Romanæ historiæ anthologia An English exposition of the Romane antiquities, wherein many Romane and English offices are paralleld and divers obscure phrases explained. By Thomas Godwyn Master of Arts: for the vse of Abingdon Schoole.
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- Romanæ historiæ anthologia An English exposition of the Romane antiquities, wherein many Romane and English offices are paralleld and divers obscure phrases explained. By Thomas Godwyn Master of Arts: for the vse of Abingdon Schoole.
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- Goodwin, Thomas, 1586 or 7-1642.
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- At Oxford :: Printed by Joseph Barnes,
- 1614.
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VENERABILI ET EGREGIO VI∣RO Do. FRANCISCO IAMES LEGVM Doctori, Curiae audientiae Cantuariensis causarum & negotiorum Auditori, Reverendi Aepiscopi Bathonensis & Wellensis Cancellario dignissimo.
QVOTIES mihi in mentem re∣deunt, redeunt autem mul∣toties crebra illa ea{que} aurea tua hortamina, quibus veluti frigi∣dâ suffusâ mihi puero in literarū stadio currenti animos feceras: toties (vir ornatissime) me aere tuo ita obrutum sentio, vt non facultas modò, sed & spes omnis nomen meum ex∣pungendi de tabulis tuis praecîdi videatur. Novae sci∣licet mihi impetrandae sunt tabulae, nam de sorte ac∣ceptâ jacta est alea; & ita jacta vt nec reliquum mihi sit quo foeneralia sim soluendo; nisi numismata haec, quae & antiqua sunt & plumbea (id est) Antiquitates has, in quibus vereor ne me reperias hominem (vt cū Terētio loquar) plumbeum: sed fas sit addere (ex eodē Terentio) antiquae fidei; foeneraliorum vice accepe∣ris. At quid tibi cum foeneratione? Vtpote qui foe∣nerari
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beneficium non soles, sed illud pulchrè foenera∣tum putes quo qui accepit rectè vtitur: & quid mihi cum solutione? Qui scilicet putare debeo me novum beneficium accepisse, si hoc nostrum officium boni consulas: me devinctiorem tibi factum, si dignaberis tuo nomine (tanquam insigni aliqua gemma) ornare hoc meum opusculum, quo nomine non me solùm, sed inventutem omnem (nempe antiquitatum studio∣sam) plenius tibi demerêberis; mihi si quid gratiarum à candido lectore, lectori si quid vtilitatis ex nostris lu∣cubrationibus accrescat: hoc ille, illud ego, tibi vni ac∣ceptum feramus necesse est: nec enim quod res est diffitebor, nisi quòd ardenter cuperem insopitam no∣stram tui recordationem notam facere, nostrae certè antiquirates adhùc sopitae & ignotae jacuissent, nec extra privatos parietes subreptitassent. Deus Opt. Max. dignitatem tuam quàm diutissimè servet inco∣lumem.
Datum Abingdoniae decimo calend. Aprilis. Anno. 1613.
Tuae dignitatis omni obsequio observantissimus THOMAS GODWINVS.