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Title	The liues of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octauius Cæsar Augustus: collected out of good authors. Also the liues of nine excellent chieftaines of warre, taken out of Latine from Emylius Probus, by S.G. S. By whom also are added the liues of Plutarch and of Seneca: gathered together, disposed, and enriched as the others. And now translated into English by Sir Thomas North Knight
Alternative Title	Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus
	Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus.
Uniform title	Vitæ. English. Selections.
Publication Info	Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, 1602.

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Descript	[4], 136, [4] p. : ports. (woodcuts)
Note	A translation of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis supplementing Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's "Lives". The nine lives attributed to Emylius Probus are in fact from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos.
	The last two leaves are blank. In a variant, issued with STC 20068-20068b, the imprint date is 1603 and the last two leaves begin an index.
	Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

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Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Classical biography -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. Selections.
	Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.
	North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?
Alternative Title	Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus
	Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus.
Uniform title	Vitæ. English. Selections.

Descript	[4], 136, [4] p. : ports. (woodcuts)
Note	A translation of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis supplementing Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's "Lives". The nine lives attributed to Emylius Probus are in fact from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos.
	The last two leaves are blank. In a variant, issued with STC 20068-20068b, the imprint date is 1603 and the last two leaves begin an index.
	Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Series	Early English books online.
Subject	Classical biography -- Early works to 1800.
Alt author	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. Selections.
	Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.
	North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?
Alternative Title	Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus
	Lives of Epaminondas, of Philip of Macedon, of Dionysius the Elder, and of Octavius Cæsar Augustus.
Uniform title	Vitæ. English. Selections.

Subject	Classical biography -- Early works to 1800.
Descript	[4], 136, [4] p. : ports. (woodcuts)
Note	A translation of a compilation by Simon Goulart of Senlis supplementing Amyot's French translation of Plutarch's "Lives". The nine lives attributed to Emylius Probus are in fact from the "Vitae excellentium imperatorum" of Cornelius Nepos.
	The last two leaves are blank. In a variant, issued with STC 20068-20068b, the imprint date is 1603 and the last two leaves begin an index.
	Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Alt author	Nepos, Cornelius. Vitae excellentium imperatorum. Selections.
	Goulart, Simon, 1543-1628.
	North, Thomas, Sir, 1535-1601?

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