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 he_o live_v 100_o year_n the_o matter_n come_v near_o some_o famous_a reckonyng_n for_o his_o first_o princehood_n but_o not_o for_o his_o last_o year_n where_o old_a divine_n cite_v heathen_a against_o their_o meaning_n for_o heathen_a place_n cyrus_n first_o time_n in_o olympiade_n 55._o and_o not_o his_o monarchy_n as_o do_v eusebius_n and_o story_n make_v he_o reign_v 70._o afore_o that_o as_o i_o have_v touch_v afore_o but_o i_o will_v more_o full_o handle_v cyrus_n with_o olympike_a confusion_n after_o i_o have_v once_o brief_o go_v through_o unto_o alexander_n time_n of_o darius_n hystaspis_n darius_n hystaspis_n reign_n by_o lilius_fw-la gyraldus_n touch_v olympiade_n 80._o whereby_o cyrus_n after_o phlegon_n come_n to_o the_o same_o time_n it_o may_v seem_v by_o this_o as_o by_o other_o argument_n that_o cyrus_n and_o cambyses_n last_o year_n be_v at_o babylon_n fall_n and_o they_o also_o be_v hold_v true_a who_o think_v that_o darius_n madai_n be_v no_o other_o than_o he_o 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demand_v and_o how_o can_v that_o be_v and_o tell_v that_o he_o must_v record_n as_o he_o find_v but_o must_v not_o believe_v all_o thus_o the_o recorder_n of_o they_o wound_v they_o with_o as_o great_a a_o blow_n as_o ever_o lygdamis_n or_o poulydamas_n give_v in_o they_o 2_o pindarus_n scholiast_n make_v he_o 40._o year_n old_a at_o xerxes_n war_n to_o live_v in_o all_o 55._o year_n to_o die_v when_o bion_n or_o abion_n be_v mayor_n at_o athens_n in_o olympiad_n 86._o and_o this_o come_v somewhat_o near_o the_o 80._o year_n for_o cyrus_n and_o darius_n 3_o suidas_n place_v isocrates_n birth_n in_o olympiade_n 86._o and_o after_o the_o peloponnesian_a war_n whereby_o the_o confusion_n of_o greek_n appear_v but_o i_o have_v rather_o place_n isocrates_n birth_n nigh_o xerxes_n war_n and_o that_o by_o a_o other_o collection_n i_o can_v prove_v he_o live_v by_o his_o own_o reckon_v near_o 100_o year_n and_o plutarch_n make_v he_o to_o speak_v that_o apopthegim_n to_o sophocles_n the_o praise_n whereof_o tully_n give_v to_o pericles_n offie_n that_o a_o senator_n must_v as_o well_o bridle_v his_o eye_n as_o his_o hand_n which_o fitness_n of_o age_n will_v not_o suffer_v well_o do_v unless_o he_o be_v bear_v about_o xerxes_n war_n 4_o the_o same_o suidas_n place_v socrates_n birth_n at_o the_o peloponnesian_a stir_n who_o be_v bear_v near_o xerxes_n and_o live_v 60._o year_n at_o the_o least_o his_o death_n be_v know_v under_o the_o 30._o tyrant_n the_o next_o year_n after_o lysander_n at_o hellespontus_n aegospotamos_n and_o atten_v overcome_v the_o nation_n socrates_n birth_n by_o suidas_n be_v in_o olympiade_n 77._o what_o can_v we_o make_v of_o such_o greek_a record_n which_o care_v not_o what_o they_o utter_a yet_o this_o much_o may_v be_v gather_v hence_o that_o xerxes_n and_o archidamus_n peloponnesian_n trouble_v be_v nothing_o near_o 50._o year_n as_o i_o hucidide_v will_v have_v it_o who_o demosthenes_n against_o neaera_n follow_v what_o they_o mean_v or_o 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143._o of_o the_o greek_n he_o set_v upon_o egypt_n see_v the_o same_o be_v the_o number_n from_o alexander_n death_n to_o philometor_n reign_v the_o same_o begin_v also_o must_v the_o date_n of_o the_o same_o number_n have_v and_o present_o from_o alexander_n death_n must_v begin_v the_o date_n of_o the_o greek_n kingdom_n as_o codoman_n ryght_o proove_v and_o here_o most_o have_v lympâ—ades_n deceive_v our_o best_a learned_a the_o late_a and_o aucient_a also_o here_o livy_n copy_n will_v codoman_n have_v amend_v that_o for_o 488._o the_o year_n afore_o the_o first_o punik_n war_n he_o will_v nave_n 476._o put_v in_o all_o copy_n that_o the_o famous_a eclipse_n which_o be_v at_o aemylius_fw-la victory_n over_o perseus_n record_v when_o it_o be_v may_v have_v agreement_n of_o antiochus_n sixth_o year_n which_o be_v join_v to_o aemylius_fw-la victory_n so_o all_o copy_n must_v be_v amend_v and_o judgement_n reform_v and_o plain_n make_v rough_a or_o olympiades_n must_v be_v hold_v but_o 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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
