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centuriator_n apparat._n n._n 47._o praefat_fw-la praefat._n ad_fw-la apparat._n n._n 49._o epist._n praelim_fw-la ad_fw-la exercitat_fw-la cont_n baron_fw-fr rainold_n de_fw-fr idol_n rom._n l._n 1._o c._n 4._o in_o prolegom_n ad_fw-la exercitat_fw-la spondanus_n there_o be_v beside_o he_o some_o other_o epitomizer_n of_o baronius_n as_o bzovius_fw-la bisciola_n and_o johannes_n gabriel_n lucas_n osiander_n the_o council_n of_o trent_n trent_n sir_n nathaniel_n brent_n kt._n master_n of_o merton-coll_n sir_n adam_n newton_n knight_n thuanus_n vossius_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n keckerman_n de_fw-fr natura_n hist._n par._n 1._o c._n 1._o p._n 10._o de_fw-fr arte_fw-la hist._n cap._n 5._o p._n 31._o ethic._n l._n 1._o seneca_n epist_n 114._o de_fw-fr scribenda_fw-la hist._n penult_n p._n 954._o pag._n 819._o lib._n 1._o de_fw-fr scr._n hist._n c._n 17._o ars_fw-la histo._n c._n 5._o p._n 28._o de_fw-fr arte_fw-la histo._n c._n 5._o p._n 30._o lib._n 5._o the_o trad_a disc._n p._n 352._o lib._n 5._o antiq_n rom._n a_o de_fw-fr arte_fw-la hist._n c._n 15._o p._n 80._o &_o 81._o 81._o lib._n 5._o c._n 18._o lib._n 2._o instit_n orat._n quint._n l._n 10._o c._n 5._o lib._n 10._o c._n 1._o lib._n 1._o ep_n 2._o tract_n de_fw-fr form_n studiis_fw-la p._n 31._o chronology_n geography_n suet._n l._n a._n c._n 8._o philological_n philosophical_a epist._n cviii_o philological_a example_n lib._n 7._o c._n 27._o li._n 39_o c._n 40._o cicero_n in_o catone_n maj._n livius_n l._n 39_o c._n 40._o lib._n 2._o c._n 15._o vide_fw-la cic._n in_o cat._n majore_fw-la it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a that_o from_o the_o ruin_n of_o carthage_n the_o civil_a war_n of_o rome_n take_v their_o rise_n which_o end_v in_o the_o ruin_n of_o the_o roman_a commonwealth_n as_o be_v observe_v by_o the_o great_a historian_n salustius_n in_o his_o preface_n to_o the_o catiline_n conspiracy_n and_o in_o utica_n a_o town_n belong_v to_o carthage_n cato_n minor_n the_o last_o great_a man_n of_o this_o name_n perish_v in_o those_o war_n god_n punish_v the_o jealousy_n and_o perfidy_n of_o the_o roman_n and_o the_o implacable_a hatred_n of_o this_o great_a man_n by_o their_o own_o method_n to_o teach_v all_o state_n and_o prince_n the_o folly_n of_o such_o finespun_a but_o unjust_a politic_n pag._n 30._o 30._o de_fw-fr natura_fw-la deor._n l._n 3._o vide_fw-la senecoe_n epist._n 92._o cap._n 1._o 2._o cicer._n de_fw-fr off._n lib._n 3._o 3._o lib._n 56._o d._n de_fw-fr verborum_fw-la sign_n l._n 6._o d._n de_fw-fr stat_fw-la stat_fw-la a._n gell._n l._n 3._o c._n 18._o the_o custom_n of_o our_o house_n of_o commons_o be_v not_o much_o unlike_o this_o where_o if_o the_o house_n divide_v one_o part_n stay_v in_o the_o house_n and_o the_o other_o go_v out_o that_o the_o different_a number_n may_v be_v the_o more_o easy_o know_v livius_n l_o 1._o c._n 4._o florus_n l._n 1._o c._n 1._o justin._n l._n 1._o herodotus_n l._n 1._o justin._n l._n 44._o lib._n 12._o c._n 42._o &_o alex_n ab_fw-la alex_n l._n 2._o c._n 31._o de_fw-fr civitat-dei_a lib._n 18._o c._n 21._o lib._n 1._o c._n 12._o lib._n 1._o c._n 4._o justin._n lib._n 2._o §._o 13._o seneca_n de_fw-fr ben._n l._n 9_o c._n 31._o in_o polym_n suet._n cal._n cap._n 3_o 4._o 4._o suet._n nero_n cap._n 53._o am._n marc._n l._n 30._o c._n 29._o cap._n 6._o lib._n 2._o ep._n 21._o ibid._n ep._n 22._o 22._o atilius_n regulus_n plutarch_n in_o cat._n maj._n cicer._n ep._n fam._n lib._n 4._o ep._n 5._o epist._n 92._o ambr._n lib._n 2._o ep._n 8._o aug._n de_fw-fr civitat_fw-la dei_fw-la l._n 19_o c._n 25._o christophor_n in_o prooem_n part_n ii_o sect._n 42._o &_o 43._o