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Show of W4r and Pe.tft Rrmutn Army for the mofi part did contain fixteen thouia!ld of Romans, twemy of aids. But a leli number allo may fill l. d h up the greatnefs of that name. For Vlpi-f*. f " ·T JvQt.. ine[ a"· na ra t·t h , he is 1e a de r o f an Army, who 111u. commands but one Legion with the aids 1 Li•. 3 •. c. r. that is,as Vegetzus expounds it, ten thout Sc:rvtus ad~. fand foot two thoufand horfe A d L lEn. Arm til- ' . . · n IVJ ll~t ab 10 q•od fets down a k.md of JUH army of eigh; ;ft ar'e': qr1od thoufand. In ltke for~ mull we judge of a 1nde ho(ies ar- Navy. So, a Fort tIS a place which can ct•~!~r, hoctP, keep off the hofl:ile forces for a time prornbentur. · · LV I. Interpret at ion 177 Conjecture. L.fi una, D.loc. COnjeClures are ufualJy taken from c{Jndua.rt.ver.in che matter, and the effecr. From the ·loco cfubje{la matter: as the word da7 , if thirty days mater;.. truce be 'agreed on , ought not to be un-derfl: ood of natural davs , but of Civil :"\ for that is congruous t~ the matter. So the word .don/lre, to give, is taken for to tranfa&, according to the qualtty of tbe bufinefs. So the word arms, which lome· times lignifies inHrurnents of war, [ornetimes armed Soldiers, with refpeet to the matter , is to be interpreted for this , or that. Sohe that hath·promifedto render men , ought to render them alive, nor dead; contrary to the cavill of the Plat~t· ans~ And they that are commandedfer· rum aeprmere ' fatisfy the command in putting off their f wordi , though not their ..., · · Reel Tht /t&PrJd .lleel buttons; upon which Pericles je-fied. And to march away freely out ·of Town, mwfl be undedtood fo, that the . , way alfo may be iecured:contrary to what was done by Alexander. And half the fhips in the divilion, mutt be underttood of whole ihips, not cut afunder: contrary / to what the RDmans did to .AntiochHJ. Of 'I' , the like matters we may make the fame · · judgment. From the dfett we make con• EfJtrh Jn loco je8:ure, if the word ta~en in the more re• «b abfurdl. ceived tife draw 'after it any thing againH . . .r eai.o n • F o.r' m. . an am b· J' guouswor d , t ha t dLe.JLne Rilml. •'!• D. mtcrpretatton 1s rather to be received 1 which hath no hurt in·r. Wherefo1·e tha~ h d cavillation of Brajidas i~ not to be admit• T "'1 '-i• ~ed : who having promifc.d he would de-part out of the B~otian fields, denyed the fields he poffeffed with his Army , to he-long to the Baotians: as if the word were meant , not of their ancient bounds , bu~ of war] y poffeffion 1 in vv hich fenfe ·rwere a vain agreement. LV I I. Some aifhnEtiom and rules for interpretatiDn, M ~ny words have feveral fignificattons , one more ftriB , another more large : which proceeds fl·om many reafons ; either becaufe the general name adheres to one of the fpccies' as ~ ~otds of 'ognation and adoption; a.lfo m Norms mt~{c14lin, which ar~ taken for |
