in_o the_o church_n and_o threaten_v utter_o to_o destroy_v the_o professor_n of_o it_o 〈◊〉_d id._n l._n 6._o c._n 34._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o by_o his_o letter_n certifi_v his_o neighbour_a bishop_n in_o what_o estate_n god_n church_n stand_v with_o he_o with_o what_o heroic_a resolution_n the_o christian_n in_o his_o charge_n do_v abide_v the_o fury_n and_o conquer_v their_o torment_n by_o their_o patient_a suffering_n so_o give_v hovour_n to_o the_o dead_a and_o breathe_a courage_n in_o the_o live_n indeed_o what_o bishop_n almost_o be_v there_o in_o those_o part_n of_o christendom_n with_o who_o 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of_o enos_n seths_n son_n that_o he_o be_v bear_v anno_fw-la two_o hundred_o thirty_o six_o and_o till_o that_o time_n there_o be_v no_o sabbath_n but_o then_o as_o some_o conceive_v the_o sabbath_n day_n begin_v to_o be_v have_v in_o honour_n because_o it_o be_v set_v down_o in_o scripture_n that_o then_o begin_v man_n to_o call_v upon_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n that_o be_v as_o torniellus_n descant_v upon_o the_o place_n then_o 4._o gen._n 4._o annal._n anno_fw-la 236._o n._n 4._o be_v spiritual_a congregation_n institute_v as_o we_o may_v probable_o conjecture_v certain_a set_v form_n of_o prayer_n and_o hymn_n devise_v to_o set_v forth_o god_n glory_n certain_a set_v time_n and_o place_n also_o set_v apart_o for_o those_o pious_a duty_n praecipue_fw-la diebus_fw-la sabbati_fw-la especial_o the_o sabbath-day_n in_o which_o most_o likely_a they_o begin_v to_o abstain_v from_o all_o servile_a work_n in_o honour_n of_o that_o god_n who_o they_o well_o know_v have_v rest_v on_o the_o seven_o day_n from_o all_o his_o labour_n sure_a torniellus_n mind_n be_v upon_o his_o matin_n when_o he_o make_v this_o paraphrase_n he_o have_v not_o else_o gather_v a_o sabbath_n from_o this_o text_n consider_v that_o not_o long_o before_o he_o have_v thus_o conclude_v that_o sanctify_v of_o the_o sabbath_n here_o on_o earth_n be_v not_o in_o use_n until_o the_o law_n be_v give_v by_o moses_n but_o certain_o this_o text_n will_v bear_v no_o such_o matter_n be_v it_o consider_v as_o it_o ought_v the_o chaldee_n paraphrase_n thus_o read_v it_o tunc_fw-la in_o diebus_fw-la ejus_fw-la inceperunt_fw-la silij_fw-la hominum_fw-la ut_fw-la non_fw-la orarent_fw-la in_o nomine_fw-la domini_fw-la chapter_n v._o 3._o of_o this_o chapter_n which_o be_v quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o english_a our_o bibles_n of_o the_o last_o translation_n in_o the_o margin_n thus_o then_o begin_v man_n to_o call_v themselves_o by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n and_o general_o the_o jew_n as_o saint_n 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and_o mandroclidas_n then_o that_o have_v be_v ephori_fw-la suggest_v unto_o agis_n and_o cleombrotus_n the_o two_o king_n of_o sparta_n declare_v ibid._n id._n ibid._n that_o the_o office_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v erect_v for_o no_o other_o reason_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n but_o because_o they_o shall_v give_v their_o voice_n unto_o that_o king_n who_o have_v the_o best_a reason_n on_o his_o side_n when_o the_o other_o will_v wilful_o withstand_v both_o right_a and_o reason_n and_o therefore_o that_o they_o two_o agree_v might_n lawful_o do_v what_o they_o will_v without_o controlment_n that_o to_o resist_v the_o king_n be_v a_o breach_n of_o law_n consider_v that_o the_o ephori_fw-la by_o law_n have_v no_o power_n nor_o privilege_n but_o only_o to_o