than_o those_o of_o augeus_n but_o be_v there_o any_o thing_n so_o bad_a that_o please_v not_o some_o deprave_a appetite_n and_o though_o france_n have_v for_o some_o year_n produce_v no_o monster_n she_o have_v have_v heretofore_o her_o apuleius_n notwithstanding_o she_o be_v at_o present_a free_v from_o such_o prodigy_n if_o modes_n as_o well_o as_o season_n have_v their_o revolution_n who_o can_v promise_v the_o phoebus_n of_o norvese_n and_o gothick_n of_o vignere_n will_v not_o return_v again_o with_o the_o golillo_n and_o ruff_n of_o those_o time_n chap._n iu._n the_o last_o rule_n in_o description_n and_o its_o importance_n for_o the_o six_o and_o last_o rule_n a_o historian_n must_v not_o enter_v into_o any_o country_n where_o he_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o language_n without_o a_o interpreter_n to_o assist_v he_o i_o mean_v he_o must_v not_o undertake_v to_o describe_v any_o thing_n he_o do_v not_o know_v or_o have_v not_o be_v inform_v of_o otherwise_o he_o will_v but_o 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have_v be_v do_v by_o historian_n that_o be_v not_o saint_n if_o we_o believe_v lucian_n who_o say_v that_o in_o his_o time_n there_o be_v that_o carry_v whole_a town_n out_o of_o one_o country_n into_o another_o with_o as_o much_o ease_n as_o a_o gardener_n transplant_v his_o flower_n and_o further_o make_v as_o prodigious_a transformation_n as_o those_o in_o ovid_n metamorphosis_n turn_v town_n into_o captain_n and_o captain_n into_o town_n for_o which_o the_o marshal_n de_fw-fr bassompierre_n accuse_v one_o of_o our_o historiographer_n make_v mountain_n river_n and_o rivers_z forest_n and_o without_o a_o miracle_n or_o witchcraft_n without_o the_o help_n of_o heaven_n or_o hell_n there_o be_v nothing_o in_o nature_n he_o will_v not_o change_v from_o one_o kind_a to_o another_o by_o the_o sole_a virtue_n of_o his_o ignorance_n aid_v by_o his_o fancy_n dissertation_n vii_o of_o harangue_n and_o digression_n chap._n i._o whether_o harangue_n be_v superfluous_a in_o history_n and_o whether_o contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o truth_n harangue_n hold_v the_o three_o place_n in_o composition_n of_o history_n and_o if_o it_o belong_v only_o to_o a_o orator_n to_o be_v a_o historian_n as_o all_o the_o master_n say_v after_o cicero_n it_o be_v here_o chief_o the_o orator-historian_n ought_v to_o display_v his_o rhetoric_n i_o know_v all_o the_o world_n be_v not_o of_o his_o opinion_n but_o what_o be_v raymund_n lul_n and_o other_o that_o embrace_v the_o contrary_a but_o pigmy_n oppose_v to_o this_o achilles_n of_o the_o long_a robe_n diodorus_n of_o sicily_n produce_v against_o harangue_n condemn_v but_o those_o that_o entangle_v and_o dismember_v a_o narration_n put_v thing_n out_o of_o their_o method_n by_o their_o unreasonable_a length_n or_o number_n yet_o more_o tedious_a and_o as_o this_o greek_a that_o aught_o to_o love_v wine_n as_o all_o other_o greek_n do_v will_v not_o have_v burn_v down_o all_o the_o vineyard_n to_o free_v the_o ground_n from_o some_o bad_a vine_n so_o he_o never_o design_v to_o cleanse_v history_n from_o some_o ill_a harangue_n all_o sort_n shall_v be_v take_v from_o she_o it_o be_v oppose_v to_o this_o that_o the_o law_n which_o permit_v nothing_o false_a in_o history_n be_v violate_v by_o these_o harangue_n that_o