contrive_v into_o the_o line_n of_o his_o kindred_n even_o for_o proof_n of_o that_o prophecy_n which_o so_o direct_o call_v we_o to_o a_o most_o certain_a year_n of_o his_o death_n and_o reprofe_n of_o all_o heathen_a tyme-rolle_n and_o special_o the_o olympike_a pastime_n but_o i_o have_v more_o plentiful_o then_o brief_a assertion_n suffer_v enlarge_v this_o blame_n of_o that_o witness_n which_o will_v bring_v cyrus_n and_o the_o son_n out_o of_o his_o course_n and_o make_v phaeton_n ruler_n of_o the_o chariot_n now_o i_o will_v pursue_v other_o wandringe_n and_o come_v to_o other_o of_o who_o heathen_a have_v store_n which_o live_v before_o their_o elder_n be_v bear_v or_o die_v themselves_o afore_o ever_o they_o see_v the_o eylidde_n of_o the_o morning_n a_o cataloge_n of_o further_a impossibility_n in_o olympike_a reckonynge_n 1_o by_o this_o variety_n of_o account_n clemens_n alexandrinus_n make_v aggai_n zachary_n and_o malachy_n to_o prophesy_v afore_o ezekiel_n for_o he_o place_v jechonias_n captivity_n in_o olympiade_n 48._o ezekiel_n prophesy_v not_o untyll_o fyve_o year_n after_o that_o ezek._n 1_o and_o aggai_n zachary_n and_o malachy_n do_v he_o also_o of_o resolute_a purpose_n place_n in_o olympiade_n 48._o make_v they_o elder_a than_o pythagoras_n though_o his_o familiarity_n with_o amasis_n may_v have_v warn_v he_o better_o yea_o thales_n also_o be_v hereby_o make_v their_o puny_a these_o be_v the_o wonderful_a word_n of_o clemens_n it_o be_v clear_a that_o they_o who_o prophesy_v under_o darius_n hystaspis_n in_o the_o second_o year_n of_o his_o kingdom_n aggai_n zachari_fw-la and_o he_o who_o amongst_o the_o twelve_o be_v call_v angel_n malachi_n he_o mean_v in_o the_o first_o year_n of_o the_o 48._o olympiade_n be_v elder_a than_o pythagoras_n which_o be_v in_o the_o 62._o olympiade_n and_o elder_a than_o i_o hale_v which_o be_v in_o the_o 52._o clemens_n run_v into_o this_o blame_n no_o less_o culpable_a than_o yfa_n man_n shall_v place_v queen_n mary_n afore_o king_n richard_n the_o three_o or_o to_o spe_fw-la ke_v proverbial_o all_o the_o cartes_n in_o london_n before_o their_o horse_n but_o clemens_n must_v be_v spare_v come_v to_o heathen_a record_n 2._o parmenides_n florysh_v in_o olympiade_n 29._o but_o his_o ancient_a anaximenes_n see_v not_o the_o sun_n light_n untyl_o the_o olympiade_n 63._o nor_o pittacus_n the_o old_a sage_a untyll_o the_o 54._o nor_o thales_n untyll_o the_o 56._o though_o by_o other_o he_o die_v afore_o he_o be_v bear_v by_o some_o laert._n solon_n also_o by_o laertius_n flourish_v when_o by_o suidas_n he_o be_v yet_o unborn_a dracon_n also_o by_o â—atianus_fw-la be_v in_o olympiad_n the_o 30._o the_o old_a lawmaker_n shall_v be_v as_o late_o as_o parmenides_n so_o the_o poet_n sophocles_n far_o elder_a than_o plato_n shall_v floryshe_v with_o eudorus_n plato_n scholar_n at_o the_o 73._o olympiade_n laertius_n and_o suidas_n 3_o zenon_n be_v a_o boy_n and_o socrates_n a_o young_a man_n when_o parmenides_n be_v very_o age_v that_o be_v 65._o year_n old_a and_o at_o the_o solemnity_n call_v panathenaea_n they_o dispute_v in_o plato_n parmenides_n yet_o socrates_n be_v bear_v in_o the_o 77._o olympiade_n as_o before_o i_o touch_v from_o suidas_n &_o zeno_n the_o