Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	speak_v	true_a	word_n	4,837	5	4.2671	3	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B06713	Reflections upon ancient and modern learning. The second part, With a dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop. / By Richard Bentley, D.D. ... These additions compleat the want of the former eddition.	Wotton, William, 1666-1727.; Bentley, Richard, d. 1697. Dissertation upon the epistles of Phalaris, Themistocles, Socrates, Euripides; &c. and fables of Æsop.	1698 (1698)	Wing W3660; ESTC R186882	95,995	214

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that_o this_o passage_n of_o favorinus_n have_v not_o be_v yet_o right_o understand_v it_o be_v general_o interpret_v as_o if_o he_o deny_v the_o oration_n that_o be_v attribute_v to_o polycrates_n to_o be_v real_o he_o but_o this_o be_v very_o far_o from_o be_v his_o opinion_n for_o than_o he_o will_v be_v flat_o confute_v by_o isocrates_n a_o witness_v unanswerable_a who_o in_o a_o discourse_n which_o he_o address_v to_o this_o very_a polycrates_n tell_v he_o busir_n he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isoc_n busir_n i_o perceive_v you_o value_v yourself_o most_o upon_o two_o oration_n the_o apology_n of_o busiris_n and_o accusation_n of_o socrates_n but_o favorinus_n meaning_n be_v that_o polycrates_n do_v not_o make_v that_o oration_n for_o a_o true_a charge_n to_o be_v speak_v at_o the_o trial_n of_o socrates_n but_o write_v it_o several_a year_n after_o for_o no_o other_o trial_n than_o that_o of_o his_o own_o wit._n the_o word_n in_o the_o greek_a can_v admit_v of_o no_o other_o sense_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n observe_v that_o he_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d polycrates_n mention_n if_o he_o have_v deny_v he_o to_o be_v the_o author_n he_o will_v have_v say_v in_o the_o passive_a there_o be_v mention_v beside_o he_o express_o call_v it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d only_o deny_v it_o to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o if_o he_o have_v deny_v it_o to_o be_v his_o he_o will_v have_v say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d as_o laertius_n speak_v in_o other_o place_n xenoph_n place_n in_o xenoph_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d aeschine_n 〈◊〉_d in_o aeschine_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o i_o think_v be_v sufficient_o clear_a now_o we_o be_v to_o know_v it_o be_v the_o custom_n of_o the_o old_a sophist_n to_o make_v a_o ostentation_n of_o their_o art_n upon_o some_o difficult_a subject_n and_o paradox_n such_o as_o other_o people_n can_v speak_v nothing_o to_o as_o the_o commendation_n of_o a_o fever_n or_o the_o gout_n polycrates_n therefore_o to_o show_v his_o rhetoric_n in_o this_o way_n write_v a_o apology_n of_o busiris_n that_o kill_v and_o eat_v his_o guest_n 18._o guest_n quintil_n lib._n two_o cap._n 18._o and_o of_o clytaemnestra_n that_o murder_v her_o husband_n and_o to_o give_v a_o proof_n of_o his_o skill_n as_o well_o in_o accuse_v virtue_n as_o in_o excuse_v vice_n he_o write_v a_o indictment_n against_o socrates_n not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o true_a one_o as_o favorinus_n true_o say_v but_o only_o a_o scholastic_a exercise_n such_o as_o plato_n xenophon_n libanius_n and_o other_o write_v in_o his_o defense_n so_o that_o we_o be_v no_o more_o force_v to_o believe_v that_o his_o oration_n be_v the_o true_a charge_n that_o be_v speak_v at_o socrates_n trial_n than_o that_o he_o real_o plead_v for_o clytaemnestra_n when_o orestes_n be_v go_v to_o kill_v she_o nay_o it_o appear_v to_o i_o from_o isocrates_n himself_o that_o it_o be_v but_o a_o scholastic_a exercise_n and_o after_o socrates_n death_n for_o he_o blame_v polycrates_n for_o reckon_v alcibiades_n among_o socrates_n disciple_n since_o beside_o that_o