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hundred_o so_o greek_n have_v from_o adam_n to_o the_o flood_n in_o he_o two_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o forty_o and_o eight_o for_o one_o thousand_o six_o hundred_o fifty_o and_o six_o from_o sem_fw-mi to_o abraham_n one_o thousand_o two_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o for_o four_o hundred_o &_o fifty_o from_o isaak_n to_o the_o partition_n of_o the_o land_n year_n six_o hundred_o &_o sixteen_o for_o four_o hundred_o fifty_o &_o two_o thence_o to_o samuel_n four_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o three_o for_o three_o hundred_o &_o fifty_o and_o for_o the_o king_n five_o hundred_o seaventie_o and_o two_o that_o come_v somewhat_o near_o about_o five_o hundred_o and_o ten_o it_o be_v and_o for_o the_o persian_n one_o hundred_o thirty_o &_o five_o if_o when_o scripture_n direct_v to_o a_o most_o exact_a sum_n man_n miss_v so_o much_o we_o shall_v hold_v only_o the_o plainness_n of_o god_n word_n as_o in_o the_o hebrew_n text_n it_o be_v most_o pure_o keep_v and_o not_o man_n opinion_n our_o square_n neither_o shall_v we_o marvel_v at_o heathen_a miss_v for_o the_o persian_n as_o we_o expound_v they_o when_o greek_a christian_n who_o have_v scripture_n to_o direct_v they_o give_v the_o judge_n four_o hundred_o sixty_o and_o three_o whereas_o from_o the_o lamb_n unto_o the_o temple_n all_o be_v but_o four_o hundred_o and_o four_o score_n 1._o king_n 6._o 1._o whence_o must_v be_v subduct_v forty_o for_o the_o wilderness_n seven_o for_o conquest_n forty_o for_o samuel_n and_o saul_n forty_o for_o david_n and_o three_o for_o solomon_n a_o kind_n of_o help_n but_o as_o divine_n have_v be_v deceive_v for_o the_o judge_n reckon_v the_o oppressor_n year_n several_a from_o they_o which_o be_v within_o they_o in_o deed_n and_o shall_v nothing_o have_v augment_v the_o sum_n even_o so_o be_v profane_a greek_n as_o we_o understande_v they_o both_o for_o reckon_v paras_n first_o time_n several_a from_o the_o babylonian_n which_o
yet_o fall_v out_o together_o and_o afterwards_o fellow_n ruler_n as_o several_a and_o the_o cure_n be_v not_o hard_a with_o tractable_a judge_n judge_n what_o i_o say_v herodot_n darius_n hystaspis_n live_v about_o six_o and_o twenty_o year_n while_o jaddue_v be_v under_o persia_n after_o his_o death_n two_o brother_n have_v the_o famous_a gentle_a strife_n just_a xerxes_n in_o war_n reign_v artaxerxes_n at_o home_n the_o same_o time_n otherwise_o themistocles_n can_v not_o fly_v to_o they_o both_o artaxerxes_n reign_v one_o and_o forty_o year_n die_v in_o the_o seven_o of_o the_o peloponnesian_a war_n thucid._n &_o diod._n thereby_o thucydides_n be_v control_v for_o make_v the_o peloponnesian_a war_n fifty_o year_n after_o that_o of_o xerxes_n wherein_o aristicle_n the_o just_a bare_a sway_n who_o daughter_n socrates_n marry_v suid._n in_o socrates_n and_o he_o be_v but_o seaventie_o at_o seven_o and_o twenty_o year_n after_o that_o war_n when_o he_o die_v laertius_n though_o by_o a_o shift_n one_o say_v that_o he_o may_v beget_v that_o daughter_n in_o his_o old_a age_n at_o the_o war_n end_n yet_o she_o shall_v be_v seven_o year_n elder_a than_o socrates_n without_o any_o reason_n of_o likelihood_n now_o to_o this_o artaxerxes_n joseph_n scaliger_n will_v noâ—_n stick_v to_o join_v present_o artaxerxes_n mnemon_n with_o darius_n nothus_fw-la which_o mnemon_n come_v within_o nine_o year_n in_o clemens_n of_o alexander_n monarchy_n and_o reign_v year_n but_o forty_o and_o two_o thus_o scant_o will_v that_o be_v make_v up_o which_o may_v