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So that to gain Authority to his Laws, and to keep the People Quiet and Orderly, Numa Pompilius did then (as Mahomet of latter years) pretend he had all by Revelation from the Nymph Egeria. And of such Authority was this pretence, that as Tully saith, There was nothing so absurd which was not maintained by some of the Philosophers; |
So that to gain authority to his Laws, and to keep the People Quiet and Orderly, Numa Pompilius did then (as Mahomet of latter Years) pretend he had all by Revelation from the Nymph Egeria. And of such authority was this pretence, that as Tully Says, There was nothing so absurd which was not maintained by Some of the Philosophers; |
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