Selections from Livy (Classic Reprint)

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Facturusne operae pretium sim, si a primordio urbis res populi Romani perscripserim, nec satis scio nec, si sciam, dicere ausim, quippe qui cum veterem tum vulgatam esse rem videam, dum novi semper scriptores aut in rebus cer tius aliquid iadlaturos se aut scribendi arte rudemvetùstatem superaturos credunt. Vtcumque erit, iuvabit tamen rerum gestarum memoriae principis terrarum' populi pro virili parte et ipsum consuluisse et si in tanta scriptorum turba mea fama in obscuro sit, nobilitate ac magnitudine eorum me, qui nomini officient meo, consoler. Resest praeterea et inmensi operis, ut quae supra septingentesimum annum repetatur et quae ab exiguis profecta initiis eo creverit, ut iam magnitudine laboret sua; et legentium plerisque baud dubito qùin primae origines proximaque originibus minus praebitura voluptatis sint, festinantibus ad haec nova; quibus iam pridem praevalentis populi vires se ipsae con ficiunt. Ego contra hoc quoque laboris praemium petar'n, ut me a' conspectu malorum, quae nostra tot per annos vidit aetas, tantisper certe, dum prisca illa tota mente - repeto, afiertam, omnis, expers curae, quae scribentis animum etsi non flectere a vero, sollicitum tamen efficere posset.

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