The Romane historie vvritten by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke

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Title: The Romane historie vvritten by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke
Author: Livy.
Publication: London :: Printed by Adam Islip,; 1600.
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Subject terms: Rome -- History -- Early works to 1800.
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...L. Valerius.

DIodorus in the said II booke, declareth Q. Fabius Vibulanus, and Servius Corne∣lius Cossus, for this yeeres Consuls. The same doe Dionysius, Livie, and Cassiodorus, saving that they leave out the surnames. But as tou∣ching the surname of Cossus, (that yee may be resolved) men were named Cossi in the old time, who had riveld and wrinkled bodies, like to the wood-wormes breeding in trees, called Cossi. Plinius in his 17 book and 24 chap. saith: Royot and wantonnesse hath brought up the use at the table of the daintier wood-wormes breeding in okes. Hereupon Saint Hierome against Iovinian: In Pontus (quoth hee) and Phrygia, it is counted high and delicate fare to eat Xylophagion: for so he calleth those plumpe and fat wormes which came of rotten wood, and among them are reckoned to yeeld a great revenue and commoditie to the housekeeper. Of them the Romanes tooke their names of Cossi, Cossutij, Cossanij, and Cossutiani.