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terah_n scaliger_n seth_n calvisius_n etc._n etc._n to_o the_o contrary_a call_v it_o heresy_n in_o chronology_n bucholcreus_fw-la chitreus_n functius_n and_o other_o follow_v they_o yet_o torniellus_n in_o his_o annal_n confute_v they_o but_o if_o we_o advise_o consider_v the_o state_n of_o the_o world_n in_o abraham_n day_n we_o shall_v rather_o increase_v the_o time_n from_o the_o flood_n to_o abraham_n as_o the_o septuagint_n do_v to_o 1072_o than_o shorten_v it_o to_o 292_o for_o such_o pare_n of_o time_n to_o the_o quick_a draw_v the_o blood_n of_o the_o story_n if_o scripture_n testimony_n be_v not_o supreme_a see_v then_o we_o know_v the_o world_n be_v so_o people_v and_o kingdom_n so_o furnish_v with_o city_n of_o state_n and_o strength_n more_o time_n be_v require_v for_o it_o than_o many_o imagine_v etc._n etc._n §_o 8._o the_o assyrian_n time_n order_v by_o abraham_n be_v history_n §_o thus_o abraham_n birth_n be_v 352_o year_n after_o the_o flood_n and_o so_o the_o 2009_o 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in_o persia_n when_o arbaces_n do_v the_o like_a in_o media_n and_o both_o join_v with_o belochus_n against_o sardanapalus_n and_o after_o hold_v persia_n for_o himself_o as_o the_o other_o do_v media_n and_o babylon_n yet_o arbaces_n absolute_a command_n decay_v till_o deioces_n one_o hundred_o forty_n year_n after_o when_o salmanassar_n reign_v in_o syria_n so_o that_o neither_o the_o mede_n nor_o persian_n find_v it_o fit_a to_o stir_v from_o deioces_n to_o astyages_n there_o past_a above_o ninety_o year_n in_o which_o time_n phraortes_n reign_v but_o not_o like_a to_o have_v conquer_a persia_n as_o herodotus_n write_v for_o susiana_n be_v under_o daniel_n charge_n for_o nabuchadnezzar_n who_o also_o will_v hardly_o have_v venture_v into_o syria_n and_o egypt_n leave_v such_o a_o enemy_n on_o his_o back_n it_o seem_v the_o successor_n of_o achaemenes_n do_v little_a worth_n remember_v see_v in_o the_o persian_a greatness_n nothing_o be_v publish_v of_o their_o first_o king_n 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italia_n which_o in_o time_n grow_v the_o common_a name_n say_v pliny_n such_o change_n in_o the_o aeolic_a dialect_n be_v familiar_a as_o to_o call_v a_o island_n people_v by_o aetholians_n aethalia_n the_o original_a of_o greek_n and_o latin_n be_v from_o javan_n who_o sail_v over_o the_o ionian_a sea_n between_o aetolia_n and_o the_o western_a ocean_n plant_v greece_n and_o italy_n reyneccius_n make_v atlai_n italus_n one_o which_o berosus_n call_v cethim_n italus_n but_o be_v deceive_v for_o atlas_n be_v esteem_v more_o ancient_a than_o moses_n and_o if_o he_o be_v cethim_n or_o kithim_n noah_n grandson_n his_o antiquity_n exceed_v that_o of_o italy_n which_o name_n virgil_n confess_v late_a and_o from_o a_o captain_n but_o see_v hercules_n a_o little_a before_o troy_n fall_n leave_v a_o colony_n of_o elean_n or_o aetolean_n it_o may_v be_v under_o the_o command_n of_o one_o call_v aitolus_fw-la a_o name_n famous_a among_o aetolian_n italy_n may_v take_v name_n of_o he_o §_o 2._o aborigines_n that_o be_v the_o native_n of_o the_o place_n inhabit_a latium_n who_o halycarnassus_n varro_n and_o reyneccius_n think_v to_o have_v be_v arcadian_n who_o use_v to_o vaunt_v of_o their_o antiquity_n have_v more_o constant_o keep_v their_o country_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la