arbitrate_v between_o they_o when_o there_o be_v any_o cause_n of_o jar_n or_o controversy_n and_o this_o be_v so_o receive_v at_o sparta_n for_o a_o undoubted_a truth_n that_o cleomenes_n be_v sole_a king_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o agis_n of_o the_o other_o house_n recall_v archidamus_n the_o brother_n of_o agis_n from_o his_o place_n of_o banishment_n with_o a_o intent_n to_o make_v he_o king_n not_o doubt_v but_o they_o two_o shall_v agree_v together_o and_o thereby_o make_v the_o ephori_fw-la of_o no_o power_n nor_o use_n so_o then_o we_o have_v three_o reason_n of_o the_o institution_n and_o more_o than_o these_o i_o can_v find_v of_o which_o there_o be_v not_o one_o that_o favour_v the_o device_n of_o calvin_n or_o intimate_v that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v set_v up_o to_o pull_v down_o the_o king_n and_o to_o say_v truth_n it_o be_v a_o most_o unlikely_a matter_n that_o the_o king_n of_o sparta_n have_v so_o little_a power_n remain_v shall_v need_v more_o officer_n to_o restrain_v they_o than_o they_o have_v before_o that_o they_o shall_v make_v a_o new_a rod_n for_o their_o own_o poor_a back_n and_o add_v five_o master_n more_o to_o those_o eight_o and_o twenty_o which_o lycurgus_n have_v impose_v upon_o they_o which_o make_v i_o wonder_n much_o at_o tully_n who_o do_v acknowledge_v that_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v ordain_v by_o theopompus_n as_o both_o aristotle_n and_o plutarch_n do_v affirm_v and_o yet_o will_v have_v they_o institute_v for_o no_o other_o cause_n nisi_fw-la ut_fw-la oppositi_fw-la sint_fw-la regibus_fw-la but_o to_o oppose_v and_o curb_v the_o king_n 3._o aristot_n polit._n l._n 5._o c._n 11._o cicero_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la l._n 3._o but_o more_o that_o plato_n who_o have_v so_o much_o advantage_n of_o he_o both_o in_o time_n and_o place_n shall_v ascribe_v the_o institution_n to_o lycurgus_n and_o tell_v we_o that_o he_o do_v not_o only_o ordain_v the_o senate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 3._o plato_n ep._n 8._o edit_n gr_n lat_fw-la to._n 3._o but_o that_o he_o do_v also_o constitute_v the_o ephorate_a for_o the_o strength_n and_o preservation_n of_o the_o regal_a power_n for_o out_o of_o doubt_v it_o be_v affirm_v by_o plutarch_n confirm_v by_o scaliger_n and_o may_v be_v gather_v from_o some_o passage_n in_o eusebius_n chronicon_fw-la and_o the_o authority_n of_o aristotle_n chron._n plut._n in_o lycurgo_n scalig._n animadvers_fw-la in_o euseb_n chron._n who_o refer_v the_o same_o to_o theopompus_n as_o before_o be_v show_v that_o the_o first_o institution_n be_v no_o less_o than_o 130_o year_n after_o the_o death_n of_o lycurgus_n who_o be_v the_o first_o that_o bear_v this_o office_n have_v be_v make_v a_o question_n but_o never_o till_o these_o late_a time_n when_o man_n be_v grow_v such_o sceptic_n as_o to_o doubt_v of_o every_o thing_n plutarch_n affirm_v for_o certain_a 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o first_o ephorus_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o first_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lycurgo_n plutarch_n in_o lycurgo_n who_o have_v the_o name_n of_o ephorus_n by_o way_n of_o excellency_n for_o otherwise_o there_o be_v five_o in_o all_o be_v call_v elatus_n and_o hereto_o scaliger_n do_v once_o agree_v as_o appear_v express_o pag._n 67._o of_o his_o annotation_n on_o eusebius_n where_o he_o declare_v it_o in_o these_o word_n primus_fw-la elatus_n renunciatur_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o