no_o body_n else_o ever_o count_v he_o his_o scholar_n have_v he_o real_o be_v so_o he_o have_v be_v a_o commendation_n to_o his_o master_n and_o not_o a_o disparagement_n which_o be_v the_o aim_n of_o the_o sophist_n busir_n sophist_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d isoc_n busir_n so_o that_o say_v he_o if_o the_o dead_a can_v have_v knowledge_n of_o your_o write_n socrates_n will_v thank_v you_o be_v not_o this_o a_o clear_a indication_n that_o socrates_n be_v dead_a before_o the_o oration_n be_v make_v and_o that_o this_o be_v not_o the_o true_a charge_n for_o than_o he_o will_v have_v hear_v it_o at_o his_o trial_n and_o there_o have_v be_v no_o occasion_n to_o say_v if_o the_o dead_a can_v have_v knowledge_n of_o it_o in_o the_o close_a of_o all_o he_o advise_v he_o to_o leave_v off_o show_v his_o part_n upon_o such_o villainous_a theme_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lest_o he_o do_v public_a mischief_n by_o put_v false_a colour_n upon_o thing_n here_o again_o we_o be_v plain_o tell_v that_o his_o action_n against_o socrates_n like_o those_o for_o busiris_n and_o clytaemnestra_n be_v but_o a_o declamation_n a_o theme_n and_o exercise_n in_o the_o school_n and_o not_o a_o real_a indictment_n in_o the_o areopagus_n at_o athens_n to_o all_o which_o let_v i_o add_v that_o neither_o plato_n nor_o xenophon_n nor_o any_o body_n contemporary_a with_o socrates_n ever_o once_o mention_v polycrates_n for_o the_o author_n of_o the_o charge_n which_o have_v the_o thing_n be_v true_a they_o will_v certain_o have_v throw_v in_o his_o tooth_n consider_v the_o perpetual_a quarrel_n between_o sophist_n and_o philosopher_n and_o it_o be_v well_o know_v that_o the_o athenian_n in_o a_o penitential_a mood_n either_o banish_v or_o put_v to_o death_n all_o those_o that_o have_v any_o hand_n in_o socrates_n accusation_n if_o polycrates_n then_o 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and_o his_o scholar_n xenophon_n aristippus_n etc._n etc._n be_v publish_v out_o of_o the_o vatican_n library_n by_o the_o learned_a leo_n allatius_n and_o print_v at_o paris_n mdcxxxvii_o he_o be_v so_o full_o persuade_v himself_o and_o so_o concern_v to_o have_v other_o think_v that_o they_o be_v the_o legitimate_a offspring_n of_o those_o author_n they_o be_v lay_v to_o that_o he_o have_v guard_v and_o protect_v they_o in_o a_o dialogue_n of_o lvii_o page_n in_o quarto_fw-la against_o all_o the_o objection_n that_o he_o or_o his_o friend_n can_v raise_v and_o no_o body_n since_o that_o ever_o i_o hear_v of_o have_v bring_v the_o matter_n into_o controversy_n but_o i_o be_o incline_v to_o believe_v that_o by_o that_o time_n i_o have_v do_v with_o they_o it_o will_v be_v no_o more_o a_o controversy_n but_o that_o they_o be_v spurious_a i_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o nothing_o that_o allatius_n have_v bring_v except_o one_o objection_n only_o and_o that_o i_o shall_v both_o manage_v 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business_n of_o leon_n be_v quite_o over_o before_o those_o fugitive_n leave_v the_o town_n for_o leon_n be_v murder_v fourteen_o murder_v xenoph_n hist_o lib._n two_o p._n 467_o 470._o diod._n l._n fourteen_o before_o theramenes_n be_v and_o theramenes_n be_v murder_v before_o thrasybulus_n and_o his_o party_n flee_v to_o thebes_n and_o that_o socrates_n mean_v they_o in_o this_o letter_n it_o be_v evident_a from_o hence_o that_o he_o speak_v here_o of_o their_o conspiracy_n to_o resort_v private_o towards_o athens_n and_o set_v upon_o the_o tyrant_n which_o afterward_o come_v to_o pass_v iv_o the_o viii_o ix_o xii_o and_o xiii_o be_v letter_n of_o jest_n and_o raillery_n between_o antisthenes_n and_o aristippus_n and_o simon_n the_o shoemaker_n it_o be_v a_o affront_n to_o the_o memory_n of_o those_o man_n to_o believe_v they_o will_v fool_v and_o trifle_n in_o that_o manner_n