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... Vespasian in a Iest ; Sitting upon the Stoole , Ut puto Deus fio . Galba with a Sentence ; Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani ; Holding forth his Necke . Septimius Severus in dispatch ; Adeste , si quid mihi re- stat agendum . And the ...
... Vespasian in a Iest ; Sitting upon the Stoole , Ut puto Deus fio . Galba with a Sentence ; Feri , si ex re sit populi Romani ; Holding forth his Necke . Septimius Severus in dispatch ; Adeste , si quid mihi re- stat agendum . And the ...
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... Vespasian , to take Arms against Vitellius , he saith ; We rise not , against the Piercing Iudgment of Augustus , nor the Extreme Caution or Closenesse of Tibe- rius . These Properties of Arts or Policy , and Dissimulation or Closenesse ...
... Vespasian , to take Arms against Vitellius , he saith ; We rise not , against the Piercing Iudgment of Augustus , nor the Extreme Caution or Closenesse of Tibe- rius . These Properties of Arts or Policy , and Dissimulation or Closenesse ...
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... Vespasian he saith ; Solus Imperantium Vespasianus mutatus in melius . Though the one was meant of Sufficiencie , the other of Manners , and Affection . It is an as- sured Signe , of a worthy and generous Spirit , 42 Essayes.
... Vespasian he saith ; Solus Imperantium Vespasianus mutatus in melius . Though the one was meant of Sufficiencie , the other of Manners , and Affection . It is an as- sured Signe , of a worthy and generous Spirit , 42 Essayes.
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... Vespasian , is full of Excellent Instruction ; Vespasian asked him ; What was Neroes overthrow ? He answered ; Nero could touch and tune the Harpe well ; But in Govern- ment , sometimes he used to winde the pins too high , sometimes to ...
... Vespasian , is full of Excellent Instruction ; Vespasian asked him ; What was Neroes overthrow ? He answered ; Nero could touch and tune the Harpe well ; But in Govern- ment , sometimes he used to winde the pins too high , sometimes to ...
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... Vespasian . Domi- tian dreamed , the Night before he was slaine , that a Golden Head was growing out of the Nape of his Necke : And indeed , the Succession that followed him , for many yeares , made Gold- en Times . Henry the Sixt of ...
... Vespasian . Domi- tian dreamed , the Night before he was slaine , that a Golden Head was growing out of the Nape of his Necke : And indeed , the Succession that followed him , for many yeares , made Gold- en Times . Henry the Sixt of ...
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