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we_o do_v not_o think_v it_o proper_a to_o insert_v the_o account_n of_o they_o in_o this_o our_o system_n chap._n xviii_o of_o the_o italian_n latin_n roman_n and_o of_o the_o four_o or_o roman_a monarchy_n our_o reader_n must_v not_o expect_v in_o this_o short_a system_n of_o universal_a history_n that_o we_o shall_v give_v a_o accurate_a and_o particular_a account_n of_o all_o the_o roman_a affair_n since_o many_o of_o the_o ancient_n such_o as_o diodorus_n siculus_n dionysius_n halicarnasseus_n livy_n and_o other_o who_o have_v only_o give_v we_o a_o account_n of_o part_n of_o they_o have_v fill_v whole_a volume_n with_o that_o account_n and_o since_o our_o countryman_n the_o ingenious_a industrious_a and_o indefatigable_a mr._n echard_n have_v favour_v the_o world_n with_o a_o large_a book_n even_o of_o his_o abridgement_n of_o the_o roman_a history_n it_o be_v enough_o that_o we_o give_v only_o a_o taste_n of_o the_o most_o eminent_a transaction_n which_o contribute_v towards_o 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