especial_o send_v such_o impertinent_a stuff_n as_o far_o as_o from_o sicily_n to_o athens_n which_o can_v not_o decent_o be_v speak_v even_o in_o merriment_n at_o a_o table_n v._o in_o the_o xiii_o epistle_n among_o the_o acquaintance_n of_o simon_n he_o name_v phaedrus_n the_o same_o that_o give_v the_o title_n to_o the_o dialogue_n of_o plato_n and_o the_o xxv_o be_v write_v by_o phaedrus_n himself_o to_o plato_n and_o both_o these_o be_v date_v after_o socrates_n death_n i_o will_v appeal_v now_o to_o athenaeus_n if_o these_o two_o letter_n can_v be_v genuine_a he_o among_o other_o error_n in_o chronology_n for_o which_o he_o chastise_v plato_n bring_v this_o in_o for_o one_o 〈◊〉_d one_o lib._n xi_o pag._n 505._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o introduce_v phaedrus_n discourse_v with_o socrates_n who_o must_v certain_o be_v dead_a before_o the_o day_n of_o the_o philosopher_n how_o come_v he_o then_o to_o survive_v he_o in_o these_o epistle_n and_o discourse_n so_o passionate_o of_o his_o death_n it_o be_v true_a for_o want_v of_o ancient_a history_n we_o can_v back_v this_o authority_n with_o any_o other_o testimony_n but_o i_o be_o sure_a all_o those_o that_o have_v a_o just_a esteem_n for_o athenaeus_n can_v have_v no_o slight_a one_o of_o this_o argument_n against_o the_o credit_n of_o the_o letter_n vi_o the_o fourteen_o epistle_n give_v xenophon_n a_o long_a narrative_n of_o socrates_n trial_n and_o death_n be_v write_v present_o after_o by_o one_o of_o his_o scholar_n that_o be_v present_a at_o both_o among_o other_o particular_n he_o tell_v he_o 〈◊〉_d he_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o the_o oration_n or_o charge_n against_o socrates_n be_v draw_v up_o by_o polycrates_n the_o sophist_n but_o i_o doubt_v this_o will_v turn_v to_o a_o charge_n against_o another_o sophist_n for_o counterfeit_v letter_n for_o i_o think_v i_o can_v plain_o prove_v that_o at_o

gather_v hence_o to_o make_v thericles_n himself_o a_o turner_n for_o after_o he_o have_v first_o invent_v they_o they_o be_v call_v thericlean_a from_o their_o shape_n whatsoever_o artificer_n make_v they_o and_o whether_o of_o earth_n or_o of_o wood_n or_o of_o metal_n but_o as_o i_o say_v by_o the_o general_a consent_n of_o writer_n we_o must_v call_v he_o a_o potter_n hesychius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d lucian_n in_o lexiphanes_n pag._n 960._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etymologicon_fw-la m._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o word_n of_o eubulus_n who_o he_o cite_v be_v extant_a in_o athenaeus_n lib._n xi_o p._n 471._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o again_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d now_o the_o next_o thing_n to_o be_v inquire_v be_v the_o age_n of_o this_o thericles_n and_o we_o learn_v that_o from_o athenaeus_n one_o witness_n indeed_o but_o as_o good_a as_o a_o multitude_n in_o a_o matter_n of_o this_o nature_n pag._n 470._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d this_o cup_n say_v he_o be_v invent_v by_o thericles_n the_o corinthian_a potter_n who_o be_v contemporary_a with_o aristophanes_n the_o comedian_n and_o in_o all_o probability_n he_o have_v this_o indication_n from_o some_o fable_n of_o that_o poet_n be_v now_o lose_v where_o that_o corinthian_a be_v mention_v as_o one_o then_o alive_a but_o all_o the_o play_n that_o we_o have_v leave_v of_o his_o be_v know_v to_o have_v be_v write_v and_o act_v between_o the_o lxxxiix_n and_o xcvii_o olympiad_n which_o be_v a_o interval_n of_o xxxvi_o year_n take_v now_o the_o very_a first_o year_n of_o that_o number_n and_o thericles_n with_o the_o cup_n that_o have_v their_o appellation_n from_o he_o come_v above_o cxx_o year_n after_o phalaris_n death_n but_o i_o must_v remove_v one_o objection_n that_o may_v be_v make_v against_o the_o force_n of_o this_o argument_n