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Quidam autem, ut in licentia vetustatis, plures deo ortos pluresque gentis appellationes, Marsos, Gambrivios, Suevos, Vandalios, affirmant; eaque vera et antiqua nomina.
But all, one and other, having this scope to know, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body, to the enjoying his own divine essence. I am Lux vitae, Temporum Magistra, Vita memoriae, Nuncia vetustatis, &c. He teacheth virtue by certain abstract considerations, but I only bid you follow the footing of them that have gone before you.
More likely it has the same root as the Latin divus, dius, deus, and the Greek theios, dios, theos, cf. Grimm's Deutsche Mythologie, sub v. Terra editum==indigena above; and gaegenaes and autochthon in Greek. Originem==auctores. It is predicate after Mannum. Ut in licentia vetustatis. As in the license of antiquity, i.e. since such license is allowed in regard to ancient times. Ingaevones.
In the description of the Germans, Tacitus goes out of his way to laugh at the "licentia vetustatis," "the debauches of pedants and antiquarians;" as though he suspected the fortunes of his volume, and the future distinctions of the Teutonic genius.
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