young_a in_o the_o 70._o by_o laertius_n 4_o but_o plutarch_n have_v no_o fellow_n for_o this_o purpose_n for_o in_o one_o man_n life_n of_o a_o time_n well_o know_v and_o course_n of_o life_n differ_v twice_o from_o common_a reckon_v 5_o lysias_n by_o plutarch_n be_v bear_v in_o olympiade_n 82._o the_o second_o year_n when_o philocles_n be_v archon_n at_o athens_n the_o olympiades_n by_o diodorus_n be_v 80._o under_o philocles_n in_o plutarch_n the_o same_o lysias_n after_o 63._o year_n be_v in_o the_o 90._o olympiade_n 40_o year_n will_v have_v bring_v he_o from_o the_o 82._o unto_o the_o 92._o he_o little_a care_v for_o that_o account_n that_o so_o do_v speak_v neither_o may_v the_o print_n be_v blame_v unless_o the_o basil_n and_o stephens_n in_o the_o life_n of_o lysias_n be_v blame_v at_o once_o a_o chaos_n of_o confusion_n have_v greek_n in_o this_o kind_n that_o apollo_n the_o wicked_a spirit_n may_v well_o be_v count_v witty_a in_o appoint_v a_o tree_n beset_v all_o with_o spider_n net_n for_o a_o garland_n of_o these_o game_n for_o the_o house_n of_o a_o spider_n be_v their_o confidence_n which_o entangle_v divinity_n and_o humanity_n with_o these_o toy_n 6_o a_o great_a deal_n of_o foul_a play_n about_o alexander_n the_o great_a have_v this_o gamestery_n wrought_v in_o sad_a writer_n our_o country_n man_n florentius_n wigoriensis_n buri_v alexander_n in_o olymprade_n 110._o by_o diodorus_n at_o 111._o he_o enter_v asia_n and_o by_o 114._o the_o first_o year_n by_o arrianus_n he_o die_v and_o hereupon_o belike_o duris_n place_v his_o death_n in_o clem._n 1._o str._n where_o other_o place_v his_o voyage_n first_o 7_o and_o upon_o this_o confusion_n also_o it_o may_v be_v say_v that_o some_o make_v alexander_n reign_n after_o the_o persian_n to_o be_v of_o 18._o year_n year_n where_o clemens_n make_v the_o whole_a macedonian_n unto_o cleopatra_n fall_n to_o be_v 306._o ouide_v jupiter_n be_v never_o so_o fright_v with_o phaeton_n run_v of_o the_o sun_n out_o of_o his_o course_n lest_o all_o shall_v be_v bring_v by_o flame_n into_o the_o old_a chaos_n as_o the_o course_n of_o the_o holy_a story_n be_v disturb_v by_o seek_v help_n at_o these_o forlorn_a olympike_a record_n but_o i_o must_v haste_v to_o end_v this_o olympike_n differ_v absurdity_n yet_o pindarus_n the_o harp_v poet_n who_o write_v of_o the_o olympian_a gamester_n and_o his_o commenter_n they_o may_v not_o be_v omit_v he_o as_o he_o think_v no_o star_n bryght_a than_o the_o sun_n on_o the_o day_n time_n so_o he_o think_v no_o gamestery_n better_o than_o the_o olympike_n 1_o first_o for_o pindarus_n if_o in_o his_o olympiade_n time_n any_o account_n have_v be_v know_v of_o their_o number_n the_o poet_n so_o witty_a and_o so_o far_o fetch_v antiquity_n will_v hardly_o have_v omit_v that_o 2_o the_o commenter_n upon_o he_o bring_v a_o reckon_v number_n of_o the_o olympiades_n upon_o two_o gamester_n xenophon_n and_o psaumis_n xenophon_n corinthius_n win_v the_o stadion_fw-la by_o triclinius_n in_o olympiade_n 79._o yet_o the_o same_o xenophon_n corinthius_n in_o pausanias_n win_v the_o stadion_fw-la in_o olympiade_n the_o 29._o when_o archimedes_n be_v archon_n not_o archidemides_n who_o diodorus_n bring_v and_o yet_o the_o same_o pausanias_n for_o the_o 29._o olympiade_n which_o he_o make_v to_o be_v soon_o after_o gyges_n reign_n when_o ardys_n grandfather_n to_o croesus_n reign_v make_v miltiaden_v to_o be_v archon_n but_o the_o print_n may_v not_o be_v blame_v for_o pausanias_n himself_o bryng_v unreconcilable_a have_v of_o olympiades_n tell_v what_o he_o must_v record_n but_o must_v not_o believe_v beside_o the_o latin_a translater_n in_o both_o place_n follow_v the_o 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