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In the meane feafon whan Clod i us had knowledge that Mtlo 1 iwfuil and nccclTary iuurncy to t!. juinc the

[DvihJ .MM. day afore the kaleodes of Marche/to poynte who I'luild l>c hr.l pi rue there / whii he i: Milo becaufe he

was dirta- that townr day afore

departed out of !<..:.,< t., u-t vpon Mil., m a lordef hypof hit owne/ as after was wel psrceyued. And fuche hafte he made to be gojrnge th. 1 1 \\t.-rr as the people were gadered the fame day for maters win-mi aliu he had Create ado hymfclfe / \- very necetfary it had bene for hym to haue bene there / yet this nut* nhi tandyng / al other fs aparte : he we*t his way / * i may be Jure he wold

neuer haue done/ fane onely that he had fully determined to pre- uent a tyme and pla< e conuenient for his malicius entct afore Miloes coins i

In this pece of Tallies narracyon are entermengled fyrftc that Clodius knewe of Miloes goynge/ whiche makethe the mater lulpcctc that Clodius went afore to mete with hint / for this was wel knowe* afore that Clodius bare Milo great gruge* & maly. Next is f hewed the place where as Clodius mete 1 Milo / which alib gtueth a great fufpicion / for it was nygh Clodiwj place / where he myght lone take (bcour / & the tother was in lefic* alVurauwce. I'hyrdly that he departed out of the city / what time it had bene mofte expedi- ent /ye and all'o [ I) vii a| greatly requifite for hym to haue bene at home. And that agayne inaketh the mater Julpcct / for lurely he wolde nat (as Tully hym felfe fayeth) in no wyfe haue bcnc abfent at fuche a bufy tyme / onles it had bene for fome great purpole / & what other 1'hulde it icine than to flee Milo. As lurely euedewt* it was that they buckled to gyther / and this was well knowen that Milo had a necellary caufe to go furth of Rome at that tyme. Con- traryly in Ctodius coulde be perceyued none other occafyo to depart than out of the citie: but of lykelyhode to lye in wayte for Mil.).

The propofi*

Out of the narracion muft be gadervd a bryfe lenience / wherein t'hall Itande the hole pithe of the caufe / for Rhetohcie*s put moon tincnt after the narracyon diuifyon / whiche is a part of conten

1 Of added in B. > H. met.

B. grudge. ceA. B. evident.

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