than_o other_o greek_n yet_o be_v fruitful_a send_v colony_n to_o other_o country_n as_o when_o evander_n be_v send_v into_o the_o same_o part_n of_o italy_n pelasgi_n a_o ancient_a nation_n after_o give_v name_n to_o all_o greece_n but_o such_o of_o they_o as_o come_v into_o italy_n lose_v the_o name_n of_o their_o tribe_n in_o a_o short_a time_n sicani_n ausones_n aurunci_n rutili_fw-la in_o after_o age_n disturb_a latium_n whiâ—h_n satâ—rn_n have_v bring_v to_o some_o civility_n and_o teach_v to_o dung_n the_o ground_n that_o latium_n take_v the_o name_n of_o saturn_n lurk_v there_o from_o jupiter_n be_v far_o fetch_v and_o questionless_a a_o fable_n yet_o many_o fable_n be_v occasion_v from_o some_o ancient_a truth_n it_o may_v be_v then_o that_o saturn_n hide_v himself_o be_v some_o allusion_n to_o the_o old_a opinion_n of_o the_o wise_a heathen_a that_o the_o true_a god_n be_v a_o unknown_a god_n to_o who_o paul_n find_v a_o altar_n dedicate_v it_o can_v be_v in_o vain_a that_o the_o word_n saturnus_n shall_v also_o signify_v hide_v come_v of_o the_o hebrew_n satar_n to_o hide_v as_o some_o think_v etc._n etc._n reyneccius_n proceed_v in_o derive_v latium_n from_o the_o posterity_n of_o javan_n inhabit_v a_o territory_n in_o lesser_a asia_n call_v elaitia_n who_o after_o the_o trojan_a war_n go_v into_o italy_n whence_o may_v grow_v elaitinus_fw-la and_o so_o latinus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 3._o the_o latin_a king_n till_o aeneas_n be_v saturnus_n picus_n faunus_n latinus_n whether_o saturnus_n be_v he_o who_o the_o greek_n call_v cronos_n &_o e._n the_o time_n of_o the_o aborigines_n will_v admit_v but_o his_o name_n of_o stercus_fw-la or_o sterculius_n do_v argue_v he_o another_o so_o call_v of_o the_o dung_n he_o teach_v they_o to_o lay_v upon_o their_o ground_n ezechiel_n often_o call_v idol_n deos_fw-la stercoreos_n as_o belzebul_n be_v dominus_fw-la stercoreus_n etc._n etc._n §_o 4._o aeneas_n a_o trojan_a of_o the_o blood-royal_a come_v to_o latium_n with_o some_o 1200_o trojan_n and_o marry_a laviana_n king_n latinus_n daughter_n he_o have_v a_o son_n before_o by_o his_o wife_n creusa_n daughter_n of_o priamus_n call_v ascanius_n and_o surname_v julus_n after_o aeneas_n death_n lavinia_n be_v great_a with_o child_n by_o he_o and_o fear_v ascanius_n flee_v into_o a_o wood_n where_o be_v deliver_v the_o child_n be_v call_v silvius_n posthumus_n bâ—t_v upon_o the_o people_n disapprove_v of_o lavinia_n flight_n ascanius_n call_v she_o home_o use_v she_o like_o a_o queen_n and_o educate_v she_o son_n ascanius_n to_o avoid_v dissension_n leave_v the_o city_n lavinium_n to_o laviana_n and_o found_v alba-longa_n where_o he_o reign_v about_o 30_o year_n and_o leave_v his_o son_n julus_n who_o upon_o contention_n with_o silvius_n who_o the_o people_n favour_v leave_v the_o kingdom_n and_o take_v the_o priesthood_n for_o he_o and_o his_o posterity_n silvius_n posthumus_n reign_v 29._o silvius_n aeneas_n 31._o silvius_n latinus_n 10._o silvius_n alba_n 39_o silvius_n atis_n 36._o silvius_n capijs_fw-la 28._o silvius_n capelus_fw-la 13._o silvius_n tiberinus_n 8._o silvius_n agrippa_n 41._o silvius_n alladyus_fw-la 19_o silvius_n aventinus_n 37._o silvius_n procas_n 23._o silvius_n amulius_n 44._o he_o expel_v his_o elder_a brother_n silvius_n numitor_n slay_v his_o son_n aegestius_fw-la and_o make_v his_o daughter_n ilia_n a_o