for_o some_o ancient_a grammarian_n give_v a_o quite_o different_a account_n why_o such_o cup_n be_v call_v thericlean_a some_o derive_v the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o the_o skin_n of_o beast_n that_o be_v figure_v upon_o they_o and_o pamphilus_n the_o alexandrian_a 471._o alexandrian_a athenaeus_n pag._n 471._o will_v have_v they_o call_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o beast_n be_v scare_v and_o frighten_v when_o in_o sacrifice_n wine_n be_v pour_v upon_o they_o out_o of_o those_o cup_n so_o i_o interpret_v the_o word_n of_o pamphilus_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o what_o be_v more_o ordinary_a in_o old_a author_n than_o the_o memory_n of_o that_o custom_n of_o pour_v wine_n on_o the_o head_n of_o the_o victim_n ipsa_fw-la tenens_fw-la dextra_fw-la pateram_fw-la pulcherrima_fw-la dido_n candentis_fw-la vaccae_fw-la media_fw-la inter_fw-la cornua_fw-la fudit_fw-la nor_o be_v wild_a beast_n only_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o tame_a too_o such_o as_o bull_n and_o cow_n as_o the_o epigrammatist_n call_v the_o minotaur_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d i_o can_v therefore_o comprehend_v why_o the_o most_o learned_a be_v casaubon_n will_v read_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o this_o passage_n and_o not_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o i_o own_o i_o see_v little_a or_o no_o sense_n in_o it_o according_a to_o his_o lection_n and_o as_o for_o the_o authority_n of_o the_o ancient_a epitomiser_n of_o athenaeus_n who_o he_o say_v reads_z it_z 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d one_o may_v be_v certain_a it_o be_v a_o fault_n only_o in_o that_o copy_n of_o he_o that_o casaubon_n use_v for_o eustathius_n who_o appear_v never_o to_o have_v see_v the_o true_a athenaeus_n but_o only_o that_o epitome_n read_v it_o in_o his_o book_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o take_v it_o in_o the_o same_o sense_n that_o i_o now_o interpret_v it_o p._n 1209._o iliad_n h_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o now_o for_o those_o two_o derivation_n of_o the_o word_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v ever_o any_o thing_n so_o force_v so_o frigid_a so_o unworthy_a of_o refutation_n do_v not_o common_a analogy_n plain_o show_v that_o as_o from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d come_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o many_o such_o like_a so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d must_v be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d beside_o so_o many_o express_a authority_n for_o it_o which_o i_o have_v cite_v before_o to_o which_o i_o may_v add_v that_o of_o julius_n pollux_n l._n vi_o c._n 16._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o plutarch_n in_o p._n aemilius_n pag._n 273._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o clemens_n alexand._n ii_o paed._n p._n 69._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d for_o one_o may_v just_o infer_v that_o both_o plutarch_n and_o clemens_n believe_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v from_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o join_v they_o with_o those_o other_o cup_n all_o which_o have_v their_o name_n from_o man_n that_o either_o invent_v or_o use_v they_o and_o so_o say_v a_o manuscript_n note_n upon_o that_o passage_n of_o clemens_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d so_o that_o upon_o the_o whole_a let_v pamphilus_n and_o those_o other_o grammarian_n help_v he_o as_o they_o can_v our_o sophist_n stand_v full_o convict_v upon_o this_o indictment_n of_o forgery_n and_o imposture_n i_o must_v here_o beg_v leave_n of_o the_o late_a learned_a editor_n of_o our_o mock_n phalaris_n with_o who_o i_o must_v by_o and_o by_o have_v some_o further_a expostulation_n to_o