after_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o control_n eusebius_n he_o take_v occasion_n by_o some_o word_n in_o diogenes_n laertius_n to_o cry_v up_o chilo_n for_o the_o man_n first_o positive_o primus_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d fuit_fw-la chilon_n and_o next_o exclusive_o of_o elatus_n quibus_fw-la animadversis_fw-la non_fw-la fuerit_fw-la elatus_n primus_fw-la ephorus_n sed_fw-la chilon_n to_o make_v this_o good_a be_v a_o fancy_n of_o his_o own_o and_o as_o his_o own_o most_o dear_o cherish_v he_o produce_v first_o the_o testimony_n of_o laertius_n and_o afterward_o confirm_v the_o same_o by_o a_o new_a emendatio_fw-la temporum_fw-la a_o calculation_n and_o account_n of_o his_o own_o invent_v the_o word_n produce_v from_o laertius_n be_v these_o verbatim_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v thus_o render_v in_o the_o latin_a chilo_n diogen_n lat._n 1._o l._n 1._o in_o chilo_n and_o i_o think_v exact_o fuit_fw-la autem_fw-la ephorus_n circa_fw-la quinquagessimam_fw-la &_o quintam_fw-la olympiada_fw-la porro_fw-la pamphila_n circa_fw-la sextam_fw-la ait_fw-la primumque_fw-la ephorum_fw-la fuisse_fw-la sub_fw-la euthydemo_fw-la autore_fw-la sosicrate_n primumque_fw-la instituisse_fw-la ut_fw-la regibus_fw-la ephori_fw-la adjungerentur_fw-la satyrus_n lycurgum_n dixit_fw-la if_o it_o be_v grant_v in_o the_o first_o place_n that_o chilo_n be_v not_o make_v ephorus_n until_o the_o 55._o olympiad_n as_o it_o be_v plain_a it_o be_v not_o and_o scaliger_n affirm_v as_o much_o it_o must_v needs_o follow_v upon_o true_a account_n that_o either_o chilo_n be_v not_o the_o first_o ephorus_n or_o that_o the_o ephori_fw-la be_v not_o institute_v in_o more_o than_o twice_o a_o hundred_o and_o thirty_o year_n after_o lycurgus_n have_v new_o mould_v the_o commonwealth_n contrary_a unto_o that_o which_o be_v say_v by_o plutarch_n and_o out_o of_o he_o repeat_v by_o joseph_n scaliger_n for_o from_o the_o time_n wherein_o lycurgus_n make_v his_o law_n which_o be_v in_o the_o 25_o year_n of_o archelaus_n the_o eight_o king_n of_o the_o elder_a house_n unto_o the_o death_n of_o alcamenes_n which_o be_v the_o year_n before_o the_o first_o olympiad_n edit_n euseb_n chron._n lib._n post_n p._n 114._o of_o scaliger_n edit_n be_v 112_o year_n just_a none_o under_o from_o thence_o unto_o the_o last_o year_n of_o the_o 55._o 220_o year_n complete_a which_o put_v together_o make_v no_o few_o than_o 332_o year_n full_a a_o large_a misreckon_n whereas_o the_o second_o year_n of_o the_o five_o olympiad_n in_o which_o eusebius_n put_v the_o institution_n of_o the_o ephori_fw-la both_o in_o the_o greek_a and_o latin_a copy_n set_v out_o by_o scaliger_n himself_o edition_n pag._n 117._o of_o the_o latin_a and_o 35_o of_o the_o greek_a edition_n that_o second_o
the_o commonwealth_n a_o privilege_n which_o they_o find_v good_a use_n of_o in_o the_o time_n succeed_v and_o make_v it_o serve_v their_o turn_n upon_o all_o occasion_n martius_n complain_v of_o they_o in_o the_o senate_n for_o disobedience_n to_o the_o consul_n and_o a_o intent_n to_o bring_v a_o anarchy_n upon_o the_o state_n coriolano_n platarch_n in_o coriolano_n they_o vote_n this_o for_o a_o breach_n of_o privilege_n and_o nothing_o but_o his_o death_n or_o banishment_n will_v give_v they_o satisfaction_n for_o it_o appius_n be_v consul_n send_v his_o lictor_n to_o lay_v hand_n upon_o they_o for_o raise_v tumult_n in_o the_o city_n 2._o livy_n hist_o rom._n lib._n 2._o this_o be_v another_o breach_n of_o privilege_n and_o he_o shall_v answer_v for_o it_o when_o his_o year_n be_v out_o caeso_fw-la