vestal-virgin_n numitor_n who_o yet_o either_o by_o her_o uncle_n or_o some_o warlike-man_n conceive_v 2_o son_n romulus_n and_o reineccius_n who_o in_o time_n slay_v amulius_n and_o all_o his_o family_n and_o restore_v numitor_n in_o who_o the_o kingdom_n of_o alba_n end_v and_o receive_v magistrate_n yet_o it_o contend_v with_o rome_n till_o her_o three_o curiatij_n be_v vanquish_v by_o the_o three_o horatij_n champion_n for_o rome_n after_o this_o metius_n the_o alban_n dictator_n follow_v tullus_n hostilius_n in_o his_o war_n upon_o tullus_n disadvantage_n withdraw_v his_o company_n to_o distress_n tullus_n for_o which_o he_o be_v tear_v in_o piece_n at_o two_o chariot_n and_o alba_n reign_v but_o the_o citizen_n be_v make_v free_a denizen_n and_o her_o noble_n patricians_z of_o rome_n among_o who_o be_v a_o family_n of_o julij_fw-la which_o have_v since_o rise_v in_o julius_n caesar_n etc._n etc._n §_o 5._o rome_n which_o devour_v the_o alban_n kingdom_n and_o break_v all_o the_o kingdom_n from_o euphrates_n to_o the_o western_a ocean_n as_o that_o alban_n the_o iv_o the_o a_o beast_n with_o iron-teeth_n forspeak_v of_o come_v now_o to_o be_v handle_v only_o touch_v her_o original_a which_o some_o seek_v to_o derive_v from_o janus_n other_o from_o the_o greek_n plâ—tarch_n in_o the_o life_n of_o romulus_n
cynea_n who_o reply_v he_o may_v do_v so_o if_o he_o can_v be_v content_a with_o his_o own_o pyrrhus_n carry_v a_o army_n of_o almost_o thirty_o thousand_o choice_a soldier_n to_o the_o tarentines_n who_o be_v nothing_o forward_o in_o provision_n for_o war_n which_o while_o he_o be_v employ_v about_o levinus_n the_o roman_a consul_n draw_v near_o waste_v the_o lucan_n so_o that_o pyrrhus_n be_v force_v with_o his_o own_o and_o some_o weak_a assistance_n of_o the_o tarentines_n to_o try_v the_o roman_a valour_n but_o see_v they_o come_v on_o so_o brave_o he_o offer_v to_o arbitrate_v a_o peace_n between_o they_o and_o the_o tarentines_n but_o be_v answer_v they_o neither_o choose_v he_o their_o judge_n nor_o fear_v he_o their_o enemy_n pyrrhus_n upon_o view_n of_o their_o camp_n perceive_v he_o have_v to_o deal_v with_o man_n well-trained_n set_v a_o strong_a corpse_n du_fw-fr guard_n upon_o the_o passage_n of_o the_o river_n which_o when_o he_o see_v they_o force_n he_o think_v it_o time_n to_o bring_v on_o his_o whole_a force_n before_o all_o the_o army_n be_v come_v over_o and_o all_o little_a enough_o while_o spear_n and_o sword_n be_v use_v but_o when_o his_o elephant_n come_v in_o the_o roman_a horse_n quick_o turn_v head_n and_o the_o foot_n at_o the_o sight_n and_o first_o impression_n of_o those_o strange_a beast_n flee_v with_o such_o consternation_n that_o they_o leave_v their_o camp_n to_o the_o enemy_n yet_o pyrrhus_n by_o this_o trial_n find_v the_o roman_n can_v better_a endure_v many_o such_o loss_n than_o he_o such_o victory_n send_v cyneas_n to_o persuade_v a_o agreement_n with_o the_o roman_n which_o they_o refuse_v as_o long_o as_o he_o be_v in_o italy_n this_o answer_v inflame_v pyrrhus_n with_o desire_n to_o enter_v into_o league_n with_o that_o gallant_a city_n which_o refuse_v to_o treat_v of_o peace_n except_o he_o first_o leave_v italy_n they_o come_v therefore_o to_o a_o second_o battle_n which_o he_o obtain_v by_o his_o elephant_n but_o with_o such_o loss_n of_o the_o flower_n of_o his_o army_n that_o he_o desire_v any_o occasion_n to_o be_v go_v with_o