St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.

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Title: St. Augustine, Of the citie of God vvith the learned comments of Io. Lod. Viues. Englished by I.H.
Author: Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Publication: London :: Printed by George Eld,; 1610.
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L. VIVES.

POmpeys (a) Pyrates warre] Ended in fortie dayes after Pompeys departure from Brund•…•…. Flor. Cic. pro leg. Manl. (b) Third African] Begunne and ended in three yeares. (c) Although] Arius the Pr•…•…tor and two Consuls, Cn. Lentulus and L. Gellius were ouer∣throwne by Spartacus. (d) Two Consuls] L. •…•…ul Caesar, and P. Rutilius. L•…•…uie. (e) Two battles▪] At Thrasy•…•…ne▪ and at Cannas. (f) Forty yeares] Florus, but it was first staied by a peace made with Sylla: then renewed by L. Lucullus, and lastly ended by Pompey the great. (g) Almost fiftie.] fortie nine▪ as Eutropius and Orosius account. Florus saith fiftie, Appian eightie, and he is neerest Li•…•…es account, that saith the Romaines warre with the S•…•…nites lasted neare an hundred yeares, in vncertainty of fortune. lib. 23. But if Fabius Gurges ended it in his Con∣sulship,

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it is but fiftie yeares from the Consulships of M. Val. Coruinus and Cornelius Cossus. But indeed the Samnites ioyned with Pyrrhus, and had had a conflict before with D•…•…ntatus▪ betweene Gurges his Consulship and Pyrrhus his comming into Italy. (h) Broake the peace] This Li•…•…ie she weth crookedly inough. lib. 9. wherein hee saith, that the Romaines childishly deluded the faith, league, and othe, which they had passed to Pontius Captaine of the Sam∣•…•…tes: it was true. For they sought forth childish euasions for their owne profit. (i) Vncer∣ta•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉] some haue Euentus here for Fortune, I will not dispute whether Euentus may haue * 1.1 the plurall number: Ualla saith it is rare, but yet sometimes it is so vsed, he doth not deny it.

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Euentus.

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