quintius_n like_o a_o noble_a patriot_n join_v with_o the_o consul_n and_o the_o senate_n to_o oppress_v their_o insolence_n when_o neither_o law_n nor_o reason_n will_v prevail_v upon_o they_o this_o also_o be_v a_o breach_n of_o privilege_n 3._o id._n l._n 3._o and_o his_o life_n shall_v pay_v for_o it_o but_o to_o proceed_v have_v obtain_v this_o law_n for_o their_o own_o security_n their_o next_o work_n be_v to_o break_v or_o pass_v by_o those_o law_n by_o which_o the_o state_n be_v govern_v in_o all_o time_n before_o and_o which_o themselves_o have_v yield_v to_o at_o their_o first_o creation_n it_o be_v the_o practice_n of_o the_o city_n from_o the_o first_o foundation_n and_o a_o continual_a custom_n have_v the_o force_n of_o law_n to_o give_v such_o respect_n unto_o the_o senate_n 7._o diony_n halicarnass_n l._n 7._o that_o the_o people_n do_v not_o vote_n nor_o determine_v any_o thing_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o the_o senate_n have_v not_o first_o debate_v and_o resolve_v upon_o this_o though_o no_o breach_n of_o privilege_n be_v a_o main_a impediment_n to_o the_o advance_n of_o those_o project_n which_o they_o have_v in_o hand_n and_o 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metum_fw-la prodi_fw-la that_o the_o senate_n do_v destroy_v the_o commonwealth_n by_o their_o want_n of_o courage_n and_o whereas_o at_o the_o first_o they_o have_v so_o much_o modesty_n as_o not_o to_o come_v into_o the_o senate_n sed_fw-la positis_fw-la subselliis_fw-la ante_fw-la fores_fw-la decreta_fw-la patrum_fw-la examinare_fw-la 2._o valer._n maxim_n lib._n 2._o c._n 2._o but_o to_o sit_v without_o upon_o some_o bench_n while_o they_o examine_v the_o decree_n which_o have_v pass_v the_o house_n they_o challenge_v now_o a_o place_n though_o no_o vote_n in_o senate_n and_o have_v free_a ingress_n and_o egress_n when_o they_o will_v themselves_o but_o their_o main_a business_n be_v to_o pull_v down_o the_o noble_n and_o make_v they_o of_o no_o more_o esteem_n than_o the_o common_a sort_n and_o upon_o this_o they_o set_v their_o strength_n and_o make_v it_o the_o first_o handsel_n of_o their_o new_a authority_n martius_n have_v speak_v some_o word_n in_o senate_n which_o displease_v the_o tribune_n and_o they_o incense_v the_o people_n to_o revenge_v the_o injury_n who_o promise_v to_o assist_v they_o in_o their_o undertake_n a_o officer_n be_v forthwith_o send_v to_o apprehend_v he_o this_o cause_v the_o patrician_n who_o the_o cause_n concern_v to_o stand_v close_o together_o and_o to_o oppose_v this_o strange_a encroachment_n and_o general_o to_o affirm_v as_o most_o true_a it_o be_v that_o when_o they_o yield_v to_o the_o set_n up_o this_o new_a authority_n there_o be_v no_o power_n give_v they_o by_o the_o senate_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o diony_n halicarn_n l._n 7._o but_o only_o to_o preserve_v the_o commons_o from_o unjust_a oppression_n the_o like_a do_v martius_n plead_v in_o his_o own_o behalf_n as_o we_o find_v in_o livy_n auxilii_fw-la non_fw-la poenae_fw-la jus_o datum_fw-la illi_fw-la potestati_fw-la plebisque_fw-la non_fw-la patrum_fw-la tribunos_fw-la esse_fw-la 2._o livy_n hist_o lib._n 2._o that_o they_o be_v trust_v with_o a_o power_n to_o help_v the_o commons_o but_o with_o none_o to_o punish_v and_o be_v not_o tribune_n of_o the_o lord_n but_o of_o the_o people_n and_o so_o much_o also_o be_v affirm_v in_o the_o open_a senate_n that_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o tribune_n be_v at_o first_o ordain_v not_o to_o offend_v or_o grieve_v the_o senate_n but_o that_o the_o