honour_n §_o 4._o pyrrhus_n wait_v a_o opportunity_n to_o leave_n italy_n have_v two_o occasion_n offer_v and_o first_o from_o madecon_n where_o ptolemy_n ceraunus_n who_o have_v murder_v seleucus_n his_o protector_n be_v slay_v by_o the_o gaul_n who_o come_v out_o of_o the_o country_n with_o those_o who_o take_v rome_n and_o pass_v through_o many_o country_n and_o make_v long_a abode_n in_o pannonia_n at_o length_n come_v to_o macedon_n under_o one_o belgius_n after_o who_o come_v brennus_n another_o captain_n with_o one_o hundred_o and_o eighteen_o thousand_o foot_n and_o fifteen_o thousand_o horse_n which_o sosthenes_n with_o the_o macedonian_n avoid_v by_o shut_v up_o the_o city_n at_o the_o same_o time_n also_o the_o sicilian_n send_v to_o pyrrhus_n for_o aid_n against_o the_o carthaginian_n which_o occasion_n he_o take_v and_o with_o thirty_o thousand_o foot_n and_o two_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o horse_n enter_v sicily_n expel_v the_o carthaginian_n win_v erex_n the_o strong_a city_n and_o in_o syracuse_n begin_v to_o play_v the_o tyrant_n but_o be_v again_o call_v into_o italy_n by_o the_o tarentines_n against_o the_o roman_n he_o be_v beat_v by_o the_o carthaginian_n galley_n and_o after_o that_o force_v out_o of_o italy_n to_o epirus_n by_o m._n curius_n the_o roman_a §_o 5._o antigonus_n son_n of_o demetrius_n poliorcetes_n with_o a_o army_n navy_n and_o treasure_n come_v into_o macedon_n while_o brennus_n with_o most_o of_o his_o gaul_n be_v go_v to_o plunder_v the_o temple_n of_o delpâ—os_n leave_v fifteen_o thousand_o foot_n and_o three_o thousand_o horse_n these_o go_v to_o antigonus_n require_v he_o to_o buy_v his_o peace_n to_o who_o ambassador_n he_o show_v his_o riches_n navy_n camp_n and_o camel_n this_o be_v report_v at_o their_o return_n inflame_v the_o gaul_n to_o hasten_v thither_o of_o who_o come_v antigonus_n have_v intelligence_n leave_v his_o camp_n and_o put_v himself_o and_o all_o his_o man_n into_o a_o wood_n so_o the_o gaul_n find_v he_o go_v haste_v to_o the_o seaside_n suppose_v he_o flee_v part_v of_o antigonus_n army_n have_v recover_v their_o ship_n espy_v the_o gaul_n presumptuous_a disorder_n take_v their_o time_n sudden_o go_v on_o shore_n and_o set_v upon_o they_o with_o such_o resolution_n that_o after_o the_o slaughter_n of_o many_o the_o rest_n yield_v to_o antigonus_n this_o success_n breed_v in_o the_o barbarian_n a_o great_a reputation_n of_o antigonus_n but_o his_o own_o man_n have_v no_o better_a opinion_n of_o he_o than_o of_o one_o who_o creep_v into_o wood_n at_o sight_n of_o the_o enemy_n this_o appear_v short_o after_o when_o pyrrhus_n be_v return_v to_o epirus_n with_o a_o small_a army_n of_o eight_o thousand_o foot_n and_o five_o hundred_o horse_n come_v to_o make_v devastation_n in_o macedon_n in_o hope_n to_o force_n antigonus_n to_o compound_v with_o he_o for_o his_o peace_n at_o his_o entrance_n two_o thousand_o of_o antigonus_n soldier_n revolt_a to_o he_o and_o many_o city_n yield_v by_o which_o good_a beginning_n he_o take_v courage_n to_o attempt_n antigonus_n and_o his_o army_n for_o the_o kingdom_n antigonus_n have_v no_o inclination_n to_o fight_v with_o he_o but_o to_o weary_v he_o with_o protract_v time_n but_o pyrrhus_n so_o force_v a_o straight_a in_o which_o he_o overtake_v he_o that_o he_o slay_v most_o of_o the_o gaul_n antigonus_n not_o take_v any_o care_n to_o relieve_v they_o which_o