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AS Nerva was a Person of very great Worth and Honour, he was offered the Empire before Domitian was killed, by the same Party, who to save their Lives, because they found that they were privately mark'd out for the Slaughter by Domitian, made them∣selves the Masters of the Life of that Prince. He was also as much under Danger from that Prince, as they, which made him the more easy to be persuaded to accept their Offer, and to run their hazards. For the Astrologers,
with whom Domitian had advised about the Nativities of Great Men, had accused Nerva as one that was to be suspected of having an Eye upon the Empire. And as Domitian put several upon that account to Death, even of Men who perhaps never flattered themselves with those hopes, so he had put to Death Nerva, if it had not been for a kinder Astro∣loger than the rest, who to save him, said, That it was good to let him alone, in a few days he would die of himself.
That which above all things deserves to be admired, is, one Larginus Proclus had said pub∣lickly in Germany, that upon a certain a day, which he named, Domitian should die; for which the Governour of the Province sent him up to Rome, where he was brought be∣fore Domitian, and still he continued to say the same thing. He was condemned for't, and to be executed the day after that Domitian had out-lived the Danger; but Domitian was killed upon that very day, and Larginus Proclus esca∣ped, and received a Reward from Nerva of four thousand Crowns.
Proclus his Pro∣gnostica∣tion.