commons_o may_v not_o suffer_v any_o grievance_n by_o it_o and_o that_o they_o do_v not_o use_v their_o power_n according_a to_o such_o limitation_n as_o be_v first_o agree_v on_o and_o as_o of_o right_n they_o ought_v to_o use_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o diony_n halicarn_n l._n 7._o but_o to_o the_o ruin_n and_o destruction_n of_o the_o law_n establish_v enough_o of_o conscience_n to_o have_v stay_v they_o from_o the_o prosecution_n but_o that_o they_o have_v it_o in_o design_n and_o resolve_v to_o carry_v it_o for_o brutus_n have_v before_o give_v out_o and_o assure_v the_o people_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o will_v humble_v the_o nobility_n ibid._n id._n ibid._n and_o bring_v down_o their_o pride_n and_o it_o be_v no_o reason_n that_o such_o a_o man_n as_o he_o shall_v be_v disappoint_v and_o not_o be_v master_n of_o his_o word_n martius_n be_v banish_v at_o the_o last_o their_o next_o bout_n be_v with_o appius_n claudius_n a_o constant_a and_o profess_a enemy_n of_o the_o popular_a faction_n one_o who_o have_v open_o take_v part_n against_o they_o in_o behalf_n of_o martius_n and_o after_o see_v they_o apprehend_v some_o gentleman_n who_o oppose_v their_o insolence_n have_v open_o deny_v jus_o esse_fw-la tribuno_fw-la in_o quenquam_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o plebeium_fw-la 2._o liv._o l._n 2._o that_o they_o can_v exercise_v their_o power_n on_o any_o but_o the_o commons_o only_o he_o therefore_o they_o accuse_v of_o treason_n or_o at_o least_o sedition_n in_o that_o he_o have_v entrench_v upon_o their_o authority_n which_o be_v make_v sacred_a by_o the_o law_n and_o doubtless_o have_v condemn_v he_o to_o some_o shameful_a punishment_n have_v he_o not_o die_v before_o his_o trial._n which_o victory_n on_o martius_n and_o the_o death_n of_o appius_n do_v so_o discourage_v the_o nobility_n and_o puff_n up_o the_o tribune_n that_o from_o this_o time_n forward_o as_o the_o historian_n do_v observe_v the_o tribune_n cite_v who_o they_o list_v to_o answer_v for_o themselves_o before_o the_o people_n and_o to_o submit_v their_o life_n to_o their_o final_a sentence_n which_o as_o it_o do_v increase_v the_o power_n of_o the_o popular_a faction_n in_o the_o depress_v of_o the_o noble_n and_o weaken_v the_o authority_n of_o the_o senate_n so_o do_v it_o open_v they_o a_o way_n to_o aim_v at_o and_o attain_v to_o all_o those_o dignity_n in_o the_o commonwealth_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 7._o diony_n halicarn_n l._n 7._o which_o be_v most_o honourable_a in_o themselves_o and_o have_v former_o belong_v to_o
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intermit_v that_o it_o hold_v not_o always_o a_o quotidian_n it_o prove_v a_o tertian_n fever_n or_o at_o most_o a_o quartan_a and_o therefore_o like_a to_o tarry_v long_o with_o the_o afflict_a patient_n how_o many_o sedition_n do_v they_o raise_v about_o the_o law_n argaria_n of_o which_o livy_n tell_v we_o that_o it_o be_v never_o move_v sine_fw-la maximis_fw-la motibus_fw-la without_o great_a tumult_n and_o dissension_n 2._o hist_o rom._n l._n 2._o how_o many_o tumult_n do_v they_o raise_v to_o oppose_v the_o consul_n when_o they_o have_v any_o war_n in_o hand_n and_o be_v to_o press_v the_o soldier_n to_o pursue_v those_o war_n 3._o id._n lib._n 3._o how_o often_o find_v we_o in_o that_o author_n tribunitium_fw-la bellum_fw-la domi_fw-la territare_fw-la patres_fw-la that_o when_o the_o father_n have_v no_o war_n abroad_o they_o find_v a_o tribunitian_a war_n at_o home_n which_o do_v more_o affright_v they_o 4._o