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the fources from whence he might draw the 

 hiftory of each particular province or di- 

 Itrid, the annals of each city, &c. And in the 

 courfe of our progrefs we would ftudy ecclefi- 

 aftic hiftory, that of litterature, and thofc other 

 matters, with the enumeration of which we fhall 

 conclude this chapter, and which will make the 

 fubje&s of fome of thofe tbat follow. 



XX. Hiftory in general is divided into 



1. Civil or political hiftory, which relates 

 all the revolutions and all the memorable events 

 that have occurred in governments ; and gives 

 an account of the method by which all nations 

 have been founded, eftablifhed, maintained and 

 improved i of their increafe, decline, and final 

 diflblution. 



2. Military hiftory, -which -recounts the wars 

 that each people have fuilained, their battles 

 and fieges, the good and bad luccefs or' all their 

 military operations; thofe generals that have 

 diftinguiflied themfelves, &c. Xcnophon, Po- 

 lybius, Vegetius, Quincy, and many others, have 

 wrote military hiftories. 



Hiftory, as well civil as military, is iubdi- 

 vided into 

 The ancient. 



.it of the middle age. 

 The modern. 



The three following chapters will rx| ' 

 thefc fubdivifions, and give their a: 



3. Re- 