be_v all_o false_a and_o frame_v by_o the_o historian_n that_o probability_n allege_v to_o maintain_v they_o be_v a_o usurpation_n upon_o the_o poet_n and_o she_o shameful_o abuse_v what_o be_v there_o of_o scythian_a or_o barbarous_a nay_o what_o be_v there_o not_o of_o delicate_a and_o polite_a in_o the_o harangue_n the_o ambassador_n of_o scythia_n make_v by_o the_o favour_n of_o quintus_n curtius_n to_o the_o great_a alexander_n and_o who_o can_v believe_v galgacus_n that_o tacitus_n place_n at_o the_o head_n of_o a_o people_n separate_v from_o other_o and_o as_o it_o be_v out_o of_o the_o world_n harangued_a with_o such_o figure_n and_o expression_n as_o he_o lend_v he_o the_o same_o may_v be_v say_v of_o his_o arminius_n and_o civilis_n which_o he_o make_v speak_v as_o if_o disciple_n to_o longinus_n and_o hermogenes_n in_o like_a manner_n the_o roman_n cover_v with_o the_o dust_n of_o their_o cabin_n and_o smell_v of_o garlic_n as_o say_v a_o modern_a author_n be_v produce_v by_o titus_n livius_n with_o as_o much_o fineness_n of_o wit_n and_o grace_n of_o language_n as_o be_v use_v a_o long_a time_n after_o by_o the_o most_o curious_a in_o the_o court_n of_o augustus_n chap._n ii_o that_o harangue_n be_v necessary_a in_o history_n not_o contrary_a to_o truth_n nor_o probability_n historian_n and_o poet_n justify_v thereupon_o all_o these_o reason_n conclude_v nothing_o against_o harangue_n the_o law_n of_o truth_n ought_v not_o to_o be_v understand_v but_o of_o thing_n that_o receive_v some_o consistence_n either_o by_o tradition_n or_o write_n may_v come_v entire_a and_o without_o alteration_n to_o the_o knowledge_n of_o the_o historian_n he_o be_v oblige_v to_o take_v they_o as_o they_o come_v to_o he_o by_o these_o way_n and_o the_o law_n of_o truth_n confine_v he_o that_o without_o change_v any_o thing_n either_o in_o matter_n or_o figure_n he_o shall_v make_v use_n of_o they_o such_o as_o they_o be_v it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o word_n that_o have_v wing_n as_o a_o greek_a poet_n say_v and_o after_o the_o arabian_a conceit_n be_v the_o bird_n of_o carriage_n no_o net_n can_v take_v they_o no_o band_n hold_v they_o and_o it_o will_v not_o be_v enough_o the_o historian_n be_v a_o magician_n he_o must_v yet_o be_v a_o prophet_n if_o he_o be_v to_o recite_v every_o syllable_n as_o the_o messenger_n of_o homer_n of_o all_o that_o be_v say_v by_o person_n introduce_v in_o his_o history_n notwithstanding_o there_o be_v occasion_n where_o it_o be_v necessary_a they_o shall_v speak_v for_o a_o trader_n that_o be_v dumb_a a_o counsellor_n silent_a a_o ambassador_n without_o word_n will_v there_o make_v but_o strange_a figure_n the_o historian_n must_v then_o make_v they_o speak_v and_o lend_v they_o word_n and_o that_o be_v find_v better_a than_o if_o they_o shall_v all_o express_v themselves_o in_o different_a language_n and_o renew_v the_o confusion_n of_o babel_n in_o every_o history_n in_o make_v harangue_n the_o historian_n usurp_v not_o upon_o the_o poet_n there_o be_v that_o belong_v to_o each_o of_o they_o but_o with_o this_o difference_n the_o one_o be_v found_v upon_o truth_n to_o the_o exclusion_n of_o falsehood_n the_o other_o upon_o falsehood_n to_o the_o exclusion_n oâ—_n truth_n because_o falsehood_n colour_v and_o disguise_v gives_z all_o the_o honour_n to_o poetry_n