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and which, ncvcrthelefs, depend on aftronomic 

 calculation. 



XXXIII. Such are the folar and lunar cycles, 

 the Roman indidion, the feaft of Eafter, the 

 \r:lc year, the jubilees, the fabbatic years, 

 the combats and Olympic games of the Greeks, 

 and lugira of the Mahometans, &c. And to 

 thefe ma/ be added the periods, eras, epoehs, 

 and years of different nations, ancient and mo- 

 dern. We mall only remark on this occafion, 

 that the period or era of the Jews commences 

 with the creation of the world -, trut of the an- 

 cient Romans with the foundation of the city of 

 Rome , that of the Greeks at the eftablifhment 

 of the Olympic games , that of Nebuchadnezzar, 

 with the advancement of the firft king of Baby- 

 lon to the throne-, the Yezdegerdic years, with 

 the laft king of the Tertians of that name-, the 

 hegi: Turks with the flight of Mahomet 



from Mecca to Medina, &c. The year of the 

 birth of (Thrift was the 47 1 3th year of the Julian 

 period, according to the common method of 

 reckoning. Chronology teaches us to calculate 

 of the Julian period on which all 

 thcfe epochs happened. 



XXXIV. The teftimony of authors is the 

 . principal part < 



r has a right to prrtaui toi 

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