dissent_v from_o their_o new_a version_n of_o this_o passage_n whereby_o this_o argument_n from_o thericles_n will_v vanish_v into_o nothing_o for_o instead_o of_o ten_o couple_n of_o thericlean_a cup_n as_o the_o former_a interpreter_n honest_o translate_v it_o they_o present_v we_o as_o a_o emendation_n with_o the_o like_a number_n of_o glass_n poculorum_fw-la vitreorum_fw-la leave_v we_o not_o the_o least_o footstep_n of_o our_o corinthian_a potter_n but_o methinks_v these_o glass_n come_v in_o but_o odd_o and_o stingy_o among_o those_o other_o thing_n name_v there_o of_o great_a value_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n vessel_n of_o gold_n and_o silver_n beautiful_a slave_n fifty_o thousand_o drachmae_fw-la and_o a_o liberal_a yearly_a pension_n for_o life_n if_o agathocles_n the_o tyrant_n have_v make_v this_o present_a of_o a_o score_n of_o glass_n it_o may_v have_v pass_v for_o a_o mark_n of_o favour_n because_o he_o be_v a_o potter_n in_o his_o youth_n and_o we_o may_v suppose_v they_o of_o his_o own_o make_n and_o as_o i_o remember_v diodorus_n tell_v such_o a_o story_n of_o he_o but_o why_o phalaris_n shall_v make_v so_o cheap_a and_o brittle_a a_o compliment_n i_o can_v conjecture_v it_o be_v true_a suidas_n translate_v it_o a_o glass_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o etymolog_n mag._n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o we_o know_v the_o old_a lexicon_n chief_o consist_v of_o excerpta_fw-la out_o of_o scholiast_n and_o glossary_n upon_o particular_a author_n one_o of_o which_o in_o one_o single_a place_n may_v expound_v it_o a_o glass_n but_o that_o it_o must_v universal_o mean_v so_o or_o particular_o in_o this_o passage_n before_o we_o neither_o the_o use_n of_o the_o language_n nor_o good_a sense_n will_v allow_v for_o beside_o earth_n which_o be_v the_o first_o material_a some_o be_v make_v of_o wood_n as_o theophrastus_n say_v in_o the_o place_n already_o cite_v other_o of_o silver_n or_o gold_n as_o plutarch_n in_o p._n aemilius_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o athenaeus_n lib._n v._n p._n 199._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o i_o conceive_v it_o be_v more_o agreeable_a to_o the_o generosity_n of_o phalaris_n which_o be_v the_o subject_n of_o so_o many_o letter_n to_o suppose_v these_o thericlean_a cup_n to_o be_v silver_n at_o least_o if_o not_o a_o more_o precious_a metal_n iv_o in_o the_o lxxxv_o epistle_n he_o boast_v of_o a_o great_a victory_n obtain_v over_o the_o zancleans_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o the_o very_a precede_a letter_n and_o the_o xxi_o be_v direct_v to_o the_o messenian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o the_o city_n be_v there_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o in_o the_o first_o epist_n he_o speak_v of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d here_o we_o see_v we_o have_v mention_v make_v of_o zancleans_n and_o messenian_n as_o if_o zancle_n and_o messana_n be_v two_o different_a to_n certain_o the_o true_a phalaris_n can_v not_o write_v thus_o and_o it_o be_v a_o piece_n of_o ignorance_n inexcusable_a in_o our_o sophist_n not_o to_o know_v that_o both_o those_o name_n belong_v to_o one_o and_o the_o same_o city_n at_o different_a time_n strabo_n lib._n vi_o p._n 268._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d messana_n

