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Such a happy Change was chiefly Mæcenass Work :So that if Agrippa made his Master triumph over a thou-sand publick Dangers and all his open Enemies; Mæce-nas on the other Hand disarmed his secret ones; recon-ciled free Men to Servitude, and rendered Monarchy, sohateful to Republicans, tolerable even to them.
x See Suet on. D. Oft. c. 57. But fee likewise Tacitus. Ann. I. 1. in the Be-ginning.
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