Vitae excellentium imperatorum; cum versione Anglicâ, in quâ verbum de verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditus; notis quoquè Anglicis, [et] indice locupletissimo; or, Lives of the excellent commanders; . o: contra ea,quamdiu ille praefuerit rei-publicae, caput fuifife totiusGraciae. Ex quo intelligi po-teft, unum hominem plurisquam civitatem fuifTe. N E F O T I S drove the Garrifon of the La \monians out of ihe Citadel; Epa-minondas, jo long as the Slaughterwas made amongft the Citizens,kept himfelf at home, becaufe heneit her had a Mind tc deferd thebad Party, nor attack , thathe might not
Vitae excellentium imperatorum; cum versione Anglicâ, in quâ verbum de verbo, quantum fieri potuit, redditus; notis quoquè Anglicis, [et] indice locupletissimo; or, Lives of the excellent commanders; . o: contra ea,quamdiu ille praefuerit rei-publicae, caput fuifife totiusGraciae. Ex quo intelligi po-teft, unum hominem plurisquam civitatem fuifTe. N E F O T I S drove the Garrifon of the La \monians out of ihe Citadel; Epa-minondas, jo long as the Slaughterwas made amongft the Citizens,kept himfelf at home, becaufe heneit her had a Mind tc deferd thebad Party, nor attack , thathe might not imbrue his Hands inthe Blood of his Countrymen: Forhe thought all Viclory gained overFellow Citizens very difmal. Andthe fame Man, after they began toengage at Cadmea ivith the Lace-demonians, food amongfi the for e-mofi. Enough willbefaidcfbisVirtues and Life, if I add thisone Thing, which nobody can deny:That Thebes, both before Epami-nondas was born, and after hisDeatb, was always fubjecl to aforeign Power; on the other Handjo long as he governed the Common-wealth, it zvas the Head of allGreece. From ivhence it may beundaflood that one Man alonewas more worth than all thewhole City XVI. P ELOPJDAC, P E L 0 P I D A S. «41
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