the_o captain_n of_o the_o elephant_n fear_v to_o be_v their_o own_o case_n yield_v then_o pyrrhus_n go_v to_o the_o phalanx_n which_o can_v not_o be_v charge_v but_o in_o front_n which_o be_v very_o dangerous_a but_o perceive_v they_o have_v no_o desire_n to_o fight_v he_o draw_v near_o to_o they_o in_o person_n persuade_v they_o to_o yield_v which_o they_o present_o do_v so_o antigonus_n with_o a_o few_o horse_n flee_v to_o thessalonica_n but_o be_v force_v by_o ptolemy_n son_n of_o pyrrhus_n who_o pursue_v he_o to_o fly_v to_o peloponesus_fw-la §_o 6._o pyrrhus_n have_v get_v the_o kingdom_n of_o macedon_n beat_v antigonus_n and_o the_o gaul_n he_o think_v himself_o without_o match_n in_o any_o of_o the_o kingdom_n of_o alexander_n conquest_n he_o therefore_o raise_v a_o army_n of_o twenty_o five_o thousand_o foot_n two_o thousand_o horse_n and_o twenty_o four_o elephant_n as_o against_o antigonus_n in_o peloponesus_fw-la to_o free_v such_o city_n as_o he_o hold_v there_o but_o indeed_o to_o restore_v king_n cleonymus_n to_o lacedaemon_n but_o make_v show_v of_o all_o friendship_n to_o they_o this_o dissimulation_n the_o lacedaemonian_n have_v use_v till_o none_o will_v trust_v they_o and_o yet_o now_o they_o be_v not_o hurt_v by_o pyrrhus_n use_n of_o it_o by_o reason_n of_o his_o defer_v the_o assault_n till_o they_o have_v fortify_v the_o town_n which_o be_v never_o do_v before_o he_o assail_v the_o town_n three_o day_n together_o and_o have_v win_v it_o the_o second_o day_n but_o for_o a_o fall_v his_o wound_a horse_n give_v he_o and_o the_o three_o day_n relief_n come_v unto_o they_o so_o that_o despair_v to_o carry_v it_o he_o be_v content_a to_o go_v to_o argos_n whither_o one_o faction_n of_o the_o city_n call_v he_o promise_v to_o render_v it_o as_o the_o other_o faction_n call_v antigonus_n but_o both_o side_n repent_v it_o when_o they_o be_v come_v and_o desire_v their_o departure_n which_o antigonus_n assure_v they_o by_o hostage_n pyrrhus_n promise_v but_o design_v it_o not_o for_o by_o night_n his_o complice_n open_v he_o a_o gate_n at_o which_o his_o army_n enter_v till_o the_o elephant_n come_v which_o stop_v up_o the_o gate_n from_o whence_o grow_v the_o alarm_n the_o citizen_n arm_n and_o put_v the_o soldier_n in_o the_o dark_a to_o great_a confusion_n they_o be_v ignorant_a of_o the_o street_n yet_o pyrrhus_n gain_v the_o marketplace_n antigonus_n come_v to_o their_o rescue_n 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contrary_a to_o the_o honour_n of_o a_o king_n and_o the_o law_n of_o hospitality_n and_o faith_n give_v publius_n scipio_n die_v the_o same_o year_n to_o accompany_v philopoemen_n and_o hannibal_n be_v as_o great_a general_n as_o ever_o the_o world_n have_v but_o as_o unfortunate_a as_o famous_a have_v hannibal_n who_o tragedy_n we_o have_v endeavour_v only_o some_o hint_n of_o be_v prince_n of_o carthage_n able_a to_o command_v such_o supply_n as_o the_o war_n he_o take_v in_o hand_n require_v it_o be_v probable_a he_o have_v tear_v up_o the_o roman_a empire_n by_o the_o root_n but_o the_o strong_a cowardly_a faction_n of_o enemy_n at_o home_n make_v his_o great_a virtue_n want_v public_a force_n to_o sustain_v it_o to_o dissolve_v itself_o in_o his_o own_o and_o country_n calamity_n from_o such_o envy_n of_o equal_n or_o jealousy_n of_o our_o master_n whether_o king_n or_o commonwealth_n it_o be_v that_o no_o profession_n be_v more_o