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power_n over_o all_o their_o magistrate_n say_v plutarch_n their_o assembly_n court_n senate_n that_o he_o shall_v appoint_v the_o number_n time_n of_o meeting_n and_o what_o estate_n they_o shall_v have_v that_o can_v be_v capable_a of_o be_v admit_v to_o they_o and_o to_o dissolve_v or_o continue_v any_o of_o the_o present_a constitution_n according_a to_o his_o judgement_n and_o discretion_n solone_o solon_n find_v the_o people_n various_o affect_v some_o incline_v to_o a_o monarchy_n other_o to_o a_o oligarchy_n other_o to_o a_o democracy_n the_o rich_a man_n powerful_a and_o haughty_a the_o poor_a groan_v under_o the_o burden_n of_o their_o oppression_n endeavour_v as_o far_o as_o be_v possible_a to_o compose_v all_o their_o difference_n to_o ease_v their_o grievance_n and_o give_v all_o reasonable_a person_n satisfaction_n in_o the_o prosecution_n of_o this_o design_n he_o divide_v the_o athenian_n into_o four_o rank_n according_a to_o every_o man_n estate_n those_o who_o be_v worth_a five_o hundred_o medimn_v of_o liquid_a and_o dry_a commodity_n he_o place_v in_o the_o first_o rank_n call_v they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o next_o be_v the_o horseman_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v such_o as_o be_v of_o ability_n to_o furnish_v out_o a_o horse_n or_o be_v worth_a three_o hundred_o medimn_v the_o three_o class_n consist_v of_o those_o that_o have_v two_o hundred_o medimn_v which_o be_v call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d in_o the_o last_o he_o place_v all_o the_o rest_n call_z they_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o allow_v they_o not_o to_o be_v capable_a of_o bear_v any_o office_n in_o the_o government_n only_o give_v they_o liberty_n to_o give_v their_o vote_n in_o all_o public_a assembly_n which_o though_o at_o the_o first_o it_o appear_v inconsiderable_a be_v afterward_o find_v to_o be_v a_o very_a important_a privilege_n for_o it_o be_v permit_v any_o man_n after_o
behave_v themselves_o with_o scorn_n and_o contempt_n towards_o their_o master_n as_o be_v guilty_a of_o a_o more_o heinous_a and_o notorious_a crime_n they_o order_v to_o be_v hang_v the_o manner_n of_o it_o the_o poet_n have_v describe_v in_o these_o word_n 465._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d then_o young_a telemachus_n a_o cable_n tie_v harden_a with_o pitch_n to_o a_o lofty_a pillar_n be_v side_n that_o he_o may_v there_o make_v swing_v above_o the_o floor_n for_o all_o his_o nasty_a quean_n who_o will_v play_v the_o whore_n in_o hempen_a twist_n they_o all_o hang_v in_o a_o row_n toss_v their_o leg_n and_o move_v to_o and_o fro_o so_o have_v i_o see_v the_o warble_a lark_n beset_v with_o knotty_a maze_n of_o the_o fowler_n be_v net_n hâ—w_o they_o do_v make_v a_o flutter_v and_o a_o rout_n with_o wing_n expanded_a though_o they_o can_v get_v out_o mr._n abel_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d poison_n of_o which_o there_o be_v divers_a sort_n yet_o what_o they_o most_o common_o make_v use_n of_o be_v the_o juice_n of_o the_o herb_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d cicuta_fw-la not_o much_o unlike_a hemlock_n which_o through_o its_o extreme_a coldness_n be_v poisonous_a it_o be_v a_o draught_n of_o this_o give_v socrates_n his_o death_n rem_fw-la populi_fw-la tractas_fw-la barbatum_fw-la hoc_fw-la crede_fw-la magistrum_fw-la dicere_fw-la sorbitio_fw-la tollit_fw-la quem_fw-la dira_fw-la cicutae_fw-la you_o who_o sustain_v the_o weight_n of_o government_n to_o these_o prudential_a maxim_n be_v attent_a maxim_n not_o i_o but_o that_o grave_a sir_n who_o fate_n a_o draught_n of_o hemlock_n do_v precipitate_v mr._n abel_n say_v persius_n meaning_n socrates_n 1._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d a_o precipice_n from_o which_o the_o malefactor_n be_v tumble_v headlong_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d or_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v cudgel_n of_o wood_n with_o which_o malefactor_n be_v beat_v to_o death_n capite_fw-la be_v hang_v upon_o a_o pole_n which_o be_v also_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o therefore_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v by_o suidas_n and_o the_o etymologist_n expound_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d by_o hesychius_n for_o their_o conceit_n be_v vain_a and_o ridiculous_a that_o will_v thence_o infer_v it_o to_o have_v be_v a_o kind_n of_o gallow_n or_o cross._n no_o less_o groundless_a and_o frivolous_a be_v their_o opinion_n that_o imagine_v it_o to_o have_v be_v a_o instrument_n on_o which_o criminal_n be_v distend_v like_o the_o cover_v of_o a_o drum_n which_o the_o greek_n call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d and_o to_o have_v be_v of_o the_o same_o nature_n with_o the_o roman_a fidiculae_fw-la which_o be_v little_a cord_n by_o which_o 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person_n be_v cast_v headlong_o it_o be_v sometime_o call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d whence_o the_o public_a executioner_n receive_v the_o appellation_n of_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v a_o dark_a noisome_a hole_n aâ—d_o have_v