HISTORY. 71 



III. According to reafon, ther well as 



the prac: :s a Hut 



relation ofrcc - '-'we occurred in 



. Ir mere curiufuy did not excite in 



.1 of mii: 1 . a ra or* knowhig 



.. ,inh, that is remarkable 



.en to our ov.n 



, and it the knowl.:d"e 01 all theie mr.tters 



the underitanding or thofr who 



; ,cd LO live among the intelii .rtof 



,-J did not render their converiation 



more plcaiing, m'jre ft: iking and inllrudtive, yet 



%vould they tind, in the ftuJy of h itory, numbcr- 



lefs other advantages, that are ilill more impor- 



at prove its excellence. Hiltory, 



^ the faith: /fitory of all the actions, 



.; and b. liolc race of mankind, 



;ii all ages, and hi^ rned 



>any diftinguiihed part on the theatre of the 



world, forms the molt pov vrful incentive 10 



virtue, and : e from vice. The mull: 



fuccelsful ulurprr, the mod . h'.uluic and cruel 



:'.t, would not iiave li'.s memory :ppe ir lo 

 with inramy in the cvc> or p:;llcrity. I'o c 

 miqu;ty of his cnterpnies, he accomp 

 them with rr. tiicr memoirs o? 



tiftcation. But li:!l>n-y here tells him, thai 

 e vain, that the time vsili 



Lud open-, wh;n r,L-it!u-r tin- arts of 



rs, nor the eulo^'ic 

 pens, will U iend him : > 



