Part V,

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CHAP. I.
His Lifei
Laert.
* Apnl. dogm. Plat.
f Pint, de a- dulat.f^y ami¬ ci dij'crm
* Chio, E0. ad Madrid,
SPEUS IP PUS was an Athenian.^ born at Alirrhynus [ wich belonged to the Pandia- nian Tribe 3 his Father named E^trymedot?^ liis Mother Potone, Sifter to P/aio.
^ He was brought up in the Domeftick Do¬ cuments of his Uncle P/ato, + who (as he ufed to lay) Reformed ^peufippus’j Life after the Pattern of hts ovon.
^ Plato had four Kinfwomen, Daughters
of his Nieces ; the eldeft of thefe he Married to with a fmall Portion, thiry Mindt.^ •
which Dwnyfius had fent him : To this fiimtn Chio., glad ot the Occafion, added a Talent, which Speufippus earneftly refulhd, until at laft, he was overcome by the juft importunities of the other to receive it, alledging that he gave it not as Money, but asKindnels-, that fuch gifts were to be entertained, for they encreafed
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