sharp_a spikes_n at_o the_o top_n that_o no_o man_n may_v escape_v out_o and_o other_o at_o the_o bottom_n to_o pierce_v and_o torment_v such_o as_o be_v cast_v in_o schol._n from_o its_o depth_n and_o capaciousness_n it_o come_v to_o be_v use_v proverbial_o for_o a_o covetous_a miser_n or_o voracious_a glutton_n that_o be_v always_o crave_v and_o can_v never_o be_v satisfy_v and_o such_o a_o one_o the_o latin_n call_v barathro_fw-la hence_o lucreâ—ius_n iii_o aufer_fw-la abhinc_fw-la lacrymas_fw-la barathro_fw-la &_o compesce_fw-la querelas_fw-la forbear_v thy_o sigh_n thou_o miser_n cease_v complaint_n and_o dry_v thy_o eye_n and_o horace_n mendici_fw-la mimae_fw-la barathrone_n hoc_fw-la genus_fw-la omne_fw-la ii_o beggar_n jack-pudding_n 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〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d thus_o plutarch_n solone_o but_o apollodorus_n as_o he_o be_v quote_v by_o the_o scholiast_n upon_o aristophanes_n avibus_fw-la will_v have_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d to_o be_v of_o stone_n and_o to_o signify_v any_o tablet_n wherein_o law_n or_o public_a edict_n be_v write_v and_o to_o have_v receive_v their_o name_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d because_o they_o be_v erect_v up_o on_o high_a or_o from_o the_o corybantes_n the_o first_o inventor_n of_o they_o as_o theopompus_n report_v in_o his_o treatise_n of_o piety_n aristotle_n add_v that_o they_o be_v triangular_a in_o his_o treatise_n about_o the_o republic_n of_o athens_n and_o be_v second_v herein_o by_o pollux_n x._o who_o far_a remark_n that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v quadrangular_a and_o make_v of_o brass_n ammonius_n voc._n to_o trouble_v you_o with_o no_o more_o opinion_n about_o they_o will_v have_v the_o distinction_n to_o consist_v in_o this_o that_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d be_v foursquare_a contain_v the_o law_n that_o concern_v civil_a affair_n whereas_o the_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d where_o triangular_a and_o contain_v precept_n about_o the_o public_a worship_n what_o number_n there_o be_v of_o they_o it_o be_v impossible_a to_o divine_a since_o none_o of_o the_o ancient_a author_n have_v give_v we_o any_o light_n in_o this_o particular_a they_o be_v keep_v in_o the_o citadel_n but_o afterward_o be_v remove_v to_o the_o prytaneum_n that_o all_o person_n may_v have_v recourse_n to_o they_o upon_o any_o occasion_n ibid._n though_o some_o report_n that_o only_a transcript_n of_o they_o be_v carry_v thither_o and_o that_o the_o original_a write_v by_o solon_n own_o hand_n remain_v still_o in_o the_o citadel_n hence_o as_o pollux_n be_v of_o opinion_n come_v the_o law_n to_o be_v distinguish_v into_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d anâ—_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d the_o former_a signify_v the_o law_n that_o be_v in_o the_o prytaneum_n which_o be_v 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that_o the_o eight_o law_n be_v engrave_v in_o the_o thirteen_o tablet_n petit_fw-fr will_v have_v demosthenes_n to_o mean_v no_o more_o by_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d than_o the_o law_n which_o beneath_o or_o afterward_o in_o the_o same_o oration_n be_v cite_v by_o he_o other_o understand_v it_o of_o the_o low_a line_n because_o the_o law_n be_v say_v to_o have_v be_v write_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d that_o be_v as_o pausanias_n explain_v it_o eliac_n when_o the_o second_o line_n be_v turn_v on_o the_o contrary_a side_n begin_v at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o former_a as_o the_o husbandman_n turn_v their_o ox_n in_o plough_v in_o this_o manner_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d it_o be_v against_o the_o law_n for_o any_o man_n to_o erase_v a_o decree_n out_o of_o any_o of_o the_o tablet_n or_o to_o make_v any_o alteration_n in_o they_o and_o for_o the_o great_a security_n of_o they_o there_o be_v certain_a person_n call_v from_o their_o office_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d who_o 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he_o that_o make_v the_o plea_n shall_v make_v his_o defence_n first_o the_o party_n that_o be_v cast_v shall_v have_v the_o fine_a call_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d impose_v upon_o he_o no_o stranger_n shall_v be_v wrong_v or_o injure_v put_v the_o bewilder_v traveller_n in_o his_o way_n and_o be_v hospitable_a to_o stranger_n no_o seller_n of_o ring_n shall_v keep_v by_o he_o thâ—_n signature_n of_o a_o ring_n when_o sold._n archaeologiae_fw-la graecae_fw-la or_o the_o antiquity_n of_o greece_n book_n ii_o chapter_n i._o of_o the_o first_o author_n of_o religious_a worship_n in_o greece_n herodotus_n in_o the_o second_o book_n of_o his_o history_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o the_o greek_n derive_v their_o religion_n from_o the_o egyptian_n but_o plutarch_n peremptory_o deny_v it_o malevol_fw-it as_o be_v neither_o mention_v by_o homer_n nor_o any_o of_o the_o ancient_n aristophanes'_v râ—niâ—_n and_o euripides_n rheso_fw-la say_v that_o orpheus_n be_v the_o first_o that_o 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