make_v the_o rest_n under_o greek_n and_o roman_n three_o hundred_o and_o sixty_o to_o agree_v with_o gabriel_n four_o hundred_o and_o ninety_o year_n therefore_o plutarch_n to_o fill_v up_o the_o common_a sum_n give_v he_o sixty_o and_o two_o year_n of_o reign_n and_o ninety_o four_o of_o life_n not_o know_v daniel_n vision_n against_o the_o persian_n at_o sharp_a swift_a tigris_n not_o book_n open_v before_o the_o fiery_a throne_n judge_v the_o persian_a bear_n nor_o compare_v levites_n a_o score_n neh._n 12._o 2._o with_o the_o persian_n nor_o yet_o amyntas_n king_n in_o macedon_n the_o third_o of_o the_o peloponnesian_a war_n who_o son_n philip_n reign_v but_o twenty_o year_n athen._n and_o alexander_n but_o six_o before_o his_o monarchy_n moreover_o amyntas_n himself_o reign_v but_o few_o year_n two_o of_o his_o elder_a son_n not_o long_o philip_n die_v at_o seven_o and_o forty_o who_o be_v bring_v up_o in_o epaminondas_n father_n house_n thus_o the_o persian_n by_o greek_n will_v not_o exceed_v against_o eratosthenes_n account_n this_o stand_v thus_o how_o can_v eratosthenes_n say_v true_a who_o in_o clemens_n pag._n 126._o though_o clemens_n reject_v he_o as_o deceive_v yet_o some_o great_a man_n great_o follow_v he_o have_v these_o distance_n from_o xerxes_n voyage_n to_o archidamus_n war_n eight_o and_o forty_o year_n that_o end_v at_o seven_o and_o twenty_o there_o athens_n lose_v the_o superiority_n of_o grecia_n and_o lacedaemon_n by_o lysander_n gate_n it_o which_o they_o lose_v at_o leuctra_n where_o epaminondas_n the_o theban_a victor_n die_v after_o 34._o year_n and_o thence_o to_o philip_n death_n who_o die_v 47._o year_n old_a he_o reckon_v year_n 35._o but_o how_o can_v he_o be_v a_o fit_a companion_n for_o epaminondas_n or_o yet_o son_n to_o amyntas_n reign_v young_a and_o but_o a_o little_a while_n polybius_n grant_v the_o lacedaemonian_n but_o twelve_o year_n of_o quiet_a superiority_n pag._n 1._o &_o justine_n abridge_n trogus_n pompeius_n make_v amyntas_n son_n to_o menelaus_n brother_n to_o alexander_n who_o reign_v in_o darius_n hystaspis_n day_n whereby_o it_o appear_v how_o little_a credit_n old_a latin_n or_o some_o greek_n give_v the_o other_o greek_n for_o these_o time_n and_o how_o plutarch_n have_v just_a occasion_n to_o condemn_v the_o greek_a chronicle_n of_o olympiades_n rome_n antiquity_n and_o chaldean_n this_o threefold_a thread_n be_v spin_a against_o i_o though_o i_o have_v cut_v the_o knottinesse_n of_o they_o as_o alexander_n do_v the_o gordian_a knot_n for_o olympiades_n phlegon_n be_v the_o most_o famous_a author_n who_o christian_n cite_v join_v his_o olympiade_n two_o hundred_o and_o two_o in_o the_o four_o year_n to_o our_o lord_n his_o death_n if_o i_o grant_v any_o thing_n good_a in_o this_o account_n i_o must_v bring_v cyrus_n reign_n over_o juda_n unto_o olympiade_n the_o eightith_n for_o the_o use_n of_o student_n i_o will_v afford_v phlegon_n whole_a treatise_n that_o young_a man_n may_v see_v what_o stuff_n man_n bring_v against_o propriety_n of_o scripture_n afterward_o i_o will_v show_v further_o their_o nullity_n &_o how_o the_o citer_n of_o they_o by_o their_o own_o auctour_n be_v condemn_v i_o will_v abridge_v and_o translate_v anon_o so_o much_o as_o i_o need_v the_o grecian_a may_v take_v all_o he_o shall_v find_v their_o antiquity_n not_o great_o far_o from_o hercules_n who_o son_n tlepolemus_n be_v agamemnon_n soldier_n whereby_o cyrus_n may_v well_o be_v cast_v to_o olympiad_n eighty_o or_o year_n three_o hundred_o &_o twenty_o after_o their_o beginning_n which_o thing_n will_v finish_v this_o combat_n yet_o