two_o famous_a example_n in_o history_n and_o poetry_n that_o deserve_v observation_n will_v clear_v better_o this_o doctrine_n the_o first_o in_o the_o four_o book_n of_o virgil_n aeneid_n where_o dido_n move_v by_o love_n despite_n despair_n and_o fury_n whether_o she_o stir_v or_o speak_v do_v all_o so_o probable_o so_o well_o compose_v so_o natural_a one_o can_v see_v she_o without_o love_v hate_v be_v in_o anger_n and_o mourn_v with_o she_o notwithstanding_o this_o resemblance_n of_o truth_n be_v ground_v upon_o as_o great_a a_o falsehood_n as_o ever_o be_v and_o it_o be_v not_o enough_o for_o virgil_n to_o raise_v the_o wind_n and_o sea_n employ_v all_o the_o god_n that_o preside_v over_o tempest_n to_o bring_v his_o aeneas_n to_o carthage_n in_o the_o time_n of_o dido_n he_o be_v further_o oblige_v to_o force_n chronology_n and_o do_v violence_n to_o two_o age_n the_o other_o in_o the_o first_o book_n of_o livy_n where_o the_o fair_a and_o chaste_a lucretia_n mad_a with_o the_o outrage_n offer_v to_o her_o honour_n express_v herself_o in_o so_o become_v a_o manner_n and_o in_o term_n so_o natural_a no_o body_n but_o will_v believe_v the_o word_n she_o own_o and_o that_o happen_v because_o the_o truth_n of_o the_o thing_n draw_v with_o it_o the_o
example_n of_o the_o force_n of_o thought_n of_o instruction_n and_o precept_n and_o how_o to_o be_v use_v p._n 147_o dissertation_n vi_o of_o description_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o worth_n of_o description_n and_o some_o rule_v the_o historian_n ought_v to_o observe_v p._n 152_o chap._n ii_o other_o rule_n for_o description_n ovid_n censure_v and_o of_o some_o historian_n that_o have_v fail_v in_o those_o rule_n p._n 156_o chap._n iii_o other_o rule_n necessary_a in_o description_n how_o and_o to_o what_o degree_n they_o ought_v to_o approach_v poetry_n apuleius_n censure_v and_o his_o style_n p._n 160_o chap._n iu_o the_o last_o rule_n in_o description_n and_o its_o importance_n p._n 163_o dissertation_n vii_o of_o harangue_n and_o digression_n chap._n i._n whither_o harangue_n be_v superfluous_a in_o history_n and_o whether_o contrary_a to_o the_o rule_n of_o truth_n p._n 166_o chap._n ii_o that_o harangue_n be_v necessary_a in_o history_n not_o contrary_a to_o truth_n nor_o probability_n historian_n and_o poet_n justify_v thereupon_o p._n 169_o chap._n iii_o what_o person_n ought_v to_o harangue_n what_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o subject_a matter_n and_o measure_n of_o harangue_n thucydides_n and_o sallust_n reprehend_v for_o have_v fail_v in_o this_o rule_n p._n 176_o chap._n iu_o of_o the_o kind_n use_v and_o end_v of_o digression_n p._n 183_o dissertation_n viii_o of_o order_n chap._n i._n of_o the_o preface_n rule_v to_o be_v observe_v and_o faultsâ—o_o â—o_z be_v avoid_v reflection_n upon_o the_o preface_v of_o sallust_n p._n 187_o chap._n ii_o the_o historick_n narration_n require_v order_n what_o be_v this_o order_n and_o how_o it_o differ_v from_o that_o of_o poetry_n p._n 194_o dissertation_n ix_o of_o the_o style_n of_o history_n chap._n i._n the_o style_n of_o history_n demand_v ornament_n p._n 200_o chap._n ii_o what_o ought_v to_o be_v the_o ornament_n of_o the_o style_n of_o history_n and_o in_o what_o it_o consist_v p._n 203_o chap._n iii_o 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