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or_o shall_v he_o have_v make_v use_n of_o the_o attic_a account_n he_o will_v always_o have_v give_v express_a notice_n of_o it_o never_o say_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alone_o without_o the_o addition_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d xv._o but_o to_o let_v pass_v all_o further_a argument_n from_o word_n and_o language_n to_o i_o the_o very_a matter_n and_o business_n of_o the_o letter_n sufficient_o discover_v they_o to_o be_v a_o imposture_n what_o force_n of_o wit_n and_o spirit_n in_o the_o style_n what_o lively_a paint_n of_o humour_n some_o fancy_n they_o discern_v there_o i_o will_v not_o examine_v nor_o dispute_v but_o methinks_v little_a sense_n and_o judgement_n be_v show_v in_o the_o groundwork_n and_o subject_n of_o they_o what_o a_o improbable_a and_o absurd_a story_n be_v that_o of_o the_o livia_n stesichorus_n be_v bear_v at_o himera_n but_o he_o chance_v to_o die_v at_o catana_n a_o hundred_o mile_n distance_n from_o home_n quite_o across_o the_o island_n 〈◊〉_d island_n suidas_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d &_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d there_o he_o be_v bury_v and_o a_o noble_a monument_n make_v for_o he_o thus_o far_o the_o sophist_n have_v read_v in_o good_a author_n now_o upon_o this_o he_o introduce_v the_o himerense_n so_o enrage_v at_o the_o other_o for_o have_v stesichorus_n ash_n that_o nothing_o less_o will_v serve_v they_o than_o denounce_v of_o war_n and_o sack_v their_o city_n and_o present_o a_o embassy_n be_v send_v to_o phalaris_n to_o desire_v his_o assistance_n who_o like_o a_o generous_a allye_n promise_v they_o what_o arm_n and_o man_n and_o money_n they_o will_v but_o withal_o sprinkle_v a_o little_a dust_n among_o the_o bee_n advise_v they_o to_o mild_a counsel_n and_o propose_v this_o expedient_a that_o catana_n shall_v have_v stesichorus_n tomb_n and_o himera_n shall_v build_v a_o temple_n to_o he_o now_o be_v ever_o any_o declamator_n theme_n so_o extravagant_o put_v what_o to_o go_v to_o war_n upon_o so_o 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this_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d they_o translate_v svam_fw-la expendens_fw-la conditionem_fw-la this_o put_v i_o in_o mind_n of_o the_o old_a greek_a proverb_n that_o leucon_n carry_v one_o thing_n and_o his_o ass_n quite_o another_o for_o here_o be_v no_o affinity_n at_o all_o between_o the_o text_n and_o the_o version_n which_o will_v every_o whit_n as_o well_o agree_v to_o any_o other_o word_n in_o the_o book_n even_o our_o editor_n themselves_o seem_v sensible_a of_o this_o for_o they_o give_v we_o this_o note_n upon_o it_o 146._o it_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d alium_fw-la sensum_fw-la hic_fw-la vix_fw-la admi●tit_fw-la in_o eodem_fw-la tamen_fw-la usurpatum_fw-la ●●llibi_fw-la invenio_fw-la melius_fw-la itaque_fw-la in_o ms._n regio_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d ob_fw-la ea_fw-la quae_fw-la jam_fw-la agit_fw-fr annotat._n pag._n 146._o that_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d can_v admit_v here_o of_o any_o other_o meaning_n and_o yet_o they_o find_v it_o no_o where_o 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〈◊〉_d ego_fw-la jam_fw-la sedulo_fw-la omnes_fw-la fugio_fw-la as_o for_o the_o former_a lection_n they_o confess_v they_o know_v not_o what_o to_o make_v on_o it_o here_o be_v your_o workman_n to_o mend_v a_o author_n as_o bungle_v tinker_n do_v old_a kettle_n there_o be_v but_o one_o hole_n in_o the_o text_n before_o they_o meddle_v with_o it_o but_o they_o leave_v it_o with_o two_o for_o the_o fault_n be_v not_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d but_o in_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d which_o be_v to_o be_v correct_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d minus_fw-la quam_fw-la par_fw-fr est_fw-la minus_fw-la quam_fw-la oportet_fw-la this_o be_v so_o very_o easy_a a_o emendation_n that_o a_o small_a dose_n of_o sagacity_n may_v have_v find_v it_o out_o by_o conjecture_n but_o what_o will_v the_o man_n of_o letter_n think_v of_o our_o editor_n will_v they_o commend_v their_o skill_n or_o their_o industry_n most_o when_o i_o assure_v they_o that_o all_o the_o three_o manuscript_n which_o 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