i_o loathe_v that_o help_n where_o apollo_n be_v the_o counsellor_n of_o the_o game_n a_o pestilence_n join_v to_o their_o beginning_n a_o spider_n web_n cover_v of_o their_o garland_n and_o choraebus_n the_o first_o man_n in_o pausanias_n whence_o the_o account_n be_v fetch_v and_o i_o marvel_v at_o my_o adversary_n who_o count_v my_o doctrine_n against_o choraebus_n and_o he_o to_o be_v chorebus_n harness_n the_o defence_n of_o this_o olympike_a stuff_n best_o deserve_v that_o name_n but_o now_o look_v to_o phlegon_n 〈◊〉_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 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 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follow_v for_o that_o vanity_n say_v i_o that_o it_o be_v at_o all_o begin_v for_o contempt_n of_o it_o say_v apollo_n of_o who_o sundry_a counsel_n they_o take_v of_o which_o this_o be_v one_o that_o they_o shall_v not_o make_v the_o garland_n or_o crown_n of_o a_o fruitful_a tree_n but_o of_o a_o wild_a olive_n beset_v with_o cobweb_n of_o which_o kind_a one_o among_o many_o be_v find_v in_o a_o wood_n there_o and_o be_v wall_v about_o for_o to_o be_v keep_v still_o fol._n of_o the_o olympia_n by_o phlegon_n freeman_n of_o adrianus_n caesar_n i_o think_v it_o behooveable_a to_o tell_v the_o cause_n why_o the_o olympia_n chanse_v to_o be_v set_v up_o and_o this_o be_v it_o after_o pisus_fw-la and_o pelops_n and_o also_o hercules_n the_o first_o erecter_n of_o the_o solemnity_n &_o game_n in_o olympiades_n the_o peloponnesian_n leave_v off_o the_o toy_n religion_n a_o certain_a time_n for_o which_o be_v number_v 28_o olympiades_n unto_o iphitus_n &_o choroebus_n eleus_n when_o they_o have_v thus_o neglect_v the_o game_n a_o sedition_n arise_v in_o peloponnesus_n then_o lycurgus_n the_o lacedaemonian_a the_o son_n of_o prytaneus_fw-la of_o europus_n of_o sosus_n of_o procleus_n of_o aristodemus_n of_o aristomachus_n of_o cleodaeus_n of_o hyllus_n of_o hercules_n and_o deianira_n and_o iphitus_n son_n of_o haemon_n or_o by_o some_o of_o praxonides_n a_o man_n of_o elis_n of_o hercules_n lineage_n &_o cleosthenes_n son_n of_o cleonicus_n a_o man_n of_o pisa_n willing_a to_o restore_v the_o people_n to_o amity_n &_o peace_n derermine_v to_o renew_v the_o olympic_a solemnity_n &_o to_o keep_v the_o gymnike_n game_n then_o some_o be_v send_v unto_o delphos_n to_o consult_v with_o apollo_n whether_o he_o also_o advise_v to_o do_v thus_o apollo_n say_v it_o be_v best_a to_o do_v it_o &_o command_v to_o proclaim_v truce_n for_o the_o city_n that_o will_v be_v partaker_n
be_v ephorus_n olympiade_n the_o sixth_o by_o sosigenes_n fifty_o sixth_o a_o full_a 200._o difference_n prove_v a_o great_a diversity_n receive_v in_o these_o account_n which_o be_v grant_v all_o this_o work_n of_o olympiade_n reckoninge_n by_o fire_n of_o judgement_n wylbe_n consume_v as_o straw_n 12_o africanus_n twice_o strike_v himself_o for_o he_o begin_v olympiades_n 1020._o from_o moses_n in_o eusâ—b_a praeâ—â—_n and_o in_o dem._n 8._o geve_v the_o macedonian_n 370._o year_n of_o gevernement_n with_o such_o thorn_n do_v they_o prick_v their_o eye_n who_o marry_v scripture_n to_o profane_v heathen_a and_o mar_v the_o light_n of_o our_o happy_a redemption_n 13_o thus_o it_o appear_v what_o the_o testimony_n be_v worth_a which_o so_o certain_o place_v cyrus_n reign_v in_o olympiade_n 55._o which_o be_v fortify_v by_o the_o name_n of_o phlegon_n thallus_n castor_n diodorus_n and_o all_o that_o handle_v olympiades_n euseb_n praep_v 10._o 80._o 14_o by_o some_o heathen_a who_o make_v 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