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named Nicator, in the year of the world 3692, 

 and 3 1 2 years before the vulgar era. 



The Spanijb era began with the year of the 

 world 3966, and 38 years before the common 

 era. This era is very famous in the councils, 

 and in the ancient monuments, of Spain. 



Anachronifm is an error in the calculating or 

 fixing of time. So Virgil committed an ana- 

 chroniim in milking /Eneas and Dido live at the 

 fame time, when there were 300 years diftance 

 between them. 



chromfm is, as we have already faid, the 

 concurrence of different events at the fame time: 

 A general lynchronifm is a defcription of all that 

 happened in the various parts of the world at the 

 fame period. 



\XVII. Medals, monuments, and infcrip- 

 tions, form the fourth and lait principal part of 

 chronology. It is icarce more than 150 years 

 fince dole application has been made to the 

 fludy of thelc, and we owe to the celebr 

 Spanheim the greeted obligations, for the pro- 

 made in this method : his exec! 

 \eftantia ct ufu numifmatum ant i quo - 

 IhuA'n the great advantages of it ; 

 Ivnt tiiac thcle mom; .ire the mod 



auth Bes that ran be prodim-J. 



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