id._n lib._n 4._o how_o often_o find_v we_o they_o complain_v 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gracchi_n come_v in_o play_n and_o attain_v the_o office_n they_o fall_v from_o word_n to_o blow_n and_o from_o blow_n to_o murder_v tiberius_n one_o of_o the_o two_o brother_n and_o many_o of_o his_o friend_n and_o follower_n be_v tumultuous_o slay_v in_o the_o common_a forum_n as_o he_o be_v act_v the_o part_n of_o a_o busy_a and_o seditious_a tribune_n who_o caius_n the_o other_o of_o the_o two_o not_o long_o after_o follow_v both_o in_o life_n and_o death_n hist_o velleius_n patercul_fw-la hist_o and_o this_o say_v the_o historian_n initium_fw-la in_o urbe_fw-la roma_fw-it civilis_fw-la sanguinis_fw-la gladiorumque_fw-la impunitatis_fw-la fuit_fw-la be_v the_o first_o time_n that_o the_o sword_n be_v suffer_v to_o range_v at_o liberty_n in_o the_o street_n of_o rome_n and_o to_o be_v discolour_v with_o the_o blood_n of_o the_o citizen_n their_o difference_n before_o that_o day_n though_o not_o often_o afterward_o be_v determine_v by_o parley_n but_o not_o by_o bloodshed_n which_o 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upon_o which_o ground_n it_o have_v be_v former_o aver_v by_o the_o consul_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o the_o senate_n that_o the_o tribune_n be_v the_o cause_n of_o those_o distraction_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o author_n word_n which_o do_v so_o miserable_o afflict_v the_o commonwealth_n 10._o diony_n halicarn_n l._n 10._o but_o this_o to_o say_v the_o truth_n be_v so_o clear_a a_o point_n that_o it_o need_v no_o proof_n i_o only_o shall_v observe_v and_o so_o pass_v it_o by_o how_o just_o the_o nobility_n and_o senate_n be_v punish_v by_o their_o own_o example_n and_o for_o how_o little_a time_n they_o enjoy_v that_o sovereignty_n which_o they_o have_v wrest_v from_o their_o king_n from_o the_o expulsion_n of_o the_o king_n to_o the_o create_v of_o the_o tribune_n be_v but_o sixteen_o year_n and_o from_o the_o death_n of_o tarquin_n to_o the_o reign_n of_o brutus_n and_o sicinius_n but_o one_o year_n no_o more_o and_o in_o that_o little_a span_n of_o time_n the_o people_n profit_v so_o well_o in_o the_o school_n of_o rebellion_n that_o they_o do_v not_o only_o beat_v the_o senate_n at_o their_o own_o weapon_n of_o disloyalty_n but_o choke_v they_o with_o their_o own_o objection_n for_o when_o it_o be_v object_v against_o the_o tribune_n that_o their_o authority_n be_v get_v and_o maintain_v by_o seditious_a course_n the_o tribune_n handsome_o reply_v that_o that_o objection_n may_v as_o well_o be_v make_v against_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o consul_n which_o have_v be_v introduce_v and_o establish_v by_o no_o other_o mean_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 10._o id._n lib._n 10._o than_o the_o rebellion_n of_o the_o noble_n or_o patrician_n against_o their_o king_n a_o very_a shrewd_a retortion_n if_o you_o mark_v it_o well_o and_o fit_a to_o be_v consider_v of_o in_o these_o present_a time_n if_o any_o ask_v to_o what_o end_n all_o these_o stir_n be_v raise_v and_o these_o sedition_n set_v on_o
the_o matter_n so_o aim_v at_o by_o his_o predecessor_n the_o tribune_n have_v be_v insolent_a enough_o in_o the_o former_a time_n but_o the_o obtain_n of_o these_o law_n make_v they_o more_o unsufferable_a before_o they_o use_v to_o quarrel_v all_o the_o great_a officer_n as_o if_o the_o state_n can_v not_o consist_v but_o by_o their_o contention_n there_o be_v no_o magistrate_n so_o great_a nor_o man_n so_o innocent_a who_o they_o expose_v not_o sometime_o to_o contempt_n and_o scorn_n and_o make_v not_o subject_a to_o their_o tyranny_n the_o renown_a scipio_n himself_o the_o very_a atlas_n of_o the_o state_n when_o it_o be_v in_o danger_n a_o man_n in_o who_o there_o be_v not_o any_o thing_n but_o brave_a and_o gallant_a can_v not_o escape_v so_o clear_a but_o that_o he_o be_v accuse_v by_o these_o factious_a tribune_n and_o force_v to_o live_v retire_v in_o his_o countryhouse_n 28._o livy_n hist_o lib._n 28._o far_o from_o the_o employment_n of_o that_o state_n which_o do_v not_o otherwise_o subsist_v but_o by_o his_o ability_n nor_o can_v they_o look_v on_o their_o dictator_n but_z with_o eye_n of_o malice_n although_o they_o have_v as_o much_o authority_n as_o that_o state_n can_v give_v they_o or_o any_o of_o their_o king_n have_v enjoy_v before_o who_o they_o endeavour_v to_o make_v subject_a to_o their_o pride_n and_o tyrenny_n by_o all_o mean_v imaginable_a and_o to_o that_o end_n sometime_o deny_v he_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o triumph_n though_o he_o have_v deserve_v it_o in_o all_o man_n judgement_n but_o their_o own_o and_o sometime_o make_v their_o magister_fw-la equitum_fw-la 22._o id._n lib._n 22._o to_o be_v of_o equal_a power_n and_o authority_n with_o he_o and_o final_o sometime_o they_o declaim_v against_o he_o ibid._n id._n ibid._n to_o make_v he_o of_o no_o reputation_n with_o the_o common_a people_n and_o for_o their_o deal_n with_o the_o consul_n in_o have_v be_v a_o complaint_n of_o old_a even_o if_o the_o dawn_n of_o the_o day_n of_o their_o new_a authority_n consulatum_fw-la capio_fw-la &_o oppressum_fw-la à _fw-la tribunitia_n postestate_fw-la 2._o id._n lib._n 2._o that_o the_o consulship_n be_v suppress_v and_o captivate_v by_o the_o power_n of_o the_o tribune_n and_o we_o can_v no_o where_n find_v that_o they_o improve_v their_o modesty_n as_o they_o do_v their_o power_n nor_o do_v they_o only_a quarrel_n with_o the_o consul_n and_o proceed_v no_o further_o though_o that_o have_v be_v a_o high_a affront_n to_o the_o supreme_a magistrate_n but_o threaten_v to_o commit_v they_o to_o the_o prison_n also_o and_o many_o time_n their_o threaten_n be_v not_o make_v in_o vain_a mario_n plutarch_n in_o mario_n for_o thus_o we_o read_v that_o caius_n marius_n be_v tribune_n threaten_v to_o send_v cotta_n the_o consul_n unto_o prison_n but_o afterward_o be_v take_v off_o by_o fair_a persuasion_n and_o sulpitius_n one_o as_o violent_a as_o he_o though_o not_o so_o valiant_a assault_v both_o the_o consul_n as_o they_o sit_v in_o the_o senate-house_n ibid._n id._n ibid._n and_o kill_v one_o of_o their_o son_n there_o who_o be_v not_o so_o quick_a of_o foot_n as_o to_o escape_v his_o hand_n which_o though_o they_o be_v but_o bare_a attempt_n be_v yet_o lewd_a enough_o sufficient_o to_o the_o dishonour_n of_o such_o eminent_a magistrate_n and_o to_o the_o infamy_n and_o disgrace_n of_o the_o public_a government_n and_o therefore_o to_o make_v sure_a work_n of_o it_o and_o that_o the_o world_n may_v see_v they_o can_v more_o than_o threaten_v quintius_n will_v tell_v you_o in_o the_o dialogue_n with_o his_o brother_n cicero_n brutum_fw-la &_o p._n scipionem_fw-la tale_n tantos_fw-la viros_fw-la hominum_fw-la omnium_fw-la infimum_fw-la &_o sordidissimum_fw-la trib._n pl._n c._n curiatium_n in_o vincula_fw-la conjecisse_fw-la 3._o cicero_n de_fw-fr legibus_fw-la lib._n 3._o that_o c._n curiatius_n a_o most_o base_a and_o unworthy_a person_n have_v cause_v such_o gallant_a man_n as_o brutus_n and_o p._n 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