The history of the League. . -fon that he, being furioufly incensd at The Hiftory of the League. 31 p at the refufal which he had, and at the ^^^greatning of a man who fought his ~ruine, believd himfelf now authorizedto give the reins to his refentment,and pufti his fortune as far as it woudgo. And from thence enfued allthofedifmal and tragical events, the veryremembrance of which ftrikes an hor-rour into my Soul; and which never-thelefs in performance of my duty, Ifliall faithfully reprefent in the follow-ing Book. THE 321 THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE. ? ? ? » i ? i »——11 ? hi .> LIB. III. IF
The history of the League. . -fon that he, being furioufly incensd at The Hiftory of the League. 31 p at the refufal which he had, and at the ^^^greatning of a man who fought his ~ruine, believd himfelf now authorizedto give the reins to his refentment,and pufti his fortune as far as it woudgo. And from thence enfued allthofedifmal and tragical events, the veryremembrance of which ftrikes an hor-rour into my Soul; and which never-thelefs in performance of my duty, Ifliall faithfully reprefent in the follow-ing Book. THE 321 THE HISTORY OF THE LEAGUE. ? ? ? » i ? i »——11 ? hi .> LIB. III. IF I intended to follow the Example , Livy, the Prince of Latine Hi- ^^^^ftofiansj who never fuffers a Pro-digy to efcape him, and defcribes itperhaps with as much fuperftitiori asexa&nefs; I flioud here make longnarrations how the Sun was obfcur aon the fudden, without the interpo*fition of any Cloud appearing in theSky, with a flaming Sword ihootingout from the Centre of the Body ; pal-Y pable. The Hijbry of the League. pable darknefs like that of the Egypti-ans at noon-day ; extraordinary Tem-pefts, Earthquakes, fiery Phantafms inthe Air, and an hundred other Prodi-gies, which are faid to have been pro-duced and feen in this unhappy yearof one thoufand five hundred eightyeight, and which were fanfid to be fomany ominous prefages of thofe hor-rible diforders that eniiied in it. But becaufe I am not of the opinionthat much credit ought to be given tothofe forts of Signs, which are com-monly the effe<fts of natural caufes,though very often unknown to us; norto the predictions of Aftrologers, fomeof which verily believd they hadfound in the Stars, that this year fhoudbe the conclufion of the World : I willonely fay that the moft fure prefageof fo many misfortunes then impen-ding, was the minds of men too muchexafperated on both fides, to live inpeace with each other ,- and not ratherto be fearching out for means of ma